FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Belarus WLLLL 1
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France LWWDW 2
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BLR101
FRA202
Stade de France · 74,037 att.

Match Report

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Antoine Griezmann leads France to win and place at 2018 World Cup

Antoine Griezmann scored one and made another as France secured World Cup qualification with a narrow 2-1 victory over Belarus in Paris.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
35.6
Possession
64.4
12
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
246
Accurate Passes
539
345
Passes
625
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.3
86
Long Balls
50
30
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
0
15
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
20
25
Clearances
20

Head to Head

FRA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

FRA · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 17Lucas DigneLB
  5. 19Djibril SidibéRB
  6. 14Blaise MatuidiCM-L
  7. 6Corentin TolissoCM-R
  8. 9Olivier GiroudCF-L
  9. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-R
  10. 8Thomas LemarAM-L
  11. 11Kingsley ComanAM-R

BLR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Sergey ChernikG
  2. 4Aleksei YanushkevichCD-L
  3. 6Sergei PolitevichCD-R
  4. 5Maksim ValadzkoLB
  5. 3Sergey MatsveychikRB
  6. 14Aleksandr KarnitskiyAM
  7. 2Stanislaw DragunLM
  8. 15Nikita KorzunRM
  9. 10Anton SarokaF
  10. 9Ihar StasevichAM-L
  11. 11Yuri KovalevAM-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Nikita Korzun (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Goal! France 1, Belarus 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi with a through ball.
  3. 33' Goal! France 2, Belarus 0. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 44' Goal! France 2, Belarus 1. Anton Saroka (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yuri Kovalev with a cross.
  5. 45' Substitution, Belarus. Aleksandr Sachivko replaces Aleksei Yanushkevich.
  6. 53' Sergey Matveychik (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, France. Kylian Mbappe replaces Kingsley Coman.
  8. 65' Substitution, Belarus. Maksim Skavysh replaces Yuri Kovalev.
  9. 78' Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  10. 79' Substitution, Belarus. Artem Bykov replaces Nikita Korzun.
  11. 83' Substitution, France. Dimitri Payet replaces Thomas Lemar.
  12. 83' Djibril Sidibe (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 87' Maksim Volodko (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.

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