FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Saturday, June 10, 2017
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Azerbaijan WDLWL 0
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Tofik Bakhramov Stadium · 27,978 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Stuart Dallas nets late winner as Northern Ireland beat Azerbaijan

Stuart Dallas' stoppage-time strike earned Northern Ireland a smash-and-grab 1-0 success over Azerbaijan that kept them firmly on the road to Russia.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
33.3
Possession
66.7
6
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
237
Accurate Passes
577
319
Passes
664
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
11
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
72
32
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
28
13
Clearances
28

Head to Head

NIR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AZE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kamran AgayevG
  2. 14Rasad SadiqovCD-L
  3. 6Badavi HüseynovCD-R
  4. 4Pavlo PashaevLB
  5. 5Maksim MedvedevRB
  6. 2Qara QarayevCM
  7. 20Richard AlmeidaLM
  8. 16Javid HuseynovRM
  9. 11Ramil SheydaevF
  10. 13Dima NazarovLF
  11. 22Afran IsmayilovRF

NIR · 5-3-2

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 4Gareth McAuleyCD
  3. 5Jonny EvansCD-L
  4. 18Aaron HughesCD-R
  5. 14Stuart DallasLB
  6. 2Conor MclaughlinRB
  7. 16Oliver NorwoodCM
  8. 11Chris BruntCM-L
  9. 8Steven DavisCM-R
  10. 9Liam BoyceCF-L
  11. 21Josh MagennisCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Niall McGinn replaces Gareth McAuley because of an injury.
  2. 56' Cavid Huseynov (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 56' Maksim Medvedev (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Gara Garayev (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 73' Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 77' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Namig Alasgarov replaces Dimitrij Nazarov.
  7. 77' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Kyle Lafferty replaces Liam Boyce.
  8. 80' Steven Davis (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 84' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Rahid Amirguliyev replaces Afran Ismayilov.
  10. 86' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Lee Hodson replaces Niall McGinn.
  11. 90' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Araz Abdullayev replaces Ramil Sheydaev.
  12. 90'+2' Goal! Azerbaijan 0, Northern Ireland 1. Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonny Evans.

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