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Argentina 2-2 England - June 30, 1998 / World Cup 1998

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World Cup 1998 - Round of 16

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard - Saint-Étienne - France

June 30, 1998

30 600

Argentina

2 - 2

4-3 After shoot-out

England

(penalty) Gabriel Batistuta

Assist by Juan Sebastián Verón (left foot) Javier Zanetti

45'

Sergio Berti

Hernán Crespo

Juan Sebastián Verón

Marcelo Gallardo

Roberto Ayala

Alan Shearer (penalty)

16'

Michael Owen (right foot) Assist by David Beckham

Alan Shearer

Paul Ince

Paul Merson

Michael Owen

David Batty

logo Argentina ARG

5' - Goal Gabriel Batistuta5

5' - Yellow card David Seaman

9' - Goal Alan Shearer

10' - Yellow card Paul Ince

16' - Goal Michael Owen

44' - Yellow card Juan Sebastián Verón44

45' - Goal Javier Zanetti45

logo Argentina ARG

47' - Yellow card Diego Simeone47

47' - Red card David Beckham

69' - Substitution Gabriel Batistutais substituted by Hernán Crespo photo Marcelo Gallardo

69' - Substitution Claudio Lópezis substituted by Marcelo Gallardo69

72' - Substitution Graeme Le Sauxis substituted by Gareth Southgate

73' - Yellow card Matías Almeyda73

79' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by Paul Merson

logo England ENG

92' - Substitution Diego Simeoneis substituted by Sergio Berti92

97' - Substitution Darren Andertonis substituted by David Batty

110' - Yellow card Carlos Roa110

logo England ENG

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Argentina

2 - 2

England

Argentina England

Team line-ups

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7López69

Claudio López

Argentina

B.date17/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

9Batistuta569

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentina

B.date01/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

8Simeone9247

Diego Simeone

Argentina

B.date28/04/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

11Verón44

Juan Sebastián Verón

Argentina

B.date09/03/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

10Ortega

Ariel Ortega

Argentina

B.date04/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

22Zanetti45

Javier Zanetti

Argentina

B.date10/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

5Almeyda73

Matías Almeyda

Argentina

B.date21/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Chamot

José Chamot

Argentina

B.date17/05/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Ayala

Roberto Ayala

Argentina

B.date12/04/1973

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

14Vivas

Nelson Vivas

Argentina

B.date18/10/1969

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Roa110

Carlos Roa

Argentina

B.date15/08/1969

Age28 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Carlos Roa	110	28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Roberto Ayala		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	José Chamot		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Nelson Vivas		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Javier Zanetti	45	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Matías Almeyda	73	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Diego Simeone	9247	28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Juan Sebastián Verón	44	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Ariel Ortega		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Gabriel Batistuta	569	29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Claudio López	69	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

England

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Owen16

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age18 years

H1m73

positionStriker

9Shearer9

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

16Scholes79

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age23 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

4Ince10

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Beckham47

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

14Anderton97

Darren Anderton

England

B.date03/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

3Le Saux72

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

5Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

1Seaman5

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Seaman	5	34	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sol Campbell		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tony Adams		31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Graeme Le Saux	72	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Gary Neville		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Paul Ince	10	30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Darren Anderton	97	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Paul Scholes	79	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	David Beckham	47	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Michael Owen	16	18	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer	9	27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	M	Marcelo Gallardo	69	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sergio Berti	92	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Hernán Crespo	69	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Gareth Southgate	72	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	David Batty	97	29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Paul Merson	79	30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

José Chamot

Pablo Paz

OUT

Diego Simeone

Marcelo Gallardo

OUT

Claudio López

Mauricio Pineda

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Daniel Passarella

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Passarella vs England

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 30, 1998

Passarella vs Hoddle

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 30, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Hoddle

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Hoddle vs Argentina

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 30, 1998

Hoddle vs Passarella

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 30, 1998

Referee

Kim Milton Nielsen

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Argentina2 matches	General total	England3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	England1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 12, 2003					Latest figure on October 12, 2005

Videos

March 22, 2018

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Argentina after 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 22/04/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 19/07/1991-08/08/1993 (19 matches).

