UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, September 6, 2018
Republic of Ireland DLLLW 1
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Wales LDWLD 4
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Match Report

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Wales thrash Republic of Ireland in Ryan Giggs' home debut

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
32.4
Possession
67.6
5
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
230
Accurate Passes
597
313
Passes
686
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
77
25
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
6
11
Effective Clearances
23
11
Clearances
23

Head to Head

IRL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

WAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 20Chris MephamCD-L
  3. 6Ashley WilliamsCD-R
  4. 4Ben DaviesLB
  5. 14Connor RobertsRB
  6. 10Aaron RamseyAM
  7. 15Ethan AmpaduLM
  8. 7Joe AllenRM
  9. 11Gareth BaleF
  10. 17Tom LawrenceAM-L
  11. 13David BrooksAM-R

IRL · 4-4-2

  1. 23Darren RandolphG
  2. 5Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 4Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 17Stephen WardLB
  5. 2Seamus ColemanRB
  6. 22Conor HourihaneCM-L
  7. 13Jeff HendrickCM-R
  8. 8Callum O'DowdaLM
  9. 3Cyrus ChristieRM
  10. 14Callum RobinsonCF-L
  11. 19Jonathan WaltersCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Wales 1, Republic of Ireland 0. Tom Lawrence (Wales) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joe Allen with a through ball.
  2. 18' Goal! Wales 2, Republic of Ireland 0. Gareth Bale (Wales) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ben Davies following a fast break.
  3. 37' Goal! Wales 3, Republic of Ireland 0. Aaron Ramsey (Wales) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ethan Ampadu.
  4. 51' Ciaran Clark (Republic of Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Goal! Wales 4, Republic of Ireland 0. Connor Roberts (Wales) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gareth Bale.
  6. 56' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Shaun Williams replaces Conor Hourihane.
  7. 61' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Enda Stevens replaces Stephen Ward.
  8. 66' Goal! Wales 4, Republic of Ireland 1. Shaun Williams (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  9. 67' Substitution, Wales. Matthew Smith replaces Ethan Ampadu.
  10. 75' Substitution, Wales. Tyler Roberts replaces Gareth Bale.
  11. 77' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Daryl Horgan replaces Callum Robinson.
  12. 81' Substitution, Wales. Paul Dummett replaces Ben Davies.

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