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Lechia Gdańsk will host Lech Poznań tonight at the Polsat Plus Arena, with both teams hoping a victory can spark some life into their otherwise disappointing starts to the Ekstraklasa season.
Both sides come into tonight’s fixture with only one win in their first five games (both had a game postponed to prepare for European qualifiers) and pressure is mounting for two sides who had strong campaigns last season.
Lechia Gdańsk have struggled right from the off, with their only domestic victory coming away to Widzew Łódź in a hard-fought 3-2 game that saw plenty of action. Their attempts to qualify for the Europa Conference League were admirable, but they lost at home to Rapid Vienna in their second qualifying match-up. The last three games have all been losses, including against two newly promoted sides, Korona Kielce and Miedź Legnica. Tonight, with a raucous (and occasionally over-enthusiastic) home crowd behind them, they will be hoping to rise from the foot of the table.
Lech Poznań have had an equally poor start to their defence of the Ekstraklasa title, picking up their first victory in the competition last time out against Piast Gliwice. The biggest positive, in a season which so far has been anything but for Lech, is that they have successfully qualified for the groups of the Conference League. They have also signed Mateusz Żukowski on loan from Rangers to add competition into the squad, and are thinking of doing the same with former player Tymoteusz Puchasz, whose time with Union Berlin sadly hasn’t seen him fully utilised, having spent the second half of last season on loan in Turkey with league winners Trabzonspor.
Tonight’s tie between these two teams is usually a clash near the top of the table, but not this time. Victory for either one would mean the chance to properly get their Ekstraklasa season going. A loss, and managerial changes will be seriously considered.
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