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England
v Poland⁠

2–1

Full time

England v Poland finished 2–1.

Poland
Moder 58'
Date
Wednesday 31 March 2021 · England in 2021
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Wembley Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

Substitutes

Poland Formation 3-5-2

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Wojciech Szczesny GK
  • No. 5, Jan Bednarek CB
  • No. 15, Kamil Glik CB
  • No. 14, Michal Helik CB Off in the 54'
  • No. 18, Bartosz Bereszynski RM
  • No. 20, Piotr Zielinski CM Off in the 85'
  • No. 16, Jakub Moder CM
  • No. 13, Maciej Rybus LM Off in the 86'
  • No. 10, Grzegorz Krychowiak AM
  • No. 9, Karol Swiderski FW Off in the 45'
  • No. 23, Krzysztof Piatek FW Off in the 76'

Substitutes

  • No. 7, Arkadiusz Milik Yellow card 46' On in the 45'
  • No. 21, Kamil Jozwiak On in the 54'
  • No. 6, Rafal Augustyniak On in the 76'
  • No. 11, Kamil Grosicki On in the 85'
  • No. 3, Arkadiusz Reca On in the 86'
  • No. 2, Sebastian Kowalczyk (not used)
  • No. 4, Pawel Dawidowicz (not used)
  • No. 8, Kacper Kozlowski (not used)
  • No. 12, Karol Niemczycki (not used)
  • No. 17, Przemyslaw Placheta (not used)
  • No. 19, Sebastian Szymanski (not used)
  • No. 22, Lukasz Fabianski (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2013

Official meetings since 1966

England v Poland stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings21In our results database
England wins12England perspective
Draws8Level at full time
Poland wins1Poland victories

England have scored 33 goals to Poland's 13 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

6

Lineker

6 goals against Poland in matches we hold scorer data for.

Poland · Fixture leader

1

Citko

Poland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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