Górnik Zabrze - Lech Poznań 1:3

On Friday, Lech played their first away match of the season. Following an unsatisfactory start of the campaign – i.e. the goalless draw against the Ekstraklasa newcomers Radomiak Radom – the team from Poznań travelled to Zabrze where they faced Górnik. Interestingly, it was the 100^th time that the two teams faced each other – the aggregate score was in Lech’s favour as the team from Poznań won 42 times, drew in 29 games, and lost 28 times.

At first, the hosts dominated and quickly converted their efforts into a goal. In the 8^th minute, Górnik was awarded a penalty kick following Lubomir Šatka’s handball. Jesus Jimenez converted the perfect opportunity into an opening goal. However, Lech’s didn’t give up and before referee Marciniak announced halftime, Jakub Kamiński converted Joel Pereira’s perfect cross into an equalizer.

Lech took control of the match in the second half and within a few minutes, the guests managed to score the second goal. This time, Jesper Karlström, Joao Amaral and Mikael Ishak played the main roles in Lech’s offensive attempt. In the 69^th minute, Michał Skóraś set the final score to 3:1 with a shot on target which first bounced off Rafał Janicki’s feet and then hit the back of the net.

Despite creating a few more goal-scoring opportunities, Lech didn’t manage to score again as Filip Marchwiński’s and Jan Sýkora’s attempts were successfully stopped by Górnik’s keeper. On Friday (August 6^th), Lech is going to play in front of their fans as they face Cracovia at 8:30 pm local time.

Górnik Zabrze - Lech Poznań 1:3 (1:1)

Goals: Jimenez (8.- penalty) - Kamiński (38.), Ishak (49.), Skóraś (69.)

Yellow cards: Bainović, Janža - Šatka

Red cards: Pereira (brutal foul)

Górnik Zabrze: Grzegorz Sandomierski - Kacper Michalski (76. Piotr Krawczyk), Przemysław Wiśniewski, Rafał Janicki, 64. Erik Janža (66. Ishmael Baidoo) - Robert Dadok, Alasana Manneh (46. Adrian Dziedzic), Filip Bainović (46. Lukas Podolski), Bartosz Nowak, Mateusz Cholewiak - Jesús Jiménez (83. Norbert Wojtuszek).

Lech Poznań: Mickey van der Hart - Joel Pereira, Bartosz Salamon, Lubomir Šatka, Barry Douglas - Michał Skóraś (90. Alan Czerwiński), Jesper Karlström, João Amaral (80. Radosław Murawski), Pedro Tiba (85. Filip Marchwiński), Jakub Kamiński (80. Jan Sýkora) - Mikael Ishak (85. Artur Sobiech)