FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Brazil WWWDW 2
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Serbia WLWWL 0
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Lukoil Arena · 44,190 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Brazil top Group E with win vs. Serbia, will face Mexico in round of 16

Brazil qualified for the knockout stage as Group E winners with a 2-0 victory over Serbia in Moscow on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
4
56
Possession
44
13
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
540
Accurate Passes
347
630
Passes
438
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
46
27
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
14
16
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
14
Interceptions
10
30
Effective Clearances
17
30
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BRA leads series 1-0

Lineups

SRB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 13Milos VeljkovicCD-L
  3. 15Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 2Antonio RukavinaRB
  6. 22Adem LjajicAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 20Sergej Milinkovic-SavicRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 17Filip KosticAM-L
  11. 10Dusan TadicAM-R

BRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 3MirandaCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 22FagnerRB
  6. 5CasemiroCM
  7. 11Philippe CoutinhoLM
  8. 15PaulinhoRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 10NeymarLF
  11. 19WillianRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Substitution, Brazil. Filipe Luís replaces Marcelo because of an injury.
  2. 33' Adem Ljajic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Goal! Serbia 0, Brazil 1. Paulinho (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho with a through ball.
  4. 48' Nemanja Matic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Brazil. Fernandinho replaces Paulinho.
  6. 68' Goal! Serbia 0, Brazil 2. Thiago Silva (Brazil) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Neymar with a cross following a corner.
  7. 70' Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 75' Substitution, Serbia. Andrija Zivkovic replaces Adem Ljajic.
  9. 80' Substitution, Brazil. Renato Augusto replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  10. 82' Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Radonjic replaces Filip Kostic.
  11. 89' Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.

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