Our football match prediction:
Poland
Match Time & Date:
19/06/2018
16:00 GMT
Prediction: 1-1
Senegal
Poland and Senegal face each other at Otkrytiye Arena in Moscow in what is expected to be a very entertaining game. Poland have big ambitions for the showpiece tournament in Russia and they are likely to rely on key attacker Robert Lewandowski in the opener against Senegal. Adam Nawalka’s team is well balanced, but Tuesday’s football match against the Lions of Teranga will be anything but a walk in the park for the European side. Senegal coach Aliou Cisse has a couple of top-class players to choose from, but, no doubt, all eyes will be on Liverpool winger Sadio Mane when the two teams face each other in Moscow. A close encounter is on the cards and we predict that Poland and Senegal are going to play out a draw in Group H clash. The two teams have never met before at the finals of the major tournament.
Highlighted Player (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 (Senegal):
The Senegaesel national football team made their first appearance at Africa Cup of Nations back in 1965, with the team finishing the tournament in fourth place. The Lions of Teranga booked their place at the FIFA World Cup finals in 2002 (for the first time) and they did remarkably well to make it to the quarter-finals of the showpiece tournament in South Korea and Japan. Senegal defeated Sweden in the last 16, with Henri Camara scoring the winner for the African team in the extra time. The Lions of Teranga have yet to win the Africa Cup of Nations, but they made it to the final of the tournament in 2002. Senegal faced Cameroon in the title game and they were more than unfortunate to lose the Africa Cup of Nations final on penalties. Former Liverpool ace El Hadji Diouf is probably the most famous footballer who played for the Senegalese national team. Senegal play their home games at Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor and the capacity of the venue is 60,000.
