TALLINN. Estonia overcomes Belarus with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Sorga (58′) and a goal from S. Zenjov (90′). Estonia took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the A. Le Coq Arena stadium in Tallinn on Friday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hakim with the help of Mehmet Culum and Mahbod Beigi. The 4th official was Bojan Pandzic. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
Estonia was in firm control of the ball 58% while Belarus was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Estonia was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Estonia won the match.
Estonia shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Belarus shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Estonia received 3 yellow cards (V. Kreida, M. Paskotsi and H. Anier). On the other side, Belarus received 1 yellow card (R. Lisakovich).
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, Estonia will have 4 points to stay in the 4th place. On the other side, Belarus will stay with 3 points to stay in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Estonia will host Wales on the 11th of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Wales (1 draw).
Belarus will host Czech Republic on the 11th of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Czech Republic (0 draws).
Estonia – Formation
Estonia
87'
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58'
Estonia started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Thomas Häberli decided to play with the following team: Karl Hein , Maksim Paskotsi , Marten Kuusk , Joonas Tamm , Karol Mets , Vlasiy Sinyavskiy , Konstantin Vassiljev , Vladislav Kreida , Mattias Käit , Henri Anier and Erik Sorga .
The home team had on the bench: Andre Karl Vallner, Artur Pikk, Robert Kirss, Bogdan Vastsuk, Matvei Igonen, Taijo Teniste , Henrik Ojamaa , Marco Lukka, Ken Kallaste, Sergei Zenjov , Henrik Purg and Markus Poom.
Substitutions
Estonia made 4 changes: E. Sorga for S. Zenjov (69′), V. Sinyavskiy for T. Teniste (80′), H. Anier for H. Ojamaa (80′) and M. Paskotsi for K. Kallaste (87′).
Best player: Konstantin Vassiljev
The player that probably impressed the most for Estonia was Konstantin Vassiljev even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 47 passes (57% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 17 crosses.
Belarus – Formation
Belarus
Belarus started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, Georgi Kondratjev played with: Pavel Pavlyuchenko , Aleksandr Selyava , Ruslan Yudenkov , Maksim Bordachev , Roman Begunov , Vladislav Klimovich , Evgeni Yablonski , Artem Bykov , Gleb Shevchenko , Andrey Solovei and Vitali Lisakovich .
They had on the bench: Ivan Sadovnichy, Evgeni Krasnov, Danila Nechaev, Vadim Pobudey , Egor Khatkevich, Pavel Sedko , Dmitri Podstrelov, Vladislav Vasilyuchek, Dmitri Antilevski , Kirill Pechenin and Ruslan Lisakovich .
Substitutions
Belarus made 5 changes: A. Solovei for P. Sedko (46′), M. Bordachev for V. Pobudei (66′), H. Shauchenka for K. Pechenin (66′), E. Yablonski for R. Lisakovich (81′) and R. Begunov for D. Antilevski (81′).
Best player: Vitali Lisakovich
The player that probably impressed the most for Belarus was Vitali Lisakovich.
His rating is with 22 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.
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
