FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Switzerland WWWWW 0
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Portugal LWWWW 2
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SUI000
POR112
Estádio da Luz · 61,566 att.

Match Report

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Portugal defeat Switzerland to secure berth at 2018 World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal confirmed their spot at the 2018 World Cup by beating Switzerland 2-0 in their final UEFA qualifier on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
48.5
Possession
51.5
6
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
363
Accurate Passes
397
448
Passes
473
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.0
62
Long Balls
63
34
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
13
23
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
15
20
Clearances
15

Head to Head

SUI leads series 2-0

Lineups

POR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6José FonteCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 21CédricRB
  6. 8João MoutinhoCM-L
  7. 14William CarvalhoCM-R
  8. 10João MárioLM
  9. 11Bernardo SilvaRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 17André SilvaCF-R

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 20Johan DjourouCD-L
  3. 22Fabian SchärCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 15Blerim DžemailiAM
  7. 10Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Remo FreulerRM
  9. 9Haris SeferovicF
  10. 18Admir MehmediAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Remo Freuler (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 41' Own Goal by Johan Djourou, Switzerland. Portugal 1, Switzerland 0.
  3. 45'+1' Eliseu (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Denis Zakaria replaces Remo Freuler.
  5. 57' Goal! Portugal 2, Switzerland 0. André Silva (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  6. 66' Substitution, Switzerland. Steven Zuber replaces Blerim Dzemaili.
  7. 66' Substitution, Switzerland. Breel Embolo replaces Admir Mehmedi.
  8. 68' Substitution, Portugal. Vitorino Antunes replaces Eliseu because of an injury.
  9. 69' Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 75' Substitution, Portugal. André Gomes replaces André Silva.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Portugal. Danilo Pereira replaces João Mário.

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