Czech Republic beats Belarus 2-0 on Monday

KAZAN. Czech Republic beats Belarus with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Schick (22') and a goal from A. Hlozek (65').

Czech Republic beats Belarus 2-0 on Monday

KAZAN. Czech Republic beats Belarus with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Schick (22′) and a goal from A. Hlozek (65′). Czech Republic took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Central’nyj stadion Kazan’ stadium in Kazan on Monday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was François Letexier with the help of Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Jeremy Stinat. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
  • 5 Total 17
  • 0 On Target 8
  • 5 Off Target 9
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 97 Attack 132
  • 28 Dangerous attack 74
  • 96 Ball safe 104
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 7
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 13
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Czech Republic was in firm control of the ball 59% while Belarus was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Czech Republic was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Czech Republic won the encounter.​

Belarus shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Czech Republic shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Belarus received 3 yellow cards (A. Bykov, K. Pechenin and R. Yudenkov). On the other side, Czech Republic received 2 yellow cards (D. Zima and A. Hlozek).

Match Timeline

17'
22'
24'
46'
46'
65'
68'
72'
73'
78'
81'
88'
88'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings

Group A

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
20
8

Group B

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
19
8
15
8
10
8

Group C

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
16
8

Group D

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
18
8
12
8
11
8

Group E

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
20
8
15
8

Group F

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
27
10
23
10
16
10
16
10
1
10

Group G

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
21
10
18
10
9
10

Group H

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
23
10
22
10
14
10
14
10
5
10
5
10

Group I

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
26
10
20
10
18
10
17
10
6
10

Group J

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
27
10
17
10
12
10
9
10

After this match, Belarus will stay with 3 points to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Czech Republic will have 11 points like Wales to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Belarus will play away with Wales on the 13th of November with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Wales (0 draws).

Czech Republic will host Estonia on the 16th of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Czech Republic (0 draws).

Belarus – Formation

Belarus
G
Pavel Pavlyuchenko 1.Belarus
6.8
D
Ruslan Yudenkov 6.Belarus
7.2
90'
D
Roman Begunov 22.Belarus
6.4
D
Kirill Pechenin 2.Belarus
7.0
24'
D
Aleksandr Selyava 15.Belarus
6.4
46'
M
Artem Bykov 7.Belarus
6.5
17'
M
Dmitriy Antilevskiy 23.Belarus
6.1
68'
M
6.4
78'
F
Pavel Sedko 18.Belarus
7.1
F
Maks Ebong 9.Belarus
6.2
F
V. Lisakovich 17.Belarus
6.5
Substitutes
G
R. Stepanov 16.Belarus
G
Egor Khatkevich 12.Belarus
D
Maksim Bordachev 20.Belarus
D
Danila Nechaev 3.Belarus
D
Ivan Sadovnichy 4.Belarus
6.3
46'
M
Evgeniy Yablonskiy 14.Belarus
M
Ruslan Lisakovich 10.Belarus
6.5
68'
M
Evgeni Krasnov 13.Belarus
M
Dmitriy Podstrelov 19.Belarus
M
Vadim Pobudey 8.Belarus
F
Andrey Solovei 11.Belarus
6.4
78'

Belarus started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Georgi Kondratjev decided to play with the following team: Pavel Pavlyuchenko (6.8), Roman Begunov (6.4), Aleksandr Selyava (6.4), Ruslan Yudenkov (7.2), Kirill Pechenin (7.0), Artem Bykov (6.5), Vladislav Klimovich (6.4), Dmitri Antilevski (6.1), Pavel Sedko (7.1), Vitali Lisakovich (6.5) and Max Ebong (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Evgeni Yablonski, Maksim Bordachev, Danila Nechaev, Roman Stepanov, Egor Khatkevich, Ruslan Lisakovich (6.5), Ivan Sadovnichy (6.3), Evgeni Krasnov, Dmitri Podstrelov, Andrey Solovei (6.4) and Vadim Pobudey.

Substitutions

Belarus made 3 changes: A. Selyava for I. Sadaunichy (46′), D. Antilevski for R. Lisakovich (68′) and V. Klimovich for A. Solovei (78′).

Best player: Ruslan Yudenkov​

The player that probably impressed the most for Belarus was Ruslan Yudenkov.

His rating is (7.2) with 54 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Czech Republic – Formation

Czech Republic
G
Tomáš Vaclík 1.Czech Republic
6.5
D
Marcin Pogorzala 3.Czech Republic
7.3
D
Ales Mateju 13.Czech Republic
7.1
D
Tomas Wiesner 5.Czech Republic
7.1
D
David Zima 2.Czech Republic
7.4
73'
M
Tomas Soucek  22.Czech Republic
7.8
M
Jakub Pesek 8.Czech Republic
7.4
81'
M
Michal Sadílek 15.Czech Republic
8.5
88'
M
Matěj Vydra 20.Czech Republic
6.6
46'
M
Adam Hlozek 19.Czech Republic
7.5
88' 72' Goals65'
F
Patrik Schick 10.Czech Republic
7.9
90' Goals22'
Substitutes
G
F. Nguyễn 16.Czech Republic
G
Jindrich Stanek 23.Czech Republic
D
Jakub Brabec 4.Czech Republic
D
Tomáš Kalas 6.Czech Republic
D
Alex Kral 21.Czech Republic
90'
D
Filip Novák 17.Czech Republic
D
Milan Havel  18.Czech Republic
M
Jan Kopic 12.Czech Republic
6.5
81'
M
Jaromir Zmrhal 14.Czech Republic
88'
M
David Pavelka 9.Czech Republic
7.0
46'
M
Pavel Bucha 7.Czech Republic
F
Jan Kuchta 11.Czech Republic
88'

Czech Republic started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Jaroslav Šilhavý played with: Tomáš Vaclík (6.5), Tomáš Wiesner (7.1), Ondřej Čelůstka (7.3), David Zima (7.4), Aleš Matějů (7.1), Michal Sadílek (8.5), Tomáš Souček (7.8), Jakub Pešek (7.4), Adam Hložek (7.5), Matěj Vydra (6.6) and Patrik Schick (7.9).

They had on the bench: Jakub Brabec, Tomáš Kalas, Jan Kopic (6.5), Alex Král, Jaromír Zmrhal, Filip Nguyen, David Pavelka (7.0), Filip Novák, Jan Kuchta, Jindřich Staněk, Pavel Bůcha and Milan Havel.

Substitutions

Czech Republic made 5 changes: M. Vydra for D. Pavelka (46′), J. Pesek for J. Kopic (81′), A. Hlozek for J. Kuchta (88′), M. Sadilek for J. Zmrhal (88′) and P. Schick for A. Kral (90′).

Best player: Michal Sadílek​

The player that probably impressed the most for Czech Republic was Michal Sadílek even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 73 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.​