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Finland 0-4 Norway - August 20, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998 - Group 3

Olympic Stadium - Helsinki - Finland

August 20, 1997

35 520

Finland

0 - 4

Norway

Stale Solbakken

12'

Petter Rudi

49'

Jostein Flo

85'

Tore André Flo

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9' - Goal Stale Solbakken

12' - Goal Petter Rudi

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46' - Substitution Jarkko Wissis substituted by Jonatan Johansson46

49' - Goal Jostein Flo

64' - Substitution Kjetil Rekdalis substituted by Bent André Skammelsrud

71' - Substitution Erik Myklandis substituted by Frank Strandli

85' - Goal Tore André Flo

87' - Substitution Jostein Flois substituted by Alf-Inge Haaland

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

0 - 4

Norway

Finland Norway

Team line-ups

Finland

Moilanen

Teuvo Moilanen

Finland

B.date02/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

Koskinen

Jukka Koskinen

Finland

B.date29/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Nuorela

Jussi Nuorela

Finland

B.date11/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Tuomela

Marko Tuomela

Finland

B.date03/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

Rissanen

Kari Rissanen

Finland

B.date29/08/1966

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Wiss46

Jarkko Wiss

Finland

B.date17/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Mahlio

Sami Mahlio

Finland

B.date12/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lehkosuo

Mika Lehkosuo

Finland

B.date08/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Litmanen

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Sumiala

Antti Sumiala

Finland

B.date20/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Paatelainen

Mixu Paatelainen

Finland

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Teuvo Moilanen		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jukka Koskinen		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jussi Nuorela		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marko Tuomela		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kari Rissanen		30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jarkko Wiss	46	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sami Mahlio		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Lehkosuo		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Antti Sumiala		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mixu Paatelainen		30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norway

Grodas

Frode Grodas

Norway

B.date24/10/1964

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Rekdal64

Kjetil Rekdal

Norway

B.date06/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Eggen

Dan Eggen

Norway

B.date13/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Halle

Gunnar Halle

Norway

B.date11/08/1965

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Mykland71

Erik Mykland

Norway

B.date21/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m72

positionRight Midfielder

Rudi12

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Solbakken9

Stale Solbakken

Norway

B.date27/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m90

positionPlaymaker

Jostein Flo4987

Jostein Flo

Norway

B.date03/10/1964

Age32 years

H1m93

positionStriker

T. A. Flo85

Tore André Flo

Norway

B.date15/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frode Grodas		32	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kjetil Rekdal	64	28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Eggen		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gunnar Halle		32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Erik Mykland	71	26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi	12	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stale Solbakken	9	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jostein Flo	4987	32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	85	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jonatan Johansson	46	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Alf-Inge Haaland	87	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bent André Skammelsrud	64	31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Strandli	71	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mixu Paatelainen

Jonatan Johansson

OUT

Marko Tuomela

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Teuvo Moilanen

Antti Niemi

OUT

Jarkko Wiss

Mika Nurmela

OUT

Mika Lehkosuo

Jari Vanhala

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jostein Flo

Frank Strandli

OUT

Henning Berg

Tore Pedersen

OUT

Stale Solbakken

Öyvind Leonhardsen

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Richard Möller Nielsen

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Möller Nielsen vs Norway

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Möller Nielsen vs Olsen

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Egil Olsen

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Olsen vs Finland

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Olsen vs Möller Nielsen

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Referee

Vadim Zhuk

0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Finland3 matches	General total	Norway2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Norway1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 20, 1997					Latest figure on August 20, 1997

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Key figures

It's the first time Tore André Flo scores 1 goal vs Finland in his professional career

End of streak for Finland after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 25/02/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 10/11/1993-23/02/1994 (6 matches).

It's the first time Stale Solbakken scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DFinland 1-1 Romania B13/02/1996

LFinland 1-2 Turkey02/06/1996

LFinland 2-3 Switzerland06/10/1996

DFinland 2-2 Estonia30/10/1996

VFinland 1-0 Singapore25/02/1997

VFinland 3-0 Azerbaijan08/06/1997

Overall

LMalaysia 2-1 Finland21/02/1997

LChina 2-1 Finland23/02/1997

VFinland 1-0 Singapore25/02/1997

VAzerbaijan 1-2 Finland02/04/1997

DNorway 1-1 Finland30/04/1997

VFinland 3-0 Azerbaijan08/06/1997

Current form

Away

VNorthern Ireland 0-2 Norway27/03/1996

VSwitzerland 0-1 Norway10/11/1996

LAustralia 1-0 Norway25/01/1997

VUnited Arab Emirates 1-4 Norway29/03/1997

DHungary 1-1 Norway08/06/1997

VIceland 0-1 Norway20/07/1997

Overall

LAustralia 1-0 Norway25/01/1997

VUnited Arab Emirates 1-4 Norway29/03/1997

DNorway 1-1 Finland30/04/1997

VNorway 4-2 Brazil30/05/1997

DHungary 1-1 Norway08/06/1997

VIceland 0-1 Norway20/07/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	6	9
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.2
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Antti Sumiala	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Antti Sumiala	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Öyvind Leonhardsen
Joonas Kolkka	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kjetil Rekdal
Joonas Kolkka	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Antti Sumiala	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Petter Rudi

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

5 v

8 d

15 l

42 gf

68 ga

Away

30 matches

3 v

6 d

21 l

30 gf

95 ga

Total

58 matches

8 v

14 d

36 l

72 gf

163 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

21 v

6 d

3 l

95 gf

30 ga

Away

28 matches

15 v

8 d

5 l

68 gf

42 ga

Total

58 matches

36 v

14 d

8 l

163 gf

72 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 08, 1965
Home	4 - 0	August 08, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	12 - 0	June 28, 1946
Away	6 - 0	June 03, 1928

Latest head to head

April 30, 1997 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1998

Norway

1 - 1

Finland

April 28, 1982 - Nordic Tournament 1981/1985

Norway

1 - 1

Finland

July 02, 1981 - Nordic Tournament 1981/1985

Finland

3 - 1

Norway

August 21, 1980 - Nordic Tournament 1978/1980

Norway

6 - 1

Finland

October 26, 1979 - Eliminatoires Jeux Olympiques - Zone Europe 1980

Norway

1 - 1

Finland

Best historical scorers against Norway

Antti Sumiala

1 goal

1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Jorgen Juve	9 goals	1929 - 1933
Einar Gundersen	6 goals	1922 - 1928
Reidar Kvammen	6 goals	1934 - 1946
Harald Ström	4 goals	1922 - 1927
Arne Brustad	4 goals	1938 - 1938
Morten Pettersen	3 goals	1930 - 1931

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norway

Antti Niemi	1 match	1997 - 1997
Marko Tuomela	1 match	1997 - 1997
Sami Mahlio	1 match	1997 - 1997
Kari Rissanen	1 match	1997 - 1997
Antti Sumiala	1 match	1997 - 1997
Joonas Kolkka	1 match	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

Jorgen Juve	8 matches	1928 - 1936
Alexander Olsen	8 matches	1921 - 1932
Henry Johansen	7 matches	1929 - 1936
Nils Eriksen	7 matches	1931 - 1939
Thaulow Goberg	6 matches	1924 - 1931
Jacob Berner	6 matches	1924 - 1930