Greece vs Belarus
Ref: Jarred Gillett, Australia
Match recap
Greece beat Belarus 5–1 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Karetsas, Pavlidis, Bakasetas, Ebong, and Tzolis scored for Greece; Barkovskiy replied for Belarus. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 4.13 for Greece versus 1.04 for Belarus.
First Half
⚽
Karetsas
Assist: Pavlidis
Mavropanos
Yellow Card
⚽
Pavlidis
Assist: Karetsas
⚽
Bakasetas
Assist: Vagiannidis
⚽
Ebong (OG)
41'
Korzun
Yellow Card
Second Half
46'
⇄
Kovalev
54'
⇄
Martynovich
59'
Gromyko
Yellow Card
⇄
Tsimikas
⇄
Kourbelis
⚽
Tzolis
Assist: Pavlidis
67'
⇄
Melnichenko
67'
⇄
Gromyko
70'
VAR
Penalty confirmed
72'
⚽
Barkovskiy
Penalty
⇄
Bakasetas
⇄
Pavlidis
79'
⇄
Yablonskiy
⇄
Zafeiris
Match Statistics
GreeceBelarus
12Won
Statistical edge
12–2
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
4.13VS1.04
Attack6 · 0 won
30
Shots
11
14
Shots on target
4
23
Shots in the box
5
7
Shots outside box
6
14
Shots off goal
2
11
Corners
7
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
64%
Possession
36%
507
Total passes
289
439
Accurate passes
226
87%
Pass accuracy
78%
Discipline2 · 0 won
7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow cards
2
1
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 2 won
3
Goalkeeper saves
8
2
Blocked shots
5
Greece
4-2-3-1
Belarus
4-4-2
Greece
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2G. VagiannidisD
- 3K. KoulierakisD
- 4K. MavropanosD
- 6D. KourbelisM
- 9C. TzolisM
- 11A. BakasetasM
- 12K. TzolakisG
- 14V. PavlidisF
- 16C. ZafeirisM
- 19K. KaretsasM
- 21K. TsimikasD
Substitutes
- 1O. VlachodimosG
- 5G. KiriakopoulosD
- 7G. MasourasF
- 8F. IoannidisF
- 10D. PelkasM
- 13C. MandasG
- 15L. RotaD
- 17P. HatzidiakosD
- 18G. KonstanteliasM
- 20P. MantalosM
- 22C. MouzakitisM
- 23M. SiopisM
Belarus
4-4-2Starting XI
- 2K. PecheninD
- 3P. ZabelinD
- 4A. MartynovichD
- 9M. EbongF
- 10V. GromykoM
- 12P. PavlyuchenkoG
- 14E. YablonskiyM
- 15N. KorzunM
- 19Y. KovalevM
- 22V. PigasD
- 23T. MelnichenkoF
Substitutes
- 1S. IgnatovichG
- 5E. ParkhomenkoD
- 6M. MyakishM
- 7E. MalashevichM
- 8N. DemchenkoM
- 11G. BarkovskiyF
- 13S. KarpovichD
- 17V. KalininD
- 18V. MalkevichD
- 20Z. VolkovD
- 21R. PasevichM
Greece
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vangelis Pavlidis | F | 73 | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1/1 |
| Konstantinos Karetsas | M | 90 | 9.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4/6 |
| Anastasios Bakasetas(C) | M | 73 | 9.2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1/2 |
| Dimitrios Kourbelis | M | 62 | 8.3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Konstantinos Mavropanos | D | 90 | 8.0 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| Konstantinos Koulierakis | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Giorgos Vagiannidis | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1/2 |
| Christos Tzolis | M | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Konstantinos Tzolakis | G | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christos Zafeiris | M | 83 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Konstantinos Tsimikas | D | 62 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Lazaros Rota | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manolis Siopis | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pantelis Hatzidiakos | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christos Mandas | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitrios Pelkas | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giorgos Masouras | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Odysseas Vlachodimos | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fotis Ioannidis | F | 17 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Giannis Konstantelias | M | 17 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Petros Mantalos | M | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgios Kyriakopoulos | D | 28 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Christos Mouzakitis | M | 28 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Belarus
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Pavlyuchenko | G | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pavel Zabelin | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleksandr Martynovich(C) | D | 54 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Kirill Pechenin | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evgeniy Yablonskiy | M | 79 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Yuriy Kovalev | M | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Trofim Melnichenko | F | 67 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/2 |
| Nikita Korzun | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Vadim Pigas | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1/2 |
| Valeriy Gromyko | M | 67 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Max Ebong | F | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Egor Parkhomenko | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladislav Malkevich | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evgeni Malashevich | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sergei Karpovich | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sergey Ignatovich | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fedor Lapoukhov | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladislav Kalinin | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| German Barkovskiy | F | 45 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1/1 |
| Maksim Myakish | M | 11 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Zakhar Volkov | D | 36 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Nikita Demchenko | M | 23 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roman Pasevich | M | 23 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/2 |