FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Slovenia vs Cyprus, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Slovenia
  • 48': Miha Zajc
  • 84': Adam Gnezda Cerin
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2 - 1
Cyprus
  • 89': Andronikos Kakoulis

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Slovenia are hosting Cyprus at Stadion Stozice, Ljubljana, Slovenia, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Andreas Avraam (Cyprus).
  • 2': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Miha Zajc (Slovenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jure Balkovec with a headed pass.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Miha Zajc.
  • 10': Foul by Jaka Bijol (Slovenia).
  • 10': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia).
  • 11': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Marios Antoniadis.
  • 16': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross following a corner.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Gnezda Cerin with a cross.
  • 16': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Neofytos Michael.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia) header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Miha Zajc with a cross.
  • 17': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Kostakis Artymatas.
  • 21': Foul by Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia).
  • 21': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia).
  • 23': Attempt missed. Miha Zajc (Slovenia) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic with a cross.
  • 24': Offside, Slovenia. Benjamin Verbic tries a through ball, but Zan Celar is caught offside.
  • 26': VAR Decision: No Goal Slovenia 0-0 Cyprus.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marinos Tzionis.
  • 31': Foul by Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia).
  • 31': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Substitution, Slovenia. Sandi Lovric replaces Benjamin Verbic because of an injury.
  • 35': Hand ball by Sandi Lovric (Slovenia).
  • 36': Foul by Stelios Andreou (Cyprus).
  • 36': Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 36': Stelios Andreou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Offside, Cyprus. Fotios Papoulis tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
  • 39': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Andreas Avraam.
  • 40': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
  • 40': Miha Zajc (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 40': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Zan Celar (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
  • 45'+1': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Marios Antoniadis.
  • 45'+3': Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
  • 45'+3': Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Slovenia 0, Cyprus 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Slovenia 0, Cyprus 0.
  • 48': Goal! Slovenia 1, Cyprus 0. Miha Zajc (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 50': Foul by Zan Karnicnik (Slovenia).
  • 50': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
  • 57': Offside, Cyprus. Fotios Papoulis tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
  • 58': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.
  • 59': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
  • 59': Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 60': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
  • 60': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Marios Antoniadis (Cyprus).
  • 62': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Zan Celar.
  • 63': Foul by Miha Zajc (Slovenia).
  • 63': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 64': Foul by Marios Demetriou (Cyprus).
  • 64': Zan Celar (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus).
  • 66': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Zan Celar (Slovenia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jure Balkovec with a cross.
  • 66': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Konstantinos Laifis.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Jasmin Kurtic with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
  • 69': Offside, Cyprus. Grigoris Kastanos tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
  • 73': Foul by Zan Celar (Slovenia).
  • 73': Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Miha Zajc (Slovenia).
  • 74': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Substitution, Cyprus. Giorgios Efrem replaces Marinos Tzionis.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Marios Antoniadis (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos.
  • 75': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Petar Stojanovic.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Marios Antoniadis (Cyprus) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giorgios Efrem with a cross.
  • 79': Foul by Adam Gnezda Cerin (Slovenia).
  • 79': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Andreas Avraam.
  • 81': Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Fotios Papoulis because of an injury.
  • 82': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Jaka Bijol.
  • 83': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
  • 83': Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Substitution, Slovenia. Leo Stulac replaces Miha Zajc.
  • 84': Goal! Slovenia 2, Cyprus 0. Adam Gnezda Cerin (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zan Celar.
  • 89': Goal! Slovenia 2, Cyprus 1. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Grigoris Kastanos.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Cyprus. Matija Spoljaric replaces Andreas Avraam.
  • 90'+3': Offside, Cyprus. Kostakis Artymatas tries a through ball, but Giorgios Efrem is caught offside.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Slovenia. Blaz Vrhovec replaces Zan Celar.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Slovenia 2, Cyprus 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Slovenia 2, Cyprus 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 8
2 Saves 1
31.9 Possession 68.1
4 SHOTS 16
2 ON GOAL 4
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
233 Accurate Passes 589
309 Passes 667
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 7
13 Crosses 24
0.1 Cross % 0.3
50 Long Balls 44
22 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 5
13 Effective Tackles 11
23 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
12 Interceptions 10
28 Effective Clearances 11
28 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Stadion Stozice
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 5,117

WCQ - UEFA Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Austria 8 +18 19
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 +10 17
3 Romania 8 +9 13
4 Cyprus 8 0 8
Full Table

Line-Ups

SVN Slovenia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jan Oblak (GK)
6 Jaka Bijol
2 Zan Karnicnik
3 Jure Balkovec
20 Petar Stojanovic Yellow Card
10 Miha Zajc
14 Jasmin Kurtic Yellow Card
22 Adam Gnezda Cerin
13 Zan Celar
21 Benjamin Verbic
7 Josip Ilicic
Slovenia Substitutes:
Vid Belec, Zan Rogelj, Sven Karic, Leo Stulac, David Tijanic, Nino Kouter, Igor Vekic, Sandi Lovric, Blaz Vrhovec.

CYP Cyprus (3-4-3)

No. Name
22 Neophytos Michael (GK)
19 Konstantinos Laifis
3 Marios Antoniades
14 Stelios Andreou Yellow Card
20 Grigoris Kastanos Yellow Card
18 Kostakis Artymatas Yellow Card
11 Andreas Avraam
5 Marios Demetriou
10 Pieros Soteriou
21 Marinos Tzionis
15 Fotis Papoulis
Cyprus Substitutes:
Georgios Efrem, Rafael Mamas, Andronikos Kakoulis, Matija Spoljaric, Marios Elia, Paris Psaltis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Ioakeim Toumpas, Costas Soteriou, Andreas Karo.

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