ANDORRA LA VELLA. England defeats Andorra 5-0 after a incredible match. B. Chilwell (17′), B. Saka (40′), T. Abraham (59′), J. Ward-Prowse (79′) and J. Grealish (86′). Its vastly superior ball possession (86%) was among the key factors of its victory.
J. Ward-Prowse missed a penalty (79′) for England.
J. Ward-Prowse missed 1 penalty (79′) for England.
The match was played at the Estadi Nacional stadium in Andorra la Vella on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Kateryna Monzul who had the assistance of Maryna Striletska and Svitlana Grushko. The 4th official was Denys Shurman. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- ! 14 Ball Possession 86
Shots
- 1 Total 17
- 0 On Target 8
- 1 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 5
- 30 Attack 165
- 14 Dangerous attack 96
- 56 Ball safe 87
- 16 Free Kicks 22
- 0 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 7
- 3 Off Sides 7
Fouls
- 19 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
England was in firm control of the ball 86% while Andorra was struggling with a 14% ball possession.
England was more aggressive with 96 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why England won the match.
Andorra shot 1 times, 0 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, England shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Andorra received 2 yellow cards (Marc Rebés and Cristian Martínez). On the other side, England received 3 yellow cards (J. Sancho, J. Stones and C. Coady).
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, Andorra will stay with 3 points to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, England will have 19 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Andorra will play away against San Marino on the 12th of October with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Andorra (0 draws).
England will host Hungary on the 12th of October with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of England (0 draws).
Andorra – Formation
Andorra started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Jesús Luis Álvarez de Eulate decided to play with the following team: Josep Gomes
, Jesus Rubio , Christian Garcia , Marc Vales , Max Llovera , Marc García , Cristian Martinez , Marc Rebés , Xavier Vieira , Jordi Rubio and Aaron Sanchez .The home team had on the bench: Marc Pujol, Iker Álvarez, Jordi Aláez
, Joan Cervós , Ricard Fernández, Emili García , Sergio Moreno, Francisco Pires, Eric De Pablos and Ildefons Lima .Substitutions
Andorra made 5 changes: Christian García for Ildefons Lima (31′), Ildefons Lima for Emili García (63′), Cristian Martínez for Jordi Aláez (64′), Aaron Sánchez for Cucu (64′) and Jordi Rubio for Joan Cervós (82′).
Best player: Emili García
The player that probably impressed the most for Andorra was Emili García.
His rating is
with 1 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.
England – Formation
England started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Gareth Southgate played with: Sam Johnstone
, Kieran Trippier , John Stones , Conor Coady , Ben Chilwell , Jesse Lingard , James Ward-Prowse , Phil Foden , Bukayo Saka , Tammy Abraham and Jadon Sancho .They had on the bench: Ollie Watkins
, Tyrone Mings, Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish , Kyle Walker, Fikayo Tomori , Aaron Ramsdale, Mason Mount , Jordan Pickford, Harry Kane and Declan Rice.Substitutions
England made 4 changes: J. Stones for F. Tomori (60′), J. Sancho for J. Grealish (73′), J. Lingard for M. Mount (73′) and T. Abraham for O. Watkins (80′).
Best player: Phil Foden
The player that probably impressed the most for England was Phil Foden even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 76 passes (94% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.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