Iceland vs Ukraine
Ref: S. Jablonski
Match recap
Ukraine beat Iceland 5–3 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Ellertsson, Guðmundsson, and Guðmundsson scored for Iceland; Malinovskyi, Gutsulyak, Malinovskyi, Kalyuzhnyi, and Ocheretko replied for Ukraine. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.11 for Iceland versus 0.78 for Ukraine.
First Half
14'
⚽
Malinovskyi
Assist: Mykolenko
⚽
Ellertsson
Assist: Bergmann Jóhannesson
39'
⇄
Sudakov
Guðjohnsen
Yellow Card
45'
⚽
Gutsulyak
45'
⚽
Malinovskyi
Assist: Voloshyn
Second Half
⚽
Guðmundsson
Assist: Haraldsson
65'
Matvienko
Yellow Card
68'
Konoplya
Yellow Card
⇄
Þorsteinsson
70'
⇄
Vanat
⇄
Magnússon
70'
⇄
Shaparenko
⚽
Guðmundsson
Assist: Guðjohnsen
83'
Mykolenko
Yellow Card
85'
⚽
Kalyuzhnyi
⇄
Ellertsson
⇄
Guðjohnsen
⇄
Bergmann Jóhannesson
86'
⇄
Malinovskyi
86'
⇄
Gutsulyak
88'
⚽
Ocheretko
Assist: Bondarenko
90+1'
Ocheretko
Yellow Card
Match Statistics
IcelandUkraine
12Won
Statistical edge
12–2
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.11VS0.78
Attack4 · 2 won
9
Shots
8
5
Shots on target
7
7
Shots in the box
5
2
Shots outside box
3
3
Shots off goal
1
4
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
65%
Possession
35%
649
Total passes
343
555
Accurate passes
252
86%
Pass accuracy
73%
Discipline3 · 0 won
11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow cards
4
1
Offsides
3
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 0 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
1
1
Blocked shots
0
Iceland
Starting XI
- 1E. ÓlafssonG
- 3D. Grétarsson
- 4V. PálssonD
- 5S. IngasonD
- 7H. HaraldssonM
- 8Í. Bergmann JóhannessonM
- 9S. MagnússonF
- 10A. GuðmundssonM
- 11J. ÞorsteinssonM
- 22A. GuðjohnsenF
- 23M. EllertssonD
Substitutes
- 2L. TómassonD
- 6G. ÞórðarsonM
- 12H. ValdimarssonG
- 13A. EinarssonG
- 14Þ. HelgasonM
- 15B. WillumssonF
- 16S. ÞórðarsonM
- 17A. GunnarssonD
- 18M. AndersonM
- 19B. BjarkasonM
- 20K. HlynssonM
- 21D. GuðjohnsenF
Ukraine
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 2Y. KonoplyaD
- 7V. VanatF
- 8R. MalinovskyiM
- 9O. GutsulyakM
- 10M. ShaparenkoM
- 12A. TrubinG
- 13I. ZabarnyiD
- 16V. MykolenkoD
- 17H. SudakovM
- 21I. KalyuzhnyiM
- 22M. MatvienkoD
Substitutes
- 1H. BushchanG
- 3B. MykhailichenkoD
- 4O. SvatokD
- 5V. BondarD
- 6V. BrazhkoM
- 11A. DovbykF
- 14O. NazarenkoM
- 15O. OcheretkoM
- 18A. BondarenkoM
- 19N. VoloshynM
- 20V. VeletenM
- 23D. RiznykG
Iceland
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Guðmundsson | M | 90 | 8.7 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1/3 |
| Hakon Arnar Haraldsson(C) | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson | M | 86 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson | M | 69 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3/4 |
| Sverrir Ingi Ingason | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Andri Guðjohnsen | F | 86 | 6.6 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Daníel Grétarsson | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Mikael Ellertsson | D | 86 | 6.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Sævar Atli Magnússon | F | 69 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/2 |
| Victor Pálsson | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Elías Ólafsson | G | 90 | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Anton Ari Einarsson | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aron Gunnarsson | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefán Teitur Þórðarson | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Þórir Jóhann Helgason | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mikael Anderson | M | 10 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Logi Tomasson | D | 21 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2/2 |
| Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson | F | 10 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristian Hlynsson | M | 21 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Gisli Thordarson | M | 10 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
Ukraine
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruslan Malinovskyi | M | 87 | 7.9 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1/3 |
| Vitaliy Mykolenko | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3/3 |
| Ivan Kalyuzhnyi | M | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Oleksii Hutsuliak | M | 87 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0/2 |
| Vladyslav Vanat | F | 70 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ilya Zabarnyi | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mykola Matviyenko(C) | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgiy Sudakov | M | 39 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mykola Shaparenko | M | 70 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Yukhym Konoplia | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | G | 90 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Valeriy Bondar | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dmytro Riznyk | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Heorhiy Bushchan | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oleksandr Svatok | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bogdan Mykhaylichenko | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oleksandr Nazarenko | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Volodymyr Brazhko | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nazar Voloshyn | M | 51 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Oleg Ocheretko | M | 20 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Artem Bondarenko | M | 9 | 7.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Artem Dovbyk | F | 20 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Vladyslav Veleten | M | 9 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |