Cyprus vs Romania
Ref: M. Jug
Match recap
Cyprus and Romania drew 2–2 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Loizou and Charalampous scored for Cyprus; Drăguş and Drăguş replied for Romania. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.25 for Cyprus versus 0.97 for Romania.
First Half
2'
⚽
Drăguş
18'
⚽
Drăguş
Assist: Marin
21'
Bancu
Yellow Card
⚽
Loizou
Assist: Kastanos
44'
Burcă
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Pileas
Kousoulos
Yellow Card
Pittas
Yellow Card
⇄
Loizou
⇄
Kousoulos
65'
⇄
Dobre
⇄
Kosti
⚽
Charalampous
Assist: Kakoullis
80'
⇄
Marin
80'
⇄
Man
85'
⇄
Unknown
⇄
Tzionis
Charalampous
Yellow Card
Match Statistics
CyprusRomania
12Won
Statistical edge
12–3
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.25VS0.97
Attack6 · 0 won
18
Shots
8
8
Shots on target
5
12
Shots in the box
5
6
Shots outside box
3
6
Shots off goal
2
7
Corners
1
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
59%
Possession
41%
461
Total passes
329
393
Accurate passes
244
85%
Pass accuracy
74%
Discipline1 · 2 won
7
Fouls
21
3
Yellow cards
2
2
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
3
Goalkeeper saves
6
4
Blocked shots
1
Cyprus
4-2-3-1
Romania
4-1-4-1
Cyprus
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2K. PileasD
- 8I. KousoulosM
- 9I. PittasF
- 12FabianoG
- 13I. KostiM
- 15C. SielisD
- 16A. ShikkisD
- 17L. LoizouM
- 19K. LaifisD
- 20G. KastanosM
- 21M. TzionisM
Substitutes
- 1J. MallG
- 3N. PanagiotouD
- 4S. AndreouD
- 5C. CharalampousM
- 6G. SatsiasM
- 7Anderson CorreiaD
- 10P. SotiriouF
- 11A. KakoullisF
- 14N. KoutsakosF
- 18K. ArtymatasM
- 22N. MichaelG
- 23C. KyriakouM
Romania
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 2A. RațiuD
- 5V. GhițăD
- 6M. MarinM
- 7D. DrăguşF
- 10N. StanciuM
- 11N. BancuD
- 12H. MoldovanG
- 14A. DobreM
- 15A. BurcăD
- 18R. MarinM
- 20D. ManM
Substitutes
- 1Ș. TârnovanuG
- 3M. PopescuD
- 4A. ChipciuM
- 8A. ȘutM
- 9Ș. BaiaramF
- 13V. ScreciuM
- 16R. SavaG
- 17D. MiculescuF
- 19F. TănaseM
- 21D. OlaruM
- 22A. MitrițăF
- 23D. SorescuF
Cyprus
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grigoris Kastanos(C) | M | 90 | 8.2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4/4 |
| Ioannis Pittas | F | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Marinos Tzionis | M | 88 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2/3 |
| Ioannis Kosti | M | 68 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Loizos Loizou | M | 62 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/2 |
| Konstantinos Laifis | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Antreas Shikkis | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christos Sielis | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fabiano | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ioannis Kousoulos | M | 62 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Kostas Pileas | D | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Nikolas Panagiotou | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pieros Sotiriou | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kostakis Artymatas | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joel Mall | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neofytos Michael | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giannis Satsias | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stelios Andreou | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikolas Koutsakos | F | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charalampos Charalampous | M | 28 | 7.6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Charalampos Kyriakou | M | 22 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Anderson Correia | D | 45 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andronikos Kakoullis | F | 28 | 7.0 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
Romania
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Drăguş | F | 90 | 8.6 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2/3 |
| Horațiu Moldovan | G | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nicușor Bancu | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Răzvan Marin | M | 80 | 6.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Andrei Burcă | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marius Marin | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexandru Dobre | M | 65 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Nicolae Stanciu(C) | M | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Virgil Ghiță | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dennis Man | M | 80 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/4 |
| Andrei Rațiu | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/3 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Adrian Șut | M | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ștefan Târnovanu | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darius Olaru | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mihai Popescu | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexandru Mitriță | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexandru Chipciu | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Screciu | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ștefan Baiaram | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Răzvan Sava | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Miculescu | F | 25 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Florin Tănase | M | 10 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deian Sorescu | F | 10 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |