POLAND V SCOTLAND 23 JULY 2010

Kick-off 5pm
City Stadium, Proszowice		    
 

National coach Anna Signeul has named an 18-player squad for the friendly in Poland next week.

Celtic forward Suzanne Grant misses the match after suffering a hamstring injury in the Women's World Cup qualifier against Denmark last month.

Scotland play their next qualifier against Greece at the Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton, on 21 August.

  
         
    This will be a good test for the Scot's before their crucial matches against Greece and Denmark. The Polish side is currently sitting top of their World Cup Qualifying Group with five wins and one draw from seven matches. There only loss was a 4-2 defeat away in Hungary when Poland were reduced to ten while the score was 2-2, Hungary grabbing 2 goals in the final 3 minutes. There record is testament to their current form.    
         
 
Teams Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
 Poland 7 5 1 1 17 6 11 16
  Hungary 7 3 3 1 12 8 4 12
 Ukraine 6 3 2 1 18 7 11 11
 Romania 6 2 2 2 11 7 4 8
 Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 0 0 8 0 30 -30 0
   
     
  Players to watch are Agnieszka Winczo a 25 year old striker, the Polish number 15 has scored seven of the seventeen goals Poland have scored in the qualifiers. Which includes two hat-ricks in two 4-1 victories against Ukraine and Romania. Agnieszka likes to play right on the last defender looking to break in behind the opposition defence. Marlene Kowalik is an experienced defender having played in the German Bundesliga for SG Essen-Schonebeck since 2006.  
Agnieszka Winczo        Marlene Kowalik 


Back: Agata Tarczynska, Eve Rye, Agnieszka Winczo, Donata Lesnik, Anna Iron (c),
Front: Patricia Pożerska, Alice Pawlak, Marta Mika, Antończyk Daria, Natalia Chudzik and Marlene Kowalik

SCOTLAND SQUAD

Goalkeepers

 

 

Gemma Fay (Celtic) 119 -   
Shannon Lynn (Hibernian) 1 -
     
Defenders    
Jennifer Beattie (Arsenal) 32 6
Frankie Brown (Hibernian) 14 -
Rachel Corsie (Glasgow City) 22 3
Emma Fernon (Glasgow City) 13 1
Rhonda Jones (Hibernian) 78 2
Rachael Small (Forfar Farmington) - -
     
Midfield    
Hayley Lauder (Spartans)  4 1
Kim Little (Arsenal) 45 9
Joanne Love (Celtic) 95 2
Joelle Murray (Hibernian) 16 1
Jane Ross (Glasgow City) 16 2
Leanne Ross (Glasgow City) 53 1
Megan Sneddon (Glasgow City) 74 3
     
Forwards    
Pauline Hamill (Spartans) 138 29
Christie Murray (Celtic) 1 -