GIBRALTAR. Montenegro was finally too strong for Gibraltar. A. Marusic (7′), F. Beqiraj (44′ pen) and F. Beqiraj (68′). Its vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Victoria Stadium stadium in Gibraltar on Friday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Filip Glova who had the assistance of Peter Bednár and Daniel Poláček. The 4th official was Peter Kralovic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21 degrees Celsius or 69.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 3 Total 16
- 0 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 53 Attack 152
- 17 Dangerous attack 72
- 84 Ball safe 53
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Montenegro was in firm control of the ball 66% while Gibraltar was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Montenegro was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Montenegro won the match.
Gibraltar shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Montenegro shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Gibraltar received 1 yellow card (K. Goldwin). On the opposite side, Montenegro received 2 yellow cards (Z. Tomasevic and F. Beqiraj).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this match, Gibraltar will stay with 0 points to stay in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Montenegro will have 11 points to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Gibraltar will play away with Netherlands on the 11th of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Netherlands (0 draws).
Montenegro will play away agasint Norway on the 11th of October with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Norway (0 draws).
Gibraltar – Formation
Gibraltar
41'
73'
Gibraltar started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Julio César Ribas Vlahovic decided to play with the following team: Kyle Goldwin , Scott Wiseman , Louie Annesley , Roy Alan Chipolina , Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero , Joseph Chipolina , Liam Walker , Kian Ronan , Graeme Torrilla , Julian Valarino and Reece Styche .
The home team had on the bench: Aymen Mouelhi, Alain Pons, Ethan James Santos, Lee Casciaro , Bradley Banda, Mohamed Badr Hassan , Jamie Robba, James Coombes , Jaron Vinet, Ethan Britto , Kelvin Morgan and Jamie Bosio .
Substitutions
Gibraltar made 5 changes: R. Styche for L. Casciaro (62′), S. Wiseman for J. Bosio (73′), J. Chipolina for E. Brito (73′), L. Walker for M. Badr (82′) and G. Torilla for J. Coombes (82′).
Best player: Ethan Britto
The player that probably impressed the most for Gibraltar was Ethan Britto.
His rating is with 13 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 73′.
Montenegro – Formation
Montenegro
7'
Montenegro started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Miodrag Radulović played with: Milan Mijatović , Marko Vešović , Igor Vujačić , Žarko Tomašević , Risto Radunović , Adam Marušić , Aleksandar Šćekić , Nebojša Kosović , Sead Hakšabanović , Fatos Beqiraj and Stefan Mugoša .
They had on the bench: Draško Božović , Miloš Dragojević, Vladimir Jovović , Marko Janković , Milutin Osmajić , Igor Ivanović, Meldin Dreskovic, Matija Šarkić, Nikola Vukčević , Marko Vukčević and Stevan Jovetić.
Montenegro could not rely on the presence of M. Osmajic (injured) and D. Bozovic (injured).
Substitutions
Montenegro made 5 changes: S. Mugosa for M. Osmajic (45′), A. Scekic for D. Bozovic (51′), N. Kosovic for N. Vukcevic (73′), A. Marusic for M. Jankovic (73′) and S. Haksabanovic for V. Jovovic (73′).
Best player: Fatos Beqiraj
The player that probably impressed the most for Montenegro was Fatos Beqiraj.
His rating is with 2 goals, 23 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Liechtenstein – North Macedonia – 0-4
- Iceland – Armenia – 1-1
- Germany – Romania – 2-1
- Russia – Slovakia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovenia – 0-4
- Cyprus – Croatia – 0-3
- Turkey – Norway – 1-1
- Gibraltar – Montenegro – 0-3
- Latvia – Netherlands – 0-1
- Estonia – Belarus – 2-0
- Czech Republic – Wales – 2-2
