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Poland
v England⁠

1–1

Full time

Poland v England finished 1–1.

England
Kane 72'
Poland
Szymański 90+2'
Date
Wednesday 8 September 2021 · England in 2021
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
PGE Narodowy, Warsaw

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

Poland Formation 3-1-4-2

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Wojciech Szczesny GK
  • No. 15, Kamil Glik CB Yellow card 45+3' Off in the 80'
  • No. 3, Pawel Dawidowicz CB
  • No. 5, Jan Bednarek CB
  • No. 10, Grzegorz Krychowiak SW Yellow card 60' Off in the 68'
  • No. 7, Kamil Jozwiak RM Off in the 80'
  • No. 8, Karol Linetty CM Yellow card 79'
  • No. 16, Jakub Moder CM
  • No. 23, Tymoteusz Puchacz LM Yellow card 77' Off in the 80'
  • No. 14, Adam Buksa FW Off in the 63'
  • No. 9, Robert Lewandowski FW

Substitutes

  • No. 11, Karol Swiderski On in the 63'
  • No. 17, Damian Szymanski Yellow card 90+3' On in the 68'
  • No. 6, Michal Helik On in the 80'
  • No. 13, Maciej Rybus On in the 80'
  • No. 21, Przemyslaw Frankowski On in the 80'
  • No. 2, Kamil Piatkowski (not used)
  • No. 4, Tomasz Kedziora (not used)
  • No. 12, Lukasz Skorupski (not used)
  • No. 18, Nicola Zalewski (not used)
  • No. 19, Jakub Kaminski (not used)
  • No. 20, Bartosz Slisz (not used)
  • No. 22, Bartlomiej Dragowski (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2004 – 2021

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

Domarski

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

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