TIRANA. Poland tops Albania 1-0 after K. Swiderski scored just 1 goal (77′). Poland took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Air Albania Stadium stadium in Tirana on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin with the help of Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore. The 4th official was Ruddy Buquet. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
Poland was in firm control of the ball 60% while Albania was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Poland was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Poland won the encounter.
Albania shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Poland shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Albania received 4 yellow cards (A. Ismajli, E. Hysaj, E. Reja and Y. Ramadani). On the other side, Poland received 3 yellow cards (A. Buksa, J. Bednarek and T. Puchacz).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this contest, Albania will stay with 15 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Poland will have 17 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Albania will play away against England on the 12th of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of England (0 draws).
Poland will play away agasint Andorra on the 12th of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Poland (0 draws).
Albania – Formation
Albania
49'
77'
Albania started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Edoardo Reja decided to play with the following team: Etrit Berisha , Elseid Hysaj , Ardian Ismajli , Marash Kumbulla , Frédéric Veseli , Ylber Ramadani , Keidi Bare , Lorenc Trashi , Odise Roshi , Rey Manaj and Myrto Uzuni .
The home team had on the bench: Gentian Selmani, Kastriot Dermaku, Enis Çokaj , Armando Broja , Thomas Strakosha, Ermir Lenjani , Nedim Bajrami and Enea Mihaj.
Substitutions
Albania made 4 changes: M. Uzuni for A. Broja (58′), L. Trashi for E. Lenjani (65′), O. Roshi for N. Bajrami (77′) and K. Bare for E. Cokaj (77′).
Best player: Ylber Ramadani
The player that probably impressed the most for Albania was Ylber Ramadani.
His rating is with 37 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 16.
Poland – Formation
Poland
77'Poland started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
On the other side, Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa played with: Wojciech Szczęsny , Paweł Dawidowicz , Kamil Glik , Jan Bednarek , Grzegorz Krychowiak , Kamil Jóźwiak , Piotr Zieliński , Jakub Moder , Tymoteusz Puchacz , Adam Buksa and Robert Lewandowski .
They had on the bench: Krzysztof Piątek, Przemysław Płacheta, Radosław Majecki, Bartosz Bereszyński, Robert Gumny, Mateusz Klich , Łukasz Skorupski, Przemysław Frankowski , Karol Świderski , Tomasz Kędziora, Kacper Kozłowski and Michał Helik.
Substitutions
Poland made 5 changes: J. Moder for M. Klich (46′), A. Buksa for K. Swiderski (71′), K. Jozwiak for P. Frankowski (71′), T. Puchacz for B. Bereszynski (90′) and J. Bednarek for M. Helik (90′).
Best player: Jan Bednarek
The player that probably impressed the most for Poland was Jan Bednarek even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 76 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Kazakhstan – Finland – 0-2
- Portugal – Luxembourg – 5-0
- Serbia – Azerbaijan – 3-1
- Bulgaria – Northern Ireland – 2-1
- Lithuania – Switzerland – 0-4
- Kosovo – Georgia – 1-2
- Sweden – Greece – 2-0
- Denmark – Austria – 1-0
- Faroe Islands – Scotland – 0-1
- Israel – Moldova – 2-1
- Albania – Poland – 0-1
- England – Hungary – 1-1
