HELSINGFORS. Ukraine prevailed over Finland to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Ukraine to strike first with an early goal of A. Yarmolenko at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 29′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Yaremchuk gave the win to Ukraine in the 34′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Helsingin olympiastadion stadium in Helsingfors on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano with the help of Ángel Nevado Rodríguez and Guadalupe Porras Ayuso. The 4th official was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández. The weather was drizzle. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Finland was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Ukraine that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Ukraine was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ukraine won the match.
Finland shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Ukraine shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Finland didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Ukraine received 1 yellow card (S. Kryvtsov).
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, Finland will stay with 5 points to stay in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Ukraine will have 8 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Finland will play away against Kazakhstan on the 12th of October with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Finland (1 draw).
Ukraine will host Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 12th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Finland – Formation
Finland
78'
29'
Finland started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Markku Kanerva decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Hrádecký , Nikolai Alho , Joona Toivio , Paulus Arajuuri , Leo Väisänen , Jukka Raitala , Robin Lod , Thomas Lam , Glen Kamara , Teemu Pukki and Joel Pohjanpalo .
The home team had on the bench: Albin Granlund, Robert Taylor, Roope Riski , Carljohan Eriksson, Urho Nissilä , Jesse Joronen, Juhani Ojala, Ilmari Niskanen , Robert Ivanov, Niko Hämäläinen , Fredrik Jensen and Onni Valakari.
Finland could not rely on the presence of N. Hamalainen (injured).
Substitutions
Finland made 4 changes: T. Lam for U. Nissila (62′), N. Alho for N. Hamalainen (62′), J. Pohjanpalo for R. Riski (77′) and J. Raitala for I. Niskanen (77′).
Best player: Teemu Pukki
The player that probably impressed the most for Finland was Teemu Pukki.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Ukraine – Formation
Ukraine
37'
Ukraine started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the other side, Oleksandr Petrakov played with: Andriy Pyatov , Ilya Zabarnyi , Serhiy Kryvtsov , Mykola Matviyenko , Oleksandr Tymchyk , Taras Stepanenko , Mykola Shaparenko , Eduard Sobol , Andriy Yarmolenko , Viktor Tsygankov and Roman Yaremchuk .
They had on the bench: Sergiy Sydorchuk , Oleksandr Syrota, Oleksandr Zubkov , Georgiy Bushchan, Igor Kharatin, Serhii Buletsa , Dmytro Riznyk, Artem Shabanov, Viktor Korniienko , Danylo Sikan, Oleksandr Karavaev and Artem Dovbyk .
Substitutions
Ukraine made 5 changes: E. Sobol for V. Korniienko (46′), V. Tsygankov for O. Zubkov (77′), T. Stepanenko for S. Sydorchuk (77′), R. Yaremchuk for A. Dovbyk (86′) and A. Yarmolenko for S. Buletsa (86′).
Best player: Roman Yaremchuk
The player that probably impressed the most for Ukraine was Roman Yaremchuk.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
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
