FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Cyprus vs Slovenia, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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Cyprus
  • 42': Ioannis Pittas
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1 - 0
Slovenia

    About

    Cyprus are hosting Slovenia at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Offside, Slovenia. Petar Stojanovic tries a through ball, but Blaž Kramer is caught offside.
    • 3': Constantinos Soteriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Blaž Kramer (Slovenia).
    • 3': Hand ball by Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus).
    • 4': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Constantinos Soteriou.
    • 4': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Neofytos Michael.
    • 7': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Minas Antoniou.
    • 11': Foul by Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus).
    • 11': Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 15': Foul by Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus).
    • 15': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Minas Antoniou with a cross.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
    • 18': Foul by Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus).
    • 18': Kenan Bajric (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Kenan Bajric (Slovenia).
    • 20': Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 23': Foul by Miha Zajc (Slovenia).
    • 23': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 33': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
    • 33': Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 34': Blaž Kramer (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Foul by Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus).
    • 35': Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Josip Ilicic (Slovenia).
    • 36': Attempt saved. Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
    • 36': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Neofytos Michael.
    • 37': Foul by Josip Ilicic (Slovenia).
    • 37': Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 41': Foul by Miha Blazic (Slovenia).
    • 41': Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Goal! Cyprus 1, Slovenia 0. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Fotios Papoulis.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Blaž Kramer (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miha Blazic.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Cyprus 1, Slovenia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 1, Slovenia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Slovenia. Damjan Bohar replaces Miha Zajc.
    • 46': Offside, Slovenia. Miha Blazic tries a through ball, but Blaž Kramer is caught offside.
    • 46': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
    • 46': Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia).
    • 47': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 47': Foul by Kenan Bajric (Slovenia).
    • 47': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Offside, Cyprus. Grigoris Kastanos tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
    • 49': Foul by Kenan Bajric (Slovenia).
    • 49': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 54': Foul by Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia).
    • 54': Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 58': Substitution, Slovenia. Domen Crnigoj replaces Jaka Bijol.
    • 58': Substitution, Slovenia. Haris Vuckic replaces Blaž Kramer.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Haris Vuckic (Slovenia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic with a cross.
    • 60': Substitution, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
    • 61': Foul by Haris Vuckic (Slovenia).
    • 61': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Kenan Bajric.
    • 64': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Constantinos Soteriou.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Damjan Bohar (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 65': Offside, Slovenia. Petar Stojanovic tries a through ball, but Josip Ilicic is caught offside.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
    • 68': Offside, Slovenia. Jure Balkovec tries a through ball, but Haris Vuckic is caught offside.
    • 69': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
    • 69': Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Ioannis Pittas.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
    • 73': Foul by Haris Vuckic (Slovenia).
    • 73': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Offside, Cyprus. Constantinos Soteriou tries a through ball, but Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Domen Crnigoj (Slovenia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
    • 77': Foul by Minas Antoniou (Cyprus).
    • 77': Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 79': Offside, Slovenia. Josip Ilicic tries a through ball, but Damjan Bohar is caught offside.
    • 80': Offside, Slovenia. Miha Blazic tries a through ball, but Domen Crnigoj is caught offside.
    • 81': Substitution, Slovenia. Luka Zahovic replaces Sandi Lovric.
    • 81': Substitution, Slovenia. Nino Kouter replaces Jure Balkovec.
    • 82': Substitution, Cyprus. Loizos Loizou replaces Fotios Papoulis.
    • 84': Foul by Loizos Loizou (Cyprus).
    • 84': Nino Kouter (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Pieros Sotiriou.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Loizos Loizou.
    • 86': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Jan Oblak.
    • 87': Foul by Josip Ilicic (Slovenia).
    • 87': Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Ilia replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Cyprus. Alexandros Gogic replaces Kostakis Artymatas.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Nino Kouter (Slovenia).
    • 90'+5': Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+6': Foul by Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus).
    • 90'+6': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Cyprus 1, Slovenia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Cyprus 1, Slovenia 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/svn.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originSVN CYPhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/cyp.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    15 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    6 Offsides 2
    6 Corner Kicks 2
    2 Saves 3
    62.2 Possession 37.8
    9 SHOTS 7
    3 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    447 Accurate Passes 238
    572 Passes 347
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 2
    15 Crosses 12
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    77 Long Balls 66
    31 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    2 Blocked Shots 1
    8 Effective Tackles 7
    14 Tackles 15
    0.6 Tackle % 0.5
    4 Interceptions 6
    12 Effective Clearances 24
    12 Clearances 24

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: GSP Stadium
    Location: Nicosia, Cyprus

    WCQ - UEFA Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Austria 8 +18 19
    2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 +10 17
    3 Romania 8 +9 13
    4 Cyprus 8 0 8
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    CYP Cyprus (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    22 Neophytos Michael (GK)
    16 Costas Soteriou
    19 Konstantinos Laifis
    13 Ioannis Kousoulos
    4 Nicholas Ioannou
    7 Minas Antoniou
    20 Grigoris Kastanos
    18 Kostakis Artymatas
    15 Fotis Papoulis
    23 Ioannis Pittas
    10 Pieros Soteriou
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Onisiforos Roushias, Stelios Andreou, Charis Kyriakou, Loizos Loizou, Paris Psaltis, Thomas Ioannou, Konstantinos Panagi, Andreas Avraam, Marios Elia, Alexander Gogic, Marinos Tzionis, Antreas Paraskevas.

    SVN Slovenia (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Jan Oblak (GK)
    23 Kenan Bajric
    4 Miha Blazic
    3 Jure Balkovec
    20 Petar Stojanovic
    14 Jasmin Kurtic Yellow Card
    6 Jaka Bijol
    10 Miha Zajc
    8 Sandi Lovric
    11 Blaz Kramer
    7 Josip Ilicic Yellow Card
    Slovenia Substitutes:
    Ziga Frelih, Luka Zahovic, Haris Vuckic, Nino Kouter, Domen Crnigoj, Amedej Vetrih, Damjan Bohar, Vid Belec, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Nejc Skubic, Bojan Jokic, Mario Jurcevic.

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