FIFA World Cup

FT Friday, June 22, 2018
Switzerland WWDWD 2
–
Serbia LWLWW 1
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SUI022
SRB101
Rostec Arena · 33,167 att.

Match Report

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Shaqiri's late winner gives Switzerland control of their own destiny

Xherdan Shaqiri scored a late winner to help Switzerland stun Serbia 2-1 in their second Group E game on Friday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
58
Possession
42
20
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
450
Accurate Passes
234
529
Passes
310
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.4
64
Long Balls
66
31
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
15
25
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
6
11
Effective Clearances
18
11
Clearances
18

Lineups

SRB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 3Dusko TosicCD-L
  3. 15Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 6Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 20Sergej Milinkovic-SavicAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 4Luka MilivojevicRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 17Filip KosticAM-L
  11. 10Dusan TadicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Adem LjajicSUB
  2. 19Luka JovicSUB
  3. 16Marko GrujicSUB
  4. 18Nemanja RadonjicSUB
  5. 7Andrija ZivkovicSUB
  6. 14Milan RodicSUB
  7. 12Predrag RajkovicSUB
  8. 5Uros SpajicSUB
  9. 2Antonio RukavinaSUB
  10. 23Marko DmitrovicSUB
  11. 13Milos VeljkovicSUB
  12. 8Aleksandar PrijovicSUB

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. 11Valon BehramiRM
  9. 9Haris SeferovicF
  10. 14Steven ZuberAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Gelson FernandesSUB
  2. 4Nico ElvediSUB
  3. 12Yvon MvogoSUB
  4. 20Johan DjourouSUB
  5. 18Mario GavranovicSUB
  6. 7Breel EmboloSUB
  7. 8Remo FreulerSUB
  8. 3Francois MoubandjeSUB
  9. 6Michael LangSUB
  10. 19Josip DrmicSUB
  11. 21Roman BürkiSUB
  12. 17Denis ZakariaSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Serbia 1, Switzerland 0. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross.
  2. 34' Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Luka Milivojevic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Nemanja Matic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Mario Gavranovic replaces Haris Seferovic.
  6. 52' Goal! Serbia 1, Switzerland 1. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  7. 64' Substitution, Serbia. Adem Ljajic replaces Filip Kostic.
  8. 73' Substitution, Switzerland. Breel Embolo replaces Blerim Dzemaili.
  9. 81' Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Radonjic replaces Luka Milivojevic.
  10. 87' Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90' Goal! Serbia 1, Switzerland 2. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Gavranovic following a fast break.
  12. 90'+1' Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  13. 90'+4' Substitution, Switzerland. Josip Drmic replaces Steven Zuber.

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