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Finland 1-1 Northern Ireland - October 11, 2015 / Euro Qualifying 2016

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Euro Qualifying 2016 - Round 10 - Group F

Olympic Stadium - Helsinki - Finland

October 11, 2015

Finland

1 - 1

Northern Ireland

Assist by Kasper HämäläinenPaulus Arajuuri

87'

31'

Craig Cathcart (header) Assist by Niall McGinn

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31' - Goal Craig Cathcart

44' - Substitution Alexander Ringis substituted by Robin Lod44

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51' - Substitution Paddy McNairis substituted by Conor McLaughlin

66' - Substitution Berat Sadikis substituted by Teemu Pukki66

71' - Substitution Niall McGinnis substituted by Shane Ferguson

79' - Substitution Rasmus Schülleris substituted by Kasper Hämäläinen79

79' - Substitution Kyle Laffertyis substituted by Josh Magennis

87' - Goal Paulus Arajuuri87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

1 - 1

Northern Ireland

Finland Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Finland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Sadik66

Berat Sadik

Finland

B.date14/09/1986

Age29 years

H1m92

positionStriker

20Pohjanpalo

Joel Pohjanpalo

Finland

B.date13/09/1994

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

6Schüller79

Rasmus Schüller

Finland

B.date18/06/1991

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

19Ring44

Alexander Ring

Finland

B.date09/04/1991

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

14Sparv

Tim Sparv

Finland

B.date20/02/1987

Age28 years

H1m94

positionLeft Midfielder

16Mattila

Sakari Mattila

Finland

B.date14/07/1989

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight central midfielder

18Uronen

Jere Uronen

Finland

B.date13/07/1994

Age21 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

7Ojala

Juhani Ojala

Finland

B.date19/06/1989

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2Arajuuri87

Paulus Arajuuri

Finland

B.date15/06/1988

Age27 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

5Jalasto

Ville Jalasto

Finland

B.date19/04/1986

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

1Hradecky

Lucas Hradecky

Finland

B.date24/11/1989

Age25 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Lucas Hradecky		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Juhani Ojala		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ville Jalasto		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Paulus Arajuuri	87	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jere Uronen		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Rasmus Schüller	79	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Alexander Ring	44	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sakari Mattila		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Tim Sparv		28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Berat Sadik	66	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Joel Pohjanpalo		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Northern Ireland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Lafferty79

Kyle Lafferty

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1987

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

14Dallas

Stuart Dallas

Northern Ireland

B.date19/04/1991

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

7McGinn71

Niall McGinn

Northern Ireland

B.date20/07/1987

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age30 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

6Baird

Chris Baird

Northern Ireland

B.date25/02/1982

Age33 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

16Norwood

Oliver Norwood

Northern Ireland

B.date12/04/1991

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

11Brunt

Chris Brunt

Northern Ireland

B.date14/12/1984

Age30 years

H1m87

positionLeft Midfielder

20Cathcart31

Craig Cathcart

Northern Ireland

B.date06/02/1989

Age26 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

4McAuley

Gareth McAuley

Northern Ireland

B.date05/12/1979

Age35 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

17McNair51

Paddy McNair

Northern Ireland

B.date27/04/1995

Age20 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

1McGovern

Michael McGovern

Northern Ireland

B.date12/07/1984

Age31 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michael McGovern		31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Craig Cathcart	31	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Gareth McAuley		35	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Paddy McNair	51	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Chris Baird		33	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Chris Brunt		30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Oliver Norwood		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Niall McGinn	71	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Stuart Dallas		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Davis		30	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Kyle Lafferty	79	28	45	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Niki Mäenpää		30
23	G	Jesse Joronen		22
17	D	Thomas Lam		21
3	D	Niklas Moisander		30
4	D	Joona Toivio		27
22	D	Jukka Raitala		27
13	D	Kari Arkivuo		32
21	M	Kasper Hämäläinen	79	29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Teemu Pukki	66	25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin Lod	44	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Roy Carroll		38
23	G	Alan Mannus		33
5	D	Luke McCullough		21
3	D	Shane Ferguson	71	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Conor McLaughlin	51	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ryan McLaughlin		21
15	M	Pat McCourt		31
18	M	Ben Reeves		23
21	F	Josh Magennis	79	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Jamie Ward		29
9	F	Billy McKay		26
22	F	Liam Boyce		24

