FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Sunday, November 12, 2017
Northern Ireland WWLLL 0
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Switzerland WWWLW 0
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2nd Leg - Switzerland win 1-0 on aggregate · St. Jakob-Park · 36,000 att. · ESPNEWS

Match Report

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Switzerland reach fourth straight World Cup finals with N. Ireland draw

Switzerland advanced to their fourth straight World Cup finals after a 0-0 draw against Northern Ireland that saw them go through 1-0 on aggregate.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
5
48.4
Possession
51.6
12
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
334
413
Passes
442
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.2
81
Long Balls
66
34
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
31
17
Clearances
31

Head to Head

SUI leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-L
  3. 22Fabian SchärCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 15Blerim DžemailiAM
  7. 10Granit XhakaLM
  8. 17Denis ZakariaRM
  9. 9Haris SeferovicF
  10. 14Steven ZuberAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

NIR · 4-5-1

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 5Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 4Gareth McAuleyCD-R
  4. 11Chris BruntLB
  5. 18Aaron HughesRB
  6. 20George SavilleCM-L
  7. 8Steven DavisCM-R
  8. 16Oliver NorwoodAM
  9. 14Stuart DallasLM
  10. 19Jamie WardRM
  11. 9Conor WashingtonF

Timeline

  1. 7' Chris Brunt (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 61' Substitution, Switzerland. Admir Mehmedi replaces Blerim Dzemaili.
  3. 72' Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 74' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jordan Jones replaces Jamie Ward.
  5. 75' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Josh Magennis replaces Oliver Norwood.
  6. 78' Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  7. 80' Substitution, Switzerland. Remo Freuler replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  8. 82' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Paddy McNair replaces Conor Washington.
  9. 86' Substitution, Switzerland. Breel Embolo replaces Haris Seferovic.

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