FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Serbia LDWDW 1
–
Republic of Ireland LLWDD 0
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IRL000
Aviva Stadium · 50,153 att.

Match Report

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Aleksandar Kolarov gives 10-man Serbia victory in Dublin

Aleksandar Kolarov wrecked the Republic of Ireland's World Cup dream as 10-man Serbia eased themselves to the brink of qualification.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
51.2
Possession
48.8
8
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
228
Accurate Passes
218
323
Passes
287
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
10
Crosses
33
0.0
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
70
27
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
18
10
Tackles
23
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
20
37
Clearances
20

Head to Head

SRB leads series 1-0-3

Lineups

IRL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Darren RandolphG
  2. 3Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 20Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 17Stephen WardLB
  5. 2Cyrus ChristieRB
  6. 19Jonathan WaltersAM
  7. 14Wes HoolahanLM
  8. 18David MeylerRM
  9. 9Shane LongF
  10. 11James McCleanAM-L
  11. 10Robbie BradyAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Kevin LongSUB
  2. 22Harry ArterSUB
  3. 12Callum O'DowdaSUB
  4. 4John O'SheaSUB
  5. 16Robert ElliotSUB
  6. 21Jonathan HayesSUB
  7. 7Daryl HorganSUB
  8. 6Glenn WhelanSUB
  9. 8Daryl MurphySUB
  10. 5Richard KeoghSUB
  11. 15Conor HourihaneSUB
  12. 1Kieren WestwoodSUB

SRB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD
  3. 15Jagos VukovicCD-L
  4. 6Branislav IvanovicCD-R
  5. 21Nemanja MaticCM-L
  6. 16Luka MilivojevicCM-R
  7. 11Aleksandar KolarovLM
  8. 2Antonio RukavinaRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 17Filip KosticCF-L
  11. 10Dusan TadicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Nemanja RadojaSUB
  2. 5Matija NastasicSUB
  3. 23Aleksandar JovanovicSUB
  4. 8Aleksandar PrijovicSUB
  5. 22Adem LjajicSUB
  6. 3Ivan ObradovicSUB
  7. 14Mijat GacinovicSUB
  8. 12Predrag RajkovicSUB
  9. 18Uros SpajicSUB
  10. 7Zoran TosicSUB
  11. 13Stefan MitrovicSUB
  12. 4Nemanja GudeljSUB

Timeline

  1. 52' Antonio Rukavina (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Goal! Republic of Ireland 0, Serbia 1. Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Filip Kostic.
  3. 62' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Daryl Murphy replaces Wes Hoolahan.
  4. 68' Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia) is shown the red card.
  5. 70' Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Callum O'Dowda replaces Stephen Ward.
  7. 72' Substitution, Serbia. Stefan Mitrovic replaces Filip Kostic.
  8. 74' James McClean (Republic of Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Substitution, Serbia. Aleksandar Prijovic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  10. 80' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Conor Hourihane replaces David Meyler.
  11. 82' Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Gudelj replaces Dusan Tadic.
  12. 90'+4' Vladimir Stojkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.

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