FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Serbia vs Austria, 2018 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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Serbia
  • 6': Aleksandar Mitrovic
  • 23': Aleksandar Mitrovic
  • 74': Dusan Tadic
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3 - 2
Austria
  • 15': Marcel Sabitzer
  • 62': Marc Janko

Aleksandar Mitrovic brace gives Serbia win over Austria

Aleksandar Mitrovic claimed a first-half brace as Serbia edged Austria 3-2 at Crvena Zvezda Stadium to move top of World Cup qualifying Group D.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 2': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': David Alaba (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
  • 4': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Antonio Rukavina with a cross.
  • 6': Goal! Serbia 1, Austria 0. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  • 8': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Aleksandar Kolarov.
  • 9': Foul by Filip Kostic (Serbia).
  • 9': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Marko Arnautovic (Austria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 15': Goal! Serbia 1, Austria 1. Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 17': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 17': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Martin Hinteregger (Austria).
  • 19': Corner, Austria. Conceded by Aleksandar Kolarov.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Marc Janko (Austria) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Klein with a cross.
  • 22': Foul by Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria).
  • 22': Luka Milivojevic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Goal! Serbia 2, Austria 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Janko with a through ball.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a through ball.
  • 28': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Ramazan Özcan.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Filip Kostic with a cross.
  • 31': David Alaba (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
  • 32': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Serbia).
  • 32': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
  • 33': Kevin Wimmer (Austria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 34': Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
  • 34': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Luka Milivojevic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov.
  • 37': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Serbia).
  • 37': Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Luka Milivojevic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Marc Janko (Austria).
  • 39': Foul by Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria).
  • 39': Luka Milivojevic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Filip Kostic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Marko Arnautovic (Austria) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Wimmer.
  • 43': Foul by Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia).
  • 43': Marko Arnautovic (Austria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Filip Kostic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Serbia 2, Austria 1.
  • 90'+6': Match ends, Serbia 3, Austria 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Serbia 2, Austria 1.
  • 46': Foul by Stefan Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 46': Marc Janko (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 47': Attempt saved. David Alaba (Austria) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 47': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 47': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Delay in match Marko Arnautovic (Austria) because of an injury.
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 54': Foul by Lubomir Fejsa (Serbia).
  • 54': Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Marko Arnautovic (Austria) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by David Alaba.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Antonio Rukavina (Serbia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  • 56': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Aleksandar Dragovic.
  • 57': Delay in match Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) because of an injury.
  • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 58': Substitution, Austria. Stefan Ilsanker replaces Julian Baumgartlinger because of an injury.
  • 59': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Ramazan Özcan.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Marko Arnautovic (Austria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Janko.
  • 62': Goal! Serbia 2, Austria 2. Marc Janko (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 63': Substitution, Austria. Alessandro Schöpf replaces Zlatko Junuzovic.
  • 63': Offside, Serbia. Stefan Mitrovic tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Mitrovic is caught offside.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  • 64': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Ramazan Özcan.
  • 65': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 65': Martin Hinteregger (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Substitution, Serbia. Aleksandar Katai replaces Filip Kostic.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Alessandro Schöpf (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Dragovic.
  • 71': Substitution, Austria. Sebastian Prödl replaces Aleksandar Dragovic because of an injury.
  • 74': Goal! Serbia 3, Austria 2. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov.
  • 77': Foul by Stefan Ilsanker (Austria).
  • 77': Lubomir Fejsa (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Stefan Ilsanker (Austria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Gudelj replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  • 80': Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Marko Arnautovic (Austria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marc Janko.
  • 85': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Kevin Wimmer.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 86': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Martin Hinteregger.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Antonio Rukavina.
  • 89': Attempt missed. David Alaba (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marc Janko.
  • 90': Substitution, Serbia. Nikola Maksimovic replaces Antonio Rukavina.
  • 90': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Florian Klein.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia).
  • 90'+1': Ramazan Özcan (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Austria. Alessandro Schöpf tries a through ball, but Marko Arnautovic is caught offside.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Alessandro Schöpf (Austria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+5': Offside, Serbia. Aleksandar Katai tries a through ball, but Dusan Tadic is caught offside.
  • 90'+5': Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (Austria).
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Serbia 3, Austria 2.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 5
56.5 Possession 43.5
13 SHOTS 13
7 ON GOAL 7
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
378 Accurate Passes 262
494 Passes 381
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
2 Accurate Crosses 4
19 Crosses 15
0.1 Cross % 0.3
84 Long Balls 86
41 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
0 Blocked Shots 3
15 Effective Tackles 19
20 Tackles 26
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
10 Effective Clearances 13
13 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Rajko Mitic Stadium
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 14,200

WCQ - UEFA Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Azerbaijan 0 0 0
2 France 0 0 0
3 Iceland 0 0 0
4 Ukraine 0 0 0
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Line-Ups

SRB Serbia (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Vladimir Stojkovic (GK)
13 Stefan Mitrovic
5 Matija Nastasic
6 Branislav Ivanovic
16 Luka Milivojevic Yellow Card
15 Ljubomir Fejsa
11 Aleksandar Kolarov
2 Antonio Rukavina
9 Aleksandar Mitrovic
17 Filip Kostic
10 Dusan Tadic
Serbia Substitutes:
Aleksandar Katai, Andrija Pavlovic, Filip Mladenovic, Zoran Tosic, Lazar Markovic, Nemanja Gudelj, Nikola Maksimovic, Jagos Vukovic, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Nikola Stojiljkovic, Nemanja Radoja, Predrag Rajkovic.

AUT Austria (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Ramazan Özcan (GK)
4 Martin Hinteregger
3 Aleksandar Dragovic
5 Kevin Wimmer
17 Florian Klein
10 Zlatko Junuzovic
8 David Alaba
14 Julian Baumgartlinger Yellow Card
21 Marc Janko
7 Marko Arnautovic
9 Marcel Sabitzer
Austria Substitutes:
Stefan Strangl, Lukas Hinterseer, Stefan Ilsanker, Deni Alar, Andreas Lukse, Michael Gregoritsch, Louis Schaub, Robert Almer, Alessandro Schöpf, Valentino Lazaro, Markus Suttner, Sebastian Prödl.

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