Moldova vs 29.09.26 16:001 – 1Full Time
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Match report
Moldova held to draw by Faroe Islands despite dominating at Zimbru
Moldova and the Faroe Islands shared the points in a 1-1 draw at Zimbru in matchday two of League C - 2 in the UEFA Nations League. Viljormur í Davidsen converted a penalty in the 26th minute to put the visitors ahead, and that scoreline held into half-time despite the hosts' territorial dominance.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Moldova pushed for an equaliser throughout the second half and got their reward in the 66th minute when Sergiu Perciun levelled the contest at 1-1, a scoreline that stood until the final whistle. The result left Moldova without a win, while the Faroe Islands maintained their unbeaten sequence in the group.
The match statistics told the story of a lopsided contest despite the level outcome. Moldova had 70 percent of possession and produced 22 shots to the Faroe Islands' six, yet could not turn that dominance into more than a single goal, with the visitors' resilience epitomised by their solitary penalty conversion standing up for so long.
Perciun scored Moldova's equaliser and was rated the top performer on the pitch with a mark of 8.2, providing the moment that rescued a point for the hosts.
Moldova's 22 shots to the Faroe Islands' six underlined how one-sided the territorial battle was, even though the visitors held out for a draw.
Moldova and Faroe Islands drew 1–1 (half-time 0–1).
Moldova met Faroe Islands in the UEFA Nations League (League C - 2). Kick-off was Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 16:00 UTC at Zimbru. Referee: Julian Weinberger.
Team pages: Moldova · Faroe Islands · UEFA Nations League
Key moments
- 26' Goal (penalty): Viljormur í Davidsen — 0–1 · Watch Viljormur í Davidsen's goal video (26')
- 66' Goal: Sergiu Perciun — 1–1 · Watch Sergiu Perciun's goal video (66')
Starting line-ups
Moldova (3-5-1-1)
- 12 Dumitru Celeadnic
- 6 Mihail Gherasimencov
- 18 Iurie Iovu
- 5 Cătălin Cucoș
- 2 Oleg Reabciuk
- 11 Victor Stînă
- 4 V. Baboglo
- 14 Vladimir Fratea
- 16 Danila Forov
- 21 Dmitri Mandrîcenco
- 15 Petru Popescu
Faroe Islands (5-4-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Moldova 38%, the draw 27%, Faroe Islands 35%. It finished Moldova 1–1 Faroe Islands.
Home ground outweighs Faroe Islands' rating edge — Faroe Islands are the stronger side on our strength rating, but home ground gives Moldova the lean. The draw at 27% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Moldova at 38%?
Home ground, against the rating. Faroe Islands sit 61 points higher on our strength rating — 1287 to 1348. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge on the road won 32.5% of 10,284 such games.
Why only 38%?
Because Faroe Islands are the stronger side on our strength rating. Faroe Islands hold 6 more possession points (40 to 34 in recent games) across a 61-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.5% of 8,533 such games where the class table expected 40.7%.
Why the draw at 27%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 29.0%. These teams' recent games average 3.4 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.0% of 16,964. The goals environment takes 2.5 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Moldova are 1 game into a new manager (L. Popescu), appointed 28 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. Moldova (9 fully-tracked matches with us) and Faroe Islands (9) carry strength ratings anchored to the official international ratings list, so the class read stands on far more than our own short records. National sides play too few games for a record built from scratch, so their rating chain starts from the published international ratings instead of a blind first guess.
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About this match
On this page: the Moldova vs Faroe Islands final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Nations League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Viljormur í Davidsen's goal against Moldova (26').
- Watch Sergiu Perciun's goal against Faroe Islands (66').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Moldova 1–1 Faroe Islands. Explore more on the Moldova and Faroe Islands team pages or the UEFA Nations League page.