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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2006 - Group 3

Nacional Do Jamor - Oeiras - Portugal

October 12, 2005

35 000

3 - 0

Latvia

Pauleta

20'

Pauleta

22'

Hugo Viana

86'

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20' - Goal Pauleta20

22' - Goal Pauleta22

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46' - Substitution Cristiano Ronaldois substituted by Nuno Gomes46

57' - Substitution Pauletais substituted by Hélder Postiga57

57' - Substitution Genadijs Solonicinsis substituted by Aleksejs Visnakovs photo Gatis Kalnins

57' - Substitution Vits Rimkusis substituted by Gatis Kalnins

73' - Substitution Maris Verpakovskisis substituted by Kristaps Blanks

80' - Substitution Luis Figois substituted by Hugo Viana80

86' - Goal Hugo Viana86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portugal

3 - 0

Latvia

Portugal Latvia

Team line-ups

Portugal

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age29 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Meira

Fernando Meira

Portugal

B.date05/06/1978

Age27 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Andrade

Jorge Andrade

Portugal

B.date09/04/1978

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Caneira

Marco Caneira

Portugal

B.date09/02/1979

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Miguel

Portugal

B.date04/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Deco

Portugal

B.date27/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Maniche

Portugal

B.date11/11/1977

Age27 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Tiago

Portugal

B.date02/05/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Figo80

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Pauleta202257

Pauleta

Portugal

B.date28/04/1973

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Ronaldo46

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Quim		29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Meira		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jorge Andrade		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marco Caneira		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Miguel		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Deco		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maniche		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tiago		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Figo	80	32	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pauleta	202257	32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cristiano Ronaldo	46	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Latvia

Kolinko

Aleksandrs Kolinko

Latvia

B.date18/06/1975

Age30 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age29 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Zirnis

Dzintars Zirnis

Latvia

B.date25/04/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Zakresevskis

Arturs Zakresevskis

Latvia

B.date07/08/1971

Age34 years

H1m89

positionDefender

Isakovs

Aleksandrs Isakovs

Latvia

B.date16/09/1973

Age32 years

H1m81

positionDefender

Morozs

Viktors Morozs

Latvia

B.date30/07/1980

Age25 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Astafjevs

Vitalijs Astafjevs

Latvia

B.date03/04/1971

Age34 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Solonicins57

Genadijs Solonicins

Latvia

B.date03/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Rubins

Andrejs Rubins

Latvia

B.date26/11/1978

Age26 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

Verpakovskis73

Maris Verpakovskis

Latvia

B.date15/10/1979

Age25 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Rimkus57

Vits Rimkus

Latvia

B.date21/06/1973

Age32 years

H1m80

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aleksandrs Kolinko		30	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Stepanovs		29	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dzintars Zirnis		28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arturs Zakresevskis		34	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aleksandrs Isakovs		32	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Viktors Morozs		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vitalijs Astafjevs		34	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Genadijs Solonicins	57	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrejs Rubins		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maris Verpakovskis	73	25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vits Rimkus	57	32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Hugo Viana	8680	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hélder Postiga	57	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nuno Gomes	46	29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kristaps Blanks	73	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aleksejs Visnakovs	57	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gatis Kalnins	57	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Quim

Ricardo

OUT

Miguel

Nuno Valente

OUT

Fernando Meira

Ricardo Carvalho

OUT

Deco

Armando Petit

OUT

Marco Caneira

Paulo Ferreira

OUT

Tiago

Simão

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Vits Rimkus

Jurijs Laizans

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Scolari vs Latvia

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2005

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Referee

Peter Fröjdfeldt

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Portugal2 matches	General total	Latvia2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal1 match	Season total	Latvia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 19, 2008					Latest figure on October 12, 2005

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Key figures

Portugal keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 07/06/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/04/1989 (13 matches)

End of streak for Latvia after 5 matches with at least one goal scored (since 08/06/2005).

Portugal keeps its 20 consecutive matches without a loss at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 28/04/1993). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/10/1968 (10 matches)

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPortugal 7-1 Russia13/10/2004

VPortugal 4-1 Canada26/03/2005

VPortugal 2-0 Slovakia04/06/2005

VPortugal 2-0 Egypt17/08/2005

VPortugal 6-0 Luxembourg03/09/2005

VPortugal 2-1 Liechtenstein08/10/2005

Overall

VPortugal 2-0 Slovakia04/06/2005

VEstonia 0-1 Portugal08/06/2005

VPortugal 2-0 Egypt17/08/2005

VPortugal 6-0 Luxembourg03/09/2005

DRussia 0-0 Portugal07/09/2005

VPortugal 2-1 Liechtenstein08/10/2005

Current form

Away

LSlovakia 4-1 Latvia09/10/2004

VLiechtenstein 1-3 Latvia17/11/2004

DBahrain 2-2 Latvia03/12/2004

LLithuania 2-0 Latvia21/05/2005

LRussia 2-0 Latvia04/06/2005

LEstonia 2-1 Latvia03/09/2005

Overall

LRussia 2-0 Latvia04/06/2005

VLatvia 1-0 Liechtenstein08/06/2005

DLatvia 1-1 Russia17/08/2005

LEstonia 2-1 Latvia03/09/2005

DLatvia 1-1 Slovakia07/09/2005

DLatvia 2-2 Japan08/10/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	1
Unbeaten streak	7	8
Drawless streak	9	1
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	7	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
8	Victories (Competition total)	4
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
2.91	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.64
4.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.8
0.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.64
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.4

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)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-3 (1 times)

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Pauleta	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Maris Verpakovskis
Pauleta	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Maris Verpakovskis
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mihails Zemlinskis
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mihails Zemlinskis
Cristiano Ronaldo	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Cristiano Ronaldo	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Pauleta	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Jurijs Laizans

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 04, 2004
Home	3 - 2	June 03, 1995

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

September 04, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Latvia

0 - 2

Portugal

June 03, 1995 - Eliminatoires Euro 1996

Portugal

3 - 2

Latvia

October 09, 1994 - Eliminatoires Euro 1996

Latvia

1 - 3

Portugal

Best historical scorers against Latvia

João Pinto	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Luis Figo	2 goals	1994 - 1995
Carlos Secretario	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Domingos	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Pauleta	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Portugal

	Vits Rimkus	2 goals	1995 - 1995
	Jevgenijs Milevskis	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Latvia

Vitor Baia	2 matches	1994 - 1995
Luis Figo	2 matches	1994 - 1995
Domingos	2 matches	1994 - 1995
Rui Costa	2 matches	1994 - 1995
Paulo Sousa	2 matches	1994 - 1995
Deco	1 match	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portugal

Vitalijs Astafjevs	3 matches	1994 - 2004
Mihails Zemlinskis	3 matches	1994 - 2004
Vits Rimkus	2 matches	1995 - 2004
Juris Sevlakovs	2 matches	1994 - 1995
Dzintars Sprogis	2 matches	1994 - 1995
Imants Bleidelis	2 matches	1995 - 2004