POL vs ITA Dream11 Prediction: Poland and Italy will continue their respective 2020-21 UEFA Nations League campaigns with a clash at the Stadion Energa Gdansk on Sunday night. Poland earned a big win in their friendly with Finland during the week to give themselves the best preparation for this tough clash with Italy. The hosts were edged by Netherlands in their opening UEFA Nations League game but responded with a win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in their second clash to leave them with three points from a possible six. Italy on the other hand last tasted defeat in September 2018 and they went one better than their hosts in their midweek friendly, notching six against Moldova. Poland are capable of causing Italy some problems but having gone so long without defeat, the away team should be able to extend that run here.
Date: 12 October, Monday
Time: 12:15 am IST
Match: Poland vs Italy
Place: Stadion Energa Gdansk, Gdansk
Form Guide:
POL: W-W-L-W-W
ITA: W-W-D-W-W
Head-to-head (Last 5 Matches)
Poland wins: 1
Italy wins: 3
Draws: 1
Poland Team News
Poland thumped Finland 5-1 in a friendly on Wednesday night, meanwhile, and will therefore enter this weekend’s contest in a confident mood, particularly with star player Robert Lewandowski back in the squad. Lewandowski missed the September internationals due to his involvement in the Champions League final, but the Bayern Munich striker is in the current squad and should lead the line on Sunday night. Poland, meanwhile, have already qualified for next summer’s European Championships, impressively winning eight of their 10 Group G matches to finish top of the section.
Injury update, unavailability
Poland will be without the service of Artur Jedrzejczyk and Przemyslaw Frankowski as both are injured.
POL Playing 11 & Subs (probable)
Fabianski; Kedziora, Glik, Bednarek, Bereszynski; Goralski, Krychowiak; Jozwiak, Szymanski, Grosicki; Lewandowski
Subs (probable): Ouedraogo, Kwang-Ryong, Burke
Italy Team News
Italy opened their 2020-21 UEFA Nations League campaign with a 1-1 draw against Bosnia on September 4 before recording a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands three days later to move to the top of the section. Roberto Mancini’s side, like Poland, will also enter this match off the back of an excellent friendly victory, having beaten Moldova 6-0 on Wednesday night. Italy actually struggled to impress in the inaugural UEFA Nations League, finishing second behind eventual winners Portugal in their group, winning just one of their four matches.
Injury update, unavailability
Italy will be without Fiorentina midfielder Gaetano Castrovilli, who is out with an injury.
ITA Playing 11 & Subs (probable)
Donnarumma; D’Ambrosio, Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola; Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli; El Shaarawy, Immobile, Chiesa
Subs (probable): Lasagna, Insigne, Orsolini
Let’s take a look at the dream 11 prediction for today’s football match
Goalkeeper: Donnarumma
Defenders: Glik, Bonucci, Chiellini
Midfielders: Jorginho, Locatelli, Jozwiak, Szymanski
Forwards: Lewandowski, Immobile, El Shaarawy
Robert Lewandowski: Lewandowski has 5 goals and a total of 9 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 26.32%. He had a total of 8 big chances.
Ciro Immobile: Immobile has scored 1 time after 3 match days in this season. He has won 4 aerial duels and 4 tackles.
Jorginho: He has 3 goals in 4 matches this season. Jorginho’s conversion rate for shots to goals is 60.
Kamil Jozwiak: Jozwiak has played 418 minutes of football in 8 matches this season. He has 1 assist and 74.7% of successful pass rate.
Who will win POL vs ITA Today Match Prediction Football
This clash has all of the makings of a very, very interesting encounter. The return of Lewandowski for Poland is huge, but Italy’s run of form cannot be ignored. We are expecting a tight encounter between two strong teams but believe that the visitors will ultimately have enough to pick up their second win in the group. At the end, we predict a 1-0 win for the Italians in today match prediction.