FIFA World Cup

FT Friday, December 2, 2022
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Ghana LWWLW 0
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Al Janoub Stadium · 43,443 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Uruguay beat Ghana but both dumped out of World Cup after South Korea heroics

Uruguay secured a 2-0 win over Ghana but both nations were dumped out of the World Cup.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
18
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
4
49.5
Possession
50.5
12
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
335
Accurate Passes
344
433
Passes
432
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
23
0.4
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
39
27
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
15
23
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
7
19
Effective Clearances
17
19
Clearances
17

Head to Head

URU leads series 1-0

Lineups

GHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lawrence Ati ZigiG
  2. 4Mohammed SalisuCD-L
  3. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  4. 17Baba RahmanLB
  5. 26Alidu SeiduRB
  6. 10André AyewAM
  7. 21Salis Abdul SamedLM
  8. 5Thomas ParteyRM
  9. 20Mohammed KudusF
  10. 9Jordan AyewAM-L
  11. 19Iñaki WilliamsAM-R

URU · 4-4-2

  1. 23Sergio RochetG
  2. 19Sebastián CoatesCD-L
  3. 2José María GiménezCD-R
  4. 16Mathías OliveraLB
  5. 13Guillermo VarelaRB
  6. 6Rodrigo BentancurCM-L
  7. 15Federico ValverdeCM-R
  8. 10Giorgian de ArrascaetaLM
  9. 8Facundo PellistriRM
  10. 11Darwin NúñezCF-L
  11. 9Luis SuárezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 21' Penalty saved! André Ayew (Ghana) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  3. 26' Goal! Ghana 0, Uruguay 1. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  4. 32' Goal! Ghana 0, Uruguay 2. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  5. 34' Substitution, Uruguay. Matías Vecino replaces Rodrigo Bentancur because of an injury.
  6. 45' Substitution, Ghana. Kamaldeen Sulemana replaces Jordan Ayew.
  7. 45' Substitution, Ghana. Osman Bukari replaces André Ayew.
  8. 60' Luis Suárez (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 66' Substitution, Uruguay. Edinson Cavani replaces Luis Suárez.
  10. 66' Substitution, Uruguay. Nicolás de la Cruz replaces Facundo Pellistri.
  11. 72' Substitution, Ghana. Antoine Semenyo replaces Iñaki Williams.
  12. 72' Substitution, Ghana. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh replaces Salis Abdul Samed.
  13. 80' Substitution, Uruguay. Maximiliano Gómez replaces Darwin Núñez.
  14. 80' Substitution, Uruguay. Agustín Canobbio replaces Giorgian de Arrascaeta.
  15. 86' Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Sebastián Coates (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+8' Substitution, Ghana. Issahaku Fatawu replaces Mohammed Kudus.
  18. 90'+9' Alidu Seidu (Ghana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+10' Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+10' José Giménez (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card.

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