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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 8 - Group C

Windsor Park - Belfast - Northern Ireland

September 04, 2017

2 - 0

Czech Republic

Assist by Oliver NorwoodJonny Evans

28'

Chris Brunt

41'

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28' - Goal Jonny Evans28

41' - Goal Chris Brunt41

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55' - Substitution Jakub Janktois substituted by Josef Husbauer photo Jan Kliment

55' - Substitution Ladislav I Krejciis substituted by Jan Kliment

58' - Substitution Conor Washingtonis substituted by Lee Hodson58

58' - Yellow card Tomas Kalas

66' - Substitution Filip Novakis substituted by Borek Dockal

74' - Substitution Stuart Dallasis substituted by Kyle Lafferty74

75' - Yellow card Josef Husbauer

78' - Yellow card Jonny Evans78

84' - Substitution Josh Magennisis substituted by Shane Ferguson84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Northern Ireland

2 - 0

Czech Republic

Northern Ireland Czech Republic

Team line-ups

Northern Ireland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Washington58

Conor Washington

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1992

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

16Norwood

Oliver Norwood

Northern Ireland

B.date12/04/1991

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

8Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age32 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

14Dallas74

Stuart Dallas

Northern Ireland

B.date19/04/1991

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

13Corry Evans

Corry Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date30/07/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

21Magennis84

Josh Magennis

Northern Ireland

B.date15/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

11Brunt41

Chris Brunt

Northern Ireland

B.date14/12/1984

Age32 years

H1m87

positionLeft Midfielder

5Jonny Evans2878

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age29 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

18Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age37 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

2McLaughlin

Conor McLaughlin

Northern Ireland

B.date26/07/1991

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1McGovern

Michael McGovern

Northern Ireland

B.date12/07/1984

Age33 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michael McGovern		33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Aaron Hughes		37	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jonny Evans	2878	29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Conor McLaughlin		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Chris Brunt	41	32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Corry Evans		27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Oliver Norwood		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Stuart Dallas	74	26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Davis		32	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Josh Magennis	84	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Conor Washington	58	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Czech Republic

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Krejci55

Ladislav I Krejci

Czech Republic

B.date05/07/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

11Krmencik

Michael Krmencik

Czech Republic

B.date15/03/1993

Age24 years

H1m90

positionStriker

14Jankto55

Jakub Jankto

Czech Republic

B.date19/01/1996

Age21 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

18Boril

Jan Boril

Czech Republic

B.date11/01/1991

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

4Gebre Selassie

Theodor Gebre Selassie

Czech Republic

B.date24/12/1986

Age30 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

15Soucek

Tomas Soucek

Czech Republic

B.date27/02/1995

Age22 years

H1m92

positionBox-to-box midfielder

8Darida

Vladimir Darida

Czech Republic

B.date08/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

22Novak66

Filip Novak

Czech Republic

B.date26/06/1990

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

3Kalas58

Tomas Kalas

Czech Republic

B.date15/05/1993

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

17Suchy

Marek Suchy

Czech Republic

B.date29/03/1988

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

1Vaclik

Tomas Vaclik

Czech Republic

B.date29/03/1989

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tomas Vaclik		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Marek Suchy		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Filip Novak	66	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jan Boril		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Tomas Kalas	58	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Theodor Gebre Selassie		30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Ladislav I Krejci	55	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Jakub Jankto	55	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Vladimir Darida		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Tomas Soucek		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Michael Krmencik		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Alan Mannus		35
23	G	Roy Carroll		39
4	D	Tom Flanagan		25
3	D	Shane Ferguson	84	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Lee Hodson	58	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ryan McLaughlin		22
20	D	Daniel Lafferty		29
22	M	Matthew Lund		26
15	M	Paul Paton		30
7	M	Niall McGinn		30
10	F	Kyle Lafferty	74	29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Shay McCartan		23

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Tomas Koubek		25
23	G	Jiri Pavlenka		25
5	D	David Hovorka		24
6	D	Michael Luftner		23
2	D	Pavel Kaderabek		25
10	M	Josef Husbauer	5575	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Tomas Horava		29
13	M	Jan Kopic		27
9	M	Borek Dockal	66	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Antonin Barak		22
7	M	Jaromir Zmrhal		24
21	F	Jan Kliment	55	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Corry Evans

Kyle Lafferty

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ladislav I Krejci

Jan Kopic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Michael O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

O'Neill vs Czech Republic

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

O'Neill vs Jarolim

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Karel Jarolim

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Jarolim vs Northern Ireland

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

Jarolim vs O'Neill

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 2017

Referee

Daniele Orsato

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Northern Ireland2 matches	General total	Czech Republic3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Northern Ireland1 match	Season total	Czech Republic1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 09, 2019					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

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Key figures

Czech Republic keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 05/06/2017). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/06/2016-21/06/2016 time period (4 matches).

