FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Friday, September 1, 2017
Northern Ireland WLWWW 3
–
San Marino LLLLL 0
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San Marino Stadium · 2,544 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
6
77.5
Possession
22.5
31
SHOTS
1
9
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
424
Accurate Passes
72
507
Passes
156
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.5
17
Accurate Crosses
0
41
Crosses
2
0.4
Cross %
0.0
69
Long Balls
78
45
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
0
1
Effective Tackles
5
3
Tackles
6
0.3
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
1
Effective Clearances
60
1
Clearances
60

Head to Head

NIR leads series 3-0

Lineups

SMR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Aldo SimonciniG
  2. 6Davide SimonciniCD
  3. 21Mirko PalazziCD-L
  4. 4Juri BiordiCD-R
  5. 13Michael BattistiniCM-L
  6. 14Michele CervelliniCM-R
  7. 10Andrea GrandoniLM
  8. 8Giovanni BoniniRM
  9. 18Marco BernardiF
  10. 16Danilo RinaldiCF-L
  11. 17Filippo BerardiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Michele CevoliSUB
  2. 22Fabio TomassiniSUB
  3. 20Alessandro GolinucciSUB
  4. 12Giacomo MuracciniSUB
  5. 3Alessandro D'AddarioSUB
  6. 19Luca TosiSUB
  7. 7Alex GasperoniSUB
  8. 11Maicol BerrettiSUB
  9. 5Fabio VitaioliSUB
  10. 9Mattia StefanelliSUB
  11. 23Mattia ManzaroliSUB
  12. 2Davide CesariniSUB

NIR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 5Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 18Aaron HughesCD-R
  4. 11Chris BruntLB
  5. 2Conor MclaughlinRB
  6. 8Steven DavisCM-L
  7. 16Oliver NorwoodCM-R
  8. 14Stuart DallasLM
  9. 21Josh MagennisRM
  10. 10Kyle LaffertyCF-L
  11. 9Conor WashingtonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Niall McGinnSUB
  2. 20Dan LaffertySUB
  3. 4Tom FlanaganSUB
  4. 23Roy CarrollSUB
  5. 13Corry EvansSUB
  6. 12Alan MannusSUB
  7. 22Adam ThompsonSUB
  8. 19Shay McCartanSUB
  9. 3Shane FergusonSUB
  10. 17Ryan McLaughlinSUB
  11. 15Paul PatonSUB
  12. 6Lee HodsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 53' Marco Bernardi (San Marino) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 61' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Shane Ferguson replaces Kyle Lafferty.
  3. 63' Davide Simoncini (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Juri Biordi (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, San Marino. Fabio Vitaioli replaces Juri Biordi.
  6. 70' Goal! San Marino 0, Northern Ireland 1. Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steven Davis.
  7. 75' Goal! San Marino 0, Northern Ireland 2. Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Conor Washington.
  8. 76' Substitution, San Marino. Alex Gasperoni replaces Davide Simoncini.
  9. 77' Giovanni Bonini (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Niall McGinn replaces Stuart Dallas.
  11. 78' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Corry Evans replaces Conor Washington.
  12. 78' Goal! San Marino 0, Northern Ireland 3. Steven Davis (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  13. 81' Substitution, San Marino. Alessandro Golinucci replaces Filippo Berardi.

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