UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, March 23, 2019
Switzerland LLWLW 2
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Georgia WWWDW 0
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Boris Paichadze Stadium · 49,207 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP

Second-half goals see Switzerland past Georgia

Second-half goals from Steven Zuber and Denis Zakaria ended Georgia's unbeaten eight-match home run.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
6
64.3
Possession
35.7
25
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
522
Accurate Passes
251
612
Passes
330
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.4
43
Long Balls
58
20
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
10
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
12
19
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
13
6
Effective Clearances
27
6
Clearances
27

Head to Head

SUI leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

GEO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Giorgi LoriaG
  2. 4Guram KashiaCD-L
  3. 3Davit KhocholavaCD-R
  4. 16Jemal TabidzeLB
  5. 2Otar KakabadzeRB
  6. 6Nika KvekveskiriCM
  7. 7Jaba KankavaLM
  8. 21Valerian GviliaRM
  9. 11Giorgi KvilitaiaF
  10. 10Jano AnanidzeLF
  11. 8Valeri QazaishviliRF

SUI · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-L
  3. 22Fabian SchärCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 10Granit XhakaCM
  7. 8Remo FreulerLM
  8. 17Denis ZakariaRM
  9. 19Mario GavranovicF
  10. 14Steven ZuberLF
  11. 7Breel EmboloRF

Timeline

  1. 56' Goal! Georgia 0, Switzerland 1. Steven Zuber (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Breel Embolo.
  2. 61' Substitution, Switzerland. Albian Ajeti replaces Mario Gavranovic.
  3. 62' Substitution, Georgia. Solomon Kvirkvelia replaces Jimmy Tabidze.
  4. 70' Nika Kvekveskiri (Georgia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 73' Substitution, Georgia. Saba Lobzhanidze replaces Giorgi Kvilitaia.
  6. 76' Davit Khotcholava (Georgia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Goal! Georgia 0, Switzerland 2. Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 83' Substitution, Georgia. Nika Kacharava replaces Jano Ananidze.
  9. 84' Substitution, Switzerland. Renato Steffen replaces Breel Embolo.
  10. 89' Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 89' Substitution, Switzerland. Djibril Sow replaces Remo Freuler.
  12. 90'+2' Valeriane Gvilia (Georgia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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