Poland vs Saudi Arabia 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

Poland

39': Piotr Zielinski
82': Robert Lewandowski

FT
2 - 0

Saudi Arabia

Robert Lewandowski scores as Poland beat spirited Saudi Arabia

Poland bolstered their chances on Saturday of reaching the World Cup's last 16 with a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Match Commentary

15': Jakub Kiwior (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16': Matty Cash (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20': Abdulelah Al Malki (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card.
39': Goal! Poland 1, Saudi Arabia 0. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
45'+1': Penalty saved! Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
45'+4': Abdulelah Al Amri (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+10': First Half ends, Poland 1, Saudi Arabia 0.
45': Second Half begins Poland 1, Saudi Arabia 0.
45': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Nawaf Al Abid replaces Sami Al Naji.
63': Substitution, Poland. Jakub Kaminski replaces Piotr Zielinski.
65': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Sultan Al Ghannam replaces Mohammed Al Burayk.
71': Substitution, Poland. Krzysztof Piatek replaces Arkadiusz Milik.
82': Goal! Poland 2, Saudi Arabia 0. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
85': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Abdulrahman Al Obud replaces Abdulelah Al Malki.
86': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Nasser Al Dawsari replaces Saleh Al Shehri.
90'+5': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Hattan Bahbri replaces Nawaf Al Abid.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Poland 2, Saudi Arabia 0.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Education City Stadium
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 44,259

FIFA World Cup Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+3	Argentina	3	6	1
0	Poland	3	4	1
-1	Mexico	3	4	1
-2	Saudi Arabia	3	3	2

Full Table

Statistics

KSA		POL
15	Fouls	18
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	5
64	Possession	36
16	SHOTS	9
5	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
456	Accurate Passes	228
537	Passes	297
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	6
20	Crosses	16
0.2	Cross %	0.4
45	Long Balls	66
27	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	6
14	Tackles	13
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
9	Interceptions	9
11	Effective Clearances	27
11	Clearances	27

Line-Ups

Poland (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
14	Jakub Kiwior
15	Kamil Glik
18	Bartosz Bereszynski
2	Matty Cash
10	Grzegorz Krychowiak
6	Krystian Bielik
24	Przemyslaw Frankowski
20	Piotr Zielinski
9	Robert Lewandowski
7	Arkadiusz Milik

Substitutes:

Szymon Zurkowski, Damian Szymanski, Krzysztof Piatek, Jakub Kaminski, Kamil Grabara, Robert Gumny, Kamil Grosicki, Michal Skoras, Sebastian Szymanski, Jan Bednarek, Karol Swiderski, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Mateusz Wieteska, Nicola Zalewski, Lukasz Skorupski.

Saudi Arabia (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
21	Mohammed Al-Owais (GK)
5	Ali Al-Bulayhi
4	Abdulelah Al-Amri
8	Abdulelah Al-Malki
6	Mohammed Al-Burayk
12	Saud Abdulhamid
23	Mohamed Kanno
16	Sami Al-Najei
10	Salem Al-Dawsari
9	Feras Al-Brikan
11	Saleh Al-Shehri

Substitutes:

Nawaf Alaqidi, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Mohammed Al-Yami, Nawaf Al-Abid, Haitham Asiri, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Abdullah Otayf, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ali Al-Hassan, Abdullah Madu, Abdulrahman Al-Obud, Hatan Bahbri.