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Kosovo

FIFA #78 · 3-0-1
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Kosovo beat Cyprus
Cyprus1-0-3 0 – 3 Kosovo3-0-1
FT · Tue, Oct 15

Match Details

Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri (Prishtina) · 12,863 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Kosovo 3, Cyprus 0.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Kosovo 3, Cyprus 0.
  • 90'+4'Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
  • 90'+4'Donat Rrudhani (Kosovo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1'Corner, Kosovo. Conceded by Minas Antoniou.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 89'VAR Decision: No Goal Kosovo 3-0 Cyprus.
  • 88'Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
  • 88'Fidan Aliti (Kosovo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88'GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 86'Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Lindon Emërllahu.
  • 85'Attempt saved. Fisnik Asllani (Kosovo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emir Sahiti.

Line Score

12T
CYP 00 0
KOS 12 3

Match Leaders

Cyprus
Kosovo

Key Events

79'Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78'Substitution, Kosovo. Fisnik Asllani replaces Albion Rrahmani.
77'Substitution, Kosovo. Fidan Aliti replaces Amir Rrahmani.
77'Substitution, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou replaces Ioannis Pittas.
72'Substitution, Cyprus. Marinos Tzionis replaces Andreas Makris.
72'Substitution, Cyprus. Minas Antoniou replaces Andreas Karo.
72'Substitution, Cyprus. Rafail Mamas replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
70'Goal! Kosovo 3, Cyprus 0. Emir Sahiti (Kosovo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
67'Substitution, Kosovo. Emir Sahiti replaces Edon Zhegrova.
52'Goal! Kosovo 2, Cyprus 0. Ermal Krasniqi (Kosovo) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
45'Substitution, Cyprus. Kostas Pileas replaces Nicholas Ioannou.
30'Goal! Kosovo 1, Cyprus 0. Amir Rrahmani (Kosovo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florent Muslija.
16'Substitution, Kosovo. Florent Muslija replaces Milot Rashica because of an injury.
8'Edon Zhegrova (Kosovo) is shown the yellow card.
8'Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.
7'Konstantinos Laifis (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.

Team Stats

CyprusKosovo
General
36.6 Possession % 63.4
11 Shots 15
4 On Target 6
1 Offsides 2
6 Corners 5
12 Fouls 9
Passing & Defense
228 Passes Completed 490
8 Crosses Won 1
13 Tackles Won 8
9 Interceptions 7
20 Clearances 22
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 4

Recent Form

Kosovo L L L W W
Cyprus L W W L L

Starting Lineups

Cyprus4-1-4-1
13 Dimitriou
2 Karo 16 Andreou 19 Laifis 4 Ioannou
18 Artymatas
17 Loizou 20 Kastanos 5 Charalampous 11 Makris
9 Pittas
9 Rrahmani
17 Krasniqi 52' 7 Rashica 10 Zhegrova
22 Jashari 19 Emërllahu
21 Rrudhani 5 Dellova 13 Rrahmani 30' 15 Vojvoda
1 Muric
Kosovo4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Kosovo

  1. AM #1 Arijanet MuricG
  2. LD #5 Lumbardh DellovaCD-L
  3. AR #13 Amir RrahmaniCD-R30'
  4. DR #21 Donat RrudhaniLB
  5. MV #15 Mërgim VojvodaRB
  6. MR #7 Milot RashicaAM
  7. MJ #22 Muharrem JashariLM
  8. LE #19 Lindon EmërllahuRM
  9. AR #9 Albion RrahmaniF
  10. EK #17 Ermal KrasniqiAM-L52'
  11. EZ #10 Edon ZhegrovaAM-R
Substitutes · 4 used

Cyprus

  1. DD #13 Dimitris DimitriouG
  2. KL #19 Konstantinos LaifisCD-L
  3. SA #16 Stelios AndreouCD-R
  4. KA #18 Kostakis ArtymatasDM
  5. NI #4 Nicholas IoannouLB
  6. AK #2 Andreas KaroRB
  7. CC #5 Charalampos CharalampousCM-L
  8. GK #20 Grigoris KastanosCM-R
  9. AM #11 Andreas MakrisLM
  10. LL #17 Loizos LoizouRM
  11. IP #9 Ioannis PittasF
Substitutes · 5 used

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