This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of
Belgium 2-1 Italy - May 13, 1972 / Euro Qualifying 1972
. 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.Euro Qualifying 1972 - Quarter-finals
BEL
0
23' - Goal
Wilfried Van Moer23
HT
BEL
46' - Substitution
Wilfried Van Moeris substituted by Odilon Polleunis4646
46' - Substitution
Mario Bertiniis substituted by Fabio Capello
46' - Substitution
Mario Bertiniis substituted by Fabio Capello
71' - Goal
Paul van Himst7186
86' - Goal
Luigi Riva
86' - Goal
Luigi Riva
FT
ITA
ITA
Team line-ups
Belgium
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Christian Piot | 24 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Léon Dolmans | 27 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Erwin Van Den Daele | 27 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Jean Dockx | 30 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Jean Thissen | 26 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Georges Heylens | 30 | 60 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Wilfried Van Moer | 2346 | 27 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Jan Verheyen | 27 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Raoul Lambert | 27 | 13 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Paul van Himst | 71 | 28 | 65 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Léon Semmeling | 32 | 28 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
27.7 years
Average number of matches played for the team
26
Italy
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Enrico Albertosi | 32 | 33 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Tarcisio Burgnich | 33 | 49 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Luciano Spinosi | 22 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Giacinto Facchetti | 29 | 64 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Pierluigi Cera | 31 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Mario Bertini | 46 | 28 | 25 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Romeo Benetti | 26 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Sandro Mazzola | 29 | 54 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Giancarlo De Sisti | 29 | 29 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Luigi Riva | 86 | 27 | 30 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Roberto Boninsegna | 28 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
28.5 years
Average number of matches played for the team
30
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F |
Odilon Polleunis | 46 | 29 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Fabio Capello | 46 | 25 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Léon Dolmans
IN
Maurice Martens
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Roberto Boninsegna
IN
Pietro Anastasi
OUT
Luciano Spinosi
IN
Roberto Rosato
OUT
Mario Bertini
IN
Angelo Domenghini
OUT
Romeo Benetti
IN
Gianfranco Bedin
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
50
24
Success rate in this team:
54 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
39 %
Goethals vs Italy
1 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on May 13, 1972
Goethals vs Valcareggi
1 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on May 13, 1972
Manager
Age
Match num
53
47
Success rate in this team:
55 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
36 %
Valcareggi vs Belgium
0 victory
1 draw
1 loss
Latest figure on May 13, 1972
Valcareggi vs Goethals
0 victory
1 draw
1 loss
Latest figure on May 13, 1972
Referee
Paul Schiller
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Belgium1 match | General total | Italy4 matches | 2 victories |
1 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Belgium1 match | Season total | Italy1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on May 13, 1972 | Latest figure on June 05, 1976 | |||||||
Videos
April 25, 2012
Key figures
End of streak for Belgium after 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Italy (since 20/06/1954). It's a record streak. The first of history
Italy keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 20/11/1971). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/01/1958-29/11/1959 time period (8 matches).
It's the first time Luigi Riva scores a goal in his professional career with since the 09/10/1971 (with vs )
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | LBelgium 1-3 England25/02/1970 | LBelgium 1-2 France15/11/1970 | VBelgium 2-0 Denmark25/11/1970 | VBelgium 3-0 Scotland03/02/1971 | VBelgium 3-0 Portugal17/02/1971 | VBelgium 1-0 Luxembourg07/11/1971 |
| Overall | VLuxembourg 0-4 Belgium20/05/1971 | VDenmark 1-2 Belgium26/05/1971 | VBelgium 1-0 Luxembourg07/11/1971 | LScotland 1-0 Belgium10/11/1971 | DPortugal 1-1 Belgium21/11/1971 | DItaly 0-0 Belgium29/04/1972 |
Current form
| Away | VMexico 1-4 Italy14/06/1970 | DSwitzerland 1-1 Italy17/10/1970 | VAustria 1-2 Italy31/10/1970 | VIreland 1-2 Italy10/05/1971 | DSweden 0-0 Italy09/06/1971 | LGreece 2-1 Italy04/03/1972 |
