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Italy 0-0 West Germany - February 26, 1974 / Friendlies 1974

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Friendlies 1974 - Europe

Stadio Olimpico - Rome - Italy

February 26, 1974

82 000

Italy

0 - 0

West Germany

Germany

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18' - Substitution Giacinto Facchettiis substituted by Giuseppe Sabadini18

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80' - Substitution Horst-Dieter Höttgesis substituted by Helmut Kremers

87' - Substitution Fabio Capellois substituted by Antonio Juliano87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Italy

0 - 0

West Germany

Italy West Germany

Team line-ups

Italy

Zoff

Dino Zoff

Italy

B.date28/02/1942

Age31 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Wilson

Giuseppe Wilson

Italy

B.date27/10/1945

Age28 years

H1m73

positionSweeper

Morini

Francesco Morini

Italy

B.date12/08/1944

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Spinosi

Luciano Spinosi

Italy

B.date09/05/1950

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Facchetti18

Giacinto Facchetti

Italy

B.date18/07/1942

Age31 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Capello87

Fabio Capello

Italy

B.date18/06/1946

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Benetti

Romeo Benetti

Italy

B.date20/10/1945

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Mazzola

Sandro Mazzola

Italy

B.date08/11/1942

Age31 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

Rivera

Gianni Rivera

Italy

B.date18/08/1943

Age30 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Chiarugi

Luciano Chiarugi

Italy

B.date13/01/1947

Age27 years

H1m70

positionForward

Chinaglia

Giorgio Chinaglia

Italy

B.date24/01/1947

Age27 years

H1m86

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dino Zoff		31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giuseppe Wilson		28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francesco Morini		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luciano Spinosi		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giacinto Facchetti	18	31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabio Capello	87	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Romeo Benetti		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sandro Mazzola		31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gianni Rivera		30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luciano Chiarugi		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Giorgio Chinaglia		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

West Germany

Maier

Sepp Maier

Germany

B.date28/02/1944

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Germany

B.date11/09/1945

Age28 years

H1m81

positionSweeper

Höttges80

Horst-Dieter Höttges

Germany

B.date10/09/1943

Age30 years

H1m74

positionDefender

Cullmann

Bernd Cullmann

Germany

B.date01/11/1949

Age24 years

H1m86

positionDefender

Schwarzenbeck

Georg Schwarzenbeck

Germany

B.date03/04/1948

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Overath

Wolfgang Overath

Germany

B.date29/09/1943

Age30 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Breitner

Paul Breitner

Germany

B.date05/09/1951

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

Netzer

Günter Netzer

Germany

B.date14/09/1944

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Hoeness

Uli Hoeness

Germany

B.date05/01/1952

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Heynckes

Jupp Heynckes

Germany

B.date09/05/1945

Age28 years

H1m81

positionForward

Müller

Gerd Müller

Germany

B.date03/11/1945

Age28 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sepp Maier		29	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franz Beckenbauer		28	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Horst-Dieter Höttges	80	30	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernd Cullmann		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georg Schwarzenbeck		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wolfgang Overath		30	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Breitner		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Günter Netzer		29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Uli Hoeness		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jupp Heynckes		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerd Müller		28	52	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
	D		Giuseppe Sabadini	18	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Antonio Juliano	87	31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Helmut Kremers	80	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luciano Chiarugi

Franco Causio

OUT

Francesco Morini

Tarcisio Burgnich

OUT

Giuseppe Wilson

Luigi Riva

OUT

Sandro Mazzola

Mauro Bellugi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jupp Heynckes

Jürgen Grabowski

OUT

Bernd Cullmann

Wolfgang Weber

OUT

Paul Breitner

Helmut Kremers

OUT

Sepp Maier

Norbert Nigbur

OUT

Georg Schwarzenbeck

Berti Vogts

OUT

Günter Netzer

Dieter Herzog

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ferruccio Valcareggi

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Valcareggi vs West Germany

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 1974

Valcareggi vs Schön

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 1974

Manager

Age

Match num

Helmut Schön

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Schön vs Italy

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 1974

Schön vs Valcareggi

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 1974

Referee

Anton Bucheli

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Italy1 match	General total	West Germany1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Italy1 match	Season total	West Germany1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 26, 1974					Latest figure on February 26, 1974

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Key figures

End of streak for West Germany after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home (since 29/04/1972). It was the best streak for the club since 30/09/1962-07/06/1964 (5 matches).

