FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Saturday, November 12, 2016
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Croatia WLDWW 2
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Match Report

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Marcelo Brozovic brace leads Croatia past Iceland

Marcelo Brozovic scored both goals as Croatia opened up a gap at the top of Group I with a 2-0 win over nearest rivals Iceland.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
0
37.3
Possession
62.7
8
SHOTS
15
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
194
Accurate Passes
404
301
Passes
512
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.2
71
Long Balls
82
23
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
9
21
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
27
29
Clearances
27

Head to Head

CRO leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 5Vedran CorlukaCD-R
  4. 22Josip PivaricLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 7Ivan RakitićAM
  7. 19Milan BadeljLM
  8. 8Mateo KovacicRM
  9. 17Mario MandzukicF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 11Marcelo BrozovicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Lovre KalinicSUB
  2. 3Marin LeovacSUB
  3. 18Ante CoricSUB
  4. 20Filip BradaricSUB
  5. 1Ivan VargicSUB
  6. 13Tin JedvajSUB
  7. 6Matej MitrovicSUB
  8. 14Duje CopSUB
  9. 9Andrej KramaricSUB
  10. 10Luka ModricSUB
  11. 15Marko RogSUB

ISL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Hannes HalldórssonG
  2. 6Ragnar SigurdssonCD-L
  3. 14Kári ÁrnasonCD-R
  4. 19Hördur MagnússonLB
  5. 2Birkir SaevarssonRB
  6. 8Birkir BjarnasonCM-L
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-R
  8. 18Elmar BjarnasonLM
  9. 7Jóhann GudmundssonRM
  10. 22Jón BödvarssonCF-L
  11. 10Gylfi SigurdssonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Runar Mar SigurjonssonSUB
  2. 23Ari SkúlasonSUB
  3. 5Sverrir IngasonSUB
  4. 21Arnór TraustasonSUB
  5. 20Elías Már ÓmarssonSUB
  6. 12Ögmundur KristinssonSUB
  7. 4Hólmar EyjólfssonSUB
  8. 3Aron Elis ThrandarsonSUB
  9. 13Ingvar JonssonSUB
  10. 11Arnor SmárasonSUB
  11. 15Ólafur SkúlasonSUB
  12. 9Vidar Örn KjartanssonSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Croatia 1, Iceland 0. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
  2. 19' Teddy Bjarnason (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Milan Badelj (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  5. 75' Substitution, Iceland. Arnor Ingvi Traustason replaces Teddy Bjarnason.
  6. 75' Substitution, Iceland. Vidar Orn Kjartansson replaces Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
  7. 76' Domagoj Vida (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 85' Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  9. 90'+1' Goal! Croatia 2, Iceland 0. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Croatia. Duje Cop replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  11. 90'+3' Ivan Perisic (Croatia) is shown the red card.

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