FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Finland vs Belarus, 2014 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage 2013

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Finland
  • 57': Kasper Hämäläinen
FT
1 - 0
Belarus
  • Red Card 90'+1': Pavel Nekhajchik

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Finland are hosting Belarus at Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Foul by Sergei Kislyak (Belarus).
  • 2': Kasper Hämäläinen (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 2': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Stanislav Dragun.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Kasper Hämäläinen (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roman Eremenko with a cross.
  • 4': Aliaksandr Hleb (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 4': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
  • 5': Foul by Markus Halsti (Finland).
  • 5': Vitali Rodionov (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Markus Halsti (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Maksim Bordachev (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anton Putsila.
  • 13': Foul by Roman Eremenko (Finland).
  • 13': Stanislav Dragun (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Aliaksandr Hleb (Belarus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Foul by Alexander Ring (Finland).
  • 15': Attempt saved. Anton Putsila (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aliaksandr Hleb.
  • 17': Substitution, Belarus. Pavel Nekhajchik replaces Sergei Balanovich because of an injury.
  • 18': Alexander Ring (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
  • 18': Foul by Vitali Rodionov (Belarus).
  • 18': Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 20': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Maksim Bordachev.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Roman Eremenko (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Perparim Hetemaj.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Alexander Ring (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Teemu Tainio.
  • 28': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Pavel Nekhajchik.
  • 28': Foul by Yegor Filipenko (Belarus).
  • 30': Teemu Pukki (Finland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Maksim Bordachev with a cross.
  • 32': Offside, Belarus. Igor Shitov tries a through ball, but Vitali Rodionov is caught offside.
  • 32': Foul by Petri Pasanen (Finland).
  • 33': Vitali Rodionov (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Anton Putsila (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Martynovich.
  • 33': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Teemu Tainio.
  • 35': Foul by Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
  • 35': Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 38': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Jukka Raitala.
  • 38': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Finland).
  • 38': Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Stanislav Dragun (Belarus) header from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roman Eremenko.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Roman Eremenko (Finland) right footed shot from long range on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Perparim Hetemaj.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Alexander Ring (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roman Eremenko.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aliaksandr Hleb.
  • 45'+1': Aliaksandr Hleb (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Markus Halsti (Finland).
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Stanislav Dragun (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sergei Kislyak with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Finland 0, Belarus 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Finland 1, Belarus 0.
  • 47': Second Half begins Finland 0, Belarus 0.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Roman Eremenko (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
  • 48': Foul by Sergei Kislyak (Belarus).
  • 50': Jukka Raitala (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 50': Foul by Kasper Hämäläinen (Finland).
  • 51': Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Igor Shitov (Belarus) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Sergei Kislyak.
  • 51': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Markus Halsti.
  • 52': Delay in match Kari Arkivuo (Finland) because of an injury.
  • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 54': Substitution, Finland. Jarkko Hurme replaces Kari Arkivuo because of an injury.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Anton Putsila (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aliaksandr Hleb.
  • 57': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Stanislav Dragun.
  • 58': Goal! Finland 1, Belarus 0. Kasper Hämäläinen (Finland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) right footed shot from long range on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Roman Eremenko.
  • 61': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Jarkko Hurme.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Finland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roman Eremenko.
  • 62': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Sergei Veremko.
  • 62': Aliaksandr Hleb (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Perparim Hetemaj (Finland).
  • 64': Foul by Roman Eremenko (Finland).
  • 64': Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 66': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Markus Halsti.
  • 66': Hand ball by Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
  • 67': Substitution, Belarus. Aleksandr Pavlov replaces Stanislav Dragun.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kasper Hämäläinen.
  • 67': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Sergei Veremko.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Markus Halsti (Finland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roman Eremenko with a cross following a corner.
  • 68': Foul by Igor Shitov (Belarus).
  • 68': Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 69': Substitution, Finland. Tim Sparv replaces Teemu Tainio.
  • 69': Foul by Roman Eremenko (Finland).
  • 69': Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Alexander Ring.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Igor Shitov (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 71': Foul by Sergei Kislyak (Belarus).
  • 72': Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Anton Putsila (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aliaksandr Hleb with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 73': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Petri Pasanen.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Vitali Rodionov (Belarus) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Pavlov with a cross.
  • 74': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Jarkko Hurme.
  • 74': Foul by Aleksandr Pavlov (Belarus).
  • 76': Tim Sparv (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Anton Putsila (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maksim Bordachev.
  • 76': Foul by Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
  • 77': Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 78': Substitution, Finland. Mikael Forssell replaces Teemu Pukki.
  • 78': Foul by Aleksandr Pavlov (Belarus).
  • 78': Perparim Hetemaj (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Substitution, Belarus. Timofei Kalachev replaces Igor Shitov.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Roman Eremenko (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mikael Forssell.
  • 81': Offside, Finland. Mikael Forssell tries a through ball, but Roman Eremenko is caught offside.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vitali Rodionov.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Roman Eremenko (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kasper Hämäläinen.
  • 82': Anton Putsila (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 82': Foul by Petri Pasanen (Finland).
  • 82': Petri Pasanen (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Anton Putsila.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Timofei Kalachev (Belarus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Vitali Rodionov with a headed pass.
  • 85': Foul by Petri Pasanen (Finland).
  • 85': Vitali Rodionov (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Timofei Kalachev (Belarus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Pavlov with a headed pass.
  • 87': Foul by Perparim Hetemaj (Finland).
  • 87': Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Anton Putsila following a set piece situation.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Kasper Hämäläinen (Finland) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Roman Eremenko following a fast break.
  • 90': Aliaksandr Hleb (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Foul by Kasper Hämäläinen (Finland).
  • 90'+1': Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) has gone down, but that's a dive.
  • 90'+1': Second yellow card to Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Alexander Ring (Finland) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Perparim Hetemaj with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Finland 1, Belarus 0.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 15
0 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
8 Corner Kicks 6
2 Saves 3
50.4 Possession 49.6
21 SHOTS 17
3 ON GOAL 3
0.1 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
305 Accurate Passes 292
375 Passes 381
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
9 Accurate Crosses 6
35 Crosses 18
0.3 Cross % 0.3
54 Long Balls 41
41 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.8 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 4
3 Effective Tackles 11
6 Tackles 17
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
0 Interceptions 0
23 Effective Clearances 10
36 Clearances 32

