International Friendly

Slovakia vs Northern Ireland, International Friendly

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Slovakia
FT
0 - 0
Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland extend unbeaten run after Slovakia draw

Northern Ireland will fly out to Euro 2016 on the back of a 12-match unbeaten run having drawn 0-0 with Slovakia.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Dusan Svento (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland).
  • 5': Offside, Slovakia. Robert Mak tries a through ball, but Peter Pekarík is caught offside.
  • 6': Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland).
  • 6': Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick McNair with a cross.
  • 9': Foul by Michal Duris (Slovakia).
  • 9': Gareth McAuley (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Robert Mak (Slovakia).
  • 10': Shane Ferguson (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 11': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Shane Ferguson.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Patrik Hrosovsky (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dusan Svento.
  • 16': Foul by Jan Durica (Slovakia).
  • 16': Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland).
  • 19': Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
  • 20': Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Craig Cathcart.
  • 26': Offside, Northern Ireland. Michael McGovern tries a through ball, but Jamie Ward is caught offside.
  • 30': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Chris Baird.
  • 30': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Aaron Hughes replaces Craig Cathcart because of an injury.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Robert Mak with a cross following a corner.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Marek Hamsik (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juraj Kucka.
  • 34': Foul by Aaron Hughes (Northern Ireland).
  • 34': Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Shane Ferguson.
  • 36': Foul by Jan Durica (Slovakia).
  • 36': Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 37': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Jan Durica.
  • 39': Foul by Martin Skrtel (Slovakia).
  • 39': Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Robert Mak (Slovakia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michal Duris.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan Durica with a headed pass.
  • 41': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Patrick McNair.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Martin Skrtel (Slovakia).
  • 45'+1': Jamie Ward (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Chris Baird (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oliver Norwood.
  • 45'+2': Dangerous play by Chris Baird (Northern Ireland).
  • 45'+2': Dusan Svento (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Slovakia 0, Northern Ireland 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Slovakia 0, Northern Ireland 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Josh Magennis replaces Jamie Ward.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Patrik Hrosovsky with a through ball.
  • 49': Foul by Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland).
  • 49': Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 52': Dusan Svento (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Chris Baird (Northern Ireland).
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Pekarík.
  • 55': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Conor Washington replaces Kyle Lafferty because of an injury.
  • 56': Foul by Jan Durica (Slovakia).
  • 56': Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 56': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Martin Skrtel.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Conor Washington (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Hughes.
  • 58': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Peter Pekarík.
  • 59': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
  • 59': Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 60': Offside, Northern Ireland. Michael McGovern tries a through ball, but Conor Washington is caught offside.
  • 63': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Patrick McNair.
  • 64': Offside, Slovakia. Jan Durica tries a through ball, but Juraj Kucka is caught offside.
  • 65': Foul by Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland).
  • 65': Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Substitution, Slovakia. Miroslav Stoch replaces Robert Mak.
  • 65': Substitution, Slovakia. Ondrej Duda replaces Michal Duris.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Ondrej Duda (Slovakia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Peter Pekarík with a headed pass.
  • 68': Foul by Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland).
  • 68': Ondrej Duda (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 71': Foul by Shane Ferguson (Northern Ireland).
  • 71': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Marek Hamsik (Slovakia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Miroslav Stoch.
  • 71': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Gareth McAuley.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dusan Svento.
  • 73': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Jan Durica.
  • 75': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Aaron Hughes.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Miroslav Stoch (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
  • 78': Offside, Slovakia. Vladimir Weiss tries a through ball, but Peter Pekarík is caught offside.
  • 84': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Corry Evans replaces Oliver Norwood.
  • 84': Substitution, Slovakia. Adam Nemec replaces Juraj Kucka.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Miroslav Stoch (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dusan Svento.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Ondrej Duda (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 86': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Lee Hodson replaces Shane Ferguson.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 90': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Gareth McAuley.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Conor McLaughlin replaces Patrick McNair.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Slovakia. Patrik Hrosovsky tries a through ball, but Vladimir Weiss is caught offside.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Martin Skrtel.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Slovakia 0, Northern Ireland 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Slovakia 0, Northern Ireland 0.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Conor McLaughlin replaces Patrick McNair.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Slovakia. Patrik Hrosovsky tries a through ball, but Vladimir Weiss is caught offside.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Martin Skrtel.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Slovakia 0, Northern Ireland 0.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 4
5 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 3
28.9 Possession 71.1
4 SHOTS 17
2 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
143 Accurate Passes 507
223 Passes 561
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 4
17 Crosses 28
0.2 Cross % 0.1
78 Long Balls 66
24 Accurate Long Balls 45
0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 7
8 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 9
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 7
17 Effective Clearances 18
23 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

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Line-Ups

SVK Slovakia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Matús Kozácik (GK)
4 Jan Durica
3 Martin Skrtel
18 Dusan Svento
2 Peter Pekarík
17 Marek Hamsik
13 Patrik Hrosovský
19 Juraj Kucka
21 Michal Duris
7 Vladimir Weiss
20 Róbert Mak
Slovakia Substitutes:
Jan Gregus, Viktor Pecovsky, Adam Nemec, Kornel Salata, Stanislav Sestak, Miroslav Stoch, Ondrej Duda, Norbert Gyömbér, Milan Skriniar, Jan Novota, Jan Mucha.

NIR Northern Ireland (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Michael McGovern (GK)
4 Gareth McAuley
5 Jonny Evans
20 Craig Cathcart
3 Shane Ferguson
17 Paddy McNair Yellow Card
6 Chris Baird
8 Steven Davis
16 Oliver Norwood
19 Jamie Ward
10 Kyle Lafferty
Northern Ireland Substitutes:
Aaron Hughes, Will Grigg, Alan Mannus, Niall McGinn, Lee Hodson, Conor McLaughlin, Josh Magennis, Roy Carroll, Corry Evans, Luke McCullough, Conor Washington.

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