FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, November 9, 2017
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Croatia LWLDW 4
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CRO314
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Match Report

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Croatia open three-goal lead over Greece after playoff first leg

Croatia put one foot toward a place in Russia next year with a 4-1 win over Greece in the first leg of their World Cup qualifying playoff on Thursday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
2
41.2
Possession
58.8
7
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
268
Accurate Passes
431
370
Passes
522
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
60
34
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
9
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
13
31
Clearances
13

Head to Head

GRE leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 10Luka ModricAM
  7. 11Marcelo BrozovicLM
  8. 7Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 16Nikola KalinicF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 9Andrej KramaricAM-R

GRE · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 19Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD
  3. 3Giorgos TzavellasCD-L
  4. 5Kyriakos PapadopoulosCD-R
  5. 22Andreas SamarisCM-L
  6. 8ZecaCM-R
  7. 6Alexandros TziolisAM
  8. 21Konstantinos StafylidisLM
  9. 2Giannis ManiatisRM
  10. 11Kostas MitroglouF
  11. 10Kostas FortounisRCF

Timeline

  1. 11' Orestis Karnezis (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 13' Goal! Croatia 1, Greece 0. Luka Modric (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 19' Goal! Croatia 2, Greece 0. Nikola Kalinic (Croatia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Strinic with a cross.
  4. 21' Zeca (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 30' Goal! Croatia 2, Greece 1. Sokratis (Greece) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis with a cross following a corner.
  6. 33' Goal! Croatia 3, Greece 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Sime Vrsaljko with a cross.
  7. 45' Substitution, Greece. Panagiotis Retsos replaces Giannis Maniatis.
  8. 49' Goal! Croatia 4, Greece 1. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sime Vrsaljko.
  9. 62' Substitution, Greece. Panagiotis Tachtsidis replaces Andreas Samaris because of an injury.
  10. 72' Substitution, Greece. Anastasios Bakasetas replaces Konstantinos Stafylidis.
  11. 76' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Rebic replaces Nikola Kalinic.
  12. 79' Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  14. 89' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Luka Modric.

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