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Belarus

FIFA #96 · 1-3-1
Ugh, no.
Belarus lost to Northern Ireland
Belarus1-3-1 0 – 2 Northern Ireland3-1-1
FT · Fri, Nov 15

Match Details

Windsor Park (Belfast) · 18,044 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Northern Ireland 2, Belarus 0.
  • 90'+6'Second Half ends, Northern Ireland 2, Belarus 0.
  • 90'+5'Attempt missed. Dmitri Prishchepa (Belarus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Max Ebong.
  • 90'+4'Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Fedor Lapoukhov.
  • 90'+4'Attempt saved. George Saville (Northern Ireland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 90'+3'Trai Hume (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3'Foul by Nikita Demchenko (Belarus).
  • 90'+2'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'George Saville (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'Foul by Vladislav Klimovich (Belarus).
  • 90'Substitution, Northern Ireland. Brad Lyons replaces Conor Bradley.
  • 89'Max Ebong (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Line Score

12T
BLR 00 0
NIR 02 2

Match Leaders

Belarus
Northern Ireland

Key Events

90'Substitution, Northern Ireland. Brad Lyons replaces Conor Bradley.
88'Ciaron Brown (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
86'Pierce Charles (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
86'Substitution, Northern Ireland. Ruairi McConville replaces Isaac Price.
76'Substitution, Northern Ireland. Josh Magennis replaces Dion Charles.
76'Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jamie Reid replaces Paul Smyth.
76'Substitution, Northern Ireland. George Saville replaces Dan Ballard.
76'Dmitri Antilevskiy (Belarus) is shown the yellow card.
72'Substitution, Belarus. Dmitri Prishchepa replaces Kirill Pechenin.
72'Substitution, Belarus. Nikita Demchenko replaces Valeri Gromyko.
67'Valeri Gromyko (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63'Goal! Northern Ireland 2, Belarus 0. Dion Charles (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
62'Substitution, Belarus. Dmitri Antilevskiy replaces German Barkovskiy.
62'Substitution, Belarus. Max Ebong replaces Aleksandr Selyava.
62'Substitution, Belarus. Vladislav Klimovich replaces Evgeni Yablonskiy.
59'Kirill Pechenin (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50'Goal! Northern Ireland 1, Belarus 0. Dan Ballard (Northern Ireland) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shea Charles with a cross following a corner.

Team Stats

BelarusNorthern Ireland
General
41.8 Possession % 58.2
6 Shots 10
1 On Target 4
0 Offsides 1
4 Corners 7
27 Fouls 19
Passing & Defense
210 Passes Completed 348
2 Crosses Won 3
16 Tackles Won 14
12 Interceptions 4
22 Clearances 17
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 1

Recent Form

Northern Ireland W W L D W
Belarus L D W D D

Starting Lineups

Northern Ireland3-4-1-2
23 Charles
5 Hume 4 Ballard 50' 22 Brown
2 Bradley 16 McCann 19 Charles A 20 Spencer
14 Price
11 Smyth 10 Charles 63'
7 Shikavka 11 Barkovskiy
10 Gromyko 8 Selyava 14 Yablonski
2 Pechenin 3 Zabielin 6 Politevich 4 Martynovich 22 Pigas
16 Lapoukhov
Belarus5-3-2
Full lineups and substitutes

Northern Ireland

  1. PC #23 Pierce CharlesG
  2. DB #4 Danny BallardCD50'
  3. CB #22 Ciaron BrownCD-L
  4. TH #5 Trai HumeCD-R
  5. SC #19 Shea CharlesCM-L
  6. AM #16 Alistair McCannCM-R
  7. IP #14 Isaac PriceAM
  8. BS #20 Brodie SpencerLM
  9. CB #2 Conor BradleyRM
  10. DC #10 Dion CharlesCF-L63'
  11. PS #11 Paul SmythCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Belarus

  1. FL #16 Fedor LapoukhovG
  2. SP #6 Sergei PolitevichCD
  3. PZ #3 Pavel ZabielinCD-L
  4. AM #4 Alyaksandr MartynovichCD-R
  5. KP #2 Kirill PecheninLB
  6. VP #22 Vadim PigasRB
  7. AS #8 Aleksandr SelyavaCM
  8. VG #10 Valeri GromykoCM-L
  9. EY #14 Evgeni YablonskiCM-R
  10. YS #7 Yevgeniy ShikavkaCF-L
  11. GB #11 German BarkovskiyCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

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