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Attendance: 24,916

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Line-Ups

FIN Finland (4-3-2-1)

No. Name
1 Niki Mäenpää (GK)
15 Markus Halsti Yellow Card
2 Petri Pasanen Yellow Card
22 Jukka Raitala
13 Kari Arkivuo
16 Teemu Tainio
8 Perparim Hetemaj
19 Alexander Ring
21 Kasper Hämäläinen
7 Roman Eremenko
10 Teemu Pukki
Finland Substitutes:
Mikael Forssell, Tim Sparv, Mike Ojala, Erfan Zeneli, Mikko Sumusalo, Timo Furuholm, Sebastian Mannstrom, Jarkko Hurme, Henri Sillanpää, Paulus Arajuuri, Lukas Hradecky.

BLR Belarus (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Sergei Veremko (GK)
21 Yegor Filipenko
3 Alyaksandr Martynovich
19 Maksim Bordachev
4 Igor Shitov
10 Aleksandr Hleb
15 Syarhey Kislyak
2 Stanislaw Dragun
20 Vitali Rodionov
14 Anton Putsila
17 Sergei Balanovich
Belarus Substitutes:
Alyaksandr Hutar, Oleg Veretilo, Pavel Nekhajchik, Pavel Sitko, Vitali Trubila, Renan Bressan, Aleksandr Pavlov, Edgar Olekhnovich, Dmitri Verkhovtsov, Timofei Kalachev, Maksim Skavysh, Sergey Chernik.

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