Iceland vs Moldova, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Iceland

31': Kolbeinn Sigthorsson
55': Birkir Bjarnason
77': Jón Bödvarsson

FT
3 - 0

Moldova

About

Iceland are hosting Moldova at Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland, 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': Hand ball by Vadim Cemirtan (Moldova).
3': Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Kári Árnason.
7': Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Ari Freyr Skúlason.
7': Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
11': Offside, Moldova. Igor Armas tries a through ball, but Vadim Cemirtan is caught offside.
14': Dinu Graur (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland).
20': Attempt missed. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Iceland) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Hjörtur Hermannsson with a cross.
21': Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Radu Ginsari (Moldova).
22': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Oleg Reabciuk.
22': Attempt missed. Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ari Freyr Skúlason with a cross following a corner.
24': Attempt saved. Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson with a cross.
26': Catalin Carp (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland).
28': Foul by Catalin Carp (Moldova).
28': Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Dinu Graur (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland).
30': Hand ball by Dinu Graur (Moldova).
31': Goal! Iceland 1, Moldova 0. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
32': Foul by Artur Ionita (Moldova).
32': Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
34': Attempt missed. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
37': Attempt saved. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson.
37': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Alexei Koselev.
41': Hand ball by Radu Ginsari (Moldova).
42': Ari Freyr Skúlason (Iceland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Foul by Catalin Carp (Moldova).
42': Catalin Carp (Moldova) is shown the yellow card.
43': Attempt saved. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
44': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Victor Mudrac.
45': Attempt missed. Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
45'+1': Foul by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland).
45'+1': Igor Armas (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': First Half ends, Iceland 1, Moldova 0.
45': Second Half begins Iceland 1, Moldova 0.
46': Attempt blocked. Eugeniu Cebotaru (Moldova) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Radu Ginsari.
46': Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Ari Freyr Skúlason.
47': Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Foul by Radu Ginsari (Moldova).
53': Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Iceland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
53': Foul by Artur Ionita (Moldova).
54': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Alexei Koselev.
55': Attempt saved. Ragnar Sigurdsson (Iceland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ari Freyr Skúlason with a cross.
55': Goal! Iceland 2, Moldova 0. Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
57': Foul by Hjörtur Hermannsson (Iceland).
57': Oleg Reabciuk (Moldova) wins a free kick on the left wing.
60': Attempt missed. Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson with a cross.
61': Attempt blocked. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
63': Substitution, Iceland. Emil Hallfredsson replaces Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
65': Substitution, Moldova. Maxim Cojocaru replaces Vadim Cemirtan.
65': Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Alexandru Suvorov (Moldova).
67': Substitution, Moldova. Iaser Turcan replaces Catalin Carp.
68': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Victor Mudrac.
69': Alexei Koselev (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Foul by Ragnar Sigurdsson (Iceland).
71': Attempt missed. Ragnar Sigurdsson (Iceland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arnór Ingvi Traustason with a cross.
71': Attempt blocked. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
72': Alexandru Suvorov (Moldova) wins a free kick on the right wing.
72': Foul by Ari Freyr Skúlason (Iceland).
73': Foul by Artur Ionita (Moldova).
73': Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Offside, Moldova. Alexei Koselev tries a through ball, but Radu Ginsari is caught offside.
75': Foul by Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Iceland).
75': Oleg Reabciuk (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Foul by Kári Árnason (Iceland).
76': Radu Ginsari (Moldova) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Goal! Iceland 3, Moldova 0. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Iceland) with an attempt from very close range to the top left corner.
78': Substitution, Iceland. Runar Mar Sigurjonsson replaces Birkir Bjarnason.
79': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Victor Mudrac.
80': Substitution, Moldova. Constantin Sandu replaces Radu Ginsari.
81': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Igor Armas.
81': Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Victor Mudrac.
82': Attempt saved. Alexandru Suvorov (Moldova) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eugeniu Cebotaru.
83': Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Hannes Thór Halldórsson.
84': Foul by Runar Mar Sigurjonsson (Iceland).
84': Iaser Turcan (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Substitution, Iceland. Vidar Kjartansson replaces Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
86': Attempt missed. Runar Mar Sigurjonsson (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vidar Kjartansson.
87': Attempt saved. Constantin Sandu (Moldova) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dinu Graur with a cross.
89': Constantin Sandu (Moldova) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Foul by Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland).
90': Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Runar Mar Sigurjonsson.
90'+1': Corner, Moldova. Conceded by Ragnar Sigurdsson.
90'+3': Foul by Igor Armas (Moldova).
90'+3': Vidar Kjartansson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Igor Armas (Moldova) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Iceland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kári Árnason following a set piece situation.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Iceland 3, Moldova 0.
0': Match ends, Iceland 3, Moldova 0.

Statistics

MDA		ISL
12	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	2
43.7	Possession	56.3
3	SHOTS	17
2	ON GOAL	7
0.7	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
256	Accurate Passes	350
347	Passes	443
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	11
19	Crosses	29
0.1	Cross %	0.4
62	Long Balls	66
25	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	2
7	Effective Tackles	7
9	Tackles	15
0.8	Tackle %	0.5
18	Interceptions	9
16	Effective Clearances	16
16	Clearances	16

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Laugardalsvöllur
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Attendance: 8,338

EURO Qualifying Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Denmark	10	+9	22
2	Slovenia	10	+11	22
3	Finland	10	+8	18
4	Kazakhstan	10	+4	18

Full Table

Line-Ups

Iceland (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Hannes Halldórsson (GK)
6	Ragnar Sigurdsson
14	Kári Árnason
23	Ari Skúlason
2	Hjörtur Hermannsson
10	Gylfi Sigurdsson
17	Aron Gunnarsson
8	Birkir Bjarnason
21	Arnór Traustason
9	Kolbeinn Sigthorsson
22	Jón Bödvarsson

Iceland Substitutes:

Ögmundur Kristinsson, Victor Palsson, Hördur Magnússon, Runar Mar Sigurjonsson, Jón Gudni Fjóluson, Daniel Grétarsson, Samúel Fridjónsson, Albert Gudmundsson, Vidar Örn Kjartansson, Emil Hallfredsson, Rúnar Rúnarsson.

Moldova (4-3-3)

No.	Name
23	Alexei Koselev (GK)
3	Igor Armas
4	Victor Mudrac
2	Oleg Reabciuk
22	Dinu Graur
7	Artur Ionita
8	Catalin Carp
9	Eugeniu Cebotaru
14	Vadim Cemirtan
16	Alexandru Suvorov
11	Radu Ginsari

Moldova Substitutes:

Eugeniu Cociuc, Maxim Cojocaru, Constantin Sandu, Vladimir Ambros, Mihail Ghecev, Dumitru Celeadnic, Artiom Razgoniuc, Iaser Turcan.

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