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Italy 3-0 Sweden - October 09, 1971 / Euro Qualifying 1972

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Euro Qualifying 1972 - Group 6

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza - Milan - Italy

October 09, 1971

65 582

Italy

3 - 0

Sweden

Luigi Riva

Roberto Boninsegna

41'

Luigi Riva

83'

logo Italy ITA

3' - Goal Luigi Riva3

41' - Goal Roberto Boninsegna41

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46' - Substitution Dino Zoffis substituted by Enrico Albertosi46

52' - Substitution Christer Hultis substituted by Claes Cronqvist

59' - Substitution Krister Kristenssonis substituted by Hans Nilsson

79' - Yellow card Ove Grahn

81' - Substitution Sandro Mazzolais substituted by Mario Corso81

83' - Goal Luigi Riva83

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Team line-ups

Italy

Zoff46

Dino Zoff

Italy

B.date28/02/1942

Age29 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Rosato

Roberto Rosato

Italy

B.date18/08/1943

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Burgnich

Tarcisio Burgnich

Italy

B.date25/04/1939

Age32 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Facchetti

Giacinto Facchetti

Italy

B.date18/07/1942

Age29 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Cera

Pierluigi Cera

Italy

B.date25/02/1941

Age30 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mazzola81

Sandro Mazzola

Italy

B.date08/11/1942

Age28 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

Bertini

Mario Bertini

Italy

B.date07/01/1944

Age27 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Benetti

Romeo Benetti

Italy

B.date20/10/1945

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Rivera

Gianni Rivera

Italy

B.date18/08/1943

Age28 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Boninsegna41

Roberto Boninsegna

Italy

B.date13/11/1943

Age27 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Riva833

Luigi Riva

Italy

B.date07/11/1944

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dino Zoff	46	29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roberto Rosato		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tarcisio Burgnich		32	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giacinto Facchetti		29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pierluigi Cera		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sandro Mazzola	81	28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Bertini		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Romeo Benetti		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gianni Rivera		28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roberto Boninsegna	41	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luigi Riva	833	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sweden

Hellström

Ronnie Hellström

Sweden

B.date21/02/1949

Age22 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Kristensson59

Krister Kristensson

Sweden

B.date25/07/1942

Age29 years

positionDefender

Hult52

Christer Hult

Sweden

B.date04/06/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Nordqvist

Bjorn Nordqvist

Sweden

B.date06/10/1942

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Grip

Roland Grip

Sweden

B.date01/01/1941

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Olsberg

Curt Olsberg

Sweden

B.date23/05/1945

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Larsson

Bo Larsson

Sweden

B.date05/05/1944

Age27 years

H1m90

positionMidfield

Grahn79

Ove Grahn

Sweden

B.date09/05/1943

Age28 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Nordahl

Thomas Nordahl

Sweden

B.date24/05/1946

Age25 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Sandberg

Roland Sandberg

Sweden

B.date16/12/1946

Age24 years

positionForward

Danielsson

Inge Danielsson

Sweden

B.date14/06/1941

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronnie Hellström		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Krister Kristensson	59	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christer Hult	52	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bjorn Nordqvist		29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Grip		30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Curt Olsberg		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bo Larsson		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ove Grahn	79	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thomas Nordahl		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roland Sandberg		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Inge Danielsson		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	G		Enrico Albertosi	46	31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Mario Corso	81	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Claes Cronqvist	52	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Hans Nilsson	59	29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Romeo Benetti

Giancarlo De Sisti

OUT

Roberto Rosato

Luciano Spinosi

OUT

Gianni Rivera

Mario Corso

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Curt Olsberg

Jan Olsson

OUT

Inge Danielsson

Sten Palsson

OUT

Ove Grahn

Kurt Axelsson

OUT

Thomas Nordahl

Sven Lindman

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ferruccio Valcareggi

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Valcareggi vs Sweden

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 1971

Valcareggi vs Ericson

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Georg Ericson

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Ericson vs Italy

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 1971

Ericson vs Valcareggi

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 1971

Referee

Roger Machin

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Italy2 matches	General total	Sweden1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Italy1 match	Season total	Sweden1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 02, 1985					Latest figure on October 09, 1971

Videos

November 23, 2011

Comments

Key figures

Italy keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 17/06/1970). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/06/1962-03/06/1970 time period (6 matches).

