GLASGOW. Scotland succeeded in turn the table against Israel.
L. Dykes missed a penalty (45′) for Scotland.
L. Dykes missed 1 penalty (45′ + 1′) for Scotland.
The match was played at the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Szymon Marciniak who had the assistance of Pawel Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz. The 4th official was Tomasz Musial. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Scotland was in firm control of the ball 55% while Israel was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Scotland was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Scotland won the match.
Scotland shot 17 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Israel shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Scotland received 4 yellow cards (A. Robertson, J. McGinn, N. Patterson and B. Gilmour). On the other side, Israel received 3 yellow cards (E. Zahavi, B. Natcho and N. Bitton).
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 encounter, Scotland will have 14 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Israel will stay with 10 points like Austria to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Scotland will play away with Faroe Islands on the 12th of October with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Scotland (0 draws).
Israel will host Moldova on the 12th of October with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Israel (1 draw).
Scotland – Formation
Scotland started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Steve Clarke decided to play with the following team: Craig Gordon , Scott McTominay , Jack Hendry , Kieran Tierney , Nathan Patterson , John McGinn , Billy Gilmour , Callum McGregor , Andrew Robertson , Che Adams and Lyndon Dykes .
The home team had on the bench: David Turnbull, Stuart Armstrong, Liam Kelly, Ryan Christie , Scott McKenna, Kevin Nisbet, Ryan Fraser, Stephen O’Donnell, Kenny McLean, Lewis Ferguson, Liam Cooper and Jon McLaughlin.
Scotland could not rely on the presence of R. Christie (injured).
Substitutions
Scotland made 2 changes: C. Adams for R. Christie (68′) and B. Gilmour for L. Cooper (90′).
Best player: Andrew Robertson
The player that probably impressed the most for Scotland was Andrew Robertson even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 57 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 3 crosses.
Israel – Formation
Israel started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the opposite side, Willibald ‘Willi’ Ruttensteiner played with: Ofir Marciano , Iyad Abu Abaid , Nir Bitton , Arad Ofri , Eli Dasa , Dor Peretz , Bibars Natcho , Sun Menachem , Munas Dabbur , Manor Solomon and Eran Zahavi .
They had on the bench: Liel Abada, Itamar Nitzan, Suf Podgoreanu, Shon Weissman , Dan Glazer , Ofir Davidzada , Gadi Kinda , Joel Abu Hanna, Yonatan Cohen, Eden Shamir, Daniel Peretz and Adi Gotlieb.
Substitutions
Israel made 4 changes: M. Dabbur for S. Weissman (66′), B. Natcho for D. Glazer (66′), O. Arad for G. Kinda (74′) and S. Menachem for O. Davidzada (88′).
Best player: Munas Dabbur
The player that probably impressed the most for Israel was Munas Dabbur.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Poland – San Marino – 5-0
- Hungary – Albania – 0-1
- Andorra – England – 0-5
- Moldova – Denmark – 0-4
- Faroe Islands – Austria – 0-2
- Scotland – Israel – 3-2
- Sweden – Kosovo – 3-0
- Georgia – Greece – 0-2
- Finland – Ukraine – 1-2
- Kazakhstan – Bosnia and Herzegovina – 0-2
- Switzerland – Northern Ireland – 2-0
- Lithuania – Bulgaria – 3-1
- Luxembourg – Serbia – 0-1
- Azerbaijan – Republic of Ireland – 0-3