Finland vs San Marino Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H
FT · HT 5–17 – 2
Adrian Svanbäck 8′, 20′, 78′Leo Walta 17′Joel Pohjanpalo 36′, 42′Daniel Håkans 70′
Nicola Nanni 26′ (pen), 76′
Player of the matchJoel PohjanpaloFIN · 2 goals · 1 assist · 93′ played · 4 key passes · 4 shots (2 on target) · 3 duels won
9.8- Possession
- 67%33%
- Shots · on target in brackets
- 18 (11)6 (2)
- Corners
- 51
UEFA Nations LeagueMatchday 6Bolt ArenaRef G. Kabakov
This meeting
Minute by minute
45 of 113 updates- Santeri Väänänen from Finland is awarded a free kick on the right wing.
- Enea Della Balda from San Marino commits a foul.
- Santeri Väänänen from Finland is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
- Finland is awarded a corner after Edoardo Colombo concedes.
- Nicola Nanni from San Marino misses the attempt with a right-footed shot from outside the box, sending it high and wide to the right. The chance was set up by Andrea Contadini after a quick break.
- Substitution for Finland: Oliver Antman comes on for Adrian Svanbäck.
- GoalGoal! Finland leads 7-2 against San Marino. Adrian Svanbäck scores for Finland with a left-footed shot from the left side of the box into the bottom right corner, assisted by Roman Eremenko.
- GoalGoal! Finland 6, San Marino 2. Nicola Nanni scores for San Marino with a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the top right corner, assisted by Nicolas Giacopetti after a fast break.
- Lorenzo Lazzari from San Marino wins a free kick on the left wing.
- GoalGoal! Finland leads 6-1 against San Marino. Daniel Håkans scores with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box into the top right corner, assisted by Santeri Väänänen.
- Attempt missed. Roman Eremenko from Finland takes a right-footed shot from outside the box, but it goes high and wide to the right. He was assisted by Daniel Håkans.
- Robert Ivanov from Finland is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
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- Ryan Mahuta from Finland receives a yellow card for a bad foul.
- Foul committed by Ryan Mahuta of Finland.
- Substitution for Finland: Daniel Håkans comes on for Naatan Skyttä due to an injury.
- Alessandro Tosi from San Marino receives a yellow card for a foul.
- Foul committed by Santeri Väänänen of Finland.
- Lorenzo Lazzari from San Marino wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- Robert Ivanov from Finland receives a yellow card for a bad foul.
- Substitution for San Marino: Enea Della Balda comes on for Cristian Meloni.
- The second half begins with the score at Finland 5, San Marino 1.
- The fourth official has indicated there will be 1 minute of added time.
- GoalGoal! Finland 5, San Marino 1. Joel Pohjanpalo scores for Finland with a header from the center of the box into the bottom right corner, assisted by Leo Walta's cross from a set piece situation.
- Foul committed by Santeri Väänänen of Finland.
- Lorenzo Lazzari of San Marino is caught offside.
- GoalGoal! Finland leads 4-1 against San Marino. Joel Pohjanpalo scores for Finland with a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the high center of the goal after a set piece situation.
- Cristian Meloni from San Marino receives a yellow card for a foul.
- Joel Pohjanpalo commits a foul for Finland.
- Marco Pasolini from San Marino receives a yellow card for a foul.
- Foul committed by Marco Pasolini of San Marino.
- Foul committed by Robert Ivanov of Finland.
- GoalGoal! Nicola Nanni scores for San Marino with a right-footed shot to the center of the goal. The match score is now Finland 3, San Marino 1.
- VAR decision results in a penalty for San Marino.
- GoalGoal! Finland leads San Marino 3-0. Adrian Svanbäck scores for Finland with a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom right corner, assisted by Joel Pohjanpalo's through ball.
- GoalGoal! Finland leads San Marino 2-0. Leo Walta scores for Finland with a right-footed shot from a free kick into the top left corner.
- Giacomo Benvenuti from San Marino commits a foul.
- Lorenzo Lazzari of San Marino receives a yellow card for a foul.
- Lorenzo Lazzari commits a foul for San Marino.
- GoalGoal! Finland leads San Marino 1-0. Adrian Svanbäck scores for Finland with a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom left corner, assisted by Onni Valakari's through ball.
- Cristian Meloni commits a foul for San Marino.
