UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Croatia WDDLW 1
–
Malta WLLDL 0
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CRO101
MLT000
Ta' Qali National Stadium · 7,500 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

Ivan Perisic's goal helps Croatia beat Malta to qualify for Euro 2016

Croatia edged Malta 1-0 on Tuesday evening and moved into second place in Group H to qualify automatically for Euro 2016.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
63
Possession
37
17
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
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
2
6
Crosses
4
0.5
Cross %
0.5
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
3

Head to Head

CRO leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MLT

  1. 1Andrew HoggG
  2. 22Zach MuscatD
  3. 15Steve BorgD
  4. 5Andrei AgiusD
  5. 3Joseph ZerafaD
  6. 7Clayton FaillaD
  7. 11Rowen MuscatM
  8. 8Roderick BriffaM
  9. 18Bjorn KristensenM
  10. 13Andre SchembriF
  11. 19Alfred EffiongF

Substitutes

  1. 12Justin HaberG
  2. 23Henry BonelloG
  3. 2Alex MuscatD
  4. 14Justin GrioliD
  5. 17Ryan CamilleriD
  6. 21Clifford Gatt-BaldacchinoD
  7. 4Gareth SciberrasM
  8. 6Paul FenechM
  9. 16Clyde BorgM
  10. 20Stephen PisaniM
  11. 9Michael MifsudF
  12. 10Andrew CohenF

CRO

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaD
  3. 5Vedran CorlukaD
  4. 11Darijo SrnaD
  5. 22Josip PivaricD
  6. 19Milan BadeljM
  7. 20Mateo KovacicM
  8. 7Ivan RakitićM
  9. 4Ivan PerisicM
  10. 8Marko PajacM
  11. 16Nikola KalinicF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ivan VargicG
  2. 12Lovre KalinicG
  3. 2Sime VrsaljkoD
  4. 3Danijel PranjicD
  5. 13Marko LeskovicD
  6. 10Luka ModricM
  7. 14Marcelo BrozovicM
  8. 9Andrej KramaricF
  9. 18Ivica OlicF

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal!! Ivan Perisic hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left channel (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 1 - 0
  2. 38' Milan Badelj is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 60' Croatia makes a sub: Andrej Kramaric enters for Nikola Kalinic. Reason: Tactical
  4. 69' Clayton Failla is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 75' Malta makes a sub: Michael Mifsud enters for Alfred Effiong. Reason: Tactical
  6. 77' Croatia makes a sub: Marcelo Brozovic enters for Ivan Rakitic. Reason: Tactical
  7. 79' Malta makes a sub: Paul Fenech enters for Roderick Briffa. Reason: Tactical
  8. 83' Croatia makes a sub: Ivica Olic enters for Marko Pjaca. Reason: Tactical
  9. 90' End of the game
  10. 90'+2' Ivan Perisic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  11. 90'+2' Malta makes a sub: Andrew Cohen enters for Andre Schembri. Reason: Tactical

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