SãO JOãO DA VENDA. Portugal demolishes Luxembourg 5-0 with goals of C. Ronaldo (8′ pen), C. Ronaldo (13′ pen), B. Fernandes (18′), J. Palhinha (69′) and C. Ronaldo (87′).
The match was played at the Estádio Do Algarve stadium in São João da Venda on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien who had the assistance of Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Thomas Léonard.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 21 Total 3
- 11 On Target 2
- 10 Off Target 1
- 4 Shots blocked 0
- 109 Attack 75
- 51 Dangerous attack 19
- 73 Ball safe 75
- 2 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Portugal was in firm control of the ball 55% while Luxembourg was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Portugal was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Portugal won the match.
Portugal shot 21 times, 11 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Luxembourg shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Portugal received 2 yellow cards (N. Mendes and J. Cancelo). On the opposite side, Luxembourg received 1 yellow card (C. Martins Pereira).
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 match, Portugal will have 16 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Luxembourg will stay with 6 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Portugal will play away against Republic of Ireland on the 11th of November with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Portugal (0 draws).
Luxembourg will play away agasint Azerbaijan on the 11th of November with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Portugal – Formation
Portugal
84'
65'
18'
Portugal started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício , João Cancelo , Pepe , Rúben Dias , Nuno Mendes , Bruno Fernandes , João Palhinha , João Moutinho , Bernardo Silva , Cristiano Ronaldo and André Silva .
The home team had on the bench: Nélson Semedo, João Mário , Rafael Leão , Diogo Costa, Danilo Pereira, William Carvalho, Matheus Nunes , Anthony Lopes, Rúben Neves , Gonçalo Guedes , José Fonte and Diogo Dalot.
Substitutions
Portugal made 5 changes: J. Moutinho for J. Mario (65′), J. Palhinha for R. Neves (73′), A. Silva for R. Leao (73′), B. Silva for Matheus (80′) and B. Fernandes for G. Guedes (80′).
Best player: Cristiano Ronaldo
The player that probably impressed the most for Portugal was Cristiano Ronaldo.
His rating is with 3 goals, 24 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Luxembourg – Formation
Luxembourg
Luxembourg started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
On the opposite side, Luc Holtz played with: Anthony Moris , Laurent Jans , Maxime Chanot , Dirk Carlson , Mica Pinto , Olivier Thill , Leandro Barreiro , Christopher Martins Pereira , Sebastien Thill , Gerson Rodrigues and Danel Sinani .
They had on the bench: Maurice Deville , Michael Omosanya, Eric Veiga, Ralph Schon, Kevin Malget, Diogo Pimentel, Aldin Skenderović, Edvin Muratović , Yvandro Borges Sanches , Eldin Dzogovic, Vahid Selimović and Tim Kips.
Substitutions
Luxembourg made 4 changes: O. Thill for Y. Borges Sanches (46′), S. Thill for M. Deville (46′), E. Muratovic for (87′) and D. Sinani for E. Veiga (87′).
Best player: Danel Sinani
The player that probably impressed the most for Luxembourg was Danel Sinani.
His rating is with 33 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Kazakhstan – Finland – 0-2
- Portugal – Luxembourg – 5-0
- Serbia – Azerbaijan – 3-1
- Bulgaria – Northern Ireland – 2-1
- Lithuania – Switzerland – 0-4
- Kosovo – Georgia – 1-2
- Sweden – Greece – 2-0
- Denmark – Austria – 1-0
- Faroe Islands – Scotland – 0-1
- Israel – Moldova – 2-1
- Albania – Poland – 0-1
- England – Hungary – 1-1
