Lech Poznań fear Mikael Ishak may be out for longer than first expected after he was forced off in the 14th minute against Legia Warszawa. Niels Frederiksen said the captain will be missing for a few weeks, while local reporting has also suggested Lech are not sure he will play again in this round.
Lech's timeline for the captain
Frederiksen, speaking to WP SportoweFakty in comments translated from Polish, said: "Mikael will not be with us for a few weeks. That is of course very bad news, given our packed schedule." That points to a longer lay-off than the first two-to-three-week estimate around the injury.
The same concern was echoed by Wojciech Mońka in comments to Interia Sport, also translated from Polish: "We expect both of them to come back to us after the international break. The latest injury is Ishak's injury. We estimate his return for the week after the international break, perhaps a bit later." TVP Sport reported that Lech is not sure Ishak will play again in this round.
What Lech lose without him
This is a bad time for the injury because Ishak has been central to Lech's season. He has played 17 matches in all competitions, scored 3 league goals and added 3 league assists.
Lech's next league match is away to GKS Katowice on 2026-11-22, then comes an away Europa League trip to Union St. Gilloise on 2026-11-26 and a home league match against Pogoń Szczecin on 2026-11-28. That run comes with Lech top of the Ekstraklasa on 32 points from 13 games, while their Europa League start has brought 1 point from 4 matches and a 35th-place position in the table.
The club does not have a confirmed return date to work with yet, and the most concrete update remains that Ishak will be out for weeks, not days.
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