FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, November 11, 2021
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Georgia LLLLW 2
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Batumi Arena (Adjarabet Arena) · 6,800 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Georgia win to dent Sweden's World Cup qualifying hopes

Sweden's hopes of qualifying directly for the World Cup finals in Qatar suffered a serious blow as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat away to Georgia.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
9
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
7
59.3
Possession
40.7
20
SHOTS
10
8
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
437
Accurate Passes
287
508
Passes
354
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
28
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.4
36
Long Balls
54
22
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
8
6
Effective Clearances
33
6
Clearances
33

Head to Head

SWE leads series 1-0

Lineups

GEO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Giorgi LoriaG
  2. 4Guram KashiaCD
  3. 3Davit KhocholavaCD-L
  4. 2Otar KakabadzeCD-R
  5. 16Nika KvekveskiriCM-L
  6. 21Valerian GviliaCM-R
  7. 15Irakli AzaroviLM
  8. 11Saba LobjanidzeRM
  9. 10Tornike OkriashviliF
  10. 18Khvicha KvaratskheliaCF-L
  11. 19Giorgi TsitaishviliCF-R

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 18Joakim NilssonCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 6Ludwig AugustinssonLB
  5. 2Emil KrafthRB
  6. 20Kristoffer OlssonCM-L
  7. 19Mattias SvanbergCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 7Viktor ClaessonRM
  10. 11Zlatan IbrahimovicCF-L
  11. 9Alexander IsakCF-R

Timeline

  1. 52' Tornike Okriashvili (Georgia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Irakli Azarovi (Georgia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Goal! Georgia 1, Sweden 0. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  4. 64' Joakim Nilsson (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 70' Substitution, Georgia. Zuriko Davitashvili replaces Heorhiy Tsitaishvili.
  6. 70' Substitution, Georgia. Davit Volkovi replaces Tornike Okriashvili.
  7. 74' Substitution, Sweden. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Viktor Claesson.
  8. 77' Goal! Georgia 2, Sweden 0. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 78' Substitution, Sweden. Robin Quaison replaces Mattias Svanberg.
  10. 80' Substitution, Georgia. Valeri Qazaishvili replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  11. 81' Substitution, Georgia. Grigol Chabradze replaces Saba Lobzhanidze.
  12. 87' Substitution, Sweden. Jesper Karlsson replaces Alexander Isak.
  13. 90' Substitution, Georgia. Giorgi Aburjania replaces Nika Kvekveskiri because of an injury.
  14. 90'+1' Guram Kashia (Georgia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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