UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, October 9, 2014
Switzerland WLWLL 0
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Slovenia WLLLL 1
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Petrol Arena · 8,500 att.

Match Report

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Switzerland woes continue as Milivoje Novakovic gives Slovenia win

Milivoje Novakovic's late penalty earned Slovenia an unexpected 1-0 win over Switzerland in their Euro 2016 qualifier in Maribor.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
10
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
7
66
Possession
34
15
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
5
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
6
0.3
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
4
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
8

Head to Head

SUI leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

SVN

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 2Miso BreckoD
  3. 6Branko IlicD
  4. 5Bostjan CesarD
  5. 15Andraz StrunaD
  6. 10Valter BirsaM
  7. 22Ales MerteljM
  8. 17Andraz KirmM
  9. 20Kevin KamplM
  10. 9Zlatan LjubijankicF
  11. 11Milivoje NovakovicF

Substitutes

  1. 12Vid BelecG
  2. 16Jan OblakG
  3. 4Gregor BalazicD
  4. 19Dominic MarohD
  5. 3Zeljko FilipovicM
  6. 8Jasmin KurticM
  7. 13Mitja VilerM
  8. 14Dejan LazarevicM
  9. 18Rajko RotmanM
  10. 21Martin MilecM
  11. 7Nejc PecnikF
  12. 23Tim MatavzF

SUI

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 2Stephan LichtsteinerD
  3. 20Johan DjourouD
  4. 4Philippe SenderosD
  5. 13Ricardo RodríguezD
  6. 23Xherdan ShaqiriM
  7. 11Valon BehramiM
  8. 8Gökhan InlerM
  9. 10Granit XhakaM
  10. 9Haris SeferovicF
  11. 19Josip DrmicF

Substitutes

  1. 12Marwin HitzG
  2. 21Burki RomanG
  3. 3Francois MoubandjeD
  4. 5Steve von BergenD
  5. 6Silvan WidmerD
  6. 22Fabian LustenbergerD
  7. 7Tranquillo BarnettaM
  8. 15Blerim DžemailiM
  9. 16Gelson FernandesM
  10. 17Pajtim KasamiM
  11. 14Michael FreyF
  12. 18Admir MehmediF

Timeline

  1. 36' Zlatan Ljubijankic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  2. 46' Slovenia makes a sub: Jasmin Kurtic enters for Zlatan Ljubijankic. Reason: Tactical
  3. 55' Slovenia makes a sub: Dejan Lazarevic enters for Valter Birsa. Reason: Tactical
  4. 70' Switzerland makes a sub: Steve Von Bergen enters for Philippe Senderos. Reason: Tactical
  5. 72' Slovenia makes a sub: Nejc Pecnik enters for Andraz Kirm. Reason: Tactical
  6. 73' Switzerland makes a sub: Admir Mehmedi enters for Josip Drmic. Reason: Tactical
  7. 79' Johan Djourou is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 80' Milivoje Novakovic powers the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower left corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  9. 81' Switzerland makes a sub: Pajtim Kasami enters for Gokhan Inler. Reason: Tactical
  10. 90' End of the game
  11. 90'+5' Dejan Lazarevic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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