FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, March 25, 2021
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Germany WDWWL 3
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Germany stroll to easy opening win over Iceland in World Cup qualifying

Germany made light work of their start to the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign with an easy win over Iceland.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
18.7
Possession
81.3
8
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
159
Accurate Passes
972
232
Passes
1050
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
58
18
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
5
11
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
12
20
Effective Clearances
7
20
Clearances
7

Head to Head

GER leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

GER · 4-3-3

  1. 1Manuel NeuerG
  2. 16Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 4Matthias GinterCD-R
  4. 23Emre CanLB
  5. 13Lukas KlostermannRB
  6. 6Joshua KimmichCM
  7. 21Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 18Leon GoretzkaRM
  9. 20Serge GnabryF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 10Kai HavertzRF

ISL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Hannes HalldórssonG
  2. 5Sverrir IngasonCD-L
  3. 14Kári ÁrnasonCD-R
  4. 17Aron GunnarssonDM
  5. 18Hördur MagnússonLB
  6. 15Alfons SampstedRB
  7. 16Runar Mar SigurjonssonCM-L
  8. 4Victor PalssonCM-R
  9. 8Birkir BjarnasonLM
  10. 21Arnór TraustasonRM
  11. 22Jón BödvarssonF

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Germany 1, Iceland 0. Leon Goretzka (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
  2. 7' Goal! Germany 2, Iceland 0. Kai Havertz (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
  3. 40' Substitution, Iceland. Albert Gudmundsson replaces Runar Mar Sigurjónsson because of an injury.
  4. 48' Kai Havertz (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Goal! Germany 3, Iceland 0. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
  6. 56' Kári Árnason (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Albert Gudmundsson (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 71' Substitution, Germany. Florian Neuhaus replaces Leon Goretzka.
  9. 71' Substitution, Iceland. Arnór Sigurdsson replaces Arnór Ingvi Traustason.
  10. 79' Substitution, Germany. Jamal Musiala replaces Kai Havertz.
  11. 79' Substitution, Germany. Timo Werner replaces Leroy Sané.
  12. 86' Substitution, Germany. Amin Younes replaces Serge Gnabry.
  13. 89' Substitution, Iceland. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson replaces Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
  14. 89' Substitution, Iceland. Ari Freyr Skulason replaces Victor Pálsson.

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