UEFA Nations League

FT Sunday, September 25, 2022
Poland WLDLL 1
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Wales WLDLL 0
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Cardiff City Stadium · 31,520 att.

Match Report

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Poland beat feisty Wales to stay in Nations League top tier

A second-half goal from striker Karol Swiderski gave Poland a 1-0 win over a courageous Wales team in Cardiff on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
47.8
Possession
52.2
6
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
315
Accurate Passes
318
392
Passes
414
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
74
32
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
5
35
Effective Clearances
16
35
Clearances
16

Head to Head

POL leads series 4-0

Lineups

WAL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 6Joe RodonCD
  3. 17Rhys Norrington-DaviesCD-L
  4. 4Ben CabangoCD-R
  5. 7Dylan LevittCM-L
  6. 16Joe MorrellCM-R
  7. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 14Connor RobertsRM
  9. 11Gareth BaleF
  10. 20Daniel JamesCF-L
  11. 9Brennan JohnsonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Chris GunterSUB
  2. 10Tyler RobertsSUB
  3. 5Rubin ColwillSUB
  4. 18Jonny WilliamsSUB
  5. 12Danny WardSUB
  6. 8Matt SmithSUB
  7. 19Mark HarrisSUB
  8. 22Sorba ThomasSUB
  9. 23Jordan JamesSUB
  10. 21Tom KingSUB
  11. 13Kieffer MooreSUB
  12. 15Wes BurnsSUB

POL · 3-5-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 15Kamil GlikCD
  3. 3Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  4. 5Jan BednarekCD-R
  5. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  6. 13Szymon ZurkowskiCM-R
  7. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakAM
  8. 21Nicola ZalewskiLM
  9. 18Bartosz BereszynskiRM
  10. 9Robert LewandowskiCF-L
  11. 16Karol SwiderskiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Mateusz WieteskaSUB
  2. 11Kamil GrosickiSUB
  3. 7Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  4. 14Michal SkorasSUB
  5. 12Lukasz SkorupskiSUB
  6. 17Jakub KaminskiSUB
  7. 2Robert GumnySUB
  8. 4Tomasz KedzioraSUB
  9. 8Jakub PiotrowskiSUB
  10. 19Sebastian SzymanskiSUB
  11. 23Krzysztof PiatekSUB
  12. 22Bartlomiej DragowskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Rhys Norrington-Davies (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Neco Williams (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Goal! Wales 0, Poland 1. Karol Swiderski (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski with a through ball.
  5. 58' Substitution, Wales. Kieffer Moore replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies.
  6. 65' Substitution, Poland. Krzysztof Piatek replaces Karol Swiderski.
  7. 72' Substitution, Wales. Rubin Colwill replaces Dylan Levitt.
  8. 83' Substitution, Poland. Sebastian Szymanski replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  9. 85' Substitution, Wales. Sorba Thomas replaces Connor Roberts.
  10. 88' Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90' Substitution, Poland. Robert Gumny replaces Bartosz Bereszynski.
  12. 90'+2' Kamil Glik (Poland) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+2' Brennan Johnson (Wales) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+4' Kieffer Moore (Wales) is shown the yellow card.

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