UEFA Nations League

FT Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Wales WWDWD 1
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Poland WWLDW 2
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Tarczynski Arena · 35,214 att.

Match Report

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Poland come from behind to beat Wales as Nations League kicks off

Poland came from behind to snatch a 2-1 win over Wales on Wednesday at the start of the Nations League.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
1
44.7
Possession
55.3
14
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
288
Accurate Passes
384
376
Passes
471
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.1
67
Long Balls
49
30
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
5
23
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
12
15
Effective Clearances
26
15
Clearances
26

Head to Head

POL leads series 3-0

Lineups

POL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Kamil GrabaraG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 19Tymoteusz PuchaczLB
  5. 18Bartosz BereszynskiRB
  6. 7Adam BuksaM
  7. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakCM
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  9. 6Jacek GóralskiLM
  10. 14Mateusz KlichRM
  11. 9Robert LewandowskiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Krzysztof Piatek
  2. 4Tomasz Kedziora
  3. 2Jakub Kaminski
  4. 17Damian Szymanski
  5. 11Kamil Grosicki
  6. 13Kamil Pestka
  7. 8Szymon Zurkowski
  8. 21Nicola Zalewski
  9. 12Lukasz Skorupski
  10. 16Karol Swiderski
  11. 22Bartlomiej Dragowski
  12. 3Mateusz Wieteska

WAL · 3-5-2

  1. 12Danny WardG
  2. 5Chris MephamCD
  3. 17Rhys Norrington-DaviesCD-L
  4. 2Chris GunterCD-R
  5. 18Jonny WilliamsCM-L
  6. 22Dylan LevittCM-R
  7. 16Joe MorrellAM
  8. 9Wes BurnsLM
  9. 7Matt SmithRM
  10. 20Daniel JamesCF-L
  11. 13Kieffer MooreCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Connor RobertsSUB
  2. 19Mark HarrisSUB
  3. 6Joe RodonSUB
  4. 8Harry WilsonSUB
  5. 21Adam DaviesSUB
  6. 4Oliver DenhamSUB
  7. 3Neco WilliamsSUB
  8. 10Sorba ThomasSUB
  9. 15Ethan AmpaduSUB
  10. 1Wayne HennesseySUB
  11. 11Rabbi MatondoSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Joe Morrell (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Wales. Rabbi Matondo replaces Daniel James.
  3. 45' Substitution, Wales. Wayne Hennessey replaces Danny Ward.
  4. 45' Substitution, Wales. Mark Harris replaces Kieffer Moore.
  5. 52' Goal! Poland 0, Wales 1. Jonathan Williams (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rabbi Matondo.
  6. 60' Substitution, Poland. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Mateusz Klich.
  7. 60' Substitution, Poland. Jakub Kaminski replaces Jacek Góralski.
  8. 61' Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 61' Substitution, Wales. Neco Williams replaces Wes Burns.
  10. 72' Goal! Poland 1, Wales 1. Jakub Kaminski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tymoteusz Puchacz.
  11. 74' Substitution, Poland. Karol Swiderski replaces Adam Buksa.
  12. 74' Substitution, Poland. Nicola Zalewski replaces Tymoteusz Puchacz.
  13. 75' Rhys Norrington-Davies (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 77' Substitution, Wales. Sorba Thomas replaces Jonathan Williams.
  15. 81' Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  16. 85' Goal! Poland 2, Wales 1. Karol Swiderski (Poland) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.

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