Serbia vs Albania
Ref: I. Kovacs
Match recap
Albania beat Serbia 1–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Manaj scored for Albania. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.24 for Serbia versus 0.54 for Albania.
First Half
42'
Shehu
Yellow Card
45+2'
Manaj
Yellow Card
45'
⚽
Manaj
Assist: Ajeti
Second Half
⇄
Živković
⇄
Mitrović
63'
⇄
Broja
⇄
Maksimović
⇄
Samardžić
78'
⇄
Manaj
78'
⇄
Laçi
⇄
Stanković
Veljković
Yellow Card
90+3'
⇄
Uzuni
Jović
Yellow Card
90'
Mitaj
Yellow Card
Match Statistics
SerbiaAlbania
12Won
Statistical edge
12–2
battles won across 14 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.24VS0.54
Attack6 · 0 won
15
Shots
5
6
Shots on target
3
9
Shots in the box
3
6
Shots outside box
2
6
Shots off goal
2
4
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
55%
Possession
45%
441
Total passes
379
361
Accurate passes
294
82%
Pass accuracy
78%
Discipline1 · 1 won
19
Fouls
14
2
Yellow cards
3
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
6
3
Blocked shots
0
Serbia
3-4-1-2
Albania
4-3-3
Serbia
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 3S. PavlovićD
- 4Veljko MilosavljevićD
- 5N. MaksimovićM
- 7A. StankovićM
- 9A. MitrovićF
- 10L. SamardžićF
- 11F. KostićM
- 12Đ. PetrovićG
- 13M. VeljkovićD
- 14A. ŽivkovićM
- 23D. VlahovićF
Substitutes
- 1P. RajkovićG
- 2V. DragojevićM
- 6O. UgresićM
- 8L. JovićF
- 15J. ŠimićD
- 16S. ErakovićD
- 17D. ZukićM
- 18A. IlićF
- 19L. RanđelovićM
- 20V. KostovM
- 21D. RosićG
- 22S. MitrovićF
Albania
4-3-3Starting XI
- 1T. StrakoshaG
- 3M. MitajD
- 4E. HysajD
- 5A. AjetiD
- 6B. DjimsitiD
- 7R. ManajF
- 8K. AsllaniM
- 11M. UzuniF
- 14Q. LaçiM
- 18J. ShehuM
- 22A. BrojaF
Substitutes
- 2I. BalliuD
- 9J. AsaniF
- 10N. BajramiM
- 12M. DajsinaniG
- 13E. MihajD
- 15K. CakeD
- 16M. BerishaM
- 17N. AlijiD
- 19M. DakuF
- 20Y. RamadaniM
- 21A. HoxhaF
- 23S. SimoniG
Serbia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrija Živković | M | 63 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Veljko Milosavljević | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lazar Samardžić | F | 75 | 7.5 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/3 |
| Filip Kostić | M | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Miloš Veljković | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Strahinja Pavlović | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Aleksandar Stanković | M | 84 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Đorđe Petrović | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleksandar Mitrović(C) | F | 63 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Nemanja Maksimović | M | 75 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dušan Vlahović | F | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3/7 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Vanja Dragojević | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ognjen Ugrešić | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan-Carlo Simić | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Predrag Rajković | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lazar Ranđelović | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dragan Rosić | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Strahinja Eraković | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luka Jović | F | 27 | 7.0 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Vasilije Kostov | M | 15 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dejan Zukić | M | 15 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrej Ilić | F | 10 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefan Mitrović | F | 27 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
Albania
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Strakosha | G | 90 | 8.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rey Manaj | F | 78 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Elseid Hysaj | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Berat Djimsiti(C) | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristjan Asllani | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Arlind Ajeti | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Mario Mitaj | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/4 |
| Juljan Shehu | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Qazim Laci | M | 78 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Myrto Uzuni | F | 89 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/3 |
| Armando Broja | F | 63 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3/5 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Medon Berisha | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naser Aliji | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enea Mihaj | D | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Iván Balliu | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ylber Ramadani | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Simon Simoni | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Klisman Cake | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mario Dajsinani | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jasir Asani | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mirlind Daku | F | 12 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Nedim Bajrami | M | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2/2 |
| Arber Hoxha | F | 27 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |