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Italy 0-4 England - May 16, 1948 / Friendlies 1948

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Friendlies 1948 - Europe

Comunale - Turin - Italy

May 16, 1948

85 000

Italy

0 - 4

England

Stan Mortensen

23'

Tommy Lawton

70'

Tom Finney

72'

Tom Finney

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4' - Goal Stan Mortensen

23' - Goal Tommy Lawton

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70' - Goal Tom Finney

72' - Goal Tom Finney

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Italy

0 - 4

England

Italy England

Team line-ups

Italy

Bacigalupo

Valerio Bacigalupo

Italy

B.date12/02/1924

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ballarin

Aldo Ballarin

Italy

B.date10/01/1922

Age26 years

positionDefender

Eliani

Alberto Eliani

Italy

B.date14/01/1922

Age26 years

positionDefender

Annovazzi

Carlo Annovazzi

Italy

B.date24/05/1925

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Mazzola

Valentino Mazzola

Italy

B.date26/01/1919

Age29 years

positionCentre Midfield

Parola

Carlo Parola

Italy

B.date20/09/1921

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Loik

Ezio Loik

Italy

B.date26/09/1919

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Grezar

Giuseppe Grezar

Italy

B.date25/11/1918

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Gabetto

Guglielmo Gabetto

Italy

B.date24/02/1916

Age32 years

positionForward

Menti

Romeo Menti

Italy

B.date05/09/1919

Age28 years

positionForward

Carapellese

Riccardo Carapellese

Italy

B.date01/07/1922

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Valerio Bacigalupo	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aldo Ballarin	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alberto Eliani	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlo Annovazzi	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valentino Mazzola	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlo Parola	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ezio Loik	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giuseppe Grezar	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guglielmo Gabetto	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Romeo Menti	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Riccardo Carapellese	25	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

England

Swift

Frank V Swift

England

B.date14/12/1914

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date06/02/1924

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Howe

John R Howe

England

B.date07/10/1915

Age32 years

positionDefender

Scott

Laurie Scott

England

B.date23/04/1917

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Cockburn

Henry Cockburn

England

B.date14/09/1923

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Mortensen4

Stan Mortensen

England

B.date26/05/1921

Age26 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Finney7072

Tom Finney

England

B.date05/04/1922

Age26 years

positionForward

Matthews

Stanley Matthews

England

B.date01/02/1915

Age33 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

Lawton23

Tommy Lawton

England

B.date06/10/1919

Age28 years

positionStriker

Franklin

Cornelius F Franklin

England

B.date24/01/1922

Age26 years

positionForward

Mannion

Wilfrid J Mannion

England

B.date16/05/1918

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frank V Swift		33	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John R Howe		32	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurie Scott		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Henry Cockburn		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Mortensen	4	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Finney	7072	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stanley Matthews		33	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Lawton	23	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cornelius F Franklin		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wilfrid J Mannion		30	13	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

Carlo Parola

Mario Rigamonti

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wilfrid J Mannion

Stan Pearson

OUT

John R Howe

George Hardwick

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Vittorio Pozzo

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Pozzo vs England

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 16, 1948

Pozzo vs Winterbottom

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 16, 1948

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Walter Winterbottom

Success rate in this team:

78 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

78 %

Winterbottom vs Italy

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 16, 1948

Winterbottom vs Pozzo

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 16, 1948

Referee

Pedro Escartin

0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Italy3 matches	General total	England1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Italy1 match	Season total	England1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 16, 1948					Latest figure on May 16, 1948

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Key figures

England keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 17/03/1900). It's a record streak. The first of history

England keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 25/05/1947). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/05/1938-03/05/1947 time period (17 matches).

End of streak for Italy after 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs England (since 13/05/1933). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VItaly 4-0 Croatia05/04/1942

VItaly 4-0 Spain19/04/1942

VItaly 3-2 Austria01/12/1946

VItaly 5-2 Switzerland27/04/1947

VItaly 3-2 Hungary11/05/1947

VItaly 3-1 Czechoslovakia14/12/1947

Overall

VItaly 3-2 Austria01/12/1946

VItaly 5-2 Switzerland27/04/1947

VItaly 3-2 Hungary11/05/1947

LAustria 5-1 Italy09/11/1947

VItaly 3-1 Czechoslovakia14/12/1947

VFrance 1-3 Italy04/04/1948

Current form

Away

VIreland 0-1 England30/09/1946

LSwitzerland 1-0 England18/05/1947

VPortugal 0-10 England25/05/1947

VBelgium 2-5 England21/09/1947

VWales 0-3 England18/10/1947

VScotland 0-2 England10/04/1948

Overall

VPortugal 0-10 England25/05/1947

VBelgium 2-5 England21/09/1947

VWales 0-3 England18/10/1947

DEngland 2-2 Northern Ireland05/11/1947

VEngland 4-2 Sweden19/11/1947

VScotland 0-2 England10/04/1948

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	2
Unbeaten streak	29	2
Drawless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	50	29
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Drawless streak	9	2
Scoring streak	4	6
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

	Riccardo Carapellese	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)		-
	Riccardo Carapellese	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player		-

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

5 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

6 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	November 14, 1934
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

May 13, 1939 - Rencontres amicales 1939

Italy

2 - 2

England

November 14, 1934 - Rencontres amicales 1934

England

3 - 2

Italy

May 13, 1933 - Rencontres amicales 1933

Italy

1 - 1

England

Best historical scorers against England

Giuseppe Meazza	2 goals	1934 - 1934
Silvio Piola	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Amedeo Biavati	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Giovanni Ferrari	1 goal	1933 - 1933

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Italy

Eric Brook	2 goals	1934 - 1934
Tommy Lawton	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Cliff Bastin	1 goal	1933 - 1933
Willie Hall	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Ted Drake	1 goal	1934 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Giuseppe Meazza	3 matches	1933 - 1939
Luigi Bertolini	2 matches	1933 - 1934
Raimondo Orsi	2 matches	1933 - 1934
Pietro Serantoni	2 matches	1934 - 1939
Giovanni Ferrari	2 matches	1933 - 1934
Luis Monti	2 matches	1933 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Edris Hapgood	3 matches	1933 - 1939
Wilf Copping	2 matches	1933 - 1934
George Male	2 matches	1934 - 1939
Cliff Bastin	2 matches	1933 - 1934
Stanley Matthews	2 matches	1934 - 1939
Alfred H Strange	1 match	1933 - 1933