FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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Albania LLWWW 0
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Match Report

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Crowd trouble, thrown bottles briefly halt Poland's World Cup qualifying win over Albania

The World Cup Group I qualifier between Albania and Poland was suspended after bottles were thrown on the pitch from the crowd in the second half.

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Team Stats

24
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
1
59.3
Possession
40.7
5
SHOTS
6
2
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
383
Accurate Passes
233
485
Passes
331
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
0
17
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.0
64
Long Balls
66
26
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
7
21
Effective Clearances
21
21
Clearances
21

Head to Head

POL leads series 3-0

Lineups

ALB · 4-3-3

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 15Marash KumbullaCD-L
  3. 18Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 5Frederic VeseliLB
  5. 4Elseid HysajRB
  6. 7Keidi BareCM
  7. 20Lorenc TrashiLM
  8. 19Ylber RamadaniRM
  9. 10Rey ManajF
  10. 11Myrto UzuniLF
  11. 21Odise RoshiRF

POL · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 15Kamil GlikCD
  3. 5Jan BednarekCD-L
  4. 3Pawel DawidowiczCD-R
  5. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakSW
  6. 16Jakub ModerCM-L
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-R
  8. 21Tymoteusz PuchaczLM
  9. 7Kamil JozwiakRM
  10. 9Robert LewandowskiCF-L
  11. 8Adam BuksaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 34' Ardian Ismajli (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Adam Buksa (Poland) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Poland. Mateusz Klich replaces Jakub Moder.
  4. 49' Elseid Hysaj (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 50' Jan Bednarek (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Substitution, Albania. Armando Broja replaces Myrto Uzuni.
  7. 65' Substitution, Albania. Ermir Lenjani replaces Lorenc Trashi.
  8. 71' Substitution, Poland. Karol Swiderski replaces Adam Buksa.
  9. 71' Substitution, Poland. Przemyslaw Frankowski replaces Kamil Józwiak.
  10. 77' Goal! Albania 0, Poland 1. Karol Swiderski (Poland) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateusz Klich with a cross.
  11. 77' Substitution, Albania. Enis Cokaj replaces Keidi Bare.
  12. 77' Substitution, Albania. Nedim Bajrami replaces Odise Roshi.
  13. 89' Ylber Ramadani (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+1' Tymoteusz Puchacz (Poland) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Poland. Bartosz Bereszynski replaces Tymoteusz Puchacz.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Poland. Michal Helik replaces Jan Bednarek.

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