FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Friday, November 12, 2021
Scotland LWWWW 2
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Moldova LLLLL 0
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SCO112
MDA000
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Match Report

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
5
54.8
Possession
45.2
16
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
372
Accurate Passes
289
474
Passes
398
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
71
Long Balls
69
34
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
19
9
Effective Clearances
21
9
Clearances
21

Head to Head

SCO leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

MDA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Stanislav NamascoG
  2. 5Veaceslav PosmacCD
  3. 3Vadim BolohanCD-L
  4. 15Ion JardanCD-R
  5. 7Artur IonitaCM-L
  6. 22Vadim RataCM-R
  7. 18Cristian DrosAM
  8. 14Denis MarandiciLM
  9. 2Ioan-Calin RevencoRM
  10. 11Radu GinsariCF-L
  11. 9Ion NicolaescuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Nicolai CalanceaSUB
  2. 4Iurie IovuSUB
  3. 16Marius IosipoiSUB
  4. 13Victor BogaciucSUB
  5. 20Igor ArhiriiSUB
  6. 12Dumitru CeleadnicSUB
  7. 17Artiom PuntusSUB
  8. 6Artiom RazgoniucSUB
  9. 8Danu SpataruSUB
  10. 10Eugeniu CociucSUB
  11. 21Corneliu CotogoiSUB
  12. 19Maxim CojocaruSUB

SCO · 3-4-3

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 16Liam CooperCD
  3. 6Kieran TierneyCD-L
  4. 13Jack HendryCD-R
  5. 8Callum McGregorCM-L
  6. 14Billy GilmourCM-R
  7. 3Andy RobertsonLM
  8. 22Nathan PattersonRM
  9. 10Ché AdamsF
  10. 17Stuart ArmstrongCF-L
  11. 7John McGinnCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Zander ClarkSUB
  2. 20Lewis FergusonSUB
  3. 23Kenny McLeanSUB
  4. 5John SouttarSUB
  5. 11Jacob BrownSUB
  6. 19Kevin NisbetSUB
  7. 15Scott McKennaSUB
  8. 2Stephen O'DonnellSUB
  9. 21Jon McLaughlinSUB
  10. 18David TurnbullSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Goal! Moldova 0, Scotland 1. Nathan Patterson (Scotland) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
  2. 54' Nathan Patterson (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 58' Vadim Bolohan (Moldova) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 60' Denis Marandici (Moldova) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Artur Ionita (Moldova) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 61' Substitution, Moldova. Victor Bogaciuc replaces Cristian Dros.
  7. 61' Substitution, Moldova. Maxim Cojocaru replaces Radu Gînsari.
  8. 62' Substitution, Moldova. Artiom Rozgoniuc replaces Vadim Bolohan.
  9. 65' Goal! Moldova 0, Scotland 2. Che Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathan Patterson.
  10. 71' Substitution, Moldova. Artiom Puntus replaces Ion Nicolaescu.
  11. 71' Substitution, Moldova. Marius Iosipoi replaces Denis Marandici.
  12. 72' Artiom Puntus (Moldova) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 76' Substitution, Scotland. Kevin Nisbet replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  14. 77' Vadim Rata (Moldova) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Penalty saved! Vadim Rata (Moldova) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  16. 85' Substitution, Scotland. Kenny McLean replaces Billy Gilmour.
  17. 85' Substitution, Scotland. Jacob Brown replaces Che Adams.
  18. 90' Substitution, Scotland. David Turnbull replaces John McGinn.

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