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Solomon Islands 2-6 Australia - June 17, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone 1998

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World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone 1998 - Group 1

Pirtek Stadium - Sydney - Australia

June 17, 1997

2 122

2 - 6

Australia

16'

Robbie Slater

17'

Graham Arnold

47'

Ernie Tapai

51'

Ernie Tapai

77'

Aurelio Vidmar

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16' - Goal Robbie Slater

17' - Goal Graham Arnold

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47' - Goal Ernie Tapai

51' - Goal Ernie Tapai

72' - Substitution Ernie Tapaiis substituted by Aurelio Vidmar photo Kevin Muscat

72' - Substitution Josip Skokois substituted by Kevin Muscat

77' - Goal Aurelio Vidmar photo Kris Trajanovski

77' - Substitution Robbie Enesis substituted by Kris Trajanovski

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Solomon Islands

2 - 6

Australia

Solomon Islands Australia

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Australia

Petkovic

Jason Petkovic

Australia

B.date07/12/1972

Age24 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Ivanovic

Milan Ivanovic

Australia

B.date21/12/1960

Age36 years

positionDefender

Vidmar

Tony Vidmar

Australia

B.date04/07/1970

Age26 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Tobin

Alex Tobin

Australia

B.date03/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Tapai475172

Ernie Tapai

Australia

B.date14/02/1967

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Skoko72

Josip Skoko

Australia

B.date10/12/1975

Age21 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Midfielder

Enes77

Robbie Enes

Australia

B.date22/08/1975

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Slater16

Robbie Slater

Australia

B.date22/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Arnold17

Graham Arnold

Australia

B.date03/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Mori

Damian Mori

Australia

B.date30/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jason Petkovic		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Milan Ivanovic		36	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Vidmar		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Tobin		31	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Tapai	475172	30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Josip Skoko	72	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Enes	77	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Slater	16	32	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graham Arnold	17	33	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Damian Mori		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Kevin Muscat	72	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Aurelio Vidmar	7772	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kris Trajanovski	77	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jason Petkovic

Zeljko Kalac

OUT

Tony Vidmar

Craig Moore

OUT

Alex Tobin

Kevin Muscat

OUT

Damian Mori

Aurelio Vidmar

OUT

Ernie Tapai

Ned Zelic

OUT

Josip Skoko

Matthew Bingley

OUT

Robbie Slater

Robert Hooker

OUT

Stan Lazaridis

Paul Trimboli

OUT

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Referee

Brian Precious

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Solomon Islands2 matches	General total	Australia5 matches	5 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Solomon Islands1 match	Season total	Australia2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on June 23, 2000					Latest figure on April 16, 2001

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Key figures

Australia keeps its 9 consecutive wins in World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone running (since 04/09/1992). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/11/1985 (3 matches)

Australia keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw in World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone running (since 04/09/1992). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/03/1989 (6 matches)

End of streak for Australia after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home (since 22/06/1974). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Away

LTahiti 2-0 Solomon Islands26/08/1995

DPapua New Guinea 1-1 Solomon Islands16/09/1996

VTonga 0-4 Solomon Islands15/02/1997

VFiji 1-2 Solomon Islands17/02/1997

LFiji 3-2 Solomon Islands21/02/1997

LAustralia 13-0 Solomon Islands11/06/1997

Overall

VTonga 0-4 Solomon Islands15/02/1997

VFiji 1-2 Solomon Islands17/02/1997

LFiji 3-2 Solomon Islands21/02/1997

VSolomon Islands 9-0 Tonga01/03/1997

LAustralia 13-0 Solomon Islands11/06/1997

VSolomon Islands 4-1 Tahiti15/06/1997

Current form

Home

DAustralia 0-0 Sweden28/02/1996

VAustralia 1-0 New Zealand18/01/1997

VAustralia 2-1 South Korea22/01/1997

VAustralia 1-0 Norway25/01/1997

VAustralia 13-0 Solomon Islands11/06/1997

VAustralia 5-0 Tahiti13/06/1997

Overall

VAustralia 2-1 South Korea22/01/1997

VAustralia 1-0 Norway25/01/1997

VNorth Macedonia 0-1 Australia12/03/1997

VHungary 1-3 Australia02/04/1997

VAustralia 13-0 Solomon Islands11/06/1997

VAustralia 5-0 Tahiti13/06/1997

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	9
Unbeaten streak	6	11
Drawless streak	5	9
Scoring streak	5	9
Invincibility streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	9
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	9
2.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
4.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	John Aloisi
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	John Aloisi
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mark Bosnich
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mark Bosnich
-	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 2 matches	John Aloisi

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

19 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

19 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

21 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	13 - 0	June 11, 1997
Home	13 - 0	June 11, 1997

Latest head to head

June 11, 1997 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Océanie 1998

Australia

13 - 0

Solomon Islands logo Solomon Islands

September 26, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Océanie 1994

Australia

6 - 1

Solomon Islands logo Solomon Islands

September 04, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Océanie 1994

Solomon Islands

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Australia

Best historical scorers against Australia

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Solomon Islands

Damian Mori	5 goals	1997 - 1997
John Aloisi	5 goals	1997 - 1997
Carl Veart	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Tom McCulloch	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Aytek Genc	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Ian Gray	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Australia

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Solomon Islands

Alex Tobin	3 matches	1992 - 1997
Damian Mori	3 matches	1992 - 1997
Carl Veart	2 matches	1992 - 1992
Mehmet Durakovic	2 matches	1992 - 1992
Ernie Tapai	2 matches	1992 - 1997
Milan Ivanovic	2 matches	1992 - 1992