UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Slovenia vs Finland, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Slovenia
  • 16': Benjamin Sesko (P)
  • 28': Benjamin Sesko
  • 90'+2': Erik Janza
FT
3 - 0
Finland

    About

    Slovenia are hosting Finland at Stadion Stozice, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 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 Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
    • 2': Glen Kamara (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 6': Foul by Glen Kamara (Finland).
    • 6': Zan Karnicnik (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Timi Elsnik (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 8': Attempt missed. Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
    • 10': Foul by Erik Janza (Slovenia).
    • 10': Nikolai Alho (Finland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 10': Erik Janza (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 11': Offside, Finland. Glen Kamara is caught offside.
    • 14': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Jan Mlakar (Slovenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic following a corner.
    • 15': Penalty Slovenia. Andraz Sporar draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 15': Penalty conceded by Leo Väisänen (Finland) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 16': Goal! Slovenia 1, Finland 0. Benjamin Sesko (Slovenia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 18': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
    • 18': Rasmus Schüller (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Delay in match because of an injury Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
    • 18': Delay in match because of an injury Rasmus Schüller (Finland).
    • 19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Timi Elsnik (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Cerin.
    • 20': Delay in match because of an injury Benjamin Sesko (Slovenia).
    • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Arttu Hoskonen (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rasmus Schüller.
    • 28': Goal! Slovenia 2, Finland 0. Benjamin Sesko (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andraz Sporar with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 30': Erik Janza (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
    • 30': Attempt missed. Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jaka Bijol.
    • 31': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Erik Janza.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Jere Uronen (Finland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 32': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Adam Cerin.
    • 34': Erik Janza (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 34': Foul by Benjamin Källman (Finland).
    • 34': Benjamin Källman (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 35': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Leo Väisänen.
    • 41': Adam Cerin (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Dangerous play by Rasmus Schüller (Finland).
    • 45': Attempt saved. Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andraz Sporar with a headed pass.
    • 45': Foul by Adam Cerin (Slovenia).
    • 45': Glen Kamara (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+1': Andraz Sporar (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Leo Väisänen (Finland).
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Slovenia 2, Finland 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Slovenia 2, Finland 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Daniel Håkans replaces Rasmus Schüller.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Joel Pohjanpalo replaces Benjamin Källman.
    • 46': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Glen Kamara.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Andraz Sporar (Slovenia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jaka Bijol.
    • 47': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Lukás Hrádecky.
    • 50': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
    • 50': Jere Uronen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Delay in match (Finland).
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 58': Foul by Glen Kamara (Finland).
    • 58': Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Benjamin Sesko (Slovenia).
    • 60': Substitution, Slovenia. Zan Vipotnik replaces Benjamin Sesko because of an injury.
    • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Jere Uronen (Finland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 66': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Jaka Bijol.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen with a cross.
    • 67': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (Finland).
    • 67': Zan Vipotnik (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Andraz Sporar (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nikolai Alho with a cross.
    • 70': Offside, Slovenia. Zan Vipotnik is caught offside.
    • 72': Hand ball by Zan Karnicnik (Slovenia).
    • 72': Foul by Zan Vipotnik (Slovenia).
    • 72': Leo Väisänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Daniel Håkans (Finland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joel Pohjanpalo.
    • 75': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Jan Oblak.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Arttu Hoskonen (Finland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joel Pohjanpalo with a cross.
    • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Erik Janza (Slovenia).
    • 77': Substitution, Finland. Marcus Forss replaces Robert Ivanov.
    • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Zan Vipotnik (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Zan Karnicnik.
    • 80': Substitution, Slovenia. Jasmin Kurtic replaces Andraz Sporar.
    • 80': Substitution, Slovenia. Benjamin Verbic replaces Jan Mlakar.
    • 83': Foul by Daniel Håkans (Finland).
    • 83': Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': Foul by Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland).
    • 86': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 87': Foul by Jere Uronen (Finland).
    • 87': Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Foul by Zan Vipotnik (Slovenia).
    • 88': Leo Väisänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Adam Cerin (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (Finland).
    • 90'+1': Foul by Jere Uronen (Finland).
    • 90'+1': Zan Vipotnik (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Nikolai Alho.
    • 90'+2': Goal! Slovenia 3, Finland 0. Erik Janza (Slovenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
    • 90'+4': Substitution, Slovenia. Jon Gorenc Stankovic replaces Petar Stojanovic.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Glen Kamara (Finland).
    • 90'+5': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Slovenia 3, Finland 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Slovenia 3, Finland 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/fin.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originFIN SVNhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/svn.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    14 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 4
    2 Saves 3
    57.7 Possession 42.3
    8 SHOTS 12
    3 ON GOAL 5
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    455 Accurate Passes 329
    573 Passes 411
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 2
    9 Crosses 12
    0.4 Cross % 0.2
    53 Long Balls 69
    19 Accurate Long Balls 31
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    5 Blocked Shots 1
    11 Effective Tackles 7
    14 Tackles 14
    0.8 Tackle % 0.5
    2 Interceptions 10
    7 Effective Clearances 20
    7 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Stadion Stozice
    Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Attendance: 15,823

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Denmark 10 +9 22
    2 Slovenia 10 +11 22
    3 Finland 10 +8 18
    4 Kazakhstan 10 +4 18
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SVN Slovenia (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Jan Oblak (GK)
    6 Jaka Bijol
    4 Miha Blazic
    13 Erik Janza Yellow Card
    2 Zan Karnicnik
    21 Timi Elsnik
    22 Adam Gnezda Cerin
    15 Jan Mlakar
    20 Petar Stojanovic
    11 Benjamin Sesko
    9 Andraz Sporar
    Slovenia Substitutes:
    Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Jasmin Kurtic, Jure Balkovec, Vanja Drkusic, Sandi Lovric, Vid Belec, Zan Celar, Benjamin Verbic, Luka Zahovic, Zan Vipotnik, Martin Turk, Miha Zajc.

    FIN Finland (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
    4 Robert Ivanov
    2 Leo Väisänen
    5 Arttu Hoskonen
    11 Rasmus Schüller
    14 Kaan Kairinen
    18 Jere Uronen
    17 Nikolai Alho
    10 Teemu Pukki
    6 Glen Kamara
    9 Benjamin Kallman Yellow Card
    Finland Substitutes:
    Miro Tenho, Hugo Keto, Niilo Mäenpää, Robert Taylor, Daniel Håkans, Pyry Soiri, Noah Pallas, Richard Jensen, Lucas Lingman, Viljami Sinisalo, Marcus Forss, Joel Pohjanpalo.

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