Match report
Lewandowski hat-trick leads Poland rout of ten-man Romania
Poland thrashed Romania 6-0 at the National Stadium Warsaw in a UEFA Nations League League B fixture, with the hosts in total control after Radu Drăgușin was sent off in the 22nd minute. Robert Lewandowski converted a penalty two minutes later to put Poland 1-0 up at half-time.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The floodgates opened after the break. Lewandowski added a second in the 47th minute, assisted by Nicola Zalewski, before Virgil Ghiță turned the ball into his own net two minutes later to make it 3-0. Piotr Zieliński struck in the 62nd minute, Jan Bednarek followed four minutes later with an assist from Sebastian Szymański, and Lewandowski completed his hat-trick in the 86th minute, teed up by Oskar Pietuszewski, to seal the 6-0 scoreline.
Poland dominated possession with 67 percent of the ball and outshot Romania 24 to 10, with 9 shots on target to Romania's 3. The result lifted Poland to third in the group table on 4 points from three matches, while Romania remained bottom with no points from the same number of games.
Robert Lewandowski scored three times, including a first-half penalty, to finish the match with a rating of 9.15, the highest of any player on the pitch.
Poland's dominance was underlined by a 67 to 33 percent split in possession over Romania.
Poland beat Romania 6–0 (half-time 1–0).
Poland met Romania in the UEFA Nations League (League B - 3). Kick-off was Friday, 2 October 2026, 18:45 UTC at National Stadium Warsaw. Referee: Urs Schnyder.
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Key moments
- 22' Red card: Radu Drăgușin
- 24' Goal (penalty): Robert Lewandowski — 1–0 · Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal video (24')
- 47' Goal: Robert Lewandowski (assist: Nicola Zalewski) — 2–0 · Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal video (47')
- 49' Goal (own goal): Virgil Ghiță — 3–0
- 62' Goal: Piotr Zieliński — 4–0
- 66' Goal: Jan Bednarek (assist: Sebastian Szymański) — 5–0
- 86' Goal: Robert Lewandowski (assist: Oskar Pietuszewski) — 6–0 · Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal video (86')
Starting line-ups
Poland (4-2-3-1)
Romania (4-3-1-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Poland 58%, the draw 23%, Romania 19%. It finished Poland 6–0 Romania.
Poland's rating edge carries it — Poland are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Poland's 58%. The draw at 23% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Poland at 58%?
Poland sit 90 points higher on our strength rating — 1698 to 1608. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge at home won 56.6% of 13,287 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 58–21–21.
Why only 58%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 58% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 23% and Romania at 19%.
Why is the draw only 23%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.9%. These teams' recent games average 3.4 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,787. The goals environment takes 2.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Poland scored +0.37 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,823 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 41.4% vs 42.4% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Romania scored +0.43 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Poland vs Romania final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Nations League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal against Romania (24').
- Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal against Romania (47').
- Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal against Romania (86').
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