FC Zurich vs Linfield FC, Europe 2021-22 QUALIFICATION ROUND 3
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Zurich vs Linfield FC — Europe .
- FC Zurich 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Linfield FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Aug Linfield FC H 3–0 W 04 Aug Linfield FC A 2–0 W 27 Jul Qarabag Agdam FK H 2–2 D 19 Jul Qarabag Agdam FK A 2–3 L 21 Feb SSC Napoli A 0–2 L 14 Feb SSC Napoli H 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Aug FC Zurich A 0–3 L 04 Aug FC Zurich H 0–2 L 27 Jul FK Bodo/Glimt A 0–8 L 19 Jul FK Bodo/Glimt H 1–0 W 13 Jul The New Saints FC H 2–0 W 05 Jul The New Saints FC A 0–1 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
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Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Linfield FC gets underway.
- 5' Cammy Palmer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 10' It’s high time Franco Foda made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 11' GOAL! Donis Avdijaj scores on 11. Assisted by Antonio Marchesano
- 16' Supporters expect more eagerness from Christopher McKee, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 21' It looks surprising FC Zurich does not make any changes. Aiyegun Tosin has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 26' GOAL! Donis Avdijaj scores on 26.
- 31' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 33' Cammy Palmer was booked on 33.
- 38' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 38 minutes.
- 43' Linfield FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 46' Time for substitution for FC Zurich. Donis Avdijaj is replaced by Bledian Krasniqi.
- 51' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kirk Millar suffering a number of foals already.
- 56' FC Zurich is showing some good football. However, FC Zurich are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 59' Linfield FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 59.
- 62' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Lindrit Kamberi.
- 63' The whistle greets Christopher McKee as he departs to be replaced by Eetu Vertainen.
- 65' Kyle McClean is having his name booked by the referee on 65.
- 66' Another change for FC Zurich made on 66 minute. Nikola Boranijasevic leaves to be changed by Fabian Rohner.
- 71' FC Zurich started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 71.
- 74' FC Zurich manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Blerim Dzemaili is hanging Ole Kristian Selnaes on the field on 74 minute.
- 78' The supporters are chanting for Andrew Clarke. He replaces Cammy Palmer on 78 minute.
- 81' FC Zurich player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 84' Goal! Ivan Santini scores his 28 goal in 385 matches.
- 85' Kirk Millar is replacing Conor Pepper for the Linfield FC side.
- 90' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- Full Time. FC Zurich beats Linfield FC
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Lineups
FC Zurich Lineups
Starting XI
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- 25
- 10
- 31
- 2
- 15
- 6
- 19
- 17
- 8
Bench
- 28
- 16
- 21
- 9
- 23
- 4
- 7
- 11
- 33
- 1
- 22
- 34
Coach Franco FodaLinfield FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 8
- 16
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Jamie Mulgrew ↓ Joshua Archer 85'
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9
Joel Cooper ↓ Ethan Devine 63'
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- 18
- 4
- 1
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25
Conor Pepper ↓ Kirk Millar 85'
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35
Cammy Palmer ↓ Andrew Clarke 78'
- 17
Bench
- 15
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23
Eetu Vertainen ↑ 63'
- 5
- 20
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7
Kirk Millar ↑ 85'
- 51
- 14
- 52
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34
Andrew Clarke ↑ 78'
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53
Joshua Archer ↑ 85'
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19
Ethan Devine ↑ 63'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Donis Avdijaj 2 Aiyegun Tosin 1 Degnand Gnonto 1 Ivan Santini 1 FC Zurich Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.19 FC Zurich xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.74 Linfield FC xGI would bet for: FC Zurich to win 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Zurich winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.93Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
FC Zurich or Draw 88%Draw or Linfield FC 33%FC Zurich or Linfield FC 80%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Zurich win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 12.7%1 – 0 11.3%1 – 1 9.4%2 – 1 9.1%3 – 0 Actual0 – 0 7%3 – 1 6.7%4 – 0 4.9%4 – 1 3.7%2 – 2 3.4%0 – 1 3.3%1 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — FC Zurich
Handicap FC Zurich covers Push Linfield FC covers -2.5 25% — 75% -2 25% 21% 54% -1.5 46% — 54% -1 46% 23% 31% -0.5 69% — 31% +0.5 90% — 10% +1 90% 7% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 2% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
FC Zurich keeps clean sheet 48% ✗Linfield FC keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.