| Overall | DSweden 0-0 Italy09/06/1971 | VItaly 2-0 Mexico25/09/1971 | VItaly 3-0 Sweden09/10/1971 | DItaly 2-2 Austria20/11/1971 | LGreece 2-1 Italy04/03/1972 | DItaly 0-0 Belgium29/04/1972 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 4 | 0 |
| Drawing streak | 0 | 2 |
| Unbeaten streak | 4 | 2 |
| Winless streak | 0 | 3 |
| Drawless streak | 20 | 0 |
| Scoring streak | 17 | 0 |
| Goalless streak | 0 | 1 |
| Invincibility streak | 4 | 1 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing streak | 0 | 1 |
| Loosing streak | 1 | 0 |
| Unbeaten streak | 0 | 1 |
| Winless streak | 2 | 3 |
| Drawless streak | 1 | 0 |
| Scoring streak | 1 | 0 |
| Goalless streak | 0 | 1 |
| Conceding streak | 1 | 0 |
| Invincibility streak | 0 | 1 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
7 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
7 |
|
3 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
4 |
Victories (Competition total) |
4 |
|
3 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
2 |
Draws (Competition total) |
3 |
|
0 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
1 |
Losses (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
|
11 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
12 |
|
8 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
4 |
|
3 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
4 |
|
0 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
1.57 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
1.71 |
|
2.67 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
1.33 |
|
0.43 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
0.57 |
|
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
0.67 |
Betting aid
|
3 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
5 |
|
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
4 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
4 |
|
3 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
2 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
2 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
2 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
3 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
3-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
2-1 |
Bookings
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
 | Johan Devrindt | 4 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 3 goals | Giancarlo De Sisti |  |
| Paul van Himst | 2 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | 1 goal | Giancarlo De Sisti | |
| Raoul Lambert | 1 penalty | Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total) | 1 penalty | Giancarlo De Sisti | |
| Raoul Lambert | 1 penalty | Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
| Raoul Lambert | 3 goals during the last 5 matches | The fittest player | 3 goals during the last 6 matches | Pierino Prati |  |
Historical head to head
Home
4 matches
1 v
0 d
3 l
7 gf
9 ga
Away
6 matches
0 v
1 d
5 l
4 gf
15 ga
Neutral ground
1 match
0 v
0 d
1 l
1 gf
4 ga
Total
11 matches
1 v
1 d
9 l
12 gf
28 ga
Historical head to head
Home
6 matches
5 v
1 d
0 l
15 gf
4 ga
Away
4 matches
3 v
0 d
1 l
9 gf
7 ga
Neutral ground
1 match
1 v
0 d
0 l
4 gf
1 ga
Total
11 matches
9 v
1 d
1 l
28 gf
12 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 2 - 0 |
February 24, 1952 |
| Home | 2 - 0 |
February 24, 1952 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 6 - 1 |
May 15, 1938 |
| Away | 3 - 1 |
May 13, 1962 |
Latest head to head
April 29, 1972 - Eliminatoires Euro 1972
May 13, 1962 - Rencontres amicales 1962
January 16, 1955 - Rencontres amicales 1955
June 20, 1954 - Coupe du Monde 1954
February 24, 1952 - Rencontres amicales 1952
Best historical scorers against Italy
|
Bernard Voorhoof | 2 goals | 1933 - 1933 |
|
José Moes | 2 goals | 1952 - 1952 |
|
Henri Larnoe | 2 goals | 1921 - 1922 |
|
Léopold Anoul | 1 goal | 1954 - 1954 |
|
Jean Capelle | 1 goal | 1938 - 1938 |
|
Mathieu Bragard | 1 goal | 1921 - 1921 |
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 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 |
 |
José Altafini | 2 goals | 1962 - 1962 |
|
Luigi Burlando | 1 goal | 1922 - 1922 |
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Players with most games played vs Italy
|
Louis Carré | 4 matches | 1950 - 1955 |
|
Joseph Mermans | 4 matches | 1950 - 1955 |
 |
Rik Coppens | 3 matches | 1952 - 1955 |
|
Henri Meert | 3 matches | 1950 - 1955 |
|
Vicky Mees | 3 matches | 1950 - 1955 |
|
Léopold Anoul | 3 matches | 1950 - 1954 |
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Players with most games played vs Belgium
 |
Giampiero Boniperti | 3 matches | 1950 - 1955 |
 |
Benito Lorenzi | 3 matches | 1950 - 1954 |
 |
Renzo De Vecchi | 3 matches | 1913 - 1922 |
 |
Virginio Rosetta | 2 matches | 1921 - 1933 |
|
Luigi Burlando | 2 matches | 1921 - 1922 |
|
Giovanni Giacomazzi | 2 matches | 1954 - 1955 |
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Competition info
The other matches
April 29, 1972
April 30, 1972
May 13, 1972
May 14, 1972
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