UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, November 16, 2019
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Croatia LWDWD 3
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Stadion HNK Rijeka · 8,212 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Croatia reach Euro 2020 with 3-1 win over Slovakia

Croatia qualified for Euro 2020 after second-half goals from Nikola Vlasic, Bruno Petkovic and Ivan Perisic inspired a comeback 3-1 home win.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
15
10
Saves
2
33.3
Possession
66.7
6
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
13
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
612
335
Passes
673
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
8
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
41
24
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
13
12
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
10
23
Effective Clearances
6
23
Clearances
6

Head to Head

CRO leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 5Dino PericCD-L
  3. 6Duje Caleta-CarCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 16Tin JedvajRB
  6. 13Nikola VlasicAM
  7. 11Marcelo BrozovicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 20Bruno PetkovicF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 18Ante RebicAM-R

SVK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 14Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 3Denis VavroCD-R
  4. 16Dávid HanckoLB
  5. 2Peter PekaríkRB
  6. 22Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 19Juraj KuckaRM
  9. 9Róbert BozeníkF
  10. 20Róbert MakLF
  11. 10Albert RusnákRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) Yellow Card at 13'
  2. 23' Robert Mak (Slovakia) Yellow Card at 23'
  3. 32' Goal! Croatia 0, Slovakia 1. Robert Bozenik (Slovakia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka with a cross.
  4. 43' Ante Rebic (Croatia) Yellow Card at 43'
  5. 54' Josip Brekalo (Croatia) Substitution at 54'
  6. 56' Goal! Croatia 1, Slovakia 1. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dino Peric.
  7. 60' Goal! Croatia 2, Slovakia 1. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a corner.
  8. 63' Lukas Haraslin (Slovakia) Substitution at 63'
  9. 66' Robert Mak (Slovakia) Red Card at 66'
  10. 72' Michal Duris (Slovakia) Substitution at 72'
  11. 74' Goal! Croatia 3, Slovakia 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Borna Barisic.
  12. 75' Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) Substitution at 75'
  13. 79' Martin Dubravka (Slovakia) Yellow Card at 79'
  14. 79' Patrik Hrosovsky (Slovakia) Substitution at 79'
  15. 82' Mislav Orsic (Croatia) Substitution at 82'

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