UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Cyprus vs Scotland, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Cyprus
  • 47': Georgios Efrem
FT
1 - 2
Scotland
  • 12': Ryan Christie
  • 53': John McGinn

About

Cyprus are hosting Scotland at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA European Championship Qualifying.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
  • 2': Andreas Karo (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Foul by Declan Gallagher (Scotland).
  • 2': Foul by Declan Gallagher (Scotland).
  • 2': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Giorgios Efrem (Cyprus) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou.
  • 7': Foul by Giorgios Efrem (Cyprus).
  • 7': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 8': Foul by Declan Gallagher (Scotland).
  • 8': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Ryan Christie (Scotland).
  • 10': Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Offside, Scotland. John McGinn tries a through ball, but Steven Naismith is caught offside.
  • 12': Goal! Cyprus 0, Scotland 1. Ryan Christie (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Giorgios Efrem (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Demetriou with a cross.
  • 14': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Declan Gallagher.
  • 14': Callum McGregor (Scotland) is shown the yellow card.
  • 15': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
  • 16': Foul by Giorgios Merkis (Cyprus).
  • 16': Steven Naismith (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 17': Foul by Scott McKenna (Scotland).
  • 17': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Giorgios Merkis (Cyprus).
  • 18': Steven Naismith (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 20': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Callum McGregor.
  • 22': Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Ryan Jack (Scotland).
  • 22': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by John McGinn.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Andreas Karo (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgios Efrem with a cross.
  • 23': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Declan Gallagher.
  • 24': Declan Gallagher (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Andreas Karo (Cyprus).
  • 25': Foul by Declan Gallagher (Scotland).
  • 25': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jason Demetriou.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Ryan Christie (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Forrest.
  • 30': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Scott McKenna (Scotland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross.
  • 32': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Ryan Jack (Scotland).
  • 33': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Giorgios Efrem.
  • 34': Foul by Scott McKenna (Scotland).
  • 34': Giorgios Merkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
  • 36': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Giorgios Merkis.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Liam Palmer (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 37': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Ioannis Kousoulos.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Scotland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
  • 42': Foul by James Forrest (Scotland).
  • 42': Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Substitution, Cyprus. Grigoris Kastanos replaces Andreas Karo because of an injury.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Steven Naismith (Scotland).
  • 45'+1': Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Offside, Cyprus. Giorgios Merkis tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus).
  • 45'+2': Steven Naismith (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Cyprus 0, Scotland 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 0, Scotland 1.
  • 47': Foul by Scott McKenna (Scotland).
  • 47': Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 47': Scott McKenna (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 47': Goal! Cyprus 1, Scotland 1. Giorgios Efrem (Cyprus) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 49': Foul by Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus).
  • 49': Ryan Christie (Scotland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Steven Naismith (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Greg Taylor.
  • 53': Goal! Cyprus 1, Scotland 2. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Greg Taylor with a cross.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Demetriou with a cross.
  • 54': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Declan Gallagher.
  • 56': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
  • 56': Jason Demetriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': John McGinn (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Hand ball by Greg Taylor (Scotland).
  • 58': Jason Demetriou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.
  • 58': Greg Taylor (Scotland) is shown the yellow card.
  • 58': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Steven Naismith.
  • 62': Substitution, Scotland. Oliver McBurnie replaces Steven Naismith because of an injury.
  • 66': Hand ball by Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus).
  • 68': Hand ball by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
  • 69': Attempt missed. Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jason Demetriou with a cross.
  • 71': Foul by Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus).
  • 71': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Substitution, Scotland. Oliver Burke replaces James Forrest.
  • 74': Substitution, Cyprus. Matija Spoljaric replaces Giorgios Efrem.
  • 76': Foul by Nikolas Ioannou (Cyprus).
  • 76': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Substitution, Cyprus. Demetris Theodorou replaces Charalambos Kyriakou.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Matija Spoljaric (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ioannis Kosti.
  • 79': Foul by Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus).
  • 79': Ryan Christie (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 79': Foul by Oliver McBurnie (Scotland).
  • 79': Urko Pardo (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Demetris Theodorou (Cyprus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nikolas Ioannou with a cross.
  • 83': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Liam Palmer.
  • 83': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Ryan Jack.
  • 84': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
  • 84': Giorgios Merkis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Ryan Christie.
  • 85': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
  • 85': Oliver McBurnie (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Ioannis Kosti (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 90': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Grigoris Kastanos.
  • 90'+1': Liam Palmer (Scotland) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Fotios Papoulis.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Scotland. Michael Devlin replaces Ryan Christie.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Scott McKenna (Scotland).
  • 90'+4': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Cyprus 1, Scotland 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Cyprus 1, Scotland 2.

Statistics

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18 Fouls 12
5 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
8 Corner Kicks 9
2 Saves 2
42 Possession 58
8 SHOTS 12
4 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
282 Accurate Passes 418
367 Passes 505
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 8
17 Crosses 23
0.1 Cross % 0.3
73 Long Balls 62
37 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 9
17 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 7
20 Effective Clearances 9
20 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: GSP Stadium
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Attendance: 7,595

EURO Qualifying Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Romania 10 +11 22
2 Switzerland 10 +11 17
3 Israel 10 0 15
4 Belarus 10 -5 12
Full Table

Line-Ups

CYP Cyprus (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Urko Pardo (GK)
4 Giorgos Merkis
13 Ioannis Kousoulos
2 Andreas Karo
3 Nicholas Ioannou
6 Jason Demetriou Yellow Card
17 Ioannis Kosti
8 Charis Kyriakou
7 Georgios Efrem
15 Fotis Papoulis
10 Pieros Soteriou
Cyprus Substitutes:
Tasos Kissas, Kostakis Artymatas, Andreas Avraam, Michalis Ioannou, Neophytos Michael, Kypros Christoforou, Panayiotis Zachariou, Matija Spoljaric, Christos Wheeler, Giorgos Economides, Grigoris Kastanos, Demetris Theodorou.

SCO Scotland (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
1 David Marshall (GK)
6 Scott McKenna Yellow Card
5 Declan Gallagher
3 Greg Taylor
2 Liam Palmer Yellow Card
10 Callum McGregor Yellow Card
4 Ryan Jack
7 James Forrest
11 Ryan Christie
9 Steven Naismith
8 John McGinn
Scotland Substitutes:
Oliver McBurnie, Graeme Shinnie, Craig MacGillivray, Stephen O'Donnell, Lewis Morgan, John Fleck, Lawrence Shankland, Ryan Porteous, Oliver Burke, Jon McLaughlin, Michael Devlin, Stuart Armstrong.

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