POLAND and Turkey will play out their final pre-Euro 2024 warm-up match when the pair meet at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw on Monday night.
The Eagles kick-off their European Championship campaign against the Netherlands in Hamburg next Sunday.
Michał Probierz’s men put in an impressive showing in their most recent friendly match on Friday night, as they swept aside Ukraine 3-1 in Warsaw, on a night where our man Andy Delaney delivered a full house of winners.
The Polish faithful will be hoping their side can replicate that type performance and build more momentum by taking top honours against Turkey on Monday night.
As for the Turks, they have struggled for form of late, though they will have taken plenty of positives away from their 0-0 draw with Italy in Bologna on Tuesday night.
Vincenzo Montella’s side will get their Euro 2024 journey underway against Georgia on June 18.
How the bookies view it: Poland primed for another win
Fresh off the back of their 3-1 success against Ukraine on Friday night, Poland are 13/10 favourites to pick up another win before setting off for Germany.
Turkey, who have failed to win any of their last four matches, are 2/1 to triumph on Bet 365 while an all square affair in Warsaw can be backed at 9/4 with the same firm
Head to head: First meeting in 30+ years
Somewhat surprisingly, Monday’s meeting will be the first time Poland and Turkey have crossed paths since 1993, with Turkey claiming a 2-1 win on that occasion.
Prior to that success, the Crescent Stars had failed to earn a victory against the Eagles in five attempts.
Players to watch: Lewandowski to be unleashed?
Robert Lewandowski started on the bench for Poland on Friday but he is expected to come back into the starting XI on Monday night. The Eagles' all-time top scorer is 6/5 on Bet 365 to get on the scoresheet.
Turkey have scored just one goal in their last three matches so they will be hoping playmaker Hakan Calhanoglu can produce a moment of game-changing magic. The Turkish skipper is a tempting 4/5 on Bet 365 to register a shot on target.
Predicted line-ups
Poland right-back Matty Cash has been ruled out of Euro 2024 due to injury, while the aforementioned Robert Lewandowski should get the nod from the off.
Turkey look set to be without injured defensive duo Caglar Soyuncu and Ridvan Yilmaz.
Poland: Szczesny; Kiwior, Walukiewicz, Dawidowicz; Frankowski, Szymanski, Zielinski, Slisz, Zalewski; Swiderski, Lewandowski
Turkey: Cakir; Celik, Demiral, Ayhan, Ozkacar; Calhanoglu, Ozcan; Yazici, Yildiz, Akturkoglu; B. Yilmaz
Anything else catch the eye?
In what should be a pretty even friendly match-up, Turkey stand out in the total team corners market to earn four or more corner kicks at 4/5 on Bet 365.
Vincenzo Montella’s men racked up five flag-kicks in their friendly match away at Italy in midweek, not to mention they hit seven when paying Hungary a visit back in March.
It’s also worth pointing out that Poland conceded nine corners in their 3-1 win over Ukraine last time out.
Thus, backing the Crescent Stars to clock up four corners here looks worth supporting at 4/5 with Bet 365.
This International Friendly match between Poland and Turkey will be played on Jun 10, 2024 and kick off at 19:45. Check below for our tipsters best Poland vs Turkey prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
