UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, October 14, 2023
Malta WLLWL 0
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Italy WLWDW 4
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ITA224
San Nicola · 56,186 att.

Match Report

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Berardi brace helps Italy thrash Malta 4-0

Italy forward Domenico Berardi scored twice as the home side cruised to a 4-0 win over Malta in their Euro 2024 Group C qualifier on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
12
0
Saves
0
33.3
Possession
66.7
2
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
273
Accurate Passes
615
340
Passes
677
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
51
17
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
3
25
Effective Clearances
2
25
Clearances
2

Head to Head

ITA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 23Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  3. 14Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 3Federico DimarcoLB
  5. 13Matteo DarmianRB
  6. 5Manuel LocatelliCM
  7. 8Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 10Giacomo RaspadoriF
  10. 7Moise KeanLF
  11. 11Domenico BerardiRF

MLT · 5-3-2

  1. 1Henry BonelloG
  2. 13Enrico PepeCD
  3. 22Zach MuscatCD-L
  4. 23Ferdinando ApapCD-R
  5. 3Ryan CamenzuliLB
  6. 7Joseph MbongRB
  7. 19Bjorn KristensenCM
  8. 6Matthew GuillaumierCM-L
  9. 20Yannick YankamCM-R
  10. 21Paul MbongCF-L
  11. 9Luke MontebelloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Italy 1, Malta 0. Giacomo Bonaventura (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Moise Kean.
  2. 44' Paul Mbong (Malta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Italy 2, Malta 0. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  4. 53' Yannick Yankam (Malta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 54' Ferdinando Apap (Malta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Substitution, Malta. Alexander Satariano replaces Luke Montebello.
  7. 63' Goal! Italy 3, Malta 0. Domenico Berardi (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Moise Kean.
  8. 65' Substitution, Italy. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Domenico Berardi.
  9. 65' Substitution, Italy. Davide Frattesi replaces Nicolò Barella.
  10. 66' Substitution, Malta. Cain Attard replaces Joseph Mbong.
  11. 66' Substitution, Malta. Nikolai Muscat replaces Bjørn Kristensen.
  12. 79' Substitution, Italy. Destiny Udogie replaces Federico Dimarco.
  13. 79' Substitution, Italy. Gianluca Scamacca replaces Moise Kean.
  14. 84' Substitution, Malta. Kyrian Nwoko replaces Yannick Yankam.
  15. 84' Substitution, Malta. Brandon Paiber replaces Paul Mbong.
  16. 87' Substitution, Italy. Cristiano Biraghi replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  17. 90'+3' Goal! Italy 4, Malta 0. Davide Frattesi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

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