East Germany 2-1 Wales - April 16, 1969 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1970
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Mike England
GDR

GDR




WAL
WAL
Team line-ups
East Germany
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
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G |
Jürgen Croy | 22 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Bernd Bransch | 24 | 9 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Gerhard Körner | 27 | 28 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Helmut Stein | 26 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Klaus Urbanczyk | 28 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Klaus-Dieter Seehaus | 26 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Hans-Jürgen Kreische | 21 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Otto Frässdorf | 27 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Eberhard Vogel | 26 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Wolfram Löwe | 3178 | 23 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Henning Frenzel | 26 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
25.1 years
Average number of matches played for the team
15
Wales
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
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G |
Anthony Millington | 25 | 12 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Peter Rodrigues | 25 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Alwyn Burton | 27 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
William Hennessey | 26 | 28 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Mike England | 57 | 27 | 26 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Alan Durban | 27 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Barrie Hole | 26 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
John Mahoney | 22 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Ronnie Rees | 25 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
John Toshack | 20 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Barrie Jones | 27 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
25.2 years
Average number of matches played for the team
14
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
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D |
Peter Rock | 8978 | 27 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note |
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Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Helmut Stein
IN
Jürgen Nöldner
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Anthony Millington
IN
Gary Sprake
OUT
John Mahoney
IN
Ron Davies
OUT
Alwyn Burton
IN
Rod Thomas
OUT
Peter Rodrigues
IN
David Powell
OUT
Mike England
IN
Steve Derrett
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
40
24
Success rate in this team:
21 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
34 %
Bowen vs East Germany
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Referee
Franz Geluck
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
East Germany1 match | General total | Wales1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
East Germany1 match | Season total | Wales1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
Latest figure on April 16, 1969 | Latest figure on April 16, 1969 |
Videos
Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Peter Rock scores at least 1 goals during the same game in his professional career with

East Germany keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Wales running (since 19/05/1957). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Mike England scores a goal in his professional career with since the 17/03/1965 (with vs )
Pre-match
Current form
Neutral ground | VEast Germany 2-0 Romania21/09/1966 | DSoviet Union 2-2 East Germany23/10/1966 | VEast Germany 4-3 Netherlands05/04/1967 | VEast Germany 3-2 Denmark11/10/1967 | VEast Germany 1-0 Hungary29/10/1967 | DCzechoslovakia 2-2 East Germany02/02/1968 |
Overall | LHungary 3-1 East Germany27/09/1967 | VEast Germany 3-2 Denmark11/10/1967 | VEast Germany 1-0 Hungary29/10/1967 | DCzechoslovakia 2-2 East Germany02/02/1968 | DPoland 1-1 East Germany20/10/1968 | DEast Germany 2-2 Italy29/03/1969 |
Current form
Neutral ground | LEast Germany 2-1 Wales19/05/1957 | DHungary 1-1 Wales08/06/1958 | DMexico 1-1 Wales11/06/1958 | VWales 2-1 Hungary17/06/1958 | LBrazil 1-0 Wales19/06/1958 | LSoviet Union 2-1 Wales30/05/1965 |
Overall | LWales 0-3 England21/10/1967 | LScotland 3-2 Wales22/11/1967 | VWales 2-0 Northern Ireland28/02/1968 | DWales 1-1 Germany08/05/1968 | LWales 0-1 Italy23/10/1968 | DGermany 1-1 Wales26/03/1969 |
Running streaks
Neutral ground | Total | |
---|---|---|
Drawing streak | 1 | 3 |
Unbeaten streak | 10 | 5 |
Winless streak | 1 | 3 |
Scoring streak | 16 | 6 |
Conceding streak | 1 | 3 |
Running streaks
Neutral ground | Total | |
---|---|---|
Drawing streak | 0 | 1 |
Loosing streak | 2 | 0 |
Unbeaten streak | 0 | 1 |
Winless streak | 2 | 3 |
Drawless streak | 3 | 0 |
Scoring streak | 1 | 1 |
Conceding streak | 7 | 3 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
1 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
1 |
0 |
Victories (Competition total) |
0 |
1 |
Draws (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Losses (Competition total) |
1 |
Goals
2 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
0 |
2 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
1 |
2 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
0 |
2 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1 |
Betting aid
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
1 |
1 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
0 |
Bookings
0 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
Key players
![]() | Eberhard Vogel | 1 goal | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | - | ||
![]() | Eberhard Vogel | 1 goal during the last match | The fittest player | - |
Historical head to head
Away
1 gf
4 ga
Neutral ground
2 gf
1 ga
Total
3 gf
5 ga
Historical head to head
Home
4 gf
1 ga
Neutral ground
1 gf
2 ga
Total
5 gf
3 ga
Largest victory
Overall | 2 - 1 |
May 19, 1957 |
Neutral ground | 2 - 1 |
May 19, 1957 |
Largest victory
Overall | 4 - 1 |
September 25, 1957 |
Neutral ground | No success yet |
Latest head to head
September 25, 1957 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1958
May 19, 1957 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1958
Best historical scorers against Wales
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Günther Wirth | 1 goal | 1957 - 1957 |
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Manfred Kaiser | 1 goal | 1957 - 1957 |
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Willy Tröger | 1 goal | 1957 - 1957 |
Best historical scorers against East Germany
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Desmond Palmer | 3 goals | 1957 - 1957 |
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Cliff Jones | 1 goal | 1957 - 1957 |
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Melvyn Charles | 1 goal | 1957 - 1957 |
Players with most games played vs Wales
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Herbert Schoen | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Georg Buschner | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Günther Wirth | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Bringfried Müller | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Manfred Kaiser | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Günter Schröter | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
Players with most games played vs East Germany
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William Harris | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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David Bowen | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Melvyn Charles | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Royston Vernon | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Cliff Jones | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
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Melvyn Hopkins | 2 matches | 1957 - 1957 |
Competition info
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