Latvia vs Israel, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Latvia

FT
0 - 3

Israel

9': Eran Zahavi
59': Eran Zahavi
80': Eran Zahavi

Zahavi gets hat trick for Israel in win over Latvia

Israel's Eran Zahavi celebrates with teammates [1296x729]

Israel beat Latvia 3-0 thanks to an Eran Zahavi hat-trick in Euro 2020 qualifying Group G action.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
3': Dia Saba (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Olegs Laizans (Latvia).
5': Bibras Natcho (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Olegs Laizans (Latvia).
7': Offside, Latvia. Kristers Tobers tries a through ball, but Arturs Karasausks is caught offside.
7': Attempt saved. Dia Saba (Israel) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Omri Ben Harush with a cross.
8': Beram Kayal (Israel) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8': Foul by Olegs Laizans (Latvia).
9': Hand ball by Kristers Tobers (Latvia).
9': Goal! Latvia 0, Israel 1. Eran Zahavi (Israel) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
11': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Loai Taha.
13': Attempt blocked. Dia Saba (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Beram Kayal.
14': Attempt missed. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Beram Kayal.
15': Delay in match because of an injury Dor Peretz (Israel).
15': Delay in match because of an injury Kristers Tobers (Latvia).
18': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
19': Eran Zahavi (Israel) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19': Foul by Kristers Tobers (Latvia).
19': Kristers Tobers (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20': Attempt missed. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
22': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Nir Bitton.
22': Attempt missed. Olegs Laizans (Latvia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcis Oss following a corner.
23': Ariel Harush (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Kaspars Dubra (Latvia).
25': Foul by Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia).
25': Loai Taha (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Delay in match because of an injury Loai Taha (Israel).
26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
30': Offside, Israel. Dia Saba tries a through ball, but Eran Zahavi is caught offside.
32': Attempt blocked. Eran Zahavi (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
32': Eran Zahavi (Israel) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
32': Foul by Kristers Tobers (Latvia).
33': Attempt missed. Nir Bitton (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
33': Offside, Latvia. Vitalijs Maksimenko tries a through ball, but Deniss Rakels is caught offside.
35': Attempt saved. Beram Kayal (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eran Zahavi with a headed pass.
36': Attempt blocked. Dia Saba (Israel) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eran Zahavi.
36': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Kaspars Dubra.
37': Attempt saved. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bibras Natcho.
37': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Pavels Steinbors.
38': Attempt blocked. Loai Taha (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bibras Natcho with a cross.
38': Attempt missed. Dor Peretz (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Beram Kayal.
38': Foul by Beram Kayal (Israel).
38': Olegs Laizans (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Bibras Natcho (Israel).
39': Janis Ikaunieks (Latvia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
40': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Omri Ben Harush.
40': Attempt blocked. Kaspars Dubra (Latvia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Deniss Rakels with a cross.
40': Beram Kayal (Israel) wins a free kick on the right wing.
40': Foul by Janis Ikaunieks (Latvia).
41': Foul by Loai Taha (Israel).
41': Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
42': Attempt blocked. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Beram Kayal.
42': Attempt saved. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Dia Saba (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bibras Natcho.
45'+2': Foul by Loai Taha (Israel).
45'+2': Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3': Arturs Karasausks (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3': Foul by Dor Peretz (Israel).
45'+3': Attempt blocked. Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kristers Tobers.
45'+4': Attempt missed. Deniss Rakels (Latvia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Roberts Savalnieks.
45'+4': First Half ends, Latvia 0, Israel 1.
45': Second Half begins Latvia 0, Israel 1.
48': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Beram Kayal.
48': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Nir Bitton.
52': Attempt missed. Kaspars Dubra (Latvia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
52': Offside, Latvia. Kaspars Dubra tries a through ball, but Arturs Karasausks is caught offside.
54': Attempt missed. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
55': Foul by Omri Ben Harush (Israel).
55': Janis Ikaunieks (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Offside, Latvia. Olegs Laizans tries a through ball, but Deniss Rakels is caught offside.
57': Attempt blocked. Dia Saba (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eran Zahavi.
57': Attempt missed. Omri Ben Harush (Israel) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high.
58': Substitution, Latvia. Andrejs Ciganiks replaces Janis Ikaunieks.
59': Attempt saved. Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arturs Karasausks.
59': Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Ariel Harush.
59': Goal! Latvia 0, Israel 2. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Beram Kayal.
62': Foul by Sheran Yeini (Israel).
62': Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
63': Offside, Latvia. Vitalijs Maksimenko tries a through ball, but Marcis Oss is caught offside.
63': Attempt saved. Beram Kayal (Israel) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
64': Eran Zahavi (Israel) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
64': Foul by Arturs Karasausks (Latvia).
64': Arturs Karasausks (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66': Substitution, Israel. Ben Sahar replaces Dia Saba.
67': Substitution, Latvia. Vladimirs Kamess replaces Arturs Karasausks.
67': Attempt missed. Vladimirs Kamess (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Olegs Laizans.
68': Dor Peretz (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Olegs Laizans (Latvia).
69': Beram Kayal (Israel) wins a free kick on the left wing.
69': Foul by Deniss Rakels (Latvia).
73': Substitution, Israel. Dan Glazer replaces Beram Kayal.
73': Bibras Natcho (Israel) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Foul by Andrejs Ciganiks (Latvia).
77': Attempt saved. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Omri Ben Harush.
77': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Pavels Steinbors.
79': Substitution, Latvia. Ritvars Rugins replaces Olegs Laizans.
80': Goal! Latvia 0, Israel 3. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bibras Natcho.
81': Substitution, Israel. Yonatan Cohen replaces Omri Ben Harush.
82': Foul by Ben Sahar (Israel).
82': Marcis Oss (Latvia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
83': Eli Dasa (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Foul by Vladimirs Kamess (Latvia).
84': Attempt saved. Eran Zahavi (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bibras Natcho.
85': Foul by Dan Glazer (Israel).
85': Kristers Tobers (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Dan Glazer (Israel).
87': Vladimirs Kamess (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
88': Foul by Dor Peretz (Israel).
88': Ritvars Rugins (Latvia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Dor Peretz (Israel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Attempt blocked. Andrejs Ciganiks (Latvia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ritvars Rugins.
90': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Vitalijs Maksimenko.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Ben Sahar (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dor Peretz.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Latvia 0, Israel 3.
90'+4': Match ends, Latvia 0, Israel 3.