- Lorenzo Lazzari commits a foul for San Marino.
- First half begins.
- The match ends with Finland winning 7-2 against San Marino.
- The second half ends with Finland leading San Marino 7-2.
- The first half ends with Finland leading San Marino 5-1.
Team stats
44 figures- 67%Possession33%
- 18Shots6
- 11Shots on target2
- 4Big chances3
- 5Corners1
- 588Passes284
- 14Fouls14
- 2Yellow cards4
All 44 stats
- Attack
- 5Accurate crosses1
- 119Attacks53
- 1Big chances missed1
- 10Crosses10
- 50Dangerous attacks17
- 12Dribble attempts11
- 0Offsides1
- 61%Shot accuracy33%
- 2Shots blocked1
- 11Shots inside box2
- 5Shots off target3
- 7Shots outside box4
- 7Successful dribbles2
- Passing
- 15Accurate long passes23
- 509Accurate passes225
- 80%Forward passes %73%
- 15Key passes2
- 52%Long pass accuracy51%
- 29Long passes45
- 87%Pass accuracy79%
- 59Passes in final third25
- Defence
- 46Ball recoveries39
- 74Ball safe70
- 38Duels won29
- 4Goal kicks9
- 4Headers won4
- 6Interceptions16
- 0Saves4
- 13Tackles9
- 8Tackles won8
- Discipline
- 14Free kicks13
- Other
- 1Injuries0
- 0Penalties1
- 110Possession lost104
- 5Substitutions5
- 16Throw-ins14
What stands out
- 88%on top
Finland had the upper hand in 79 of 90 minutes of the momentum series.
- 5–1half-time
The match stood at 5–1 at half-time before 2–1 after the break (7–2 full time).
Top ratings
XI avg 7.21 v 6.12
Joel PohjanpaloFIN9.8
Adrian SvanbäckFIN9.1
Leo WaltaFIN8.0
Daniel HåkansFIN7.8
Nicola NanniSMR7.6
Season comparison
as the teams came into the match- Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
- 2.73Goals per game (both sides)4.07
- 73%Over 1.587%
- 53%Over 2.580%
- 33%Over 3.547%
- 33%Both teams scored40%
- 27%Clean sheets7%
- 47%Failed to score60%
- Finland at home v San Marino away
- 5Played7
- 3Won0
- 1Drawn0
- 1Lost7
- 8-3Goals (for-against)4-29
- 2Points per game0
- 60%Over 2.586%
- 40%Clean sheets0%
- 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 games each
- 8-131st-half goals (for-against)5-25
- 12-82nd-half goals (for-against)1-30
- 60%Goals after half-time17%
- 87%Goal before half-time87%
- 4-3-8Half-time W-D-L0-5-10
- Corners & cards (last 15 matches each)
- 4.7Corners won / game2.3
- 4.6Corners conceded / game5.7
- 53%Over 9.5 corners33%
- 60%Won the corner count7%
- 1.2Yellow cards / game2.73
- 3Cards in the match / game5
- 40%Over 3.5 cards80%
- 1Red cards (total)3
TV channels
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- NOW TV · SKY Go Italia
- Germany
- DAZN Germany · DAZN 2 DE
- France
- L'Équipe · L'Équipe Live Foot
- Argentina
- Disney+ Premium · Disney+ Premium Argentina
+ 3 more countries
- Mexico
- Sky Sports Mexico · Sky+
- Spain
- DAZN
- Brazil
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Match strip & events
FIN 7–2 SMR · 2–4 yellow1′HT90′Finland on top 79 of 90 min · FIN 83% · SMR 17% pressure · peaks FIN 36′, SMR 26′
- Full time 7–2
- Andrea Contadinifor Nicolas Giacopetti
- Oliver Antmanfor Adrian Svanbäck
- Adrian Svanbäck7–2Goal · left foot · assist R. Eremenko
- Nicola Nanni6–2Goal · right foot · assist Nicolas Giacopetti
- Alessandro Golinuccifor Lorenzo Capicchioni
- Daniel Håkans6–1Goal · right foot · assist Santeri Väänänen
- Samuel Pancottifor Samuele Zannoni
- Tommaso Benvenutifor Marco Pasolini
