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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2006 - Group 8

Stadion Maksimir - Zagreb - Croatia

October 08, 2005

34 015

1 - 0

Sweden

Darijo Srna

55'

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55' - Goal Darijo Srna55

66' - Substitution Tobias Linderothis substituted by Christian Wilhelmsson photo Johan Elmander

66' - Substitution Mattias Jonsonis substituted by Johan Elmander

70' - Substitution Ivan Klasnicis substituted by Ivan Bosnjak70

71' - Substitution Anders Svenssonis substituted by Kim Källström

92' - Substitution Dado Prsois substituted by Dario Simic92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Croatia

1 - 0

Sweden

Croatia Sweden

Team line-ups

Croatia

Butina

Tomislav Butina

Croatia

B.date30/03/1974

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Tomas

Stjepan Tomas

Croatia

B.date03/06/1976

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

R. Kovac

Robert Kovac

Croatia

B.date06/04/1974

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Tudor

Igor Tudor

Croatia

B.date16/04/1978

Age27 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Simunic

Josip Simunic

Croatia

B.date18/02/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionLeft central defender

Srna55

Darijo Srna

Croatia

B.date01/05/1982

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Babic

Marko Babic

Croatia

B.date21/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m89

positionLeft full-back

Niko Kovac

Croatia

B.date15/10/1971

Age33 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kranjcar

Niko Kranjcar

Croatia

B.date13/08/1984

Age21 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Prso90+2

Dado Prso

Croatia

B.date05/11/1974

Age30 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Klasnic70

Ivan Klasnic

Croatia

B.date29/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tomislav Butina		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stjepan Tomas		29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Kovac		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Tudor		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Josip Simunic		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darijo Srna	55	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marko Babic		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kovac		33	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kranjcar		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dado Prso	90+2	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivan Klasnic	70	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sweden

Isaksson

Andreas Isaksson

Sweden

B.date03/10/1981

Age24 years

H1m99

positionGoalkeeper

Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age28 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

Lucic

Teddy Lucic

Sweden

B.date15/04/1973

Age32 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

Östlund

Alexander Östlund

Sweden

B.date02/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Edman

Erik Edman

Sweden

B.date11/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Linderoth66

Tobias Linderoth

Sweden

B.date21/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Jonson66

Mattias Jonson

Sweden

B.date16/01/1974

Age31 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Svensson71

Anders Svensson

Sweden

B.date17/07/1976

Age29 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Alexandersson

Niclas Alexandersson

Sweden

B.date29/12/1971

Age33 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Ljungberg

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Larsson

Henrik Larsson

Sweden

B.date20/09/1971

Age34 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andreas Isaksson		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Olof Mellberg		28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Teddy Lucic		32	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alexander Östlund		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Erik Edman		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tobias Linderoth	66	26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mattias Jonson	66	31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Svensson	71	29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niclas Alexandersson		33	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Henrik Larsson		34	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Dario Simic	90+2	29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ivan Bosnjak	70	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Christian Wilhelmsson	66	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kim Källström	71	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johan Elmander	66	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tomislav Butina

Stipe Pletikosa

OUT

Ivan Klasnic

Bosko Balaban

OUT

Stjepan Tomas

Mario Tokic

OUT

Robert Kovac

Dario Simic

OUT

Igor Tudor

Anthony Seric

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mattias Jonson

Christoffer Andersson

OUT

Erik Edman

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

OUT

Anders Svensson

Christian Wilhelmsson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Zlatko Kranjcar

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Kranjcar vs Sweden

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2005

Kranjcar vs Lagerbäck

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Lars Lagerbäck

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Lagerbäck vs Croatia

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 08, 2005

Lagerbäck vs Kranjcar

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 08, 2005

Referee

Massimo De Santis

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia1 match	General total	Sweden2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia1 match	Season total	Sweden1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 08, 2005					Latest figure on October 08, 2005

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Key figures

Croatia keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal scored in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 05/09/2001). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/06/2001 (4 matches)

The last time Sweden has ended with the score 0-1 away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 06/09/1997 (vs )

Croatia keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Sweden running (since 30/04/2003). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCroatia 1-0 Israel18/08/2004

VCroatia 3-0 Hungary04/09/2004

DCroatia 2-2 Bulgaria09/10/2004

VCroatia 4-0 Iceland26/03/2005

VCroatia 3-0 Malta30/03/2005

DCroatia 1-1 Brazil17/08/2005

Overall

VCroatia 4-0 Iceland26/03/2005

VCroatia 3-0 Malta30/03/2005

VBulgaria 1-3 Croatia04/06/2005

DCroatia 1-1 Brazil17/08/2005

VIceland 1-3 Croatia03/09/2005

DMalta 1-1 Croatia07/09/2005

Current form

Away

VMalta 0-7 Sweden04/09/2004

VIceland 1-4 Sweden13/10/2004

VScotland 1-4 Sweden17/11/2004

DFrance 1-1 Sweden09/02/2005

VBulgaria 0-3 Sweden26/03/2005

VHungary 0-1 Sweden07/09/2005

Overall

VBulgaria 0-3 Sweden26/03/2005

VSweden 6-0 Malta04/06/2005

LSweden 2-3 Norway08/06/2005

VSweden 2-1 Czech Republic17/08/2005

VSweden 3-0 Bulgaria03/09/2005

VHungary 0-1 Sweden07/09/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	7
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	13	7
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	8	3
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	9	7
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
6	Victories (Competition total)	7
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.38
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.75
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.25
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.25

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	7-0 (1 times)

Bookings

24	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dado Prso	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Freddie Ljungberg
Dado Prso	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Zlatan Ibrahimovic
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Freddie Ljungberg
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Freddie Ljungberg
Bosko Balaban	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Historical head to head

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	September 08, 2004
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

September 08, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Sweden

0 - 1

Croatia

April 30, 2003 - Rencontres amicales 2003

Sweden

1 - 2

Croatia

Best historical scorers against Sweden

Darijo Srna	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Boris Zivkovic	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Ivica Olic	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Croatia

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

1 goal

2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sweden

Ivica Olic	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Darijo Srna	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Marko Babic	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Josip Simunic	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Dado Prso	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Robert Kovac	2 matches	2003 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Mattias Jonson	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Teddy Lucic	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Anders Svensson	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Marcus Allbäck	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Andreas Isaksson	2 matches	2003 - 2004