UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, October 13, 2019
Croatia WLWDW 1
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Wales LLWWD 1
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CRO101
WAL101
Cardiff City Stadium · 31,745 att. · ESPN

Match Report

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Gareth Bale scores as Wales draw with Croatia to keep Euro hopes alive

Gareth Bale scored a late first-half goal for Wales to secure a 1-1 draw with Croatia in Group E action of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying round.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
1
63.9
Possession
36.1
6
SHOTS
6
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
611
Accurate Passes
305
686
Passes
385
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
0
9
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.0
58
Long Balls
67
34
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
5
8
Tackles
7
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
6
9
Effective Clearances
7
9
Clearances
7

Head to Head

CRO leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WAL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 5Joe RodonCD-L
  3. 16Tom LockyerCD-R
  4. 15Ethan AmpaduDM
  5. 4Ben DaviesLB
  6. 14Connor RobertsRB
  7. 17Jonny WilliamsCM-L
  8. 7Joe AllenCM-R
  9. 20Daniel JamesLM
  10. 11Gareth BaleRM
  11. 13Kieffer MooreF

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 16Tin JedvajRB
  6. 13Nikola VlasicAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 20Bruno PetkovicF
  10. 17Josip BrekaloAM-L
  11. 4Ivan PerisicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Wales 0, Croatia 1. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Petkovic.
  2. 14' Domagoj Vida (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+3' Goal! Wales 1, Croatia 1. Gareth Bale (Wales) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Davies.
  4. 45'+4' Dejan Lovren (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Rakitic replaces Mateo Kovacic because of an injury.
  6. 46' Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 50' Substitution, Wales. Joe Morrell replaces Ethan Ampadu because of an injury.
  8. 57' Kieffer Moore (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Rebic replaces Bruno Petkovic.
  10. 68' Substitution, Wales. Harry Wilson replaces Jonathan Williams.
  11. 85' Ivan Rakitic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Joe Allen (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Wales. Tyler Roberts replaces Kieffer Moore.
  14. 89' Luka Modric (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Substitution, Croatia. Milan Badelj replaces Luka Modric.
  16. 90'+6' Daniel James (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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