- Ryan MahutaYellow card
- +Daniel Håkansfor Naatan Skyttä · injury
- A. TosiYellow card
- Robert IvanovYellow card
- Ryan Mahutafor Topi Keskinen
- Fredrik Jensenfor Ville Koski
- R. Eremenkofor Leo Walta
- Enea Della Baldafor Cristian Meloni
- Half-time 5–1
- Joel Pohjanpalo5–1Goal · header · assist Leo Walta
- Joel Pohjanpalo4–1Goal · right foot
- Cristian MeloniYellow card
- Marco PasoliniYellow card
- Nicola Nanni3–1Penalty goal
- Adrian Svanbäck3–0Goal · right foot · assist Joel Pohjanpalo
- Leo Walta2–0Goal · direct free kick
- Lorenzo LazzariYellow card
- Adrian Svanbäck1–0Goal · right foot · assist Onni Valakari
Ball territory & heatmap
928 ball coords26%FIN third 26% · Midfield 37% · SMR third 37%37%
Table
UEFA Nations League 2026/2027 · current| # | Team | P | W-D-L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5-0-1 | 12:3 | +9 | 15 | |
| 2 | 6 | 3-1-2 | 7:4 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 | 6 | 3-1-2 | 16:6 | +10 | 10 | |
| 4 | 6 | 0-0-6 | 3:25 | -22 | 0 |
Head-to-head
5 meetings on record since 20105-0-0Finland W-D-L · goals 24:1
5 FIN0 draws0 SMR- With Finland at home
- 2-0-0 (14:0)
- Goals per meeting
- 5
- Over 2.5 goals
- 80%
- Both teams scored
- 20%
- Won by the host
- 40%
- Last 5 (Finland)
- 5W 0D 0L · 5 goals/game
- San Marino0–7FinlandUEFA Nations League
- San Marino1–2FinlandEuro Qualification
- Finland6–0San MarinoEuro Qualification
- San Marino0–1FinlandEuro Qualification
- Finland8–0San MarinoEuro Qualification
Form
last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off- 4-0W17 Nov
- 2-0W27 Mar
- 1-1D30 Mar
- 0-4L31 May
- 1-2L5 Jun
- 7-0W26 Sep
- 0-0D29 Sep
- 2-1W3 Oct
- 0-1L6 Oct
- 0-2L12 Nov
4-2-4goals 17:111.40pts/game
Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below
- 1-7L18 Nov
- 1-2L28 Mar
- 0-0D31 Mar
- 1-2L5 Jun
- 1-2L9 Jun
- 0-7L26 Sep
- 0-3L29 Sep
- 0-4L3 Oct
- 1-2L6 Oct
- 0-2L12 Nov
0-1-9goals 5:310.10pts/game
latest 5
Matchday 6
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0–0
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1–4
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0–2
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15:00
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15:00
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17:00
Luxembourg - Estonia
17:00
Bulgaria
Match info
- Competition
- UEFA Nations League
- Season
- 2026/2027 · Matchday 6 of 24
- Stage
- League C
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Bolt Arena, Helsinki
- Capacity
- 10,770 · artificial turf
- Weather
- 8 °C · broken clouds · humidity 79%
- Referee
- G. Kabakov
- FIN coach
- Jacob Friis (1.47 PPG)
- SMR coach
- Roberto Cevoli
- Hashtag
- #FINSMR
Match summary
Finland beat San Marino 7-2 in the UEFA Nations League, League C.
Before kickoff, Finland sat 3rd on 7 points, while San Marino were 4th on 0 points. San Marino had lost 7 matches in a row before this one. Across 5 previous meetings on record, Finland won 5 and San Marino won 0, with 0 draws (5 goals per game).
Referee G. Kabakov has shown 5.2 yellow cards per match over 100 matches on record. Goals came from Adrian Svanbäck (8', 20', 78'), Leo Walta (17'), Joel Pohjanpalo (36', 42') and Daniel Håkans (70') for Finland and Nicola Nanni (26', 76') for San Marino.
