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Finland 2-1 Latvia - May 22, 2002 / Friendlies 2002

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Friendlies 2002 - Europe

Olympic Stadium - Helsinki - Finland

May 22, 2002

8 617

2 - 1

Latvia

Assist by Shefki Kuqi (header) Aki Riihilahti

70'

(header) Petri Pasanen

83'

39'

Marians Pahars

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39' - Goal Marians Pahars

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46' - Substitution Antti Niemiis substituted by Jussi Jaaskelainen photo Shefki Kuqi

46' - Substitution Jonatan Johanssonis substituted by Shefki Kuqi46

54' - Substitution Marians Paharsis substituted by Mihails Miholaps

61' - Substitution Mika Nurmelais substituted by Peter Kopteff61

66' - Substitution Andrejs Stolcersis substituted by Vits Rimkus

69' - Substitution Tommi Grönlundis substituted by Janne Hietanen69

70' - Goal Aki Riihilahti70

78' - Substitution Joonas Kolkkais substituted by Paulus Roiha78

83' - Goal Petri Pasanen83

87' - Substitution Imants Bleidelisis substituted by Vladimirs Kolesnicenko

90' - Substitution Aki Riihilahtiis substituted by Simo Valakari photo Toni Kuivasto

90' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Toni Kuivasto90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

2 - 1

Latvia

Finland Latvia

Team line-ups

Finland

Niemi46

Antti Niemi

Finland

B.date31/05/1972

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Tihinen

Hannu Tihinen

Finland

B.date01/07/1976

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Saarinen

Janne Saarinen

Finland

B.date28/02/1977

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Pasanen83

Petri Pasanen

Finland

B.date24/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Riihilahti7090

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Grönlund69

Tommi Grönlund

Finland

B.date09/12/1969

Age32 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kolkka78

Joonas Kolkka

Finland

B.date28/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

Nurmela61

Mika Nurmela

Finland

B.date26/12/1971

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Litmanen90

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age31 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johansson46

Jonatan Johansson

Finland

B.date16/08/1975

Age26 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Antti Niemi	46	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hannu Tihinen		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Janne Saarinen		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petri Pasanen	83	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti	7090	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommi Grönlund	69	32	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joonas Kolkka	78	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Nurmela	61	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	90	31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	46	26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Latvia

Kolinko

Aleksandrs Kolinko

Latvia

B.date18/06/1975

Age26 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Lukasevics

Viktors Lukasevics

Latvia

B.date17/03/1972

Age30 years

H1m76

positionDefender

Isakovs

Aleksandrs Isakovs

Latvia

B.date16/09/1973

Age28 years

H1m81

positionDefender

Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age26 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Zemlinskis

Mihails Zemlinskis

Latvia

B.date21/12/1969

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Astafjevs

Vitalijs Astafjevs

Latvia

B.date03/04/1971

Age31 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pahars3954

Marians Pahars

Latvia

B.date05/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m74

positionVersatile Midfielder

Bleidelis87

Imants Bleidelis

Latvia

B.date16/08/1975

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Laizans

Jurijs Laizans

Latvia

B.date06/01/1979

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Stolcers66

Andrejs Stolcers

Latvia

B.date07/08/1974

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rubins

Andrejs Rubins

Latvia

B.date26/11/1978

Age23 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aleksandrs Kolinko		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viktors Lukasevics		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aleksandrs Isakovs		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Stepanovs		26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mihails Zemlinskis		32	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vitalijs Astafjevs		31	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marians Pahars	3954	25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Imants Bleidelis	87	26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jurijs Laizans		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrejs Stolcers	66	27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrejs Rubins		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jussi Jaaskelainen	46	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Toni Kuivasto	90	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Janne Hietanen	69	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simo Valakari	90	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Kopteff	61	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	46	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paulus Roiha	78	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Vladimirs Kolesnicenko	87	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vits Rimkus	66	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mihails Miholaps	54	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mika Nurmela