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ville Jalasto

Kari Arkivuo

OUT

Sakari Mattila

Markus Halsti

OUT

Juhani Ojala

Niklas Moisander

OUT

Tim Sparv

Perparim Hetemaj

OUT

Berat Sadik

Teemu Pukki

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Baird

Corry Evans

OUT

Kyle Lafferty

Josh Magennis

OUT

Niall McGinn

Jamie Ward

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Markku Kanerva

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Kanerva vs Northern Ireland

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2015

Kanerva vs O'Neill

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Michael O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

23 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

O'Neill vs Finland

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2015

O'Neill vs Kanerva

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2015

Referee

Sergey Karasev

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 11, 2015					Latest figure on October 11, 2015

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Key figures

It's the first time Craig Cathcart scores 1 goal in Euro Qualifying

It's the first time Craig Cathcart scores 1 goal in his professional career with Northern Ireland

No Northern Ireland manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Michael O'Neill has reached 37% of draws .

Read the next 19 key stats

General ranking

2	Romania	20 pts	10 rd
3	Hungary	16 pts	10 rd
4	Finland	12 pts	10 rd
5	Faroe Islands	6 pts	10 rd
6	Greece	6 pts	10 rd

General ranking

1	Northern Ireland	21 pts	10 rd
2	Romania	20 pts	10 rd
3	Hungary	16 pts	10 rd
4	Finland	12 pts	10 rd
5	Faroe Islands	6 pts	10 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DFinland 2-2 Czech Republic21/05/2014

DFinland 1-1 Greece11/10/2014

LFinland 0-2 Romania14/10/2014

LFinland 0-2 Estonia09/06/2015

LFinland 0-1 Hungary13/06/2015

VFinland 1-0 Faroe Islands07/09/2015

Overall

LNorthern Ireland 2-1 Finland29/03/2015

LFinland 0-2 Estonia09/06/2015

LFinland 0-1 Hungary13/06/2015

VGreece 0-1 Finland04/09/2015

VFinland 1-0 Faroe Islands07/09/2015

DRomania 1-1 Finland08/10/2015

Current form

Away

LChile 2-0 Northern Ireland04/06/2014

VHungary 1-2 Northern Ireland07/09/2014

VGreece 0-2 Northern Ireland14/10/2014

LRomania 2-0 Northern Ireland14/11/2014

LScotland 1-0 Northern Ireland25/03/2015

VFaroe Islands 1-3 Northern Ireland04/09/2015

Overall

VNorthern Ireland 2-1 Finland29/03/2015

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Qatar31/05/2015

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Romania13/06/2015

VFaroe Islands 1-3 Northern Ireland04/09/2015

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Hungary07/09/2015

VNorthern Ireland 3-1 Greece08/10/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	6
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	1
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	6
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.78
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

19	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Joel Pohjanpalo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Kyle Lafferty
Jarkko Hurme	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kyle Lafferty
Teemu Pukki	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Oliver Norwood
Kasper Hämäläinen	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Oliver Norwood
Joel Pohjanpalo	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Steven Davis

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

12 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

8 gf

6 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

11 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 09, 1999
Home	4 - 1	October 09, 1999

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	March 29, 2015
Away	2 - 1	August 16, 2006

Latest head to head

March 29, 2015 - Eliminatoires Euro 2016

Northern Ireland

2 - 1

Finland

August 15, 2012 - Rencontres amicales 2012

Northern Ireland

3 - 3

Finland

August 16, 2006 - Rencontres amicales 2006

Finland

1 - 2

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

February 12, 2003 - Rencontres amicales 2003

Northern Ireland

0 - 1

Finland

October 09, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Finland

4 - 1

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Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

Joonas Kolkka	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Sami Hyypiä	2 goals	1999 - 2003
Perparim Hetemaj	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Ari Valvee	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Mika Väyrynen	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Teemu Pukki	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Kyle Lafferty	4 goals	2006 - 2015
Gerry Armstrong	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Jeff Whitley	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Martin Paterson	1 goal	2012 - 2012
John O'Neill	1 goal	1984 - 1984
David Healy	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Jonatan Johansson	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Sami Hyypiä	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Aki Riihilahti	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Joonas Kolkka	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Hannu Tihinen	3 matches	1999 - 2006
Simo Valakari	3 matches	1998 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

James Quinn	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Kyle Lafferty	3 matches	2006 - 2015
Roy Carroll	3 matches	2003 - 2015
Maik Taylor	3 matches	1999 - 2006
Aaron Hughes	3 matches	1998 - 2006
Chris Baird	3 matches	2006 - 2015