FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Sunday, September 5, 2021
Wales DWLLD 3
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Belarus DWLLL 2
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BLR202
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Match Report

AP Photo/Alexei Nasyrov

Gareth Bale hat trick rescues Wales from Belarus embarrassment

Gareth Bale completed a hat trick in scoring a dramatic late winner as Wales beat Belarus 3-2 in a back-and-forth World Cup qualifying game.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
4
66.3
Possession
33.7
17
SHOTS
7
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
2
Penalty Goals
1
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
454
Accurate Passes
177
565
Passes
293
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
6
Accurate Crosses
1
25
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
64
29
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
0
14
Effective Tackles
3
22
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.2
9
Interceptions
12
11
Effective Clearances
30
11
Clearances
30

Head to Head

WAL leads series 1-0

Lineups

BLR · 5-4-1

  1. 1Sergey ChernikG
  2. 3Maksim ShvetsovCD
  3. 20Aleksandr SachivkoCD-L
  4. 6Ruslan KhadarkevichCD-R
  5. 13Nikolai ZolotovLB
  6. 14Roman BegunovRB
  7. 7Artem BykovCM-L
  8. 21Vladislav KlimovichCM-R
  9. 18Pavel SedkoLM
  10. 9Max EbongRM
  11. 17Vitali LisakovicF

WAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Danny WardG
  2. 14Jamie LawrenceCD-L
  3. 6Chris MephamCD-R
  4. 4Ben DaviesLB
  5. 2Chris GunterRB
  6. 9Brennan JohnsonAM
  7. 16Joe MorrellLM
  8. 7Joe AllenRM
  9. 13Rubin ColwillF
  10. 20Daniel JamesAM-L
  11. 11Gareth BaleAM-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Sergey Chernik (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 5' Goal! Belarus 0, Wales 1. Gareth Bale (Wales) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 11' Artem Bykov (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 27' Chris Gunter (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 29' Goal! Belarus 1, Wales 1. Vitali Lisakovich (Belarus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 30' Goal! Belarus 2, Wales 1. Pavel Sedko (Belarus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vitali Lisakovich.
  7. 57' Substitution, Wales. Mark Harris replaces Rubin Colwill.
  8. 63' Substitution, Wales. Jonathan Williams replaces Brennan Johnson.
  9. 69' Goal! Belarus 2, Wales 2. Gareth Bale (Wales) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  10. 73' Substitution, Belarus. Roman Yuzepchuk replaces Pavel Sedko.
  11. 73' Substitution, Belarus. Dmitri Podstrelov replaces Max Ebong.
  12. 78' Substitution, Belarus. Gleb Shevchenko replaces Roman Begunov.
  13. 90' Substitution, Belarus. Maksim Skavysh replaces Vitali Lisakovich.
  14. 90'+3' Goal! Belarus 2, Wales 3. Gareth Bale (Wales) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel James.

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