UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, September 7, 2019
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France WWWLW 4
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Match Report

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France cruise past Albania as Coman nets brace

France stayed in command of their Euro 2020 qualifying group as the defending world champions beat Albania 4-1.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
0
27.6
Possession
72.4
3
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
275
Accurate Passes
845
342
Passes
913
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
67
23
Accurate Long Balls
55
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
3
3
Effective Tackles
7
10
Tackles
11
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
2
21
Effective Clearances
5
21
Clearances
5

Head to Head

FRA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

FRA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 19Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 14Blaise MatuidiCM-L
  7. 12Corentin TolissoCM-R
  8. 8Thomas LemarLM
  9. 11Kingsley ComanRM
  10. 9Olivier GiroudF
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannRCF

ALB · 5-3-2

  1. 23Thomas StrakoshaG
  2. 15Mërgim MavrajCD
  3. 6Berat DjimsitiCD-L
  4. 18Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  5. 21Odise RoshiLB
  6. 4Elseid HysajRB
  7. 2Ylber RamadaniCM
  8. 22Amir AbrashiCM-L
  9. 7Keidi BareCM-R
  10. 19Bekim BalajCF-L
  11. 11Myrto UzuniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! France 1, Albania 0. Kingsley Coman (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Varane with a through ball.
  2. 27' Goal! France 2, Albania 0. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Hernández.
  3. 36' Penalty missed! Still France 2, Albania 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) hits the bar with a left footed shot.
  4. 53' Substitution, Albania. Klaus Gjasula replaces Ylber Ramadani.
  5. 61' Substitution, Albania. Sokol Cikalleshi replaces Bekim Balaj.
  6. 66' Klaus Gjasula (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Goal! France 3, Albania 0. Kingsley Coman (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  8. 73' Substitution, Albania. Taulant Xhaka replaces Amir Abrashi.
  9. 77' Substitution, France. Jonathan Ikoné replaces Kingsley Coman.
  10. 78' Taulant Xhaka (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 80' Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Lucas Hernández because of an injury.
  12. 84' Substitution, France. Nabil Fekir replaces Thomas Lemar.
  13. 85' Goal! France 4, Albania 0. Jonathan Ikoné (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nabil Fekir.
  14. 90' Goal! France 4, Albania 1. Sokol Cikalleshi (Albania) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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