Teemu Tainio

OUT

Sami Hyypiä

Toni Kuivasto

OUT

Tommi Grönlund

Vesa Vasara

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Viktors Lukasevics

Arturs Zakresevskis

OUT

Mihails Zemlinskis

Maris Verpakovskis

OUT

Andrejs Stolcers

Igors Korablovs

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Antti Muurinen

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Muurinen vs Latvia

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 22, 2002

Muurinen vs Starkovs

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 22, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Alexandrs Starkovs

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

74 %

Starkovs vs Finland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 22, 2002

Starkovs vs Muurinen

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 22, 2002

Referee

Kristinn Jakobsson

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Finland3 matches	General total	Latvia2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Latvia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 15, 2011					Latest figure on September 10, 2013

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Key figures

It's the first time Petri Pasanen scores 1 goal vs Latvia in his professional career

Latvia keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 04/09/1999). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/10/1937 (7 matches)

Finland keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 02/06/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/06/1998-02/09/2000 time period (8 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFinland 3-1 Norway16/08/2000

VFinland 2-1 Albania02/09/2000

DFinland 0-0 England11/10/2000

DFinland 2-2 Germany02/06/2001

VFinland 4-1 Belgium15/08/2001

VFinland 5-1 Greece05/09/2001

Overall

VBahrain 0-2 Finland04/01/2002

DAlbania 1-1 Finland07/01/2002

VFinland 3-0 North Macedonia10/01/2002

LSouth Korea 2-0 Finland20/03/2002

VPortugal 1-4 Finland27/03/2002

LNorth Macedonia 1-0 Finland17/04/2002

Current form

Away

VSan Marino 0-1 Latvia15/10/2000

VLiechtenstein 0-2 Latvia28/02/2001

LCroatia 4-1 Latvia24/03/2001

LBelgium 3-1 Latvia02/06/2001

LScotland 2-1 Latvia06/10/2001

VLuxembourg 0-3 Latvia27/03/2002

Overall

VLatvia 4-1 Lithuania05/07/2001

LLatvia 0-1 Ukraine15/08/2001

LScotland 2-1 Latvia06/10/2001

LLatvia 1-3 Russia14/11/2001

VLuxembourg 0-3 Latvia27/03/2002

VLatvia 2-1 Kazakhstan17/04/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	9
Scoring streak	9	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mika Kottila	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Mihails Zemlinskis
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Andrejs Rubins
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mihails Zemlinskis
Jari Litmanen	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Mihails Zemlinskis

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

5 v

0 d

1 l

17 gf

7 ga

Away

7 matches

2 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

13 matches

7 v

2 d

4 l

25 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

2 d

2 l

8 gf

8 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

0 d

5 l

7 gf

17 ga

Total

13 matches

4 v

2 d

7 l

15 gf

25 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 19, 1931
Home	4 - 0	August 19, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 24, 1939
Away	3 - 0	September 24, 1939

Latest head to head

June 04, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Latvia

1 - 0

Finland

August 14, 1996 - Rencontres amicales 1996

Latvia

0 - 0

Finland

September 24, 1939 - Rencontres amicales 1939

Finland

0 - 3

Latvia

June 05, 1935 - Rencontres amicales 1935

Finland

4 - 1

Latvia

August 14, 1934 - Rencontres amicales 1934

Latvia

1 - 1

Finland

Best historical scorers against Latvia

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Eriks Pelcis

1 goal

2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Latvia

Sami Hyypiä	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Antti Niemi	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Tommi Grönlund	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Joonas Kolkka	1 match	1996 - 1996
Mixu Paatelainen	1 match	2000 - 2000
Petri Järvinen	1 match	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/08/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

Andrejs Stolcers	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Marians Pahars	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Valerijs Ivanovs	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Igors Stepanovs	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Vitalijs Astafjevs	2 matches	1996 - 2000
Jurijs Laizans	1 match	2000 - 2000