FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, November 11, 2021
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Match Report

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Spain on cusp of World Cup after win at Greece on Pablo Sarabia's goal

A penalty from Spain's Pablo Sarabia secured a 1-0 victory in their World Cup qualifier away to Greece on Thursday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
72.6
Possession
27.4
12
SHOTS
3
3
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
754
Accurate Passes
228
815
Passes
302
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
55
40
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
14
14
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
14
15
Effective Clearances
15
15
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ESP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

GRE · 5-4-1

  1. 1Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 3Giorgos TzavellasCD
  3. 21Kostas TsimikasCD-L
  4. 4Dimitrios GoutasCD-R
  5. 6Dimitris GiannoulisLB
  6. 15Thanasis AndroutsosRB
  7. 5Andreas BouchalakisCM-L
  8. 23Manolis SiopisCM-R
  9. 20Petros MantalosLM
  10. 7Georgios MasourasRM
  11. 16Vangelis PavlidisF

Substitutes

  1. 8Sotiris AlexandropoulosSUB
  2. 18Dimitrios LimniosSUB
  3. 10Christos TzolisSUB
  4. 9Anastasios DouvikasSUB
  5. 2Manolis SaliakasSUB
  6. 19Marios VrousaiSUB
  7. 11Georgios KyriakopoulosSUB
  8. 22Gerasimos MitoglouSUB
  9. 13Georgios AthanasiadisSUB
  10. 14Dimitris PelkasSUB
  11. 12Alexandros PaschalakisSUB

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 4Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 15Aymeric LaporteCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 20Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 9GaviLM
  8. 8KokeRM
  9. 7Álvaro MorataF
  10. 6Raúl de TomásLF
  11. 22Pablo SarabiaRF

Substitutes

  1. 19RodrigoSUB
  2. 3Pau TorresSUB
  3. 2César AzpilicuetaSUB
  4. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  5. 1David de GeaSUB
  6. 12Brais MéndezSUB
  7. 17Brahim DíazSUB
  8. 10Carlos SolerSUB
  9. 5Sergio BusquetsSUB
  10. 13Robert SánchezSUB
  11. 11Pablo FornalsSUB
  12. 21Dani OlmoSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Greece 0, Spain 1. Pablo Sarabia (Spain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 33' Manolis Siopis (Greece) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Greece. Christos Tzolis replaces Giorgos Masouras.
  4. 45' Substitution, Greece. Anastasios Douvikas replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  5. 48' Pablo Sarabia (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Konstantinos Tsimikas (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Substitution, Spain. Dani Olmo replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  8. 57' Substitution, Spain. Rodrigo replaces Raúl de Tomás.
  9. 59' Dimitrios Goutas (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 65' Substitution, Spain. Sergio Busquets replaces Gavi because of an injury.
  11. 65' Substitution, Spain. Pablo Fornals replaces Álvaro Morata.
  12. 67' Substitution, Greece. Dimitris Limnios replaces Dimitris Giannoulis.
  13. 78' Substitution, Greece. Dimitrios Pelkas replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
  14. 78' Daniel Carvajal (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 89' Substitution, Spain. César Azpilicueta replaces Íñigo Martínez.
  16. 90'+2' Georgios Tzavellas (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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