‘Scotland can get joy from Poland defence’

Everyone knows how good Robert Lewandowksi is, but what about the rest of the Poland team?

Polish football expert Christopher Lash has been giving the lowdown on Michal Probierz’s side before tonight’s Nations League game with Scotland at Hampden.

Speaking on the BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast, Lash said: “The main problem currently is the fact a lot of the key players are not playing in their clubs.

“[Inter Milan midfielder] Piotr Zielinski, [midfielder] Jakub Moder is not playing at Brighton, they talk about him maybe leaving.

“[Defender] Jakub Kiwior at Arsenal, who had a really good season last year, now because of new signings and because of players coming back, has also not been playing, so that’s been the real big problem.

“There’s a lot of question marks over the squad but I think the talent’s there. The weakness is the defence. You’ve got Southampton’s Jan Bednarek who will probably play just because we don’t really have anyone else.

“He’s not bad but his positional play has not got better over six or seven years in England, which people thought he might improve.

“In general, the defence is not that great. Scotland are at home, so they’re going to be attacking and if they can pressurise the central defenders especially, some joy can be had.

“But if Poland get the chance to play, they are pretty good going forward. The strikers are all playing and scoring goals for their teams and and obviously Robert Lewandowski is great.”