FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, November 9, 2017
Switzerland WWWWL 1
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Northern Ireland WWWLL 0
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1st Leg · Windsor Park · 18,269 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Controversial penalty hands Switzerland first-leg win vs. N. Ireland

Switzerland snatched an important 1-0 victory over Northern Ireland in the first leg of their World Cup playoff in Belfast on Thursday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
1
64.4
Possession
35.6
16
SHOTS
5
2
ON GOAL
0
0.1
On Target %
0.0
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
433
Accurate Passes
181
527
Passes
282
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
5
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
73
32
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
3
11
Tackles
3
0.5
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
20
23
Clearances
20

Head to Head

Lineups

NIR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 5Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 4Gareth McAuleyCD-R
  4. 11Chris BruntLB
  5. 2Conor MclaughlinRB
  6. 16Oliver NorwoodCM
  7. 13Corry EvansLM
  8. 8Steven DavisRM
  9. 10Kyle LaffertyF
  10. 14Stuart DallasLF
  11. 21Josh MagennisRF

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. 17Denis ZakariaLM
  8. 10Granit XhakaRM
  9. 9Haris SeferovicF
  10. 14Steven ZuberAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Fabian Schär (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jamie Ward replaces Stuart Dallas because of an injury.
  3. 57' Corry Evans (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 58' Goal! Northern Ireland 0, Switzerland 1. Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 65' Substitution, Northern Ireland. George Saville replaces Corry Evans.
  6. 77' Substitution, Switzerland. Breel Embolo replaces Haris Seferovic.
  7. 78' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Conor Washington replaces Kyle Lafferty.
  8. 83' Substitution, Switzerland. Fabian Frei replaces Blerim Dzemaili.
  9. 87' Substitution, Switzerland. Admir Mehmedi replaces Steven Zuber.

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