SPLIT. Croatia overcomes Russia 1-0 after F. Kudryashov scored an own goal 81min. Croatia was much superior in terms of ball possession (68%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadion Poljud stadium in Split on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie with the collaboration of Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The 4th official was Dennis Higler. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Croatia had a superior ball possession 68% while Russia was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Croatia was has a more offensive attitude with 96 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Croatia won the match.
Croatia shot 19 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Russia shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Croatia received 2 yellow cards (I. Grbic and M. Livaja). On the other side, Russia received 2 yellow cards (F. Smolov and A. Golovin).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this contest, Croatia will have 23 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Russia will stay with 22 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Croatia – Formation
Croatia adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Zlatko Dalić decided to play with the following team: Ivo Grbić
, Josip Juranović , Dejan Lovren , Joško Gvardiol , Borna Sosa , Luka Modrić , Marcelo Brozović , Mario Pašalić , Nikola Vlašić , Andrej Kramarić and Ivan Perišić .The home team had on the bench: Domagoj Vida, Josip Stanišić
, Josip Brekalo , Simon Sluga, Marko Livaja , Kristijan Jakić, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Borna Barišić, Lovro Majer, Dominik Livaković, Bruno Petković and Mislav Oršić.Substitutions
Croatia made 4 changes: N. Vlasic for B. Petkovic (58′), M. Pasalic for M. Livaja (75′), J. Juranovic for J. Brekalo (76′) and A. Kramaric for J. Stanisic (86′).
Best player: Luka Modrić
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Croatia was Luka Modrić even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 100 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He performed 7 crosses.Russia – Formation
Also Russia adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Valeriy Karpin played with: Matvey Safonov
, Vyacheslav Karavaev , Igor Diveev , Georgiy Dzhikiya , Fedor Kudryashov , Daniil Fomin , Dmitriy Barinov , Aleksandr Golovin , Aleksey Ionov , Fedor Smolov and Zelimkhan Bakaev .The following players were sitting on the bench: Aleksandr Erokhin, Aleksei Miranchuk, Danil Krugovoy, Anton Zabolotnyi
, Ivan Sergeev, Dmitri Chistyakov , Aleksei Sutormin, Guilherme Marinato, Nikita Haikin, Andrey Mostovoy , Daniil Glebov and Roman Zobnin .Substitutions
Russia made 5 changes: A. Golovin for D. Chistyakov (56′), F. Smolov for A. Zabolotnyi (57′), A. Ionov for R. Zobnin (57′), Z. Bakaev for A. Mostovoy (78′) and D. Fomin for D. Glebov (80′).
Best player: Matvey Safonov
The most impressive player for Russia was the goalkeeper: Matvey Safonov. His rating is 7.15. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Croatia – Russia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovakia – 0-6
- Slovenia – Cyprus – 2-1
- Armenia – Germany – 1-4
- Liechtenstein – Romania – 0-2
- North Macedonia – Iceland – 3-1
- Portugal – Serbia – 1-2
- Luxembourg – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
- Greece – Kosovo – 1-1
- Spain – Sweden – 1-0