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Monday, June 11, 2012

Poland vs Russia Preview : EURO 2012 Qualifying - Group A

Pre Match
June 12, 2012 7:45 PM BST
Stadion Narodowy — Warszawa
Referee:‬ W. Stark‎

Team News

Poland 
 
Poland will be without their suspended first-choice goalkeeper after his sending off in the opening game against Greece. Przemyslaw Tyton replaced him and saved a penalty with his first touch in that game, so he will start against the Russians here.
 
Otherwise, Poland are likely to be unchanged from the team that drew last time out, though one rumoured change could see Obraniak drop out and Dudka come in. Dangerman Robert Lewandowski will again lead the line, providing the main goal threat for the Poles.
Russia 
 
Russia's first-choice 'keeper Igor Akinfeev has trained without any recurrence of his knee injury, though he did so with heavy strapping on the area. Malafeev, his replacement in the last game also has a knock, but should be fine to start if Akinfeev does not make it.
 
Roman Pavlyuchenko performed extremely well when he came on against the Czech, picking up a goal and an assist in the 16 minutes he was on the pitch. Alexander Kerzhakov looked dangerous but was off the mark with his finishing, so his place in the starting lineup this time round is in doubt.
 
 
Probable Lineups
Poland (4-2-3-1) : Tyton, Boenisch, Wasilewski, Perquis, Piszczek, Murawski, Polanski, Rybus, Obraniak, Blaszczykowski, Lewandowski.
 
Russia (4-3-3) : Malafeev, Zhirkov, Ignashevich, Berezutsky, Anyukov, Shirokov, Denisov, Zyrianov, Arshavin, Dzagoev, Kerzhakov.


Match Facts 
There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Poland's last 4 games in EURO Cup.
Russia have won 5 of their last 6 matches in EURO Cup.
Poland have failed to win their last 5 matches in EURO Cup.


Head to Head



Probable Lineups Statistical Comparision


 
 (1) 1
Goals
3 (4)
 (1) 1
Assists
2 (3)
 (6.6) 6.8
Average Ratings
7.3 (7.3)
(2.1) 2.1
Shots pg
2.8 (2.4)
(43%) 43%
Aerial Duel Success
36% (36%)
(1.2) 1.2
Dribbles pg
2.5 (2.5)
(2.7) 2.7
Tackles pg
2.8 (2.8)
  
International Friendlies ‎(FR)‎   Aug 22, 2007    Russia 2 - Poland 2


Prediction
Poland will have been disappointed not to have beaten Greece last time out, after going a goal up and having a one man advantage for a sizeable portion of the game. They will, however, have been buoyed by the fact that they did not throw the game away after Szczesny was sent off.

Russia, meanwhile, stormed to an impressive 4-1 win over the Czech Republic last time out, and will be hoping for a repeat performance here against one of the host nations. Alan Dzagoev and Andrey Arshavin will be the ones to watch out for, and Poland will have to stop them if they are to stand any chance of victory.

Poland need a victory and once again the home crowd will give them a boost, but they faded against the Greeks and if Russia put in another good performance they will be too strong.

Poland  1 - 2  Russia

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