FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Friday, October 8, 2021
Croatia LLDWW 3
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Cyprus LLLLL 0
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Match Report

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Croatia stay on course with 3-0 win at Cyprus

Croatia stayed on course to qualify automatically for the 2022 World Cup after beating Cyprus in World Cup qualifying.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
6
7
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
8
74.5
Possession
25.5
27
SHOTS
7
11
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
623
Accurate Passes
158
706
Passes
237
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
1
21
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.1
38
Long Balls
54
19
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
12
12
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
10
14
Effective Clearances
26
14
Clearances
26

Head to Head

CRO leads series 2-0

Lineups

CYP · 5-4-1

  1. 22Neophytos MichaelG
  2. 16Costas SoteriouCD
  3. 4Nicholas IoannouCD-L
  4. 14Stelios AndreouCD-R
  5. 11Andreas AvraamLB
  6. 5Paris PsaltisRB
  7. 20Grigoris KastanosCM-L
  8. 18Kostakis ArtymatasCM-R
  9. 15Fotis PapoulisLM
  10. 23Ioannis PittasRM
  11. 10Pieros SoteriouF

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 20Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-R
  4. 19Borna SosaLB
  5. 6Josip StanisicRB
  6. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Andrej KramaricF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicLF
  11. 13Nikola VlasicRF

Timeline

  1. 33' Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Andreas Avraam (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Cyprus 0, Croatia 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  5. 45' Substitution, Cyprus. Marinos Tzionis replaces Ioannis Pittas.
  6. 54' Penalty saved! Luka Modric (Croatia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  7. 60' Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Antoniadis replaces Andreas Avraam.
  8. 61' Josip Stanisic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  10. 68' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  11. 68' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Brekalo replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  12. 69' Substitution, Cyprus. Loizos Loizou replaces Fotios Papoulis.
  13. 69' Substitution, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou replaces Kostakis Artymatas.
  14. 80' Goal! Cyprus 0, Croatia 2. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  15. 84' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Ivanusec replaces Luka Modric.
  16. 84' Substitution, Croatia. Kristijan Jakic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  17. 86' Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
  18. 90'+2' Goal! Cyprus 0, Croatia 3. Marko Livaja (Croatia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josip Brekalo.

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