It's the first time Luigi Riva scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Sweden in his professional career

The last time Luigi Riva scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with Italy , it was on the 14/06/1970 (avec Italy vs Mexico )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DItaly 0-0 Bulgaria24/05/1969

VItaly 4-1 Wales04/11/1969

VItaly 3-0 East Germany22/11/1969

VItaly 3-0 Ireland08/12/1970

LItaly 1-2 Spain20/02/1971

VItaly 2-0 Mexico25/09/1971

Overall

VAustria 1-2 Italy31/10/1970

VItaly 3-0 Ireland08/12/1970

LItaly 1-2 Spain20/02/1971

VIreland 1-2 Italy10/05/1971

DSweden 0-0 Italy09/06/1971

VItaly 2-0 Mexico25/09/1971

Current form

Away

VFinland 1-2 Sweden26/08/1970

VNorway 2-4 Sweden13/09/1970

DIreland 1-1 Sweden14/10/1970

LIsrael 2-1 Sweden12/03/1971

VDenmark 1-3 Sweden20/06/1971

LAustria 1-0 Sweden04/09/1971

Overall

VSweden 1-0 Austria26/05/1971

DSweden 0-0 Italy09/06/1971

VDenmark 1-3 Sweden20/06/1971

VSweden 1-0 Germany27/06/1971

VSweden 3-0 Norway08/08/1971

LAustria 1-0 Sweden04/09/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	5	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.6
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Giancarlo De Sisti	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Jan Olsson
Giancarlo De Sisti	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Dan Brzokoupil
Giancarlo De Sisti	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Giancarlo De Sisti	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Pierino Prati	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Jan Olsson

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

3 d

1 l

7 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

9 matches

2 v

5 d

2 l

13 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

3 d

1 l

8 gf

7 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

9 matches

2 v

5 d

2 l

14 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	June 03, 1970
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 3	July 18, 1926
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 09, 1971 - Eliminatoires Euro 1972

Sweden

0 - 0

Italy

June 03, 1970 - Coupe du Monde 1970

Italy

1 - 0

Sweden

June 16, 1965 - Rencontres amicales 1965

Sweden

2 - 2

Italy

October 26, 1952 - Rencontres amicales 1952

Sweden

1 - 1

Italy

November 11, 1951 - Rencontres amicales 1951

Italy

1 - 1

Sweden

Best historical scorers against Sweden

Mario Magnozzi	2 goals	1924 - 1924
Virgilio Levratto	2 goals	1926 - 1926
Pasquale Vivolo	1 goal	1952 - 1952
Ezio Pascutti	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Ermes Muccinelli	1 goal	1950 - 1950
Franco Bontadini	1 goal	1912 - 1912

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/07/1912. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Italy

	Hans Jeppson	2 goals	1950 - 1950
	Sune Andersson	1 goal	1950 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/07/1912. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sweden

Sandro Mazzola	3 matches	1965 - 1971
Roberto Rosato	3 matches	1965 - 1971
Attilio Giovannini	3 matches	1950 - 1952
Giampiero Boniperti	3 matches	1950 - 1952
Giacinto Facchetti	3 matches	1965 - 1971
Virgilio Levratto	2 matches	1924 - 1926

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/07/1912. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Claes Cronqvist	2 matches	1970 - 1971
Ronnie Hellström	2 matches	1970 - 1971
Roland Grip	2 matches	1970 - 1971
Tommy Svensson	2 matches	1970 - 1971
Leif Eriksson	2 matches	1970 - 1971
Bjorn Nordqvist	2 matches	1970 - 1971