UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, March 24, 2019
Slovakia LDWLW 0
–
Wales LWLLW 1
1st2ndT
SVK000
WAL101
Cardiff City Stadium · 31,617 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

Catherine Ivill/Getty Images

James strikes to give Wales narrow win over Slovakia

Daniel James scored his first international goal on his competitive debut to give Wales a 1-0 home win over Slovakia in Group E.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

19
Fouls
10
7
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
4
58
Possession
42
13
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
455
Accurate Passes
306
546
Passes
391
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
61
30
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
19
22
Clearances
19

Head to Head

WAL leads series 2-1

Lineups

WAL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 15Jamie LawrenceCD-L
  3. 5Chris MephamCD-R
  4. 4Ben DaviesLB
  5. 14Connor RobertsRB
  6. 8Matt SmithCM-L
  7. 7Joe AllenCM-R
  8. 20Daniel JamesLM
  9. 16Harry WilsonRM
  10. 11Gareth BaleF
  11. 10David BrooksRCF

SVK · 4-3-3

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

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Wales 1, Slovakia 0. Daniel James (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 15' Robert Mak (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Denis Vavro (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Joe Allen (Wales) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 60' David Brooks (Wales) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 60' Substitution, Wales. Tyler Roberts replaces David Brooks.
  8. 65' Substitution, Slovakia. Michal Duris replaces Ondrej Duda.
  9. 69' Michal Duris (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 69' Substitution, Slovakia. Miroslav Stoch replaces Robert Mak.
  11. 73' Substitution, Wales. Ashley Williams replaces Daniel James.
  12. 86' Marek Hamsik (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 87' Substitution, Wales. Will Vaulks replaces Harry Wilson.
  14. 90' Substitution, Slovakia. Pavol Safranko replaces Peter Pekarík.
  15. 90'+3' Miroslav Stoch (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+6' Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card.

EURO Qualifying News

All news
Video Zidane: 'Not proud, but no regrets' over 2006 World Cup final clash with Materazzi Zidane: 'Not proud, but no regrets' over 2006 World Cup final clash with Materazzi Video De Jong: Netherlands 'tried to get Guardiola and Slot before Xavi' De Jong: Netherlands 'tried to get Guardiola and Slot before Xavi' Video Zidane: I've been waiting five years to become France's head coach Zidane: I've been waiting five years to become France's head coach Video Klopp: When you don't want me as Germany coach, I'm gone Klopp: When you don't want me as Germany coach, I'm gone