Thursday , 2 July 2026

Poland vs Slovakia, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2021
Poland
1 – 2
Full Time
Slovakia
Mon 14 Jun 2021 · 16:00 UTC Saint Petersburg Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 20' Tomas Hubocan
Grzegorz Krychowiak 22' Y
Grzegorz Krychowiak 62' R

Overview

Match Preview

Poland vs Slovakia — European Championship at Saint Petersburg Stadium.

  • Poland 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Slovakia 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Marco Di Bello
  • Referee Ovidiu Hategan
  • Referee Sebastian Gheorghe
  • Referee Istvan Kovacs
  • Referee Jerome Brisard
  • Referee
4 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 2.3 goals/game

Head-to-Head

5
Poland 5 games · Avg 3.4 goals Slovakia
Last 5 meetings
2021-06-14 Poland 1–2 Slovakia 2018-04-02 Slovakia 2–1 Poland 2017-08-26 Poland 2–3 Slovakia 2017-03-03 Poland 1–2 Slovakia 2016-08-12 Slovakia 2–1 Poland

Recent Form

Poland
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jun Slovakia H 1–2 L
28 Jun Japan A 1–0 W
24 Jun Colombia H 0–3 L
19 Jun Senegal H 1–2 L
05 May Sweden A 3–0 W
28 Apr Royal Standard de Liege H 2–1 W
Slovakia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jun Poland A 2–1 W
05 May Iceland H 1–0 W
28 Apr Croatia A 2–1 W
21 Apr Switzerland H 0–4 L
17 Apr England A 0–0 D
14 Apr Austria A 1–0 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Poland this season
25% Clean Sheets
Slovakia this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Poland
0-15
–/1
16-30
2/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/1
61-75
–/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Slovakia
0-15
1/–
16-30
3/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/1
61-75
–/–
76+
–/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Poland
Krzysztof Piatek 1 G
Adam Buksa 1 G
Slovakia
Ivan Schranz 3 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Poland is hosting Slovakia for another epic battle.
  • 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Slovakia that had 107 games and scored 25 goals.
  • 15' Wojciech Szczesny needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 12 Yellow cards this season.
  • 18' GOAL! Robert Mak scores on 18.
  • 20' The referee shows Slovakia player a Yellow card on 20.
  • 22' Grzegorz Krychowiak was booked on 22.
  • 27' The travelling Slovakia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 32' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kamil Glik made 422 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 37' It’s high time Paulo Sousa made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 42' 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.
  • 46' GOAL! Karol Linetty scores on 46. Assisted by Maciej Rybus
  • 51' It looks like no one’s ball. Poland is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 56' Slovakia 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.
  • 61' Grzegorz Krychowiak has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 30 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 62' Poland receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 62.
  • 67' 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.
  • 69' Milan Skriniar puts Slovakia on the lead.
  • 74' Tymoteusz Puchacz is replacing Maciej Rybus for the Poland side.
  • 79' Time for substitution for Slovakia. Jakub Hromada is replaced by Patrik Hrosovsky.
  • 84' It looks surprising Slovakia does not make any changes. Michal Duris has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 85' Another change for Poland made on 85 minute. Mateusz Klich leaves to be changed by Jakub Moder.
  • 87' Michal Duris is replacing Lukas Haraslin for the Slovakia side.
  • 90' The supporters are chanting for Jan Gregus. He replaces Ondrej Duda on 90 minute.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Poland.

Lineups

Poland Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Paulo Sousa

Slovakia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Stefan Tarkovic

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.13 Poland xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.53 Slovakia xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Poland27% Draw27% Slovakia46%
Actual: Slovakia win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.66
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 49%
51%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Poland or Draw
54%
Draw or Slovakia
73%
Poland or Slovakia
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Poland21% Draw47% Slovakia32%
Actual: Slovakia win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13%
0 – 1
9.7%
0 – 0
8.9%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 2
8%
1 – 0
6.9%
2 – 1
6.6%
2 – 2
5.1%
1 – 3
4.6%
2 – 0
4.4%
0 – 3
4%
2 – 3
2.7%

Asian Handicap — Poland

Handicap Poland covers Push Slovakia covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 8% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 16% 73%
-0.5 27% — 73%
+0.5 55% — 45%
+1 55% 22% 23%
+1.5 77% — 23%
+2 77% 14% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Poland keeps clean sheet
22% ✓
Slovakia keeps clean sheet
33% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.