UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, October 11, 2015
Northern Ireland DDWDW 1
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Finland LLWWD 1
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FIN011
Olympiastadion Berlin

Match Report

Reuters/Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva

Northern Ireland win Group F after 1-1 draw with Finland

Northern Ireland were denied a seventh win, but a point in Finland was still enough to top Group F.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
7
Saves
3
43
Possession
57
7
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
1
4
Crosses
3
0.8
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
2

Head to Head

NIR leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

FIN

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 5Ville JalastoD
  3. 2Paulus ArajuuriD
  4. 7Juhani OjalaD
  5. 18Jere UronenD
  6. 6Rasmus SchüllerM
  7. 14Tim SparvM
  8. 16Sakari MattilaM
  9. 19Alexander RingM
  10. 9Berat SadikF
  11. 20Joel PohjanpaloF

NIR

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 17Paddy McNairD
  3. 4Gareth McAuleyD
  4. 6Chris BairdD
  5. 20Craig CathcartD
  6. 8Steven DavisM
  7. 11Chris BruntM
  8. 16Oliver NorwoodM
  9. 14Stuart DallasM
  10. 7Niall McGinnF
  11. 10Kyle LaffertyF

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal!! Craig Cathcart hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Northern Ireland now leads 1 - 0
  2. 43' Finland makes a sub: Robin Lod enters for Alexander Ring. Reason: Injury
  3. 51' Northern Ireland makes a sub: Conor McLaughlin enters for Patrick McNair. Reason: Tactical
  4. 66' Finland makes a sub: Teemu Pukki enters for Berat Sadik. Reason: Tactical
  5. 71' Northern Ireland makes a sub: Shane Ferguson enters for Niall McGinn. Reason: Tactical
  6. 79' Finland makes a sub: Kasper Hamalainen enters for Rasmus Schuller. Reason: Tactical
  7. 79' Northern Ireland makes a sub: Josh Magennis enters for Kyle Lafferty. Reason: Injury
  8. 87' Goal!! Paulus Arajuuri hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  9. 90' End of the game

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