Lech Poznan vs Sunderland - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams who person made contrasting starts successful the Europa League quadrate disconnected astatine The Stadion Poznan successful Poland connected Thursday evening, arsenic Lech Poznan play big to Sunderland.

While the Black Cats inhabit a top-nine presumption successful the 36-team table, the Railwaymen beryllium stone bottommost of the standings aft the archetypal 2 rounds of fixtures.

Match preview

After exceeding expectations and finishing seventh successful the Premier League past season, a twelvemonth aft securing promotion, Sunderland find themselves rooted to the ft of the table aft losing 5 of their archetypal 7 matches this word (D1 W1).

No Premier League squad has committed much errors starring to goals than the Black Cats (five), who failed to registry a azygous changeable connected people and had Kevin Danso sent disconnected successful the opening 17 minutes of a 2-0 distant decision to Bournemouth past play – their 4th consecutive league loss.

Another “very painful” setback leaves caput manager Regis Le Bris “worried” arsenic his Sunderland broadside are experiencing “a large down” successful what helium expects to beryllium a run filled with “ups and downs”. The Frenchman tin astatine slightest instrumentality positives from their archetypal European run successful 53 years.

Indeed, the Black Cats are 1 of 10 teams retired of 36 to triumph their opening 2 matches successful this season’s Europa League. A slender 1-0 location occurrence implicit AZ Alkmaar followed by a last-gasp 2-1 comeback triumph against Portuguese second-tier outfit Torreense past week, courtesy of Noah Sadiki’s 93rd-minute winner.

Sunderland volition beryllium keen to code their leaky backline erstwhile they caput into Thursday’s contest, arsenic they person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful immoderate of their past 10 distant games crossed each competitions, conceding 19 goals successful total.

Lech Poznan are 1 of 9 Europa League teams retired of 36 who person suffered decision successful some of their opening 2 League Phase fixtures, but they are 1 of lone 2 sides to suffer without scoring, conceding a competition-high 8 goals successful the process.

The Railwaymen began their run with a dense 4-0 distant decision to Crystal Palace earlier losing by the aforesaid scoreline astatine location to Bayer Leverkusen past week – successful some games they were trailing by 3 goals astatine fractional time.

Head manager Niels Frederiksen admitted that his players were ‘nervous with and without the ball’ against Leverkusen, and helium has encouraged his players to larn from the lessons of their archetypal 2 matches successful which they struggled to accommodate to the gait of the crippled against higher-quality opposition.

The reigning Polish Ekstraklasa champions person since responded successful emphatic fashion, thrashing mid-table broadside Korona Kielce 6-1 connected Sunday to ascent up to 2nd successful the array and 1 constituent down leaders Gornik Zabrze, who person played a crippled more.

Poznan person recovered it hard to transportation their home signifier onto the continental stage; they person mislaid each of their past 5 Europa League games (excluding qualifiers) and person been beaten successful 5 of their past six matches connected location soil. The Railwaymen are besides successful information of becoming the archetypal Europa League broadside to suffer their archetypal 3 games of a play and concede astatine slightest 4 goals successful each.

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Team News

Lech Poznan volition beryllium without Allahyar Sayyadmanesh who is ruled retired with a hamstring wounded sustained successful grooming earlier this month, portion Alex Douglas (ankle) and Ali Gholizadeh (ACL) are besides sidelined.

However, Radoslaw Murawski is disposable to instrumentality aft serving a one-match prohibition pursuing his reddish paper connected matchday one, and the midfielder could commencement alongside Antoni Kozubal and Pablo Rodriguez.

Patrik Walemark has scored a team-high 11 goals successful 19 appearances truthful acold this play and is apt to proceed connected the close broadside of attack, portion Mikael Ishak leads the enactment and Leo Bengtsson battles with Luis Palma for a commencement connected the near flank.

As for Sunderland, Brian Brobbey has returned to squad grooming aft recovering from a hamstring injury, but Le Bris remains cautious implicit the striker’s fittingness and an quality connected Thursday is considered unlikely.

Romaine Mundle (knee), Daniel Ballard and Thomas Meunier (hamstring) stay sidelined, portion a precocious telephone is acceptable to beryllium made connected the availability of Wilson Isidor, who missed the decision astatine Bournemouth with a insignificant unspecified issue.

After starting against Torrense and Bournemouth, Timur Tutierov, 21, could beryllium handed conscionable his 3rd elder commencement for the Black Cats up front, portion Malick Fofana, Nilson Angulo, Habib Diarra, Dayann Methalie and Luke O'Nien volition each beryllium pushing to gain a callback aft opening arsenic substitutes past clip out.

Lech Poznan imaginable starting lineup:

Lis; Pereira, Skrzypczak, Monka, Gurgul; Kozubal, Murawski; Walemark, Rodriguez, Palma; Ishak

Sunderland imaginable starting lineup:

Roefs; Hume, Danso, O’Nien, Methalie; Xhaka, Sadiki; Fofana, Rigg, Angulo; Tutierov

We say: Lech Poznan 0-2 Sunderland

With some managers demanding a crisp effect pursuing caller setbacks, a tightly-contested conflict is expected betwixt 2 teams keen to statesman a affirmative tally of form.

Even if Le Bris opts to freshen up his starting lineup, Sunderland should inactive person the indispensable prime to navigate their mode past a Lech Poznan outfit that has struggled to accommodate connected the continent this term, presenting a premier accidental for the visitors to yet extremity their 10-game distant clean-sheet drought.

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