FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Poland vs Sweden, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoff Finals

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Poland
  • 49': Robert Lewandowski (P)
  • 72': Piotr Zielinski
FT
2 - 0
Sweden

    Poland beat Sweden on Lewandowski, Zielinski goals to book World Cup spot

    Poland beat Sweden 2-0 at the Silesian Stadium in their UEFA World Cup playoff on Tuesday night to book a spot in Qatar.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden).
    • 1': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Marcus Danielson (Sweden).
    • 2': Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 3': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Poland).
    • 3': Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Foul by Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden).
    • 6': Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Offside, Poland. Bartosz Bereszynski tries a through ball, but Sebastian Szymanski is caught offside.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matthew Cash with a cross.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Alexander Isak (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Robin Quaison (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Isak.
    • 17': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Ludwig Augustinsson.
    • 19': Attempt saved. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Isak.
    • 19': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Sweden) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross following a corner.
    • 19': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Robert Lewandowski.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Robin Quaison.
    • 20': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 20': Krystian Bielik (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
    • 21': Jesper Karlström (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).
    • 24': Jakub Moder (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Matthew Cash (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sebastian Szymanski.
    • 27': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Kristoffer Olsson.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Jan Bednarek (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 35': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
    • 35': Marcus Danielson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Robin Quaison (Sweden) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ludwig Augustinsson with a cross.
    • 36': Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).
    • 36': Jacek Góralski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 37': Offside, Poland. Bartosz Bereszynski tries a through ball, but Jakub Moder is caught offside.
    • 38': Foul by Jacek Góralski (Poland).
    • 38': Jesper Karlström (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Jacek Góralski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 41': Foul by Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden).
    • 41': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Poland 0, Sweden 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Poland 0, Sweden 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Poland. Grzegorz Krychowiak replaces Jacek Góralski.
    • 46': Attempt saved. Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Alexander Isak.
    • 48': Penalty Poland. Grzegorz Krychowiak draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 48': Penalty conceded by Jesper Karlström (Sweden) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 49': Goal! Poland 1, Sweden 0. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 51': Foul by Jakub Moder (Poland).
    • 51': Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Jakub Moder (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 53': Foul by Matthew Cash (Poland).
    • 53': Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Kamil Glik.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Jesper Karlström (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 56': Emil Krafth (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Foul by Jakub Moder (Poland).
    • 58': Attempt saved. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Isak with a cross.
    • 58': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Victor Lindelöf (Sweden) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross following a corner.
    • 59': Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Sweden).
    • 59': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 60': Foul by Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden).
    • 60': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Alexander Isak (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Krystian Bielik (Poland).
    • 63': Attempt saved. Jakub Moder (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 64': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
    • 65': Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).
    • 65': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Substitution, Sweden. Anthony Elanga replaces Robin Quaison.
    • 67': Substitution, Sweden. Mattias Svanberg replaces Jesper Karlström.
    • 68': Attempt saved. Mattias Svanberg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski.
    • 69': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
    • 69': Offside, Sweden. Alexander Isak tries a through ball, but Emil Forsberg is caught offside.
    • 70': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
    • 70': Marcus Danielson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Goal! Poland 2, Sweden 0. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 74': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Marcus Danielson.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Jan Bednarek (Poland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Szymanski with a cross.
    • 75': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Szymanski with a cross.
    • 76': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bartosz Bereszynski.
    • 77': Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
    • 77': Robin Olsen (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (Sweden).
    • 78': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 79': Substitution, Sweden. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Marcus Danielson.
    • 80': Substitution, Sweden. Jesper Karlsson replaces Kristoffer Olsson.
    • 80': Alexander Isak (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
    • 80': Krystian Bielik (Poland) is shown the yellow card.
    • 82': Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 84': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Victor Lindelöf.
    • 87': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Grzegorz Krychowiak.
    • 88': Offside, Sweden. Emil Krafth tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
    • 89': Substitution, Poland. Adam Buksa replaces Piotr Zielinski because of an injury.
    • 90': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Jesper Karlsson.
    • 90': Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Grzegorz Krychowiak.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 90'+1': Offside, Poland. Sebastian Szymanski tries a through ball, but Robert Lewandowski is caught offside.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (Sweden).
    • 90'+2': Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+3': Anthony Elanga (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland).
    • 90'+4': Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden).
    • 90'+4': Krystian Bielik (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Poland 2, Sweden 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Poland 2, Sweden 0.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 11
    2 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 3
    7 Corner Kicks 8
    6 Saves 6
    61.3 Possession 38.7
    12 SHOTS 10
    6 ON GOAL 8
    0.5 On Target % 0.8
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    361 Accurate Passes 196
    445 Passes 281
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    4 Accurate Crosses 4
    23 Crosses 13
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    46 Long Balls 58
    24 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 0
    8 Effective Tackles 4
    13 Tackles 8
    0.6 Tackle % 0.5
    3 Interceptions 8
    16 Effective Clearances 25
    16 Clearances 25

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Silesian Stadium
    Location: Chorzow, Poland
    Attendance: 54,078

    Line-Ups

    POL Poland (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
    5 Jan Bednarek
    15 Kamil Glik
    16 Krystian Bielik Yellow Card
    18 Bartosz Bereszynski
    2 Matty Cash
    8 Jakub Moder Yellow Card
    6 Jacek Góralski Yellow Card
    17 Sebastian Szymanski
    20 Piotr Zielinski
    9 Robert Lewandowski
    Poland Substitutes:
    Kamil Grabara, Krzysztof Piatek, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Mateusz Wieteska, Kamil Grosicki, Arkadiusz Reca, Tomasz Kedziora, Adam Buksa, Lukasz Skorupski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Szymon Zurkowski, Michal Helik.

    SWE Sweden (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Robin Olsen (GK)
    4 Marcus Danielson
    3 Victor Lindelöf
    6 Ludwig Augustinsson
    2 Emil Krafth
    13 Jesper Karlström
    20 Kristoffer Olsson
    10 Emil Forsberg
    21 Dejan Kulusevski Yellow Card
    9 Alexander Isak Yellow Card
    22 Robin Quaison
    Sweden Substitutes:
    Daniel Sundgren, Carl Starfelt, Mattias Svanberg, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Anthony Elanga, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pierre Bengtsson, Jesper Karlsson, Viktor Claesson, Filip Helander, Andreas Linde, Branimir Hrgota.

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