Our prediction for this Euro 2020 match:
Poland
Match Time & Date:
19/11/2019
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Slovenia
Poland will be looking to finish their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign in style when they host Slovenia at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw. The Poles qualified for the next year’s showpiece without any difficulties, but they surely want to give fans yet another reason for celebration. Robert Lewandowski was rested in a 2-1 win over Israel, but the Bayern Munchen attacker is likely to lead the line for Poland against Slovenia.
The Zmajceki, on the other hand, recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Latvia, but Austria’s victory over North Macedonia ruined their qualifying hopes. Since the visitors head into Tuesday’s qualifier with the lack of motivation, we are tempted to put our money on Robert Lewandowski and Co. Slovenia defeated Poland 2-0 at Stadion Stozice earlier in the process, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge. A man to watch in the away team will be Atalanta winger Josip Ilicic.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team (Slovenia):
Slovenia have been competing on the international stage following the split of Yugoslavia in 1991. The Slovenians were outclassed by France in their first unofficial match (0-5), whilst they shared the spoils with Estonia in their first official game (1-1).
The former Yugoslav republic participated at three major football tournaments, with the team making it to the FIFA World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea (2002) and South Africa 2010, whilst booking their place at the Euro 2000 which was hosted by Netherlands and Belgium. Slovenia, though, have yet to make it to the knockout stages of the major tournament and that remains their unfulfilled dream.
Srecko Katanec and Zlatko Zahovic are regarded as the most famous footballers who played for the Slovenian national football team and they were part of Slovenia’s “Golden generation”. The Slovenians, who recorded their biggest win against Oman in 1999, welcome their rivals at Ljudski vrt in Stozice and the capacity of the venue is 12.702.
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