Poland Team Preview – Overview
This is the third time in succession that Poland have taken part in this tournament. They qualified by right in 2008 and then made it in courtesy of being the co-hosts four years ago but they are still looking to come out of the group for the first time so that will be their very first aim in this tournament.
There is a lot to like about this Polish squad. Prior to the warm up matches only Germany have beaten them in the last two years and there isn’t much shame in that. Poland have a number of goalkeeping options and in Robert Lewandowski they have a leading marksman. That is generally a competition when can take a side a long way in these major tournaments.
Statistics
Best Performance – Group Stage (2008 & 2012)
Previous Appearances – 2 (2008 & 2012)
Qualified – Group D Runner-up
Qualifying Record
P-10 W-6 D-3 L-1 GF-33 GA-10 PTS-21
Fixtures
Poland vs Northern Ireland – Sunday 12th June, kickoff 17:00 at Allianz Riviera, Nice
Germany vs Poland – Thursday 16th June, kickoff 20:00 at Stade de France, Paris
Ukraine vs Poland – Tuesday 21st June, kickoff 17:00 at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Squad
Manager: Adam Nawalka
Goalkeepers: Łukasz Fabiański (Swansea), Wojciech Szczęsny (Roma), Artur Boruc (Bournemouth).
Defenders: Thiago Cionek (Palermo), Kamil Glik (Torino), Artur Jędrzejczyk (Legia), Michał Pazdan (Legia), Łukasz Piszczek (Dortmund), Bartosz Salamon (Cagliari), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Lechia Gdańsk).
Midfielders: Jakub Błaszczykowski (Fiorentina), Kamil Grosicki (Rennes), Tomasz Jodłowiec (Legia), Bartosz Kapustka (Cracovia), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla), Karol Linetty (Lech Poznań), Krzysztof Mączyński (Wisła), Sławomir Peszko (Lechia Gdańsk), Filip Starzyński (Zagłębie Lubin), Piotr Zieliński (Empoli).
Forwards: Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern), Mariusz Stępiński (Ruch Chorzów)
Betting
There aren’t many markets out about Poland in their group which is fine with me because I wouldn’t be getting involved in any of them anyway given how strong the group is but I’m going to take on Robert Lewandowski in their top goalscorer market.
Don’t get me wrong Lewandowski should win this market doing cartwheels but I suspect he is going to get a lot of attention from opposition coaches and defences and that could create space for others to take advantage.
One of those players is the Ajax forward Arkadiusz Milik who goes into this tournament off the back of a fine season for his club and who carries plenty of danger to opposing teams. Lewandowski should land this market but at 8/11 I prefer to look elsewhere and that is on Milik at a much more attractive 6/1 should the Bayern Munich striker be marked out of the game.
Tips
Back A.Milik Top Poland Tournament Goalscorer for a 1/10 stake at 7.00 with William Hill
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