UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Cyprus vs Scotland, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Cyprus
    FT
    0 - 3
    Scotland
    • 6': Scott McTominay
    • 16': Ryan Porteous
    • 30': John McGinn

    About

    Cyprus are hosting Scotland at AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA European Championship Qualifying.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Valentin Roberge (Cyprus).
    • 2': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 6': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Scotland) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.
    • 6': Goal! Cyprus 0, Scotland 1. Scott McTominay (Scotland) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
    • 8': Foul by Anderson Barros (Cyprus).
    • 8': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Anderson Barros (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 9': Offside, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou tries a through ball, but Charalampos Charalampous is caught offside.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andreas Karo.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andreas Karo.
    • 15': Billy Gilmour (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 15': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
    • 16': Goal! Cyprus 0, Scotland 2. Ryan Porteous (Scotland) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Hendry with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
    • 17': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
    • 17': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 20': Foul by Scott McTominay (Scotland).
    • 20': Valentin Roberge (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Andy Robertson (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 22': Foul by Minas Antoniou (Cyprus).
    • 23': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Valentin Roberge.
    • 30': Goal! Cyprus 0, Scotland 3. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
    • 32': Ché Adams (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 32': Foul by Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus).
    • 33': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Porteous.
    • 33': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Kieran Tierney following a fast break.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
    • 35': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Scotland).
    • 35': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
    • 38': Hand ball by Billy Gilmour (Scotland).
    • 42': Foul by Scott McTominay (Scotland).
    • 42': Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Foul by Jack Hendry (Scotland).
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Minas Antoniou.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Porteous.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Andreas Karo.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Cyprus 0, Scotland 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 0, Scotland 3.
    • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Ioannis Pittas replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
    • 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Michalis Ioannou replaces Ioannis Kousoulos.
    • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Anderson Barros (Cyprus).
    • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 50': Foul by Kieran Tierney (Scotland).
    • 50': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Offside, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou tries a through ball, but Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
    • 55': Foul by Callum McGregor (Scotland).
    • 55': Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Scotland) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.
    • 56': Foul by Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus).
    • 56': Ryan Porteous (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 59': Foul by Andy Robertson (Scotland).
    • 59': Minas Antoniou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Valentin Roberge (Cyprus).
    • 60': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Callum McGregor (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ché Adams.
    • 62': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 62': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Scotland).
    • 63': Attempt saved. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Charalambos Kyriakou.
    • 64': Callum McGregor (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Foul by Michalis Ioannou (Cyprus).
    • 67': Substitution, Scotland. Kenny McLean replaces Billy Gilmour.
    • 67': Substitution, Scotland. Lyndon Dykes replaces Ché Adams.
    • 70': Foul by Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus).
    • 70': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Offside, Scotland. Lyndon Dykes tries a through ball, but Andy Robertson is caught offside.
    • 75': Scott McTominay (Scotland) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
    • 76': Foul by Michalis Ioannou (Cyprus).
    • 76': Kenny McLean (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 77': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 80': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Andy Robertson (Scotland).
    • 80': Substitution, Cyprus. Alex Gogic replaces Charalambos Kyriakou.
    • 80': Substitution, Cyprus. Stélios Andreou replaces Minas Antoniou.
    • 80': Foul by Charalampos Charalampous (Cyprus).
    • 80': Ryan Porteous (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Offside, Cyprus. Michalis Ioannou tries a through ball, but Ioannis Pittas is caught offside.
    • 83': Substitution, Scotland. Stuart Armstrong replaces John McGinn.
    • 84': Substitution, Scotland. Nathan Patterson replaces Aaron Hickey.
    • 84': Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Charalampos Charalampous.
    • 84': Michalis Ioannou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Foul by Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus).
    • 86': Ryan Porteous (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Substitution, Scotland. Ryan Christie replaces Scott McTominay.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Cyprus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Gogic.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Cyprus 0, Scotland 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Cyprus 0, Scotland 3.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 12
    0 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 3
    2 Corner Kicks 0
    3 Saves 1
    56.6 Possession 43.4
    14 SHOTS 5
    4 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    542 Accurate Passes 399
    597 Passes 461
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    4 Accurate Crosses 0
    13 Crosses 6
    0.3 Cross % 0.0
    71 Long Balls 52
    48 Accurate Long Balls 26
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    9 Effective Tackles 10
    14 Tackles 14
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    6 Interceptions 8
    4 Effective Clearances 13
    4 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: AEK Arena
    Location: Larnaca, Cyprus
    Attendance: 6,633

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Spain 8 +20 21
    2 Scotland 8 +9 17
    3 Norway 8 +2 11
    4 Georgia 8 -6 8
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    CYP Cyprus (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    22 Joël Mall (GK)
    19 Konstantinos Laifis
    14 Valentin Roberge
    2 Andreas Karo
    5 Charalampos Charalampous
    8 Charis Kyriakou
    13 Ioannis Kousoulos
    7 Anderson Correia Yellow Card
    18 Minas Antoniou
    10 Pieros Soteriou
    20 Grigoris Kastanos
    Cyprus Substitutes:
    Stelios Andreou, Loizos Loizou, Michalis Ioannou, Dimitris Dimitriou, Demetris Christofi, Konstantinos Panagi, Marios Antoniades, Marinos Tzionis, Alexander Gogic, Ioannis Pittas, Andronikos Kakoulis, Kostas Pileas.

    SCO Scotland (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Angus Gunn (GK)
    13 Jack Hendry
    6 Kieran Tierney
    15 Ryan Porteous
    8 Callum McGregor
    14 Billy Gilmour
    3 Andrew Robertson
    2 Aaron Hickey
    10 Ché Adams
    7 John McGinn
    4 Scott McTominay
    Scotland Substitutes:
    Zander Clark, Nathan Patterson, Lyndon Dykes, Ryan Jack, Lewis Ferguson, Robbie McCrorie, Stuart Armstrong, Scott McKenna, Kenny McLean, Kevin Nisbet, John Souttar, Ryan Christie.

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