UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, September 7, 2023
Republic of Ireland WWLLW 0
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France LWWWW 2
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IRL000
FRA112
Parc des Princes · 43,995 att.

Match Report

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France stay perfect with Euro qualifier win over Ireland

France made a giant leap towards the Euro 2024 finals as they maintained their perfect qualifying record with a 2-0 home victory over Ireland on Thursday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
31.7
Possession
68.3
6
SHOTS
25
2
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
292
Accurate Passes
700
347
Passes
755
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
10
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
43
26
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
10
6
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
4
24
Effective Clearances
7
24
Clearances
7

Head to Head

FRA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 21Lucas HernándezCD-L
  3. 4Dayot UpamecanoCD-R
  4. 22Theo HernándezLB
  5. 5Jules KoundéRB
  6. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  7. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 8Aurélien TchouaméniRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Kylian MbappéAM-L
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléAM-R

IRL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Gavin BazunuG
  2. 4Shane DuffyCD
  3. 5John EganCD-L
  4. 12Nathan CollinsCD-R
  5. 6Josh CullenCM-L
  6. 14Jayson MolumbyCM-R
  7. 3Enda StevensLM
  8. 8Alan BrowneRM
  9. 9Adam IdahF
  10. 17Jason KnightCF-L
  11. 20Chiedozie OgbeneCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! France 1, Republic of Ireland 0. Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé following a corner.
  2. 21' Théo Hernández (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Substitution, France. Marcus Thuram replaces Olivier Giroud because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. James McClean replaces Enda Stevens.
  5. 47' Josh Cullen (Republic of Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 48' Goal! France 2, Republic of Ireland 0. Marcus Thuram (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  7. 67' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Will Keane replaces Adam Idah.
  8. 68' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Dara O'Shea replaces Jayson Molumby.
  9. 73' Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  10. 73' Substitution, France. William Saliba replaces Lucas Hernández.
  11. 78' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Aaron Connolly replaces Will Keane because of an injury.
  12. 84' Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Festy Ebosele replaces Chiedozie Ogbene.
  13. 87' Antoine Griezmann (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Substitution, France. Benjamin Pavard replaces Jules Koundé.
  15. 90' Substitution, France. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Antoine Griezmann.

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