Italy keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs West Germany in Friendlies running (since 05/05/1940). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/03/1939 (4 matches)

Italy keeps its 13 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 21/06/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/11/1965-01/11/1967 time period (17 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DItaly 0-0 Turkey13/01/1973

VItaly 5-0 Luxembourg31/03/1973

VItaly 2-0 Brazil09/06/1973

VItaly 2-0 England14/06/1973

VItaly 2-0 Sweden29/09/1973

VItaly 2-0 Switzerland20/10/1973

Overall

VItaly 5-0 Luxembourg31/03/1973

VItaly 2-0 Brazil09/06/1973

VItaly 2-0 England14/06/1973

VItaly 2-0 Sweden29/09/1973

VItaly 2-0 Switzerland20/10/1973

VEngland 0-1 Italy14/11/1973

Current form

Away

VPoland 1-3 West Germany10/10/1971

VHungary 0-2 West Germany29/03/1972

VEngland 1-3 West Germany29/04/1972

VWest Germany 2-1 Belgium14/06/1972

DScotland 1-1 West Germany14/11/1973

LSpain 1-0 West Germany23/02/1974

Overall

VSoviet Union 0-1 West Germany05/09/1973

VWest Germany 4-0 Austria10/10/1973

VWest Germany 2-1 France13/10/1973

DScotland 1-1 West Germany14/11/1973

VWest Germany 2-1 Spain24/11/1973

LSpain 1-0 West Germany23/02/1974

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	7
Unbeaten streak	11	13
Drawless streak	5	7
Scoring streak	5	7
Invincibility streak	6	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

0	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)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (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

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

5 v

0 d

1 l

15 gf

9 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

10 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

14 matches

9 v

3 d

2 l

29 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

9 gf

10 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

0 d

5 l

9 gf

15 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

14 matches

2 v

3 d

9 l

21 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	January 01, 1933
Home	3 - 1	January 01, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	November 26, 1939
Away	2 - 1	April 28, 1929

Latest head to head

June 17, 1970 - Coupe du Monde 1970

Italy

4 - 3

West Germany logo West Germany

March 13, 1965 - Rencontres amicales 1965

West Germany

1 - 1

Italy

May 31, 1962 - Coupe du Monde 1962

Italy

0 - 0

West Germany logo West Germany

December 18, 1955 - Rencontres amicales 1955

Italy

2 - 1

West Germany logo West Germany

March 30, 1955 - Rencontres amicales 1955

West Germany

1 - 2

Italy

Best historical scorers against West Germany

Giuseppe Meazza	2 goals	1930 - 1933
Gino Colaussi	2 goals	1936 - 1940
Silvio Piola	2 goals	1939 - 1939
Amedeo Biavati	2 goals	1939 - 1940
Gino Rossetti	1 goal	1929 - 1929
Giacomo Neri	1 goal	1939 - 1939

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/01/1923. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Italy

Franz Binder	5 goals	1939 - 1940
Otto Siffling	2 goals	1936 - 1936
Gerd Müller	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Georg Frank	1 goal	1929 - 1929
Erich Juskowiak	1 goal	1955 - 1955
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/01/1923. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Germany

Aldo Olivieri	4 matches	1936 - 1940
Gino Colaussi	4 matches	1936 - 1940
Gianni Rivera	3 matches	1962 - 1970
Silvio Piola	3 matches	1936 - 1940
Umberto Caligaris	3 matches	1923 - 1930
Ottavio Barbieri	3 matches	1923 - 1930

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/01/1923. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Paul Janes	4 matches	1936 - 1940
Albin Kitzinger	4 matches	1936 - 1940
Heinrich Stuhlfauth	4 matches	1923 - 1930
Ernst Lehner	3 matches	1939 - 1940
Hans Hagen	3 matches	1923 - 1930
Hans Pesser	3 matches	1939 - 1940