UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, March 25, 2023
Switzerland LWLWL 5
–
Belarus LLDWL 0
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SUI325
BLR000
Karadjordje Stadium

Match Report

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Swift Steffen hat trick helps Swiss to 5-0 victory against Belarus

Switzerland's Renato Steffen scored an early hat trick to lead his team to a 5-0 win over Belarus at the start of Euro 2024 qualifying.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
1
70.8
Possession
29.2
14
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
596
Accurate Passes
199
682
Passes
281
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
66
36
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
6
10
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
11
14
Effective Clearances
16
14
Clearances
16

Head to Head

SUI leads series 1-0

Lineups

BLR · 5-4-1

  1. 16Andrey KudravetsG
  2. 20Zakhar VolkovCD
  3. 5Denis PolyakovCD-L
  4. 6Aleksandr SelyavaCD-R
  5. 22Vladislav MalkevichLB
  6. 15Roman YuzepchukRB
  7. 14Evgeni YablonskiCM-L
  8. 9Max EbongCM-R
  9. 19Denis GrechikhoLM
  10. 17Yuri KovalevRM
  11. 11Vladimir KhvashchinskyF

Substitutes

  1. 2Nikita StepanovSUB
  2. 13Valeri BocherovSUB
  3. 23Vladislav MorozovSUB
  4. 3Maksim ShvetsovSUB
  5. 12Artem MakavchikSUB
  6. 7Artem BykovSUB
  7. 8Gleb ShevchenkoSUB
  8. 4Ruslan KhadarkevichSUB
  9. 18Kirill KaplenkoSUB
  10. 1Maskim PlotnikovSUB
  11. 21Vladislav KlimovichSUB
  12. 10Ivan BakharSUB

SUI · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 4Nico ElvediCD-L
  3. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 3Silvan WidmerRB
  6. 6Denis ZakariaCM
  7. 10Granit XhakaCM-L
  8. 8Remo FreulerCM-R
  9. 19Cedric IttenF
  10. 17Rubén VargasCF-L
  11. 11Renato SteffenCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Michael LangSUB
  2. 14Cédric ZesigerSUB
  3. 22Dominik SchmidSUB
  4. 12Jonas OmlinSUB
  5. 18Eray CömertSUB
  6. 2Edimilson FernandesSUB
  7. 23Zeki AmdouniSUB
  8. 20Fabian RiederSUB
  9. 9Noah OkaforSUB
  10. 16Christian FassnachtSUB
  11. 15Djibril SowSUB
  12. 21Jeremy FrickSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 1. Renato Steffen (Switzerland) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  2. 11' Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 17' Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 2. Renato Steffen (Switzerland) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  4. 25' Evgeni Yablonski (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 29' Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 3. Renato Steffen (Switzerland) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez.
  6. 33' Substitution, Belarus. Artem Bykov replaces Roman Yuzepchuk.
  7. 40' Cedric Itten (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 45' Substitution, Belarus. Ivan Bakhar replaces Yuri Kovalev.
  9. 45' Substitution, Belarus. Vladislav Klimovich replaces Evgeni Yablonski.
  10. 48' Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 58' Substitution, Switzerland. Noah Okafor replaces Cedric Itten.
  12. 58' Substitution, Switzerland. Zeki Amdouni replaces Renato Steffen.
  13. 61' Substitution, Belarus. Vladislav Morozov replaces Vladimir Khvashchinskiy.
  14. 62' Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 4. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Noah Okafor.
  15. 65' Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 5. Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a through ball.
  16. 66' Substitution, Switzerland. Fabian Rieder replaces Granit Xhaka.
  17. 66' Substitution, Switzerland. Christian Fassnacht replaces Rubén Vargas.
  18. 80' Substitution, Belarus. Valery Bocherov replaces Aleksandr Selyava.
  19. 82' Substitution, Switzerland. Cédric Zesiger replaces Manuel Akanji.
  20. 84' Max Ebong (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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