After a long wait, Poland and Senegal get their World Cup campaign on the way and they are both in one of the unpredictable groups in the competition so every game counts.
Poland made a walk of their qualifying campaign, collecting maximum points in eight of ten games. They lost just once – 4-0 to Denmark, but that showed that they have a weaker side to their team- their defence.
Their warm-up friendlies have actually gone almost to plan. They beat Lithuania 4-0 in their last game so they would be coming to the World Cup in confident mood, they had previously drawn 2-2 with Chile and their performance wasn’t very poor there either.
The Poles have, however, kept just a single clean sheet in their last 5 games, and they would be without Kamil Gilik for this opening game which makes them even weaker at the back.
Senegal are making just their second ever appearance at the World Cup after their wonderful showing at Korea/Japan 2002. While they do not have the surprise element like 16 years ago, they come into this competition with a good squad.
Sadio Mane is their main man, but he has support from Keita Balde and Moussa Sow upfront, while Kalidou Koulibaly would be leading their defence and they have a wealth of Premier League experience in their midfield.
The Senegalese come into their first game following a 2-0 win over South Korea, and they performed well in their previous 2-1 loss to Croatia.
