UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, June 8, 2019
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Match Report

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Croatia beat Wales in Euro 2020 qualifier as Perisic stars

Ivan Perisic scored one and set up another to help the 2018 World Cup runners-up to a 2-1 home win over Wales on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
6
37.4
Possession
62.6
10
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
254
Accurate Passes
468
326
Passes
548
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
10
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
68
29
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
3
12
Tackles
8
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
4
Interceptions
5
14
Effective Clearances
17
14
Clearances
17

Head to Head

CRO leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 16Tin JedvajRB
  6. 8Mateo KovacicAM
  7. 11Marcelo BrozovicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Andrej KramaricF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 7Josip BrekaloAM-R

WAL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 15Jamie LawrenceCD-L
  3. 5Chris MephamCD-R
  4. 4Ben DaviesLB
  5. 14Connor RobertsRB
  6. 7Joe AllenCM
  7. 8Matt SmithLM
  8. 23Will VaulksRM
  9. 10Harry WilsonF
  10. 20Daniel JamesLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Timeline

  1. 17' Own Goal by Jamie Lawrence, Wales. Croatia 1, Wales 0.
  2. 28' Josip Brekalo (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Goal! Croatia 2, Wales 0. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 48' Gareth Bale (Wales) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 50' Tin Jedvaj (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Dejan Lovren (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, Wales. David Brooks replaces Matthew Smith.
  8. 66' Substitution, Wales. Ethan Ampadu replaces Will Vaulks.
  9. 66' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Josip Brekalo.
  10. 69' Domagoj Vida (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, Croatia. Milan Badelj replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  12. 77' Goal! Croatia 2, Wales 1. David Brooks (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Roberts.
  13. 79' Substitution, Wales. Rabbi Matondo replaces Daniel James.
  14. 90'+2' Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Croatia. Mile Skoric replaces Ivan Perisic.

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