Greece beat Cyprus 1-2. Cyprus controlled the ball — 61% possession — but had nothing to show for it. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 12 shots. Best on the pitch was Kostas Mitroglou, rated 7.9.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — UEFA
   CYP 3-4-2-1·4-4-1-1 GRE
   Coach: R. Ben Shimon · M. SkibbeReferee: Alberto Undiano📍 Neo GSP
2. 1. First half
   2. 17'
      

      GRE
      Yellow card
      Vasilis Torosidis
   3. 18'
      CYP
      GOOOAL!Pieros Sotiriou
   4. 24'
      

      GRE
      GOOOAL!Kostas MitroglouAssist: P. Mandalos
   5. 26'
      

      GRE
      GOOOAL!A. TziolisAssist: K. Fortounis
   6. 36'
      CYP
      Yellow card
      Vincent Laban
3. 1. Second half
   2. 60'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲N. Alexandrou▼M. Antoniades
   3. 70'
      

      GRE
      Substitution
      ▲P. Retsos▼Vasilis Torosidis
   4. 76'
      

      GRE
      Substitution
      ▲Anastasios Donis▼Kostas Fortounis
   5. 80'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲G. Economides▼Grigoris Kastanos
   6. 86'
      

      GRE
      Yellow card
      Anastasios Donis
   7. 86'
      CYP
      Substitution
      ▲N. Mytides▼R. Margaça
   8. 89'
      

      GRE
      Substitution
      ▲Andreas Samaris▼Kostas Mitroglou
   9. 90'
      

      GRE
      Yellow card
      Andreas Samaris
   10. 90'
       

       GRE
       Yellow card
       Kostas Manolas