FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Poland vs Finland, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Poland
  • 27': Matty Cash
  • 45'+2': Robert Lewandowski
  • 54': Jakub Kaminski
FT
3 - 1
Finland
  • 88': Benjamin Kallman

About

Poland are hosting Finland at Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Nicola Zalewski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
  • 2': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
  • 2': Matti Peltola (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Adam Markhiev (Finland).
  • 7': Matty Cash (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Przemyslaw Wisniewski (Poland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jesse Joronen (Finland). Assisted by Sebastian Szymanski with a cross.
  • 8': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Joel Pohjanpalo.
  • 12': Foul by Adam Markhiev (Finland).
  • 12': Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Offside, Poland. Bartosz Slisz is caught offside.
  • 13': Foul by Robin Lod (Finland).
  • 13': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
  • 14': Matti Peltola (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Matty Cash (Poland).
  • 14': Oliver Antman (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Nicola Zalewski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matty Cash.
  • 17': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Adam Markhiev.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Jakub Kaminski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 22': Foul by Matti Peltola (Finland).
  • 22': Nicola Zalewski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Matty Cash (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 23': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Adam Markhiev.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Przemyslaw Wisniewski (Poland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a corner.
  • 24': Foul by Jere Uronen (Finland).
  • 24': Matty Cash (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Delay in match because of an injury Matty Cash (Poland).
  • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 27': Goal! Poland 1, Finland 0. Matty Cash (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jakub Kaminski.
  • 29': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Matti Peltola.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Miro Tenho (Finland).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 34': Foul by Jere Uronen (Finland).
  • 34': Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 35': Substitution, Finland. Robert Ivanov replaces Miro Tenho because of an injury.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jesse Joronen (Finland).
  • 42': Delay in match (Poland).
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 43': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Przemyslaw Wisniewski.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Jere Uronen (Finland) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen following a corner.
  • 45': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
  • 45': Nicola Zalewski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Goal! Poland 2, Finland 0. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Poland 2, Finland 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Poland 2, Finland 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Poland. Pawel Wszolek replaces Matty Cash.
  • 47': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Nikolai Alho.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikolai Alho.
  • 52': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Nikolai Alho.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sebastian Szymanski with a cross following a corner.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jesse Joronen (Finland). Assisted by Jakub Kaminski.
  • 54': Goal! Poland 3, Finland 0. Jakub Kaminski (Poland) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
  • 57': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
  • 57': Nicola Zalewski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Robert Ivanov (Finland).
  • 58': Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Pawel Wszolek (Poland).
  • 62': Jere Uronen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Kaan Kairinen (Finland) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 64': Substitution, Finland. Adam Ståhl replaces Matti Peltola.
  • 64': Substitution, Finland. Glen Kamara replaces Adam Markhiev.
  • 64': Substitution, Finland. Benjamin Källman replaces Oliver Antman.
  • 67': Benjamin Källman (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Foul by Przemyslaw Wisniewski (Poland).
  • 67': Substitution, Poland. Karol Swiderski replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  • 67': Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Nicola Zalewski.
  • 68': Substitution, Poland. Bartosz Kapustka replaces Bartosz Slisz.
  • 68': Robert Ivanov (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Foul by Karol Swiderski (Poland).
  • 69': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Kaan Kairinen.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 71': Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Poland).
  • 71': Nikolai Alho (Finland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Karol Swiderski.
  • 74': Benjamin Källman (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Foul by Przemyslaw Wisniewski (Poland).
  • 74': Przemyslaw Wisniewski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Attempt saved. Nikolai Alho (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Lukasz Skorupski (Poland).
  • 78': Offside, Finland. Benjamin Källman is caught offside.
  • 80': Substitution, Poland. Adam Buksa replaces Jakub Kaminski.
  • 80': Substitution, Finland. Santeri Väänänen replaces Robin Lod.
  • 81': Foul by Pawel Wszolek (Poland).
  • 81': Jere Uronen (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Bartosz Kapustka (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karol Swiderski.
  • 85': Bartosz Kapustka (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Santeri Väänänen (Finland).
  • 86': Handball by Piotr Zielinski (Poland).
  • 88': Goal! Poland 3, Finland 1. Benjamin Källman (Finland) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Nikolai Alho.
  • 90'+2': Benjamin Källman (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Pawel Wszolek (Poland).
  • 90'+3': Foul by Robert Ivanov (Finland).
  • 90'+3': Pawel Wszolek (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Poland 3, Finland 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Poland 3, Finland 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 11
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 1
54.9 Possession 45.1
5 SHOTS 15
2 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
416 Accurate Passes 312
493 Passes 395
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 5
13 Crosses 23
0.0 Cross % 0.2
51 Long Balls 59
22 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 4
7 Effective Tackles 14
11 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.9
6 Interceptions 12
28 Effective Clearances 22
28 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Silesian Stadium
Location: Chorzow, Poland
Attendance: 50,897

WCQ - UEFA Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Netherlands 4 +11 10
2 Poland 5 +4 10
3 Finland 5 -2 7
4 Lithuania 5 -2 3
Full Table

Line-Ups

POL Poland (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Lukasz Skorupski (GK)
5 Jan Bednarek
3 Przemyslaw Wisniewski Yellow Card
14 Jakub Kiwior
2 Matty Cash
10 Piotr Zielinski
17 Bartosz Slisz
21 Nicola Zalewski
20 Sebastian Szymanski
13 Jakub Kaminski
9 Robert Lewandowski
Poland Substitutes:
Pawel Wszolek, Jakub Piotrowski, Kamil Grabara, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Tomasz Kedziora, Bartlomiej Dragowski, Krzysztof Piatek, Jan Ziólkowski, Karol Swiderski, Kamil Grosicki, Adam Buksa, Bartosz Kapustka.

FIN Finland (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Jesse Joronen (GK)
15 Miro Tenho
5 Ville Koski
2 Matti Peltola
11 Adam Markhiev
14 Kaan Kairinen
18 Jere Uronen
17 Nikolai Alho
20 Joel Pohjanpalo
7 Oliver Antman
8 Robin Lod
Finland Substitutes:
Teemu Pukki, Glen Kamara, Lucas Bergstrom, Adam Stahl, Benjamin Kallman, Anssi Suhonen, Fredrik Oldrup Jensen, Robert Ivanov, Santeri Vaananen, Viljami Sinisalo, Oiva Jukkola, Topi Keskinen.

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