The story
Slovenia beat Cyprus 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup Qualification, matchday 10.
Slovenia's goals came from Miha Zajc (48') and Adam Gnezda Cerin (84'); Andronikos Kakoullis (89') replied for Cyprus.
It was 0-0 at half-time.
Slovenia had 68% of the ball and 16 shots to Cyprus' 4.
Match stats
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Key moments
- 48' Miha Zajc Goal · Slovenia 1-0
- 84' Adam Gnezda Cerin Goal · Slovenia 2-0 Assist: Zan Celar
- 89' Andronikos Kakoullis Goal · Cyprus 2-1 Assist: Grigoris Kastanos
Line-ups
Slovenia
- Jan OblakGoalkeeper
- Jaka BijolDefender
- Petar StojanovicDefender
- Zan KarnicnikDefender
- Jure BalkovecDefender
- Miha Zajcoff 84'Midfielder
- Jasmin KurticMidfielder
- Adam Gnezda CerinMidfielder
- Benjamin Verbicoff 31'Midfielder
- Josip IlicicForward
- Zan Celaroff 90'Forward
Cyprus
- Neofytos MichailGoalkeeper
- Konstantinos LaifisDefender
- Marios AntoniadisDefender
- Stelios AndreouDefender
- Andreas Avraamoff 90'Defender
- Marios DimitriouDefender
- Grigoris KastanosMidfielder
- Kostakis ArtymatasMidfielder
- Marinos Tzionisoff 75'Forward
- Pieros SotiriouForward
- Fotis Papoulisoff 81'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 31' 🟨 Jasmin Kurtic
- 36' 🟨 Stelios Andreou
- 40' 🟨 Kostakis Artymatas
- 45+3' 🟨 Petar Stojanovic
- 48' ⚽ Miha Zajc
- 83' 🟨 Grigoris Kastanos
- 84' ⚽ Adam Gnezda Cerinassist Zan Celar
- 89' ⚽ Andronikos Kakoullisassist Grigoris Kastanos
Head to head
0Slovenia wins0Draws1Cyprus wins

