Stal Rzeszów vs Górnik Łęczna

Górnik Łęczna took the lead in the 25th minute when Iwo Świerkot found the net. The Betclic 2 Liga side doubled their advantage four minutes before half-time through Samuel Quainoo (41'), leaving Stal facing a two-goal deficit at the break.

Stal pulled one back in first-half stoppage time. Mateusz Leniart scored from Antoni Perduta's cross (45+1') to make it 2-1 going into the interval — a crucial lifeline after a half in which Marek Zub's side had fielded an entirely youth-team XI.

The hosts made wholesale changes at the break, introducing their first-team regulars. The impact was immediate. Sean Goss levelled in the 51st minute, finishing after Jonathan Junior laid the ball into his path.

Marcin Listkowski then put Stal ahead in the 67th minute, tucking away after a scramble in the box, to make it 3-2.

Goss completed his brace in the 79th minute, converting from Marco Thiede's pass to seal the 4-2 victory. Górnik's Bartłomiej Korbecki was booked late on (83').

The half-time substitutions transformed the match. Zub started with a lineup composed entirely of academy players — the oldest were Szymon Salamon and Radosław Bieniaszewski, with an average age just over 18, per Polish outlet PodkarpacieLIVE. Górnik's greater experience told in the first half, as they raced into a 2-0 lead. But when Stal introduced Goss, Listkowski, Junior, Thiede and others after the break, the balance of the game shifted entirely. Three goals in 28 second-half minutes flipped the scoreline.

Sean Goss (Stal Rzeszów) — The Northern Irish midfielder was the difference-maker. His two goals (51', 79') turned a deficit into a comfortable win. His first was a composed finish to level the scores; his second, from Thiede's delivery, sealed the result. Player of the match.

Jonathan Junior (Stal Rzeszów) — Instrumental in the second-half revival: the assist for Goss's equaliser and the work rate that created space for the third goal.

Marcin Listkowski (Stal Rzeszów) — The former GKS Tychy man scored the third goal that put Stal ahead for the first time in the 67th minute.

Iwo Świerkot & Samuel Quainoo (Górnik Łęczna) — The Górnik forwards carried the threat in the first half, scoring either side of the half-hour mark, but their side could not sustain the pressure after the break.

Stal Rzeszów's 4-2 victory reflected a game of two distinct halves. The home side's youth-heavy XI created little in the opening 45 minutes beyond Leniart's stoppage-time strike. The introduction of first-team regulars at half-time triggered a complete reversal: three goals in 28 minutes, with Goss central to the revival. The 14 previous H2H meetings between these sides had produced an average of 2.93 goals per game; this fixture comfortably exceeded that mark.

This was Stal Rzeszów's second pre-season friendly of the summer, following a 1-0 loss to Widzew Łódź on 27 June. The win, built on second-half dominance, gives Zub confidence ahead of the 2026/27 Betclic 1 Liga season, which begins on 25 July against Arka Gdynia.

For Górnik Łęczna, this was their third friendly of pre-season after facing Dinamo București and Puszcza Niepołomice. The side coached by Jurij Szatałow will compete in Betclic 2 Liga in 2026/27 after relegation. The manner of the collapse — leading 2-0 before conceding four unanswered goals — will be a concern as they build towards the new campaign.

A pre-season friendly in which the scoreline told a truer story than the first half suggested. Stal Rzeszów's depth proved decisive once their senior players entered the pitch, while Górnik Łęczna will need to address their second-half fragility. Goss's double was the headline act, but the shift in momentum after the interval was the real takeaway.