UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Friday, September 6, 2019
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City Arena - Stadión Antona Malatinského · 18,098 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Croatia ease past Slovakia to pad Group E lead

World Cup runners-up Croatia stayed on course to qualify for Euro 2020 after a dominant display gave them a 4-0 Group E win in Slovakia.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
5
51.2
Possession
48.8
31
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
476
Accurate Passes
449
544
Passes
523
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
1
20
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.1
30
Long Balls
39
15
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
9
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
13
8
Effective Clearances
19
8
Clearances
19

Head to Head

CRO leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

SVK · 4-3-3

  1. 23Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 14Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 3Denis VavroCD-R
  4. 16Dávid HanckoLB
  5. 4Martin ValjentRB
  6. 22Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 19Juraj KuckaRM
  9. 8Ondrej DudaF
  10. 20Róbert MakLF
  11. 10Albert RusnákRF

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 22Karlo BartolecRB
  6. 13Nikola VlasicAM
  7. 11Marcelo BrozovicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 20Bruno PetkovicF
  10. 18Ante RebicAM-L
  11. 4Ivan PerisicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Goal! Slovakia 0, Croatia 1. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
  2. 45' Substitution, Slovakia. Robert Bozenik replaces Albert Rusnák.
  3. 46' Goal! Slovakia 0, Croatia 2. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
  4. 63' Substitution, Slovakia. Lukas Haraslin replaces Juraj Kucka.
  5. 70' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Brekalo replaces Ante Rebic.
  6. 72' Goal! Slovakia 0, Croatia 3. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josip Brekalo.
  7. 79' Substitution, Slovakia. Michal Duris replaces Robert Mak.
  8. 82' Substitution, Croatia. Milan Badelj replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  9. 83' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Bruno Petkovic.
  10. 89' Goal! Slovakia 0, Croatia 4. Dejan Lovren (Croatia) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross following a corner.

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