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Italy 4-1 Belgium - June 20, 1954 / World Cup 1954
. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.World Cup 1954 - Group D
ITA
0
41' - Goal
Egisto Pandolfini41
HT
ITA
48' - Goal
Carlo Galli48
58' - Goal
Amleto Frignani58
78' - Goal
Benito Lorenzi7881 81' - Goal
Léopold Anoul
81' - Goal
Léopold Anoul
FT
BEL
BEL
Team line-ups
Italy
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Giorgio Ghezzi | 23 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Omero Tognon | 30 | 13 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Giovanni Giacomazzi | 26 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Ardico Magnini | 25 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Maino Neri | 29 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Fulvio Nesti | 29 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Egisto Pandolfini | 41 | 28 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Amleto Frignani | 58 | 22 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Carlo Galli | 48 | 23 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Benito Lorenzi | 78 | 28 | 13 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Gino Cappello | 34 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
27 years
Average number of matches played for the team
8
Belgium
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Léopold Gernaey | 27 | 9 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Marcel Dries | 24 | 9 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Fons Van Brandt | 26 | 21 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Vicky Mees | 27 | 36 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Constant Huysmans | 25 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Louis Carré | 29 | 43 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Léopold Anoul | 81 | 31 | 47 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Rik Coppens | 24 | 28 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Hippolyte van den Bosch | 28 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Joseph Mermans | 32 | 47 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Jeng van den Bosch | 26 | 2 | 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
23
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Amleto Frignani
IN
Giampiero Boniperti
OUT
Gino Cappello
IN
Ermes Muccinelli
OUT
Ardico Magnini
IN
Guido Vincenzi
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Hippolyte van den Bosch
IN
Denis Houf
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
48
6
Success rate in this team:
83 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
83 %
Schiavio vs Belgium
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on June 20, 1954
Schiavio vs Livingstone
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on June 20, 1954
Manager
Age
Match num
56
9
Success rate in this team:
33 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
33 %
Livingstone vs Italy
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Latest figure on June 20, 1954
Livingstone vs Schiavio
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Latest figure on June 20, 1954
Referee
Erich Steiner
3 victories |
0 draw |
1 loss |
Italy4 matches | General total | Belgium3 matches | 2 victories |
0 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Italy1 match | Season total | Belgium1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on May 29, 1955 | Latest figure on June 20, 1954 | |||||||
Videos
February 23, 2016
Key figures
Italy keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw in World Cup running (since 01/06/1934). It's a record streak. The first of history
It's the first time Benito Lorenzi scores 1 goal vs Belgium in his professional career
Italy keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw vs Belgium running (since 01/05/1913). It's a record streak. The first of history
Pre-match
Current form
| Neutral ground | LDenmark 5-3 Italy05/08/1948 | LSweden 3-2 Italy25/06/1950 | VItaly 2-0 Paraguay02/07/1950 | VItaly 8-0 United States16/07/1952 | LHungary 3-0 Italy21/07/1952 | LCzechoslovakia 2-0 Italy26/04/1953 |
| Overall | LItaly 0-3 Hungary17/05/1953 | VEgypt 1-2 Italy13/11/1953 | VItaly 3-0 Czechoslovakia13/12/1953 | VItaly 5-1 Egypt24/01/1954 | VFrance 1-3 Italy11/04/1954 | LSwitzerland 2-1 Italy17/06/1954 |
Current form
| Neutral ground | VBelgium 5-3 Luxembourg27/05/1928 | LArgentina 6-3 Belgium02/06/1928 | LUnited States 3-0 Belgium13/07/1930 | LParaguay 1-0 Belgium20/07/1930 | LGermany 5-2 Belgium27/05/1934 | DEngland 4-4 Belgium17/06/1954 |
| Overall | DSwitzerland 2-2 Belgium22/11/1953 | DBelgium 0-0 Portugal14/03/1954 | VBelgium 4-0 Netherlands04/04/1954 | VYugoslavia 0-2 Belgium09/05/1954 | DBelgium 3-3 France30/05/1954 | DEngland 4-4 Belgium17/06/1954 |
Running streaks
| Neutral ground | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Loosing streak | 2 | 1 |
| Winless streak | 2 | 1 |
| Drawless streak | 18 | 8 |
| Scoring streak | 0 | 5 |
| Goalless streak | 2 | 0 |
| Conceding streak | 2 | 3 |
Running streaks
| Neutral ground | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing streak | 1 | 2 |
| Unbeaten streak | 1 | 6 |
| Winless streak | 5 | 2 |
| Scoring streak | 2 | 4 |
| Conceding streak | 8 | 2 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
1 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Victories (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Draws (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Losses (Competition total) |
0 |
Goals
|
1 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
4 |
|
2 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
4 |
|
1 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
4 |
|
2 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
4 |
Betting aid
|
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
0 |
|
1 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
1 |
Bookings
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
Key players
 | Giampiero Boniperti | 1 goal | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 2 goals | Léopold Anoul | |
| - | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | 2 goals | Léopold Anoul | |
||
| Giampiero Boniperti | 1 goal during the last match | The fittest player | 2 goals during the last match | Léopold Anoul | |
Historical head to head
Home
4 matches
4 v
0 d
0 l
14 gf
4 ga
Away
3 matches
2 v
0 d
1 l
6 gf
6 ga
Total
7 matches
6 v
0 d
1 l
20 gf
10 ga
Historical head to head
Home
3 matches
1 v
0 d
2 l
6 gf
6 ga
Away
4 matches
0 v
0 d
4 l
4 gf
14 ga
Total
7 matches
1 v
0 d
6 l
10 gf
20 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 6 - 1 |
May 15, 1938 |
| Neutral ground | No success yet | |
Largest victory
| Overall | 2 - 0 |
February 24, 1952 |
| Neutral ground | No success yet | |
Latest head to head
February 24, 1952 - Rencontres amicales 1952
March 05, 1950 - Rencontres amicales 1950
May 15, 1938 - Rencontres amicales 1938
February 12, 1933 - Rencontres amicales 1933
May 21, 1922 - Rencontres amicales 1922
Best historical scorers against Belgium
 |
Giuseppe Meazza | 3 goals | 1933 - 1938 |
 |
Silvio Piola | 3 goals | 1938 - 1938 |
 |
Ermes Muccinelli | 2 goals | 1950 - 1950 |
 |
Adolfo Baloncieri | 2 goals | 1922 - 1922 |
|
Pio Ferraris | 1 goal | 1921 - 1921 |
|
Luigi Burlando | 1 goal | 1922 - 1922 |
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/05/1913. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.
Best historical scorers against Italy
|
Henri Larnoe | 2 goals | 1921 - 1922 |
|
Bernard Voorhoof | 2 goals | 1933 - 1933 |
|
José Moes | 2 goals | 1952 - 1952 |
|
Frederic Chaves d'Aguilar | 1 goal | 1950 - 1950 |
|
Jean Capelle | 1 goal | 1938 - 1938 |
|
Mathieu Bragard | 1 goal | 1921 - 1921 |
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Players with most games played vs Belgium
 |
Renzo De Vecchi | 3 matches | 1913 - 1922 |
|
Giampiero Boniperti | 2 matches | 1950 - 1952 |
|
Ottavio Barbieri | 2 matches | 1921 - 1922 |
|
Giuseppe Meazza | 2 matches | 1933 - 1938 |
|
Ermes Muccinelli | 2 matches | 1950 - 1952 |
 |
Pietro Serantoni | 2 matches | 1933 - 1938 |
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Players with most games played vs Italy
|
Léopold Anoul | 2 matches | 1950 - 1952 |
|
Armand Swartenbroeks | 2 matches | 1913 - 1921 |
|
Georges Michel | 2 matches | 1921 - 1922 |
|
Jean de Bie | 2 matches | 1921 - 1922 |
|
Bernard Voorhoof | 2 matches | 1933 - 1938 |
|
Henri Meert | 2 matches | 1950 - 1952 |
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Competition info
The other matches
June 17, 1954
June 20, 1954
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