OSIJEK. Croatia manages to recover against Slovakia with a goal on the I. Schranz 20′ and a goal on the L. Haraslin 45′. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (69%)
The match was played at the Stadion Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek on Monday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Ovidiu Alin Hațegan with the help of Adrian Radu Ghinguleac and Mircea Mihail Grigoriu. The 4th official was Radu Petrescu. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
Croatia was in firm control of the ball 69% while Slovakia was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Croatia was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 11 were on target. However, that was not enough Croatia to win the match.
Croatia shot 22 times, 11 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Slovakia shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Croatia received 1 yellow card (B. Barisic). On the opposite side, Slovakia received 4 yellow cards (I. Schranz, M. Rodak, J. Kucka and D. Hancko).
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, Croatia will have 17 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Slovakia will have 10 points like Slovenia to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Croatia will play away against Malta on the 11th of November with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Croatia (1 draw).
Slovakia will host Slovenia on the 11th of November with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Slovenia (1 draw).
Croatia – Formation
Croatia
90'
67'
71'
Croatia adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Zlatko Dalić decided to play with the following team: Dominik Livaković , Josip Stanišić , Domagoj Vida , Joško Gvardiol , Borna Barišić , Marcelo Brozović , Luka Ivanušec , Luka Modrić , Mario Pašalić , Ivan Perišić and Andrej Kramarić .
The home team had on the bench: Nikola Vlašić , Marko Livaja , Mile Škorić, Borna Sosa, Filip Uremović, Simon Sluga, Kristijan Jakić, Duje Ćaleta-Car, Ivo Grbić, Josip Brekalo , Marin Pongračić and Luka Sučić .
Substitutions
Croatia made 4 changes: L. Ivanusec for N. Vlasic (46′), M. Pasalic for J. Brekalo (60′), J. Stanisic for M. Livaja (67′) and A. Kramaric for L. Sucic (85′).
Best player: Luka Modrić
The player that probably impressed the most for Croatia was Luka Modrić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 84 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 9 crosses.
Slovakia – Formation
Slovakia
Also Slovakia adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
On the opposite side, Stefan Tarkovic played with: Marek Rodák , Peter Pekarík , Ľubomír Šatka , Milan Škriniar , Dávid Hancko , Patrik Hrošovský , Ivan Schranz , Juraj Kucka , Marek Hamšík , Lukáš Haraslín and Ladislav Almási .
They had on the bench: Dušan Kuciak, Erik Jirka , Vernon De Marco, Martin Koscelník , David Strelec, Tomáš Suslov, Dominik Greif, Albert Rusnák, Róbert Boženík, Tomáš Hubočan, Lukáš Pauschek and Matúš Bero .
Slovakia could not rely on the presence of M. Bero (injured).
Substitutions
Slovakia made 3 changes: M. Hamsik for M. Bero (41′), L. Haraslin for M. Koscelnik (72′) and J. Kucka for E. Jirka (85′).
Best player: Marek Rodák
The player that probably impressed the most for Slovakia was the goalkeeper: Marek Rodák. His rating is 7.54. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Romania – Armenia – 1-0
- North Macedonia – Germany – 0-4
- Iceland – Liechtenstein – 4-0
- Slovenia – Russia – 1-2
- Cyprus – Malta – 2-2
- Croatia – Slovakia – 2-2
- Norway – Montenegro – 2-0
- Netherlands – Gibraltar – 6-0
- Latvia – Turkey – 1-2
- Estonia – Wales – 0-1
- Belarus – Czech Republic – 0-2