Northern Ireland keeps its 5 consecutive wins running (since 26/03/2017). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/10/2014 (3 matches)

Northern Ireland keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 11/11/2016). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/09/1997-24/03/2001 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

	1	Germany	24 pts	8 rd
	2	Northern Ireland	19 pts	8 rd
+2	3	Azerbaijan	10 pts	8 rd
-1	4	Czech Republic	9 pts	8 rd
-1	5	Norway	7 pts	8 rd

General ranking

	2	Northern Ireland	19 pts	8 rd
+2	3	Azerbaijan	10 pts	8 rd
-1	4	Czech Republic	9 pts	8 rd
-1	5	Norway	7 pts	8 rd
	6	San Marino	0 pt	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNorthern Ireland 3-0 Belarus27/05/2016

VNorthern Ireland 4-0 San Marino08/10/2016

VNorthern Ireland 4-0 Azerbaijan11/11/2016

LNorthern Ireland 0-3 Croatia15/11/2016

VNorthern Ireland 2-0 Norway26/03/2017

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 New Zealand02/06/2017

Overall

VNorthern Ireland 4-0 Azerbaijan11/11/2016

LNorthern Ireland 0-3 Croatia15/11/2016

VNorthern Ireland 2-0 Norway26/03/2017

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 New Zealand02/06/2017

VAzerbaijan 0-1 Northern Ireland10/06/2017

VSan Marino 0-3 Northern Ireland01/09/2017

Current form

Away

LPoland 3-1 Czech Republic17/11/2015

DSweden 1-1 Czech Republic29/03/2016

LGermany 3-0 Czech Republic08/10/2016

VSan Marino 0-6 Czech Republic26/03/2017

LBelgium 2-1 Czech Republic05/06/2017

DNorway 1-1 Czech Republic10/06/2017

Overall

DCzech Republic 1-1 Denmark15/11/2016

VCzech Republic 3-0 Lithuania22/03/2017

VSan Marino 0-6 Czech Republic26/03/2017

LBelgium 2-1 Czech Republic05/06/2017

DNorway 1-1 Czech Republic10/06/2017

LCzech Republic 1-2 Germany01/09/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	9	8
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.43
3.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
0.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kyle Lafferty	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Vladimir Darida
Kyle Lafferty	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Theodor Gebre Selassie
Steven Davis	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Vladimir Darida
Steven Davis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Vladimir Darida
Steven Davis	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Ladislav I Krejci
Chris Brunt	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Theodor Gebre Selassie
Steven Davis	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Vladimir Darida

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

3 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

3 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	June 06, 2001
Away	1 - 0	March 24, 2001

Latest head to head

September 04, 2016 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2018

Czech Republic

0 - 0

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

October 14, 2009 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010

Czech Republic

0 - 0

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

September 10, 2008 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010

Northern Ireland

0 - 0

Czech Republic logo Czech Republic

June 06, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Czech Republic

3 - 1

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

March 24, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Northern Ireland

0 - 1

Czech Republic logo Czech Republic

Best historical scorers against Czech Republic

Philip Mulryne

1 goal

2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/03/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

Pavel Kuka	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Pavel Nedved	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Milan Baros	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/03/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Czech Republic

David Healy	4 matches	2001 - 2009
Aaron Hughes	4 matches	2001 - 2009
Maik Taylor	3 matches	2001 - 2009
Michael Hughes	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Stuart Elliott	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Steven Davis	2 matches	2009 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/03/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Milan Baros	3 matches	2001 - 2009
Tomas Rosicky	3 matches	2001 - 2009
Tomas Ujfalusi	2 matches	2001 - 2008
Karel Poborsky	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Roman Tyce	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Tomas Votava	2 matches	2001 - 2001