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FT Saturday, September 4, 2021
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Match Report

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Croatia beat Slovakia with late Marcelo Brozovic strike

Croatia stayed on course to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after an 86th-minute goal from Marcelo Brozovic gave them a vital 1-0 win at Slovakia.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
54.6
Possession
45.4
13
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
475
Accurate Passes
372
553
Passes
458
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
50
33
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
11
18
Effective Clearances
19
18
Clearances
19

Head to Head

CRO leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SVK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marek RodákG
  2. 14Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 5Lubomir SatkaCD-R
  4. 16Dávid HanckoLB
  5. 2Peter PekaríkRB
  6. 22Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 19Juraj KuckaRM
  9. 18Ivan SchranzF
  10. 7Vladimir WeissLF
  11. 20Róbert MakRF

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Ivica IvusicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 20Borna SosaLB
  5. 22Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 10Nikola VlasicAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 11Marcelo BrozovicRM
  9. 19Antonio-Mirko ColakF
  10. 18Mislav OrsicAM-L
  11. 7Luka IvanusecAM-R

Timeline

  1. 38' Peter Pekarík (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Antonio-Mirko Colak.
  3. 55' Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Luka Ivanusec.
  4. 55' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  5. 62' Substitution, Slovakia. Róbert Bozeník replaces Ivan Schranz.
  6. 62' Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Mislav Orsic.
  7. 63' Substitution, Slovakia. Ondrej Duda replaces Marek Hamsik.
  8. 79' Substitution, Slovakia. Erik Jirka replaces Róbert Mak.
  9. 80' Substitution, Slovakia. Martin Koscelnik replaces Vladimír Weiss.
  10. 84' Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  11. 86' Goal! Slovakia 0, Croatia 1. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  12. 89' Substitution, Slovakia. David Strelec replaces Peter Pekarík.
  13. 90'+3' Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+3' Ivica Ivusic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.

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