On Monday evening, 11 August, we will take on Motor Lublin at Polsat Plus Arena. Our goal will be to secure our first three points of the 2025/26 season. The match will kick off at 7 p.m.
In our previous match, we drew with Cracovia, earning our first point of the season. Tomáš Bobček and Ivan Zhelizko scored the goals for our team. We hope to earn three points in our match against Motor.
Motor is a team that plays with great energy. They like to play football, they want to play football, and they’re well organised. Coach Stolarski works very well with them. It’s going to be a very tough match, but we need to start picking up points. The way we’re playing is good, but now we need to turn matches in our favour. I believe we will start getting points. Motor’s style of play is similar to what they played last season – and they didn’t have much reason to change, since they played well – said coach John Carver at his pre-match press conference.
It will be a tough match, definitely a battle. The last few games against Motor weren’t easy. We’re on a losing streak and we want to break it on Monday. . Looking at the last five matches, we lost four and drew one, including the friendly match. This could be motivation to stand up and not let Motor take any points from Gdańsk – said Kacper Sezonienko at the press briefing.
RIVAL SILHOUETTE: MOTOR LUBLIN
Motor Lublin started the season with a 1-0 victory over Arka Gdynia, with Mbaye Ndiaye scoring the winning goal. In their second match, they faced Pogoń Szczecin and lost 1-4, with Mathieu Scalet scoring the consolation goal for Lublin. The Lublin team was supposed to face Jagiellonia in the third round, but at the request of the Białystok team, the match was postponed due to a European cup qualifying match. During this time, Motor played a friendly match against Greek team Asteras Tripolis, winning 4-2. Currently, the Lublin team is in 13th place in the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa table.
Before the start of the season, Motor strengthened its squad with several interesting transfers. The team was joined by, among others, experienced striker Karol Czubak, creative midfielder Ivo Rodrigues and effective striker Renat Dadashov. The new players also include young and promising footballers: Kacper Karasek, Florian Haxha, Paskal Meyer, Kacper Plichta and goalkeeper Patryk Kukulski.
LAST MATCHES AGAINST MOTOR
We last faced Motor on 5 July 2025 during a pre-season friendly. The match ended in a 3-5 defeat for our team. The scorers were Camilo Mena, Ivan Zhelizko and Bujar Pllana. The last league match took place on 1 February 2025, as part of the 19th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Camilo Mena scoring the only goal for the White-and-Greens from a penalty kick.
The last time the White-Greens beat Motor was in 2008 at the stadium on Traugutta Street 29, with goals scored by Piotr Cetnarowicz and Paweł Buzała.
OVERALL BALANCE OF MATCHES AGAINST MOTOR
So far, we have played 26 matches against Motor. We won 10 matches. Eight matches ended in a draw. We lost eight times. The goal difference is 27-24.
REFEREES PANEL
The match between Lechia Gdańsk and Motor Lublin will be refereed by Łukasz Kuźma from Białystok. Jakub Winkler and Piotr Podbielski will assist the main referee. Sylwester Rasmus will be the technical referee, while Paweł Malec and Paweł Sokolnicki will be responsible for the VAR system.
WHERE TO WATCH THE MATCH?
If you are unable to attend Polsat Plus Arena on Monday evening, we encourage you to watch the broadcast of the match, which will begin at 7:00 p.m. The match will be available on Canal+ Sport 3, Canal+ Sport 5, in the app and on the Canal+ website. The pre-match studio will begin at 6:25 p.m. The match will be commented on by Adam Marchliński and Wojciech Jagoda.
