Since losing thrice on the trot between October 10th 2009 and November 14th 2009, Poland have never tasted defeat. They won their next four games, scoring twelve times in the process. Besides, their last encounter finished in a goalless draw.
Poland have the edge going into this fixture in terms of head-to-head. Both sides met thrice over the past few years. The first two meetings ended in draws whereas the last of those, played in December 2008, finished 1-0 in favor of the Poles. Ironically, it is by this score line that Serbia lost last Sunday. The most alarming thing in this defeat is that the opponents came in the name of minnows New Zealand.
Coach Radomir Antic, who successfully led his team to the 2010 World Cup finals, is now under pressure to turn things around quickly ahead of Serbia’s opening match against Ghana in Group E. Serbia were on a very good run before their shocking 1-0 defeat to New Zealand. They had scored eight goals in four matches and conceded none. If they can finally defeat Poland to get back on track, they’ll be confident again of going places in South Africa.
