UEFA European Championship

FT Thursday, June 16, 2016
Northern Ireland DWWDL 2
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Ukraine WWWWL 0
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Groupama Stadium · 51,043 att. · ESPN

Match Report

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Gareth McAuley and Northern Ireland stun Ukraine in Group C

Gareth McAuley's headed goal game Northern Ireland a 1-0 win over Ukraine in Euro 2016 Group C amid adverse weather in Lyon on Thursday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
5
35
Possession
65
13
SHOTS
17
7
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
130
Accurate Passes
442
230
Passes
536
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
74
23
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
8
29
Clearances
10

Head to Head

Lineups

UKR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Andriy PyatovG
  2. 20Yaroslav RakitskiyCD-L
  3. 3Yevhen KhacheridiCD-R
  4. 13Vyacheslav ShevchukLB
  5. 17Artem FedetskiyRB
  6. 9Viktor KovalenkoAM
  7. 16Serhiy SydorchukLM
  8. 6Taras StepanenkoRM
  9. 11Yevhen SeleznyovF
  10. 10Yevhen KonoplyankaAM-L
  11. 7Andriy YarmolenkoAM-R

NIR · 4-5-1

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 4Gareth McAuleyCD-L
  3. 20Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 5Jonny EvansLB
  5. 18Aaron HughesRB
  6. 16Oliver NorwoodCM-L
  7. 13Corry EvansCM-R
  8. 8Steven DavisAM
  9. 14Stuart DallasLM
  10. 19Jamie WardRM
  11. 11Conor WashingtonF

Timeline

  1. 40' Yevhen Seleznev (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 49' Goal! Ukraine 0, Northern Ireland 1. Gareth McAuley (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Oliver Norwood with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 63' Jamie Ward (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 67' Serhii Sydorchuk (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 69' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Niall McGinn replaces Jamie Ward.
  6. 72' Substitution, Ukraine. Roman Zozulya replaces Yevhen Seleznev.
  7. 76' Substitution, Ukraine. Denys Garmash replaces Serhii Sydorchuk.
  8. 83' Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
  9. 84' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Josh Magennis replaces Conor Washington.
  10. 87' Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+3' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Paddy McNair replaces Corry Evans.
  12. 90'+4' Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+6' Goal! Ukraine 0, Northern Ireland 2. Niall McGinn (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

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