SERRAVALLE. England had an adventurous win over San Marino. The hero of the match was who scored in the 32nd, 27th, 15th, 6th, 58th, 42nd, 39th, 79th, 78th and 69th minute. England was decisively better in terms of ball possession (85%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle stadium in Serravalle on Monday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Rade Obrenović with the help of Grega Kordež and Aleksandar Kasapović. The 4th official was Asmir Sagrković. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- ! 15 Ball Possession 85
Shots
- 2 Total 22
- 1 On Target 13
- 1 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 28 Attack 188
- 8 Dangerous attack 52
- 74 Ball safe 135
- 8 Free Kicks 9
- 0 Penalties 2
- 1 Corners 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 8
- 5 Yellow Cards 1
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
England had a superior ball possession 85% while San Marino was struggling with a 15% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
England was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why England won the match.
San Marino shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, England shot 22 times, 13 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
San Marino received 4 yellow cards (D. Rossi, F. Tomassini, M. Battistini and A. D’Addario). On the other side, England received 1 yellow card (T. Abraham).
D. Rossi (San Marino) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (68′).
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 match, San Marino will stay with 0 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, England will have 26 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
San Marino – Formation
San Marino
54'
80'
68'
San Marino started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Franco Varrella decided to play with the following team: Elia Benedettini , Manuel Battistini , Filippo Fabbri , Dante Rossi , Fabio Ramon Tomassini , Lorenzo Lunadei , Enrico Golinucci , Marcello Mularoni , Alessandro D’Addario , Nicola Nanni and Adolfo Hirsch .
The home team had on the bench: Tommaso Zafferani, Giacomo Conti , Matteo Vitaioli , David Tomassini, Eugenio Marconi, Luca Censoni , Andrea Grandoni , Alessandro Golinucci , Kevin Zonzini, Simone Benedettini, Michael Battistini and Luca Ceccaroli.
Substitutions
San Marino made 5 changes: A. D’Addario for L. Censoni (46′), F. Tomassini for M. Vitaioli (46′), J. Hirsch for A. Golinucci (46′), L. Lunadei for A. Grandoni (74′) and F. Fabbri for G. Conti (80′).
Best player: Giacomo Conti
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for San Marino was Giacomo Conti.
His rating is with 1 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 80′.
England – Formation
England
6'
England started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Gareth Southgate played with: Aaron Ramsdale , Harry Maguire , Conor Coady , Tyrone Mings , Trent Alexander-Arnold , Jude Bellingham , Kalvin Phillips , Bukayo Saka , Phil Foden , Harry Kane and Emile Smith Rowe .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Reece James , Ben Chilwell , Kyle Walker, Conor Gallagher , Sam Johnstone, John Stones , Jordan Pickford and Tammy Abraham .
Substitutions
England made 5 changes: H. Maguire for B. Chilwell (46′), K. Phillips for C. Gallagher (46′), P. Foden for T. Abraham (46′), H. Kane for R. James (62′) and E. Smith Rowe for J. Stones (73′).
Best player: Trent Alexander-Arnold
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for England was Trent Alexander-Arnold even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 102 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Northern Ireland – Italy – 0-0
- Switzerland – Bulgaria – 4-0
- Austria – Moldova – 4-1
- Israel – Faroe Islands – 3-2
- Scotland – Denmark – 2-0
- Albania – Andorra – 1-0
- Poland – Hungary – 1-2
- San Marino – England – 0-10
