Wednesday , 30 September 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
3 games this season 🟨 3.7/game ⚽ 12.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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 Liège 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' That's the starting whistle at Saint Petersburg Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Poland and Slovakia.
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Poland must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 18' Robert Mak puts Slovakia on the lead.
  • 20' It’s a booking for Slovakia player. Tomas Hubocan gets a Yellow card.
  • 22' Poland receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 22.
  • 27' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 32' It’s high time Paulo Sousa made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 37' Slovakia fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 42' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 46' Karol Linetty has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 46 minutes.
  • 51' 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.
  • 56' Poland 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' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 62' The referee has no hesitation. Grzegorz Krychowiak is booked for Poland — Red card on 62.
  • 67' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 67 minutes.
  • 69' Milan Skriniar doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 74' Tymoteusz Puchacz has so much to prove this time. He replaces Maciej Rybus on 74 minute.
  • 79' Patrik Hrosovsky is replacing Jakub Hromada for the Slovakia side.
  • 84' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 85' Jakub Moder is ready to make an impact after coming on for Mateusz Klich at the 85 minute mark.
  • 87' A tactical swap from Slovakia — Michal Duris on, Lukas Haraslin off on 87 minutes.
  • 90' Jan Gregus gets the nod from Slovakia. He replaces Ondrej Duda and will look to change the dynamic.
  • With this win, Slovakia is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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.