FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Croatia WLDLL 0
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Slovenia WWDWD 1
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SVN101
Stadion Stozice · ESPN3

Match Report

Slovenia stun Croatia with Lovric strike in World Cup qualifying opener

Slovenia celebrated a 1-0 home win over their more heralded neighbours Croatia in their opening 2022 World Cup Group H qualifier after Sandi Lovric

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
69.4
Possession
30.6
11
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
657
Accurate Passes
249
736
Passes
330
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
1
35
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
64
36
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
14
6
Effective Clearances
29
6
Clearances
29

Head to Head

CRO leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

SVN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jan OblakG
  2. 17Miha MevljaCD-L
  3. 4Miha BlazicCD-R
  4. 3Jure BalkovecLB
  5. 20Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 14Jasmin KurticCM
  7. 8Sandi LovricLM
  8. 6Jaka BijolRM
  9. 9Andraz SporarF
  10. 15Damjan BoharLF
  11. 7Josip IlicicRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Miha ZajcSUB
  2. 21Domen CrnigojSUB
  3. 12Vid BelecSUB
  4. 13Bojan JokicSUB
  5. 11Blaz KramerSUB
  6. 19Luka ZahovicSUB
  7. 5Nino KouterSUB
  8. 23Kenan BajricSUB
  9. 16Ziga FrelihSUB
  10. 18Jon Gorenc StankovicSUB
  11. 2Nejc SkubicSUB
  12. 22Amedej VetrihSUB

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 4Ivan PerisicF
  10. 9Andrej KramaricLF
  11. 13Nikola VlasicRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Mislav OrsicSUB
  2. 19Milan BadeljSUB
  3. 23Simon SlugaSUB
  4. 15Mario PasalicSUB
  5. 12Lovre KalinicSUB
  6. 22Dario MelnjakSUB
  7. 20Josip JuranovicSUB
  8. 5Duje Caleta-CarSUB
  9. 16Filip UremovicSUB
  10. 7Josip BrekaloSUB
  11. 14Ante BudimirSUB
  12. 17Kristijan LovricSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Slovenia 1, Croatia 0. Sandi Lovric (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andraz Sporar.
  2. 24' Borna Barisic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Borna Barisic.
  5. 61' Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Substitution, Slovenia. Domen Crnigoj replaces Damjan Bohar.
  7. 65' Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Brekalo replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  9. 67' Domagoj Vida (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 69' Substitution, Slovenia. Amedej Vetrih replaces Jaka Bijol.
  11. 69' Substitution, Slovenia. Blaž Kramer replaces Andraz Sporar.
  12. 69' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  13. 76' Ante Budimir (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 77' Miha Mevlja (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  16. 87' Substitution, Slovenia. Kenan Bajric replaces Sandi Lovric.
  17. 87' Substitution, Slovenia. Nejc Skubic replaces Josip Ilicic.

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