UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Monday, October 13, 2014
Cyprus DLLWL 1
–
Wales DWLWD 2
1st2ndT
CYP101
WAL202
Principality Stadium · 26,000 att.

Match Report

Wales remain top after battling to three points against Cyprus

Wales produced a heroic performance to keep their place at the top of Group B after picking up three precious Euro 2016 qualifying points with a 2-1 win over Cyprus in Cardiff.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
8
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
5
52
Possession
48
9
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
4
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
9
Clearances
4

Head to Head

CYP leads series 2-1

Lineups

WAL

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 2Chris GunterD
  3. 6Ashley WilliamsD
  4. 4James ChesterD
  5. 3Neil TaylorD
  6. 8Andy KingM
  7. 11Gareth BaleM
  8. 16Joe LedleyM
  9. 10Hal Robson-KanuM
  10. 23George C. WilliamsF
  11. 9Simon ChurchF

CYP

  1. 12Tasos KissasG
  2. 8Charalambos KyriakouD
  3. 4Giorgos MerkisD
  4. 2Dossa JuniorD
  5. 15Marios AntoniadesD
  6. 23Marios NikolaouM
  7. 14Vincent LabanM
  8. 13Konstantinos MakridisM
  9. 17Georgios EfremF
  10. 20Pieros SoteriouF
  11. 9Dimitris ChristofiF

Timeline

  1. 5' Marios Nicolaou is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 5' Joe Ledley is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  3. 6' Wales makes a sub: David Cotterill enters for Simon Church. Reason: Injury
  4. 13' Goal!! David Cotterill hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left wing (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Wales now leads 1 - 0
  5. 23' Goal!! Hal Robson-Kanu hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Wales now leads 2 - 0
  6. 29' Cyprus makes a sub: Angelis Angeli enters for Dossa Junior. Reason: Injury
  7. 35' David Cotterill is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 36' Goal!! Vincent Laban hits an impressive left footed shot to the lower left corner from the right wing (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Cyprus now trails 1 - 2
  9. 39' Angelis Angeli is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 48' Andy King has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  11. 48' Gareth Bale is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  12. 58' Wales makes a sub: David Edwards enters for George Williams. Reason: Tactical
  13. 64' Pieros Sotiriou is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  14. 68' Cyprus makes a sub: Nektarios Alexandrou enters for Marios Nicolaou. Reason: Tactical
  15. 84' Wales makes a sub: Jake Taylor enters for Hal Robson-Kanu. Reason: Tactical
  16. 85' Cyprus makes a sub: Andreas Papathanasiou enters for Angelis Angeli. Reason: Tactical
  17. 85' Charalambos Kyriakou is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  18. 90' End of the game
  19. 90'+1' David Edwards is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  20. 90'+4' Giorgos Merkis is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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