This Saturday we will play another away meeting in the 2024/25 season. In the match of the 3rd round of PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa we will face Lech Poznan. The first whistle blows at 8:15 pm.
The inaugural match of the new season against Slask Wroclaw ended with a score of 1:1. On the other hand, in our first home match, which we played against Motor Lublin, we suffered a 0:2 defeat. The match in Poznan is another opportunity to get three points.
Ahead of us is a very cool match for us and for the fans, I think for the whole league. Two very solid brands will meet, one of which is known to be aiming, one might say, for those highest goals this year, fighting for that top spot, which is winning the Polish championship. We know that Lech Poznan is a very dangerous team at home and has a lot of individuality, and I think they are on the stage of catching that kind of positive and optimal wind for themselves. We are aware of the strength of the host team, but we have spent this entire microcycle on our tasks, on the fact that we will want to implement this and, following the example of the match in Wroclaw, go out very bravely in Poznan. What I saw during the week in this micro-cycle makes me really very optimistic, and I think that after the meeting in Poznan against Lech we will have a lot of positive feelings, and what matters most, also points – said coach Szymon Grabowski at a pre-match press conference.
I’ve heard that the individuals are at a high level, but I think we also have good players. What ambitions they have is their business, and we only focus on ourselves. I think that as we approach this match well, so we will play a good match – Tomáš Bobček said at a press briefing.
RIVAL SILHOUETTE: LECH POZNAŃ
Lech’s team finished last season’s PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa in 5th place. On the other hand, they finished the 2023/24 season in the Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round after a two-round match against Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava (3-4). In the 1st round of the new PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa season, Lech faced Górnik Zabrze. The meeting ended with a 2:0 win for the players from Poznan. In the next match, Lech suffered a 1:2 defeat against Widzew Lodz.
LAST MATCH WITH LECH POZNAŃ
The last time we faced Lech Poznan was on March 3, 2023 in an away game. It was a match played as part of the 23rd round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The meeting ended with a 5:0 win for the Lech players. Meanwhile, the last match against Lech Poznań at the Polsat Plus Arena Gdansk took place on August 31, 2022, as part of the 6th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. This meeting ended with the loss of our team 0:3.
OVERALL BALANCE OF MATCHES AGAINST LECH POZNAŃ
So far, we have played 81 matches with Lech Poznan. We won in 26 games. There was a draw in 15 meetings. On the other hand, we were defeated 40 times.
REFEREE PANEL
The match Lech Poznań vs. Lechia Gdansk in the 3rd round of PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa will be led by Marcin Szczerbowicz from Olsztyn. Last season he was a referee once in a match involving the White-Greens. The meeting was played as part of the 2nd round of Fortuna 1 League against Motor Lublin. Our team lost 0:1. Assistants on the line will be Radoslaw Siejka and Filip Sierant. The technical referee will be Piotr Pazdecki. Pawel Malec and Patryk Gryckiewicz will sit in the VAR car.
WHERE TO WATCH THE MATCH?
Coverage of the match will be available on TV on Canal+Sport 3, Canal+Sport 4K Ultra, on the app and on the Canal+Online website. The broadcast starts at 8:10 pm.
