UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, March 21, 2019
Azerbaijan DWDWL 1
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Croatia LDWWL 2
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AZE101
CRO112
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Match Report

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Kramaric nets late winner as Croatia beat Azerbaijan

Croatia were forced to dig deep as they came from behind to beat unfancied Azerbaijan 2-1 at home.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
13
2
Saves
1
26.3
Possession
73.7
6
SHOTS
21
2
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
181
Accurate Passes
610
256
Passes
689
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
41
0.5
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
38
26
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
0
48
Effective Clearances
6
48
Clearances
6

Head to Head

CRO leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 12Lovre KalinicG
  2. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 21Domagoj VidaCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 2Josip BrekaloRB
  6. 8Mateo KovacicCM
  7. 7Ivan RakitićLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 20Bruno PetkovicF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicLF
  11. 9Andrej KramaricRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicSUB
  2. 14Filip BradaricSUB
  3. 16Antonio MilicSUB
  4. 17Marko RogSUB
  5. 23Simon SlugaSUB
  6. 6Karlo BartolecSUB
  7. 15Mario PasalicSUB
  8. 18Ante RebicSUB
  9. 22Marin LeovacSUB
  10. 11Marcelo BrozovicSUB
  11. 19Milan BadeljSUB
  12. 13Nikola VlasicSUB

AZE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Salahat AgayevG
  2. 6Badavi HüseynovCD-L
  3. 4Rahil MammadovCD-R
  4. 2Qara QarayevDM
  5. 3Shahriyar RahimovLB
  6. 5Maksim MedvedevRB
  7. 20Richard AlmeidaCM-L
  8. 14Eddy SilvestreCM-R
  9. 13Dima NazarovLM
  10. 10Mahir EmreliRM
  11. 11Ramil SheydaevF

Substitutes

  1. 22Mirabdulla AbbasovSUB
  2. 16Rufat DadasovSUB
  3. 23Sahruddin MahammadaliyevSUB
  4. 21Tamkin KhalilzadeSUB
  5. 9Namig AlasgarovSUB
  6. 12Emil BalayevSUB
  7. 15Omar BuludovSUB
  8. 18Anton KrivotsyukSUB
  9. 19Eli BabayevSUB
  10. 8Emin MakhmudovSUB
  11. 7Araz AbdullayevSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Croatia 0, Azerbaijan 1. Ramil Seydaev (Azerbaijan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Richard Almeida following a fast break.
  2. 44' Goal! Croatia 1, Azerbaijan 1. Borna Barisic (Croatia) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 58' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Araz Abdullayev replaces Dimitrij Nazarov.
  4. 67' Maksim Medvedev (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 69' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Rebic replaces Bruno Petkovic.
  6. 73' Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  7. 73' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Emin Makhmudov replaces Richard Almeida.
  8. 79' Goal! Croatia 2, Azerbaijan 1. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
  9. 88' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Rufat Dadashov replaces Qara Qarayev.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Croatia. Milan Badelj replaces Luka Modric.

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