Statistics

ISR		LVA
11	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	5
4	Corner Kicks	6
1	Saves	8
55.3	Possession	44.7
24	SHOTS	8
11	ON GOAL	1
0.5	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
429	Accurate Passes	315
505	Passes	395
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	3
14	Crosses	22
0.4	Cross %	0.1
68	Long Balls	77
40	Accurate Long Balls	42
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
6	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	4
12	Tackles	8
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
6	Interceptions	10
26	Effective Clearances	11
26	Clearances	11

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Daugavas Stadions
Location: Riga, Latvia
Attendance: 5,508

EURO Qualifying Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Hungary	8	+9	18
2	Serbia	8	+6	14
3	Montenegro	8	-2	11
4	Lithuania	8	-6	6

Full Table

Line-Ups

Latvia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
23	Pavels Steinbors (GK)
3	Marcis Oss
4	Kaspars Dubra
2	Vitalijs Maksimenko
18	Roberts Savalnieks
8	Janis Ikaunieks
21	Kristers Tobers
5	Olegs Laizans
22	Vladislavs Gutkovskis
11	Arturs Karasausks
15	Deniss Rakels

Latvia Substitutes:

Antonijs Cernomordijs, Kaspars Ikstens, Vladimirs Kamess, Martins Kigurs, Andrej Ciganiks, Valerijs Sabala, Ritvars Rugins, Andris Vanins, Raivis Andris Jurkovskis, Roberts Uldrikis, Aleksandrs Solovjovs, Vitalijs Jagodinskis.

Israel (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Ariel Harush (GK)
12	Shiran Yeini
4	Nir Bitton
17	Loai Taha
20	Omri Ben Harush
2	Eli Dasa
6	Bibras Natcho
21	Biram Kiyal
15	Dor Peretz
7	Eran Zahavi
10	Dia Saba

Israel Substitutes:

Dan Glazer, Eylon Haim Almog, Yoav Gerafi, Yonatan Cohen, Almog Cohen, Taleb Tawatha, Manor Solomon, Ayad Habashi, Ofir Marciano, Orel Dgani, Hatem Elhamed, Ben Sahar.

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