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The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group F is one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consists of six teams: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Malta.

The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][2]

The group winners will qualify directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Among the nine group runners-up, the eight best runners-up will advance to the play-offs, where they will be drawn into four home-and-away ties to determine the other four qualifiers.[1]

Standings

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[3]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F table

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw.[1][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).[5]

Lithuania 2–2 Slovenia
Černych 32'
Slivka 34'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Krhin 77'
Cesar 90+3'
Attendance: 4,114
Slovakia 0–1 England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Lallana 90+5'
Attendance: 18,111
Malta 1–5 Scotland
Effiong 14' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Snodgrass 10', 61' (pen.), 84'
C. Martin 53'
S. Fletcher 78'
Attendance: 15,069
England 2–0 Malta
Sturridge 29'
Alli 38'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 81,781
Scotland 1–1 Lithuania
McArthur 89' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Černych 59'
Attendance: 35,966
Slovenia 1–0 Slovakia
Kronaveter 74' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 10,492
Lithuania 2–0 Malta
Černych 76'
Novikovas 84' (pen.)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 5,067
Slovakia 3–0 Scotland
Mak 18', 56'
Nemec 68'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 11,098
Slovenia 0–0 England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 13,274
England 3–0 Scotland
Sturridge 23'
Lallana 50'
Cahill 61'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 87,258
Malta 0–1 Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Verbič 47'
Attendance: 4,207
Slovakia 4–0 Lithuania
Nemec 12'
Kucka 15'
Škrtel 36'
Hamšík 86'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 9,653
England v Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Malta v Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Scotland v Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Scotland v England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Slovenia v Malta
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Lithuania v Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Lithuania v Scotland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Malta v England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Slovakia v Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
England v Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Scotland v Malta
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Slovenia v Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
England v Slovenia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Malta v Lithuania
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Scotland v Slovakia
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Lithuania v England
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Slovakia v Malta
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Slovenia v Scotland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)

Goalscorers

There have been 29 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.42 goals per match.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[6]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Player Team Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
Mišo Brečko  Slovenia Red card vs Ukraine in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (17 November 2015) vs Lithuania (4 September 2016)
Martin Škrtel  Slovakia Yellow card Yellow-red card vs England (4 September 2016) vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)
Jonathan Caruana  Malta Red card vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs England (8 October 2016)
Luke Gambin  Malta Red card vs Scotland (4 September 2016) vs England (8 October 2016)
Tomáš Hubočan  Slovakia Yellow card vs England (4 September 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (8 October 2016)		 vs Scotland (11 October 2016)
Jonathan Caruana  Malta Red card vs Lithuania (11 October 2016) vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)
Aljaž Struna  Slovenia Yellow card vs Slovakia (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs England (11 October 2016)		 vs Malta (11 November 2016)
Gary Cahill  England Yellow card vs Slovenia (11 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Scotland (11 November 2016)		 vs Lithuania (26 March 2017)
Georgas Freidgeimas  Lithuania Yellow card vs Scotland (8 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovakia (11 November 2016)		 vs England (26 March 2017)
Andrei Agius  Malta Yellow card vs Lithuania (11 October 2016)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (11 November 2016)		 vs Slovakia (26 March 2017)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 11 November 2016, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup qualifying draw format". UEFA.com. 16 June 2015.
  2. ^ "European teams learn World Cup qualifying fate". UEFA.com. 25 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ "World Cup European Qualifiers fixtures confirmed". UEFA.com. 26 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Fixture List – 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference regulations was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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