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Lineups
Starting XIs · ratings at full time- 126.1Viljami Sinisalo93′
- 185.8Topi Keskinen↓46′
- 216.5Ville Koski↓46′
- 46.5Robert IvanovYC 93′
- 136.6Juho Lähteenmäki93′
- 157.6Onni ValakariA 93′
- 66.7Santeri VäänänenA 93′
- 108.0Leo WaltaG A ↓46′
- 86.7Naatan Skyttä↓56′+
- 209.8Joel Pohjanpalo2G A 93′
- 119.1Adrian Svanbäck3G ↓82′
- 15.6Edoardo Colombo93′
- 125.0A. TosiYC 93′
- 155.7Marco PasoliniYC ↓61′
- 25.8Giacomo Benvenuti93′
- 35.7Simone Giocondi93′
- 106.4Samuele Zannoni↓61′
- 86.5Lorenzo Capicchioni↓71′
- 166.0Cristian MeloniYC ↓46′
- 216.3Lorenzo LazzariYC 93′
- 97.6Nicola Nanni2G 93′
- 116.8Nicolas GiacopettiA ↓83′
- 7Oliver AntmanFW · ↑82′6.8
- 9Fredrik JensenMF · ↑46′6.4
- 16R. EremenkoMF · A ↑46′7.6
- 17Ryan MahutaDF · YC ↑46′6.8
- 22Daniel HåkansMF · G ↑56′7.8
- 1Lukas HradeckyGK
- 3Arttu HoskonenDF
- 19Benjamin KällmanFW
- 23Lucas BergströmGK
SubstitutesCoaches: Jacob Friis (1.47 PPG) · Roberto CevoliG goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off
- 5Tommaso BenvenutiDF · ↑61′6.2
- 6Andrea ContadiniMF · ↑83′6.7
- 17Alessandro GolinucciMF · ↑71′6.3
- 18Enea Della BaldaMF · ↑46′6.3
- 19Samuel PancottiFW · ↑61′6.5
- 4Bartolomeo RiggioniDF
- 7Gabriel CapicchioniFW
- 13Pietro AmiciGK
- 14Fausto SalicioniFW
- 20Pietro MarinucciDF
- 22Marcello MularoniMF
- 23Mirco De AngelisGK
Player leaders
this matchShots
- Joel PohjanpaloFIN4 (2)
- Nicola NanniSMR4 (2)
- Adrian SvanbäckFIN3 (3)
Big chances created
- Joel PohjanpaloFIN1
- Leo WaltaFIN1
- Onni ValakariFIN1
Passes
- Robert IvanovFIN69/78
- Santeri VäänänenFIN68/75
- Juho LähteenmäkiFIN51/61
Progressive passes
- Robert IvanovFIN72 (92%)
- Santeri VäänänenFIN68 (91%)
- Ville KoskiFIN48 (96%)
Final-third passes
- Robert IvanovFIN14
- R. EremenkoFIN7
- Santeri VäänänenFIN6
Key passes
- Joel PohjanpaloFIN4
- R. EremenkoFIN4
- Adrian SvanbäckFIN1
Ball recoveries
- Onni ValakariFIN6
- Simone GiocondiSMR6
- Edoardo ColomboSMR6
Duels won
- Ryan MahutaFIN7/10
- Santeri VäänänenFIN6/13
- Lorenzo LazzariSMR6/14
Dribbles
- Daniel HåkansFIN2/2
- Ryan MahutaFIN2/4
- Joel PohjanpaloFIN1/2
Tackles
- Ryan MahutaFIN5
- Juho LähteenmäkiFIN3
- Simone GiocondiSMR2
Clearances
- Ryan MahutaFIN4
- Giacomo BenvenutiSMR4
- Simone GiocondiSMR4
Saves
- Edoardo ColomboSMR4
Goal timing
goals per 15-minute window · last 20 v 20 matches- 441-15
- 6516-30
- 3631-45+
- 2546-60
- 4461-75
- 5476-90+
24:28 goals 8:59Bar and top figure: scored. Red figure: conceded. A goal from minute 76 on in 35% v 45% of their matches.
- 1131-15
- 1716-30
- 2931-45+
- 11146-60
- 2761-75
- 11276-90+
Referee
G. Kabakov- Cards / match
- 5.59this match 6 (+0.41)
- Yellows / match
- 5.16this match 6
- Reds / match
- 0.43
- Penalties / match
- 0.2523% of matches
- Fouls / match
- 22.1this match 28
2.33Home 2.33 vs Away 2.83 yellows/match · +0.50 away · 16–27 red · 4 coach cards2.83
38%Results in 100 recent matches · draw 30%32%
home winsaway wins- With Finland
- 0-0-1 in 1 · 1 yellows/game
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