FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Sunday, October 8, 2017
Scotland WDWWW 2
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Slovenia LWLWL 2
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SCO112
SVN022
Stadion Stozice · 11,123 att.

Match Report

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Roman Bezjak sinks Scotland's playoff hope to seal Slovenia draw

Two set-piece goals ended Scotland's World Cup dream following a 2-2 draw in Slovenia after Leigh Griffiths had put them 45 minutes from glory.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
18
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
3
32.9
Possession
67.1
13
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
190
Accurate Passes
484
285
Passes
574
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
29
0.1
Cross %
0.2
86
Long Balls
64
33
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
32
27
Clearances
32

Head to Head

SCO leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

SVN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jan OblakG
  2. 5Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 17Miha MevljaCD-R
  4. 13Bojan JokicLB
  5. 23Aljaz StrunaRB
  6. 7Josip IlicicAM
  7. 8Jasmin KurticLM
  8. 18Rajko RotmanRM
  9. 9Tim MatavzF
  10. 21Benjamin VerbicAM-L
  11. 19Jan RepasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Jan KoprivecSUB
  2. 2Nejc SkubicSUB
  3. 22Amedej VetrihSUB
  4. 3Mitja VilerSUB
  5. 11Andraz SporarSUB
  6. 14Roman BezjakSUB
  7. 4Matija SirokSUB
  8. 12Vid BelecSUB
  9. 15Antonio Dalamea MilnarSUB

SCO · 4-4-2

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Charlie MulgrewCD-L
  3. 4Christophe BerraCD-R
  4. 3Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 2Kieran TierneyRB
  6. 8Darren FletcherCM-L
  7. 7James McArthurCM-R
  8. 6Barry BannanLM
  9. 11Matt PhillipsRM
  10. 9Leigh GriffithsCF-L
  11. 10Chris MartinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Grant HanleySUB
  2. 16Steven WhittakerSUB
  3. 21Jordan ArcherSUB
  4. 13Ikechi AnyaSUB
  5. 20Liam CooperSUB
  6. 15Robert SnodgrassSUB
  7. 17Steven FletcherSUB
  8. 14John McGinnSUB
  9. 12Allan McGregorSUB
  10. 22Callum McGregorSUB
  11. 19James ForrestSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Kieran Tierney (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Goal! Slovenia 0, Scotland 1. Leigh Griffiths (Scotland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James McArthur with a headed pass.
  3. 45' Substitution, Slovenia. Nejc Skubic replaces Aljaz Struna.
  4. 45' Substitution, Slovenia. Roman Bezjak replaces Jan Repas.
  5. 52' Goal! Slovenia 1, Scotland 1. Roman Bezjak (Slovenia) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 52' Substitution, Scotland. Ikechi Anya replaces Chris Martin.
  7. 57' Rajko Rotman (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' James McArthur (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 72' Goal! Slovenia 2, Scotland 1. Roman Bezjak (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miha Mevlja following a corner.
  10. 79' Substitution, Scotland. Robert Snodgrass replaces James McArthur.
  11. 80' Substitution, Scotland. Steven Fletcher replaces Kieran Tierney.
  12. 83' Charlie Mulgrew (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Goal! Slovenia 2, Scotland 2. Robert Snodgrass (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Darren Fletcher.
  14. 89' Substitution, Slovenia. Amedej Vetrih replaces Tim Matavz.
  15. 90'+1' Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+1' Christophe Berra (Scotland) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+1' Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+2' Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia) is shown the red card for violent conduct.

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