On the continuation of the UEFA Nations League A Group 3 competition, Poland will prepare to host Portugal on Friday 12/10. This match will be the 100th appearance for Lewandowski as a striker and captain for the national team. So far, Lewandowski has scored 55 goals in 99 international matches. Fighting Portugal is a very impressive thing if it is played.
in the previous match when Poland's first game against Italy ended with a score of 1-1 which took place at Bologna on 7 September. The goal from Piotr Zienlinki's foot which occurred in the 40th man managed to make Poland ahead of Italy. But in the seventh minute eighth jorginho managed to execute a penalty and make a draw.
meanwhile Portugal achieved good results in the UEFA Nations League's first match of the season. even though they play without Ronaldo Portugal can beat Italy 10 on their land through Andre Silva's goal.
coach Fernando Santos deliberately did not call Ronaldo in a match at the previous international break. Which allowed Ronaldo to focus on being able to adapt at Juventus. Especially when it was 4 matches Ronaldo could not score a goal. And now Ronaldo has scored 4 goals and 4 assists in Italian Serie A. But unfortunately in the game against Poland he will also be absent because he is focusing on rape allegations.
Portugal's last meeting with Poland was the very quarter-finals of Euro 2016. In the match, a goal from Lewandowski's feet in the 2nd minute made Poland ahead of Portugal. But on 33 minutes, Portugal managed to equalize not through a kick from Renato Sanchez. until the game ends they play a draw. And a bit of a penalty shootout led Portugal to the semifinals, and then the next final they could win.
Even though they have won Euro 2016, this time it looks like they have to be more cautious against Poland. Lewandowski and Piatek are serious threats to their team. In the 8 games this season the 23-year-old striker has managed to break down the opponent's goal 13 times to clash Genoa.
Head to head
In the last five games from 2002 to their meeting in Euro 2016, Portugal only managed to beat Poland once in 2002 with a score of 4-2. But in 2006 Poland could beat Portugal with a score of 2-1. And the rest they only draw in three matches.
Prediction of Poland vs Portugal matches
In h2h player analysis and the history of the second meeting we can conclude that the two teams have relatively the same strength. Portugal and Poland have strong defense power in the middle. If explored further, player performance will determine the superiority of each team. Final score of Poland 1-1 Portugal. []
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