FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, September 1, 2021
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Luzhniki Stadium · 18,708 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

Croatia hold Russia to goalless draw in World Cup qualifying

Croatia and Russia both stayed on course to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after they fought out a 0-0 stalemate devoid of any fireworks.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
59.7
Possession
40.3
15
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
480
Accurate Passes
299
577
Passes
400
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
4
30
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.4
83
Long Balls
65
48
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
6
11
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
16
10
Effective Clearances
27
10
Clearances
27

Head to Head

CRO leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

RUS · 4-3-3

  1. 1GuilhermeG
  2. 14Georgi DzhikiyaCD-L
  3. 3Igor DiveevCD-R
  4. 4Vyacheslav KaravaevLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 8Dmitri BarinovCM
  7. 17Aleksandr GolovinLM
  8. 23Daler KuzyaevRM
  9. 15Alexey MiranchukF
  10. 19Arsen ZakharyanLF
  11. 20Aleksei IonovRF

CRO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 21Borna SosaLB
  5. 22Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 4Ivan PerisicM
  7. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  8. 10Nikola VlasicAM
  9. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  10. 15Mario PasalicRM
  11. 9Andrej KramaricCF-R

Timeline

  1. 35' Dmitri Barinov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Russia. Anton Zabolotny replaces Aleksey Miranchuk.
  3. 70' Substitution, Russia. Zelimkhan Bakaev replaces Aleksey Ionov.
  4. 70' Substitution, Russia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Arsen Zakharyan.
  5. 70' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Ivanusec replaces Mario Pasalic.
  6. 74' Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  7. 74' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Ivan Perisic.
  8. 78' Substitution, Russia. Ilya Samoshnikov replaces Mario Fernandes.
  9. 84' Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Daler Kuzyaev.
  10. 84' Substitution, Croatia. Mile Skoric replaces Duje Caleta-Car because of an injury.
  11. 90'+3' Denis Cheryshev (Russia) is shown the yellow card.

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