San Marino vs Cyprus match stats & report

0–4 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Europe · Group Stage - 8 · San Marino Stadium, Serravalle · Ref A. Aghayev

San Marino stats & fixtures · Cyprus stats & fixtures

San Marino lost to Cyprus 0–4 in the World Cup - Qualification Europe (Group Stage - 8) on 12 October 2025. Expected goals finished 0.81–3.19. Cyprus had 71% of the ball.

San Marino vs Cyprus match statistics

San MarinoCyprus

29% Ball possession 71%
0.81 Expected goals (xG) 3.19
5 Total shots 18
0 Shots on target 7
4 Shots off target 6
1 Blocked shots 5
1 Shots inside the box 12
2 Corners 5
15 Fouls 13
0 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 3
242 Passes 600
75% Pass accuracy 87%
3 Goalkeeper saves 0

Goals and cards

9' Goal L. Loizou (assist K. Pileas) Cyprus
41' Yellow card K. Pileas Cyprus
45+3' Yellow card L. Capicchioni San Marino
45+3' Yellow card Ioannis Pittas Cyprus
51' Yellow card L. Lazzari San Marino
59' Goal S. Andreou Cyprus
67' Penalty scored G. Kastanos Cyprus
70' Yellow card K. Laifis Cyprus
79' Goal A. Kakoullis (assist Anderson Correia) Cyprus

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

San Marino

Confirmed 4-3-3 Roberto Cevoli

1 E. Colombo

3 A. Riccardi 6 D. Rossi 5 M. Cevoli 4 M. Sammaritani

18 Samuele Zannoni 8 L. Capicchioni 17 A. Golinucci

21 L. Lazzari 9 N. Nanni 11 A. Contadini

Bench M. Zavoli , P. Amici , G. Matteoni , M. Vitaioli , F. Berardi , A. Tosi , G. Valentini , G. Capicchioni , N. Giacopetti , N. Sensoli , M. Mularoni , V. Casadei

Cyprus

Confirmed 4-3-2-1 Apostolos Mantzios

1 J. Mall

2 K. Pileas 19 K. Laifis 16 S. Andreou 17 A. Shikkis

20 G. Kastanos 5 C. Charalampous 18 K. Artymatas

21 M. Tzionis 10 L. Loizou

9 Ioannis Pittas

Bench P. Kyriakou , N. Michael , N. Panagiotou , H. Kyprianou , G. Satsias , Anderson Correia , I. Kousoulos , A. Kakoullis , G. Angelopoulos , G. Malekkides , N. Koutsakos , C. Kyriakou

Form guide

San Marino at home

0–1–5 in 6 matches

Scored: 0.3 per game
Conceded: 3.0 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 6
Corners: 3.0 per game
Shots on target: 1.0 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 6 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Cyprus away

2–2–1 in 5 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 5
Corners: 6.8 per game
Shots on target: 5.3 per game

Based on 5 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

San Marino vs Cyprus head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
21 Mar 25	Cyprus v San Marino	2–0
11 Jun 24	San Marino v Cyprus	1–4
9 Sep 19	San Marino v Cyprus	0–4
21 Mar 19	Cyprus v San Marino	5–0

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full San Marino vs Cyprus head-to-head record