Poland vs Saudi Arabia, Worldcup 2022 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Poland vs Saudi Arabia — Worldcup at Education City Stadium.
- Poland 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
- Saudi Arabia 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Bruno Boschilia
- Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
- Referee Bruno Pires
- Referee Armando Villarreal
- Referee Drew Fischer
- Referee Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Education City Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Poland and Saudi Arabia.
- 5' Poland started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' Saudi Arabia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jakub Kiwior on 15.
- 16' A meaty challenge results in booking for Matty Cash on 16.
- 19' The referee shows Poland player a Yellow card on 19.
- 20' Arkadiusz Milik is having his name booked by the referee on 20.
- 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mohammed Al Burayk made 7 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Saudi Arabia is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 39' Goal! Piotr Zielinski scores his 46 goal in 495 matches.
- 40' What a strike from Piotr Zielinski! The score is 2-0.
- 45' Saudi Arabia receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 45.
- 46' Nawaf Al-Abid is replacing Sami Al-Najei for the Saudi Arabia side.
- 51' It’s high time Czeslaw Michniewicz made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Poland needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 61' It looks surprising Saudi Arabia does not make any changes. Mohammed Al Owais has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 63' The supporters are chanting for Jakub Kaminski. He replaces Piotr Zielinski on 63 minute.
- 65' The supporters are chanting for Sultan Al Ghanam. He replaces Mohammed Al Burayk on 65 minute.
- 70' Grzegorz Krychowiak needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 71' Time for substitution for Poland. Arkadiusz Milik is replaced by Krzysztof Piatek.
- 76' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Saleh Al-Shehri, as he is very good at scoring at Education City Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 82' What a strike from Robert Lewandowski! The score is 3-0.
- 85' Abdulrahman Al-Obood is replacing Abdulelah Al Malki for the Saudi Arabia side.
- 86' Nasser Al Dawsari has so much to prove this time. He replaces Saleh Al-Shehri on 86 minute.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Hattan Sultan Babhir. He replaces Nawaf Al-Abid on 90 minute.
- The final score is 2-0.
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Lineups
Poland Lineups
Starting XI
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- 6
- 15
- 9
- 1
- 20
- 7
- 18
- 10
- 24
- 14
Bench
- 22
- 5
- 11
- 12
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23
Krzysztof Piatek ↑ 71'
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- 19
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 17
- 25
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13
Jakub Kaminski ↑ 63'
- 21
- 26
Coach Czeslaw MichniewiczSaudi Arabia Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
- 12
- 4
- 5
- 6
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16
Sami Al-Najei ↓ Nawaf Al-Abid 46'
- 8
- 23
- 10
- 11
- 9
Bench
- 1
- 3
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24
Nasser Al Dawsari ↑ 86'
- 15
- 14
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20
Abdulrahman Al-Obood ↑ 85'
- 25
- 19
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18
Nawaf Al-Abid ↑ 46'
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2
Sultan Al Ghanam ↑ 65'
- 17
- 22
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H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.64 Poland xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.73 Saudi Arabia xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Poland winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.37Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Poland or Draw 83%Draw or Saudi Arabia 43%Poland or Saudi Arabia 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Poland win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 14.4%2 – 0 Actual1 – 1 12%0 – 0 11.4%2 – 1 8.9%3 – 0 6.5%0 – 1 5.8%3 – 1 4.9%1 – 2 3.9%2 – 2 3.3%4 – 0 2.7%0 – 2 2.4%Asian Handicap — Poland
Handicap Poland covers Push Saudi Arabia covers -2.5 14% — 86% -2 14% 18% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 25% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 85% — 15% +1 85% 11% 4% +1.5 96% — 4% +2 96% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Poland keeps clean sheet 49% ✗Saudi Arabia keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.