Argentina keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs England surterrainneutre running (since 22/06/1986). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Argentina after 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs England in World Cup (since 02/06/1962). It's a record streak. The first of history

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Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VArgentina 2-0 Chile14/06/1997

DArgentina 1-1 Paraguay17/06/1997

LPeru 2-1 Argentina21/06/1997

VArgentina 1-0 Japan14/06/1998

VArgentina 5-0 Jamaica21/06/1998

VCroatia 0-1 Argentina26/06/1998

Overall

VArgentina 5-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina14/05/1998

VArgentina 1-0 Chile19/05/1998

VArgentina 2-0 South Africa25/05/1998

VArgentina 1-0 Japan14/06/1998

VArgentina 5-0 Jamaica21/06/1998

VCroatia 0-1 Argentina26/06/1998

Current form

Neutral ground

VEngland 2-0 Italy04/06/1997

LBrazil 1-0 England10/06/1997

DBelgium 0-0 England29/05/1998

VEngland 2-0 Tunisia15/06/1998

LRomania 2-1 England22/06/1998

VEngland 2-0 Colombia26/06/1998

Overall

DEngland 0-0 Saudi Arabia23/05/1998

VMorocco 0-1 England27/05/1998

DBelgium 0-0 England29/05/1998

VEngland 2-0 Tunisia15/06/1998

LRomania 2-1 England22/06/1998

VEngland 2-0 Colombia26/06/1998

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	3	8
Unbeaten streak	3	8
Drawless streak	4	12
Scoring streak	6	13
Invincibility streak	3	8

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	3	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Gabriel Batistuta	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	David Beckham
Gabriel Batistuta	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	David Beckham
Gabriel Batistuta	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gabriel Batistuta	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ariel Ortega	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Alan Shearer
Ariel Ortega	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Alan Shearer
Ariel Ortega	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Beckham

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

6 gf

10 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

10 matches

2 v

4 d

4 l

11 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

10 gf

6 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

10 matches

4 v

4 d

2 l

15 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	June 22, 1986
Neutral ground	2 - 1	June 22, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	May 13, 1980
Neutral ground	3 - 1	June 02, 1962

Latest head to head

May 25, 1991 - Rencontres amicales 1991

England

2 - 2

Argentina

June 22, 1986 - Coupe du Monde 1986

Argentina

2 - 1

England

May 13, 1980 - Rencontres amicales 1980

England

3 - 1

Argentina

June 12, 1977 - Rencontres amicales 1977

Argentina

1 - 1

England

May 22, 1974 - Rencontres amicales 1974

England

2 - 2

Argentina

Best historical scorers against England

Mario Kempes	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Diego Armando Maradona	2 goals	1986 - 1986
Daniel Bertoni	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Daniel Passarella	1 goal	1980 - 1980
J. F. Sanfilippo	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Claudio García	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/05/1951. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Gary Lineker	2 goals	1986 - 1991
David Johnson	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Geoff Hurst	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Kevin Keegan	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Jimmy Greaves	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Stan Mortensen	1 goal	1951 - 1951

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/05/1951. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Antonio Rattin	3 matches	1962 - 1966
Roberto Telch	2 matches	1964 - 1974
Alberto Tarantini	2 matches	1977 - 1980
Antonio Roma	2 matches	1962 - 1966
Américo Gallego	2 matches	1977 - 1980
Silvio Marzolini	2 matches	1962 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/05/1951. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Ray Wilson	3 matches	1962 - 1966
David Watson	3 matches	1974 - 1980
Bobby Moore	3 matches	1962 - 1966
Kevin Keegan	3 matches	1974 - 1980
Bobby Charlton	3 matches	1962 - 1966
Mick Channon	2 matches	1974 - 1977