FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Switzerland vs Lithuania, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Switzerland
  • 2': Xherdan Shaqiri
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1 - 0
Lithuania

    About

    Switzerland are hosting Lithuania at Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 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.
    • 2': Goal! Switzerland 1, Lithuania 0. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Breel Embolo.
    • 4': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Markas Beneta.
    • 8': Attempt missed. Ruben Vargas (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 9': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Tomas Svedkauskas.
    • 9': Manuel Akanji (Switzerland) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
    • 12': Foul by Vykintas Slivka (Lithuania).
    • 12': Remo Freuler (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross.
    • 15': Offside, Lithuania. Egidijus Vaitkunas tries a through ball, but Arvydas Novikovas is caught offside.
    • 17': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Egidijus Vaitkunas.
    • 18': Offside, Switzerland. Xherdan Shaqiri tries a through ball, but Breel Embolo is caught offside.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 25': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Markas Beneta.
    • 25': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Justas Lasickas.
    • 26': Foul by Justas Lasickas (Lithuania).
    • 26': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Remo Freuler.
    • 28': Foul by Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania).
    • 28': Ruben Vargas (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Silvan Widmer.
    • 34': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Tomas Svedkauskas.
    • 35': Foul by Silvan Widmer (Switzerland).
    • 35': Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Foul by Egidijus Vaitkunas (Lithuania).
    • 36': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Saulius Mikoliunas.
    • 38': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Remo Freuler.
    • 41': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas.
    • 42': Foul by Fedor Chernykh (Lithuania).
    • 42': Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Fedor Chernykh (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Ruben Vargas (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Switzerland 1, Lithuania 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Switzerland 1, Lithuania 0.
    • 46': Offside, Lithuania. Markas Beneta tries a through ball, but Fedor Chernykh is caught offside.
    • 46': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez.
    • 47': Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Silvan Widmer.
    • 49': Offside, Switzerland. Xherdan Shaqiri tries a through ball, but Breel Embolo is caught offside.
    • 52': Offside, Lithuania. Martynas Dapkus tries a through ball, but Arvydas Novikovas is caught offside.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
    • 53': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas.
    • 54': Foul by Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania).
    • 54': Ruben Vargas (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez with a cross.
    • 56': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Markas Beneta.
    • 58': Substitution, Lithuania. Karolis Laukzemis replaces Justas Lasickas.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Fedor Chernykh (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 60': Offside, Switzerland. Granit Xhaka tries a through ball, but Haris Seferovic is caught offside.
    • 61': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
    • 61': Vykintas Slivka (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Offside, Lithuania. Martynas Dapkus tries a through ball, but Karolis Laukzemis is caught offside.
    • 62': Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
    • 62': Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 62': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Switzerland).
    • 63': Attempt saved. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Ruben Vargas (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Remo Freuler.
    • 65': Substitution, Switzerland. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Silvan Widmer.
    • 66': Substitution, Switzerland. Denis Zakaria replaces Remo Freuler.
    • 66': Substitution, Switzerland. Mario Gavranovic replaces Breel Embolo.
    • 67': Fedor Chernykh (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Edimilson Fernandes (Switzerland).
    • 70': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Egidijus Vaitkunas.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edimilson Fernandes.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
    • 72': Offside, Switzerland. Denis Zakaria tries a through ball, but Xherdan Shaqiri is caught offside.
    • 74': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Markas Beneta.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edimilson Fernandes.
    • 75': Substitution, Lithuania. Tautvydas Eliosius replaces Vykintas Slivka.
    • 79': Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 79': Foul by Tautvydas Eliosius (Lithuania).
    • 80': Substitution, Switzerland. Steven Zuber replaces Ruben Vargas.
    • 80': Substitution, Switzerland. Admir Mehmedi replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
    • 80': Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Switzerland).
    • 81': Substitution, Lithuania. Deimantas Petravicius replaces Fedor Chernykh.
    • 82': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Steven Zuber (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Denis Zakaria.
    • 84': Offside, Switzerland. Steven Zuber tries a through ball, but Mario Gavranovic is caught offside.
    • 86': Foul by Vytas Gaspuitis (Lithuania).
    • 86': Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 87': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Saulius Mikoliunas.
    • 88': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Switzerland).
    • 88': Karolis Laukzemis (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland).
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Saulius Mikoliunas (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Steven Zuber (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Admir Mehmedi.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Tomas Svedkauskas.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Admir Mehmedi with a cross.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Switzerland 1, Lithuania 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Switzerland 1, Lithuania 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Switzerland 1, Lithuania 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Switzerland 1, Lithuania 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 5
    3 Corner Kicks 14
    8 Saves 1
    31 Possession 69
    4 SHOTS 21
    1 ON GOAL 9
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    198 Accurate Passes 545
    285 Passes 611
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 9
    5 Crosses 35
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    55 Long Balls 40
    22 Accurate Long Balls 26
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
    3 Blocked Shots 4
    6 Effective Tackles 9
    9 Tackles 11
    0.7 Tackle % 0.8
    9 Interceptions 13
    26 Effective Clearances 7
    26 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Kybunpark
    Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland

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    Line-Ups

    SUI Switzerland (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Yann Sommer (GK)
    5 Manuel Akanji
    13 Ricardo Rodríguez
    4 Nico Elvedi
    10 Granit Xhaka
    8 Remo Freuler
    23 Xherdan Shaqiri
    11 Rubén Vargas
    3 Silvan Widmer
    9 Haris Seferovic
    7 Breel Embolo
    Switzerland Substitutes:
    Loris Benito, Christian Fassnacht, Jonas Omlin, Yvon Mvogo, Denis Zakaria, Steven Zuber, Mario Gavranovic, Eray Cömert, Edimilson Fernandes, Djibril Sow, Kevin Mbabu, Admir Mehmedi.

    LTU Lithuania (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    12 Tomas Svedkauskas (GK)
    5 Markas Beneta
    3 Vytas Gaspuitis
    20 Domantas Simkus
    8 Egidijus Vaitkunas
    13 Saulius Mikoliunas
    14 Vykintas Slivka
    2 Martynas Dapkus
    17 Justas Lasickas
    11 Arvydas Novikovas
    22 Fiodor Cernych Yellow Card
    Lithuania Substitutes:
    Rolandas Baravykas, Ignas Driomovas, Karolis Laukzemis, Donatas Kazlauskas, Rimvydas Sadauskas, Tautvydas Eliosius, Daniel Romanovskij, Deimantas Petravicius, Nerijus Valskis, Karolis Silkaitis, Marius Adamonis, Gratas Sirgedas.

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