Poland vs Slovakia Match Analysis and Prediction

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Poland will lock horns with Slovakia in a group E encounter of the EURO 2020. The match is scheduled to kick off on Monday 14^th June 2021 16.00 at Gazprom Stadium in St. Petersburg.

Euro 2016 quarter finalists Poland won eight of 10 qualifying matches to top of their group comfortably and secure a place at the EURO 2020. This time they will be hoping to go even further than they did 5 years ago. On the other hand Slovakia reached the knock out stage of the Euro 2016 an exciting achievement for a team expected to be eliminated in the group stage. They will be looking forward to defy the odds once again after the interesting triumph over Northern Ireland that saw them qualify for the second successive European Championship.

Slovakia is the underdogs in Group E at the moment and has plenty of work to do ahead of the fixtures. The away side held Austria 0-0 stalemate last week and they will need to take it up a notch in this match. Poland has been on and off the past year and will need to be at their very best over the next two weeks.

The man to keep an eye on this match could be the outstanding Lewandowsky top score in the Europe this season.

We expect a slow and careful match with two or less goals in fulltime since it’s still the opening of the competition.

Poland vs Slovakia head to head

The two nations have met seven times since 1995 Slovakia taking for victories while Poland takes just two and one draw.

Here are their previous encounters.

Poland 0-2 Slovakia
Poland 1-0 Slovakia
Poland 0-1 Slovakia
Slovakia 2-1 Poland
Poland 2-2 Slovakia

Home

Poland 2-2 Iceland
Poland 1-1 Russia
England 2-1 Poland
Poland 3-0 Andorra
Hungary 3-3-Poland

Away

Austria 0-0 Slovakia
Slovakia 1-1 Bulgaria
Slovakia 2-1 Russia
Slovakia 2-2 Malta
Cyprus 0-0 Slovakia

Poland team news

Poland has several injury concerns to account for with Krzysztof Piatek, Arkadiusz Milik, Krystian Bielik, and Arkadiusz Reca ruled out at the moment. Jan Bednarek is also recovering from a knock and might not be able to feature in this match.

Slovakia team news

Marek Hamsik has recovered from his fitness issues and will have to play a key role for Slovakia at Euro 2020. Ivan Schranz is the only injury concern for the away side and has been sidelined for this match.