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Mexico vs Poland

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When: Tomorrow, 7pm Capacity: 40,000

Where: Stadium 974

Key stats:

◆ Mexico missed out on top spot in the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers to Canada only by goal difference

◆ Mexico are competing at their 17th World Cup and their eighth in a row, but they have been eliminated in the last-16 at every edition since 1994

◆ Poland are competing at their ninth World Cup and are looking to improve on their 2018 run when they finished bottom of their group

◆ Polish striker Robert Lewandowsk­i scored nine goals in the World Cup qualifiers and he has been in fine form for his new club Barcelona this season, netting 18 times in 19 games in all competitio­ns

Previous meetings:

◆ Mexico and Poland have played each other nine times, with both teams winning three games each and three ending in draws

◆ Poland have not beaten Mexico since 1978, the only time the teams met at a World Cup

◆ The last time they played each other was in November 2017 when Raul Jimenez scored in a 1-0 win for Mexico.

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