UEFA Europa League Matchday 3 Thu, Oct 22 · 17:45 Enea Stadion, Poznań
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Our take

Sunderland are slight favourites.

Sunderland are the stronger side on L90 Strength (57 vs 34). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Sunderland. Lech Poznan have 7 days of rest, Sunderland 4.2 and have to travel 1,234 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel1,234 kmRest days7 · 4.2Matches / 14d1 · 3
Lech Poznan26%
Draw22%
Sunderland52%
Expected goals 1.44 – 2.10
Lech Poznan31%
Draw27%
Sunderland43%
Expected goals 1.21 – 1.47
Lech Poznan26%
Draw22%
Sunderland52%
Expected goals 1.44 – 2.10
Lech Poznan19%
Draw20%
Sunderland61%
Expected goals 1.28 – 2.35
Lech Poznan26%
Draw22%
Sunderland52%
Expected goals 1.39 – 2.04
Over 2.5 69% Both score 67% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 2 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Poznań)
10°COvercast
  • Precipitation 42%
  • Wind 13 km/h
  • Humidity 81%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lech Poznan and Sunderland. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

Lech PoznanSunderland
34 L90 StrengthIn forecast 57
34 Current StrengthIn forecast 57
35 AttackIn forecast 62
23 DefenceIn forecast 59
— Form indexContext 56
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Lech Poznan

Attack—
Defense risk—

Sunderland

Attack+68%
Defense risk−30%

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Lech PoznanSunderland
0.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
4.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.50
— xGVia Att/Def 2.07
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.79
— Goals minus xGContext -0.57
0% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 50%
13.50 ShotsContext 21.00
4.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.50
33% On target shareContext 21%
6.00 Shots in the boxContext 14.50
41% Box shareContext 69%
0% ConversionContext 7%
— OffsidesContext 1.00
19.00 Shots allowedContext 7.00
8.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 1.50
3.50 BlocksContext 3.50
4.50 Goalkeeper savesContext —
56% Save rateContext 100%
43% PossessionIn forecast 53%
433 PassesContext 401
353 Accurate passesContext 329
82% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.05 Team ratingContext 6.92
6.00 FoulsContext 16.00
13.50 Fouls sufferedContext 12.50
1.00 Yellow cardsContext 3.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
2.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.70 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.60
1.06 xGVia Att/Def 1.66
3.01 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.67
+1.34 Goals minus xGContext -0.56
70% Scored inContext 70%
30% Clean sheetsContext 20%
14.71 ShotsContext 14.40
6.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.78
41% On target shareContext 30%
8.33 Shots in the boxContext 9.60
56% Box shareContext 65%
14% ConversionContext 8%
1.25 OffsidesContext 2.33
13.57 Shots allowedContext 12.40
5.14 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.56
3.10 BlocksContext 3.90
2.86 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
56% Save rateContext 52%
53% PossessionIn forecast 49%
443 PassesContext 395
367 Accurate passesContext 316
83% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.57 Team ratingContext 6.71
10.00 FoulsContext 12.70
14.20 Fouls sufferedContext 13.60
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 2.40
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Lech Poznan
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 33 · 0 pts vs 2.0 for an average club · -1.8 vs expected
  • L15 OctH · Bayer Leverkusen0–40.9 xPts
  • L17 SepA · Crystal Palace0–40.9 xPts
Sunderland
Rest4.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel1,234 km4,481 km in 14d
Schedule load37%Moderate
Form 56 · 6 pts vs 5.3 for an average club · -0.1 vs expected
  • L18 OctA · Bournemouth0–20.9 xPts
  • W15 OctA · Torreense2–11.8 xPts
  • L10 OctH · Brighton0–21.2 xPts
  • L20 SepA · Manchester City3–50.6 xPts
  • W16 SepH · AZ Alkmaar1–01.7 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Lech Poznan Sunderland
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 37
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7UEFA Europa League 2026-2027 - League phase, 15 Oct4.2Premier League 2026-2027, 18 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,234 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km4,481 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 12 / 3 / 3
Next matchdays after this one14.13

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Lech Poznan Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Bayer Leverkusen (H) 0–4, 15 Oct
1M. Lis(G)
15M. Gurgul 27W. Mońka 72M. Skrzypczak 2Joel Pereira
43A. Kozubal 5K. Berggren
14E. Bengtsson 9M. Ishak 10J. Wålemark
77L. Palma
Sunderland Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Bournemouth (A) 0–2, 18 Oct
22R. Roefs(G)
17Reinildo 15O. Alderete 4K. Danso 20N. Mukiele
27N. Sadiki 34G. Xhaka
28E. Le Fée 11C. Rigg 32T. Hume
57T. Tuterov

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Lech Poznan No reported absences
Sunderland No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Lech Poznan+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Sunderland+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Lech Poznan · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
0.00
Conceded
4.00
Sunderland · Away 3.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
1-0-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
1.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Lech Poznan2 games · scored 0 · conceded 8
1 0-15
2 16-30
3 31-45
46-60
61-75
2 76-90
Sunderland2 games · scored 3 · conceded 1
0-15
16-30
1 31-45
46-60
2 61-75
1 76-90
Lech Poznan9 games · scored 24 · conceded 14
1 2 0-15
8 3 16-30
3 4 31-45
4 2 46-60
4 61-75
4 3 76-90
Sunderland10 games · scored 11 · conceded 16
1 2 0-15
1 2 16-30
2 2 31-45
2 6 46-60
3 61-75
2 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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