BEER SHEVA. Israel prevailed over Moldova to win 2-1. It was Israel to strike first with a goal of E. Zahavi at the 28′. Then M. Dabbur scored again for Israel in the 49′ minute with a goal. Eventually, I. Nicolaescu reduced the distance for Moldova with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
O. Reabciuk received a red card (85′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Moldova lost the match.
The match was played at the Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium stadium in Beer Sheva on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Andris Treimanis who had the assistance of Haralds Gudermanis and Aleksejs Spasjoņņikovs. The 4th official was Aleksandrs Golubevs. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.9 degrees Celsius or 78.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Israel was in firm control of the ball 55% while Moldova was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Moldova was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Israel was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Israel shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Moldova shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Israel didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Moldova received 3 yellow cards (O. Reabciuk, V. Rata and D. Spataru).
Also, Moldova didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after O. Reabciuk (Moldova) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (85′).
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 contest, Israel will have 13 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Moldova will stay with 1 points to stay in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Israel will play away with Austria on the 12th of November with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Israel (0 draws).
Moldova will host Scotland on the 12th of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Scotland (1 draw).
Israel – Formation
Israel
46'
28'
Israel started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Willibald ‘Willi’ Ruttensteiner decided to play with the following team: Ofir Marciano , Iyad Abu Abaid , Nir Bitton , Joel Abu Hanna , Eli Dasa , Dor Peretz , Bibars Natcho , Sun Menachem , Munas Dabbur , Manor Solomon and Eran Zahavi .
The home team had on the bench: Goni Naor, Yonatan Cohen, Suf Podgoreanu , Ofir Davidzada, Shon Weissman, Eden Shamir, Gadi Kinda , Dan Glazer, Arad Ofri , Daniel Peretz, Itamar Nitzan and Liel Abada .
Substitutions
Israel made 4 changes: J. Abu Hanna for O. Arad (46′), B. Natcho for G. Kinda (64′), M. Dabbur for L. Abada (74′) and E. Dasa for S. Podgoreanu (87′).
Best player: Nir Bitton
The player that probably impressed the most for Israel was Nir Bitton even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 52 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.
Moldova – Formation
Moldova
85'
90'
Moldova started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, Roberto Bordin played with: Cristian Avram , Maxim Potirniche , Veaceslav Posmac , Igor Armas , Ion Jardan , Cristian Dros , Vadim Rață , Artur Ioniță , Oleg Reabciuk , Artiom Puntus and Eugeniu Cociuc .
They had on the bench: Victor Bogaciuc, Radu Gînsari , Ioan-Calin Revenco, Corneliu Cotogoi, Mihail Ghecev, Denis Marandici, Stanislav Namasco, Dumitru Celeadnic, Vadim Bolohan , Marius Iosipoi, Ion Nicolaescu and Danu Spătaru .
Moldova could not rely on the presence of V. Bolohan (injured).
Substitutions
Moldova made 4 changes: M. Potirniche for V. Bolohan (11′), A. Puntus for I. Nicolaescu (46′), E. Cociuc for R. Ginsari (46′) and C. Dros for D. Spataru (63′).
Best player: Artur Ioniță
The player that probably impressed the most for Moldova was Artur Ioniță.
His rating is with 69 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
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
