FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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Portugal DWWLW 1
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Allianz Stadium · ESPN+

Match Report

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Underwhelming Portugal need own goal to beat Azerbaijan

Portugal produced a rusty display in their opening World Cup qualifier at home to Azerbaijan but still made a winning start with a 1-0 victory.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
10
14
Saves
0
33.5
Possession
66.5
4
SHOTS
29
0
ON GOAL
14
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
269
Accurate Passes
631
373
Passes
732
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
12
2
Crosses
34
0.5
Cross %
0.4
67
Long Balls
45
25
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
6
22
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
21
Interceptions
15
40
Effective Clearances
5
40
Clearances
5

Head to Head

POR leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 12Anthony LopesG
  2. 4Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 3Domingos DuarteCD-R
  4. 5Nuno MendesLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 8João MoutinhoCM
  7. 18Rúben NevesLM
  8. 10Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 9André SilvaF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 19Pedro NetoRF

AZE · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Sahruddin MahammadaliyevG
  2. 14Elvin BadalovCD-L
  3. 15Badavi HüseynovCD-R
  4. 18Anton KrivotsyukLB
  5. 5Maksim MedvedevRB
  6. 8Emin MakhmudovCM-L
  7. 6Vüqar MustafayevCM-R
  8. 3Azer SalahliLM
  9. 13Abbas HuseynovRM
  10. 9Ali GhorbaniF
  11. 10Mahir EmreliRCF

Timeline

  1. 37' Own Goal by Maksim Medvedev, Azerbaijan. Portugal 1, Azerbaijan 0.
  2. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Ismayil Ibrahimli replaces Vuqar Mustafayev.
  3. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Anatolii Nuriev replaces Abbas Huseynov.
  4. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Bruno Fernandes replaces João Moutinho.
  5. 52' Mahir Emreli (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Portugal. Rafa replaces Pedro Neto.
  7. 75' Substitution, Portugal. João Félix replaces André Silva.
  8. 81' Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 85' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Aleksey Isaev replaces Emin Mahmudov.
  10. 85' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Ramil Seydaev replaces Ali Ghorbani.
  11. 85' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Namiq Alasgarov replaces Mahir Emreli.
  12. 88' Substitution, Portugal. João Palhinha replaces Rúben Neves.
  13. 88' Substitution, Portugal. Sérgio Oliveira replaces Bernardo Silva.

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