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FT Tuesday, September 7, 2021
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Croatia go top with 3-0 win over Slovenia

Croatia went top of World Cup qualifying Group H after midfielder Mario Pasalic scored one goal and set up another in a 3-0 win over Slovenia.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
2
36.4
Possession
63.6
6
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
290
Accurate Passes
566
372
Passes
632
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
4
Crosses
31
0.3
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
48
24
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
11
11
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
6
29
Effective Clearances
6
29
Clearances
6

Head to Head

CRO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Ivica IvusicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 22Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 15Mario PasalicAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 11Marcelo BrozovicRM
  9. 14Marko LivajaF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 9Andrej KramaricAM-R

SVN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jan OblakG
  2. 17Miha MevljaCD-L
  3. 6Jaka BijolCD-R
  4. 3Jure BalkovecLB
  5. 20Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 23Jon Gorenc StankovicCM
  7. 14Jasmin KurticLM
  8. 22Adam Gnezda CerinRM
  9. 11Benjamin SeskoF
  10. 8Sandi LovricLF
  11. 7Josip IlicicRF

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Croatia 1, Slovenia 0. Marko Livaja (Croatia) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  2. 54' Substitution, Slovenia. Jan Mlakar replaces Josip Ilicic.
  3. 58' Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Marko Livaja.
  4. 65' Substitution, Slovenia. Andraz Sporar replaces Benjamin Sesko.
  5. 65' Substitution, Slovenia. Nejc Skubic replaces Jon Gorenc Stankovic.
  6. 65' Substitution, Slovenia. Mario Jurcevic replaces Jure Balkovec.
  7. 66' Goal! Croatia 2, Slovenia 0. Mario Pasalic (Croatia) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  8. 76' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Ivanusec replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  9. 76' Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  10. 77' Substitution, Croatia. Duje Caleta-Car replaces Dejan Lovren.
  11. 86' Substitution, Croatia. Antonio-Mirko Colak replaces Ivan Perisic.
  12. 88' Substitution, Slovenia. Luka Zahovic replaces Petar Stojanovic.
  13. 90'+1' Jaka Bijol (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Croatia 3, Slovenia 0. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mislav Orsic with a cross.

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