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Wales 4-1 East Germany - September 25, 1957 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1958

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1958 - Group 4

Ninian Park - Cardiff - Wales

September 25, 1957

17 000

Wales

4 - 1

East Germany

Desmond Palmer

38'

Cliff Jones

42'

Desmond Palmer

44'

Desmond Palmer

73'

57'

Manfred Kaiser

logo Wales WAL

38' - Goal Desmond Palmer38

42' - Goal Cliff Jones42

44' - Goal Desmond Palmer44

logo Wales WAL

57' - Goal Manfred Kaiser

73' - Goal Desmond Palmer73

logo East Germany GDR

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wales

4 - 1

East Germany

Wales East Germany

Team line-ups

Wales

Vearcombe

Graham Vearcombe

Wales

B.date28/03/1934

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hopkins

Melvyn Hopkins

Wales

B.date07/11/1934

Age22 years

positionDefender

Harris

William Harris

Wales

B.date31/10/1928

Age28 years

positionDefender

Thomas

David Thomas

Wales

B.date01/08/1926

Age31 years

positionDefender

Charles

Melvyn Charles

Wales

B.date14/05/1935

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Bowen

David Bowen

Wales

B.date07/06/1928

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Davies

Reginald Davies

Wales

B.date27/05/1929

Age28 years

positionForward

Palmer733844

Desmond Palmer

Wales

B.date23/09/1931

Age26 years

positionForward

Allchurch

Leonard Allchurch

Wales

B.date12/09/1933

Age24 years

H1m73

positionForward

Vernon

Royston Vernon

Wales

B.date14/04/1937

Age20 years

positionForward

Jones42

Cliff Jones

Wales

B.date07/02/1935

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Graham Vearcombe		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Melvyn Hopkins		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Harris		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Thomas		31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Melvyn Charles		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bowen		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Reginald Davies		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Desmond Palmer	733844	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Allchurch		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Royston Vernon		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cliff Jones	42	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

East Germany

Busch

Gunter Busch

Germany

B.date26/12/1925

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buschner

Georg Buschner

Germany

B.date26/12/1925

Age31 years

positionDefender

Müller

Bringfried Müller

Germany

B.date28/01/1931

Age26 years

positionDefender

Schoen

Herbert Schoen

Germany

B.date18/05/1929

Age28 years

positionMidfield

S. Wolf

Siegfried Wolf

Germany

B.date05/01/1926

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Karl Wolf

Germany

B.date27/05/1924

Age33 years

positionMidfield

Schröter

Günter Schröter

Germany

B.date03/05/1927

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Wirth

Günther Wirth

Germany

B.date09/01/1933

Age24 years

positionForward

Tröger

Willy Tröger

Germany

B.date02/10/1928

Age28 years

positionForward

Meyer

Lothar Meyer

Germany

B.date01/08/1934

Age23 years

positionForward

Kaiser57

Manfred Kaiser

Germany

B.date07/01/1929

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gunter Busch		31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georg Buschner		31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bringfried Müller		26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Herbert Schoen		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Siegfried Wolf		31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karl Wolf		33	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Günter Schröter		30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Günther Wirth		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willy Tröger		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lothar Meyer		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Manfred Kaiser	57	28	9	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Reginald Davies

Terry Medwin

OUT

Leonard Allchurch

John Charles

OUT

Graham Vearcombe

Alfred John Kelsey

OUT

David Bowen

Raymond Daniel

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gunter Busch

Karl-Heinz Spickenagel

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Murphy

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Murphy vs East Germany

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 1957

Murphy vs Gyarmati

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 1957

Manager

Age

Match num

János Gyarmati

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Gyarmati vs Wales

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 1957

Gyarmati vs Murphy

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 1957

Referee

Reginald Leafe

1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Wales3 matches	General total	East Germany1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wales1 match	Season total	East Germany1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 18, 1958					Latest figure on September 25, 1957

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Comments

Key figures

East Germany keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 19/05/1957). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Cliff Jones scores a goal in his professional career with since the 22/10/1955 (with vs )

It's the first time Cliff Jones scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWales 0-1 Scotland16/10/1954

VWales 2-1 England22/10/1955

LWales 1-2 Austria23/11/1955

DWales 1-1 Northern Ireland11/04/1956

DWales 2-2 Scotland20/10/1956

VWales 1-0 Czechoslovakia01/05/1957

Overall

DWales 2-2 Scotland20/10/1956

LEngland 3-1 Wales14/11/1956

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Wales10/04/1957

VWales 1-0 Czechoslovakia01/05/1957

LEast Germany 2-1 Wales19/05/1957

LCzechoslovakia 2-0 Wales26/05/1957

Current form

Away

LRomania 3-1 East Germany26/10/1952

LBulgaria 3-1 East Germany24/10/1954

VRomania 2-3 East Germany18/09/1955

VPoland 0-2 East Germany22/07/1956

LBulgaria 3-1 East Germany14/10/1956

LCzechoslovakia 3-1 East Germany16/06/1957

Overall

VPoland 0-2 East Germany22/07/1956

VEast Germany 3-1 Indonesia20/09/1956

LBulgaria 3-1 East Germany14/10/1956

VEast Germany 3-0 Luxembourg10/03/1957

VEast Germany 2-1 Wales19/05/1957

LCzechoslovakia 3-1 East Germany16/06/1957

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	8	11
Scoring streak	6	9
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

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

Melvyn Charles	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Günther Wirth
Royston Vernon	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Günther Wirth
Melvyn Charles	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Günther Wirth

Historical head to head

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	May 19, 1957
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

May 19, 1957 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1958

East Germany

2 - 1

Wales

Best historical scorers against East Germany

Melvyn Charles

1 goal

1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/05/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wales

	Günther Wirth	1 goal	1957 - 1957
	Willy Tröger	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/05/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs East Germany

Derek Tapscott	1 match	1957 - 1957
Leonard Edwards	1 match	1957 - 1957
Terry Medwin	1 match	1957 - 1957
John Charles	1 match	1957 - 1957
David Bowen	1 match	1957 - 1957
Alfred John Kelsey	1 match	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/05/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wales

Herbert Schoen	1 match	1957 - 1957
Georg Buschner	1 match	1957 - 1957
Karl-Heinz Spickenagel	1 match	1957 - 1957
Günther Wirth	1 match	1957 - 1957
Bringfried Müller	1 match	1957 - 1957
Manfred Kaiser	1 match	1957 - 1957