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NEW ZEALAND vs. SLOVAKIA
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Royal Bafokeng Stadium

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
NEW ZEALAND
1 – 1
SLOVAKIA
✦ REFEREE: Jerome Damon
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 50' ⚽ Róbert Vittek
  • 72' •
  • 78' •
  • 81' •
  • 84' •
  • 90' •
  • 90' ⚽ Winston Reid
▶ MATCH STATS
NZL 49% POSSESSION 51% SVK
NZL 10 SHOTS 14 SVK
NZL 2 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 SVK
NZL 17 FOULS 15 SVK
NZL 1 SAVES 1 SVK
NZL 0 RED CARDS 0 SVK
▶ LINE-UPS
NEW ZEALAND
STARTING XI
  1. GKMark Paston
  2. DFRyan Nelsen
  3. DFTommy Smith
  4. DFWinston Reid⚽
  5. MFIvan Vicelich
  6. MFSimon Elliott
  7. MFTony Lochhead
  8. MFLeo Bertos
  9. FWRory Fallon
  10. FWShane Smeltz
  11. FWChris Killen
SUBSTITUTES
  • Chris Wood▲ 72'
  • Jeremy Christie▲ 78'
SLOVAKIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKJan Mucha
  2. DFJan Durica
  3. DFMartin Skrtel
  4. DFMarek Cech
  5. DFRadoslav Zabavnik
  6. MFMarek Hamsik
  7. MFZdeno Strba
  8. MFErik Jendrisek
  9. MFVladimir Weiss
  10. FWStanislav Sestak
  11. FWRóbert Vittek⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Filip Holosko▲ 81'
  • Miroslav Stoch▲ 84'
  • Juraj Kucka▲ 90'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

NEW ZEALAND
The All Whites
EST. 1891
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
SLOVAKIA
The Falcons
EST. 1938

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ NEW ZEALAND
▶ SLOVAKIA
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