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England U-21 1-1 Italy U-21 - March 26, 2002 / Rencontres amicales Espoirs 2002

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Rencontres amicales Espoirs 2002 - Europe

March 26, 2002

England U-21

England

1 - 1

Italy U-21

Italy

Gareth Barry

59'

logo England ENG

46' - Substitution Jermaine Jenasis substituted by Scott Parker photo Jermaine Pennant

46' - Substitution Shaun Wright-Phillipsis substituted by Jermaine Pennant46

59' - Goal Gareth Barry59

60' - Substitution Matthew Etheringtonis substituted by Peter Crouch60

79' - Substitution Paul Robinsonis substituted by Stephen Bywater photo Anthony Gardner

79' - Substitution Zat Knightis substituted by Anthony Gardner79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England U-21

1 - 1

Italy U-21

England U-21 Italy U-21

Team line-ups

England U-21

Robinson79

Paul Robinson

England

B.date15/10/1979

Age22 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Knight79

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age21 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

Wright

Stephen Wright

England

B.date08/02/1980

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Jenas46

Jermaine Jenas

England

B.date18/02/1983

Age19 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date28/10/1980

Age21 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Prutton

David Prutton

England

B.date12/09/1981

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Barry59

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Wright-Phillips46

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age20 years

H1m66

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Etherington60

Matthew Etherington

England

B.date14/08/1981

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Defoe

Jermain Defoe

England

B.date07/10/1982

Age19 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Robinson	79	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zat Knight	79	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Wright		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Jenas	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Smith		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Prutton		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry	59	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Etherington	60	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jermain Defoe		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stephen Bywater	79	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Gardner	79	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Parker	46	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant	46	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch	60	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jermaine Jenas

David Dunn

OUT

Zat Knight

John Terry

OUT

Alan Smith

Jermaine Pennant

OUT

David Prutton

Sean Davis

OUT

Paul Robinson

Chris Kirkland

OUT

Gareth Barry

Shola Ameobi

OUT

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Wayne Bridge

OUT

Matthew Etherington

Ledley King

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

David Platt

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Platt vs Italy U-21

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2002

Platt vs Gentile

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Gentile

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Gentile vs England U-21

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2002

Gentile vs Platt

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 26, 2002

Videos

Comments

Key figures

England U-21 keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 23/03/2001). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/03/2000 (8 matches)

End of streak for Italy U-21 after 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home (since 20/09/2000). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/04/1999 (4 matches)

Italy U-21 keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Rencontres amicales Espoirs running (since 22/01/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LEngland 0-4 Spain U-2127/02/2001

VEngland 4-0 Finland U-2123/03/2001

VEngland 4-0 Netherlands U-2114/08/2001

VEngland 5-0 Albania U-2104/09/2001

VEngland 2-1 Greece U-2105/10/2001

VEngland 1-0 Netherlands U-2113/11/2001

Overall

VEngland 4-0 Netherlands U-2114/08/2001

VGermany U-21 1-2 England31/08/2001

VEngland 5-0 Albania U-2104/09/2001

VEngland 2-1 Greece U-2105/10/2001

DNetherlands U-21 2-2 England09/11/2001

VEngland 1-0 Netherlands U-2113/11/2001

Current form

Away

DSlovakia U-21 1-1 Italy29/05/2000

VHungary U-21 0-3 Italy20/09/2000

VRomania U-21 0-1 Italy23/03/2001

VGeorgia U-21 0-2 Italy01/06/2001

VLithuania U-21 0-3 Italy31/08/2001

VPoland U-21 2-5 Italy10/11/2001

Overall

VItaly 1-0 Lithuania U-2127/03/2001

VGeorgia U-21 0-2 Italy01/06/2001

VLithuania U-21 0-3 Italy31/08/2001

LItaly 0-2 Hungary U-2105/10/2001

VPoland U-21 2-5 Italy10/11/2001

DItaly 0-0 Poland U-2114/11/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	5	6
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	5	9
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	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

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

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)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	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

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

3 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	October 10, 1997
Home	1 - 0	February 12, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	May 27, 2000
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

May 27, 2000 - Euro Espoirs 2000

Italy U-21

2 - 0

England U-21 logo England

October 10, 1997 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 1998

Italy U-21

0 - 1

England U-21 logo England

February 12, 1997 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 1998

England U-21

1 - 0

Italy U-21 logo Italy

April 05, 1978 - Euro Espoirs 1978

Italy U-21

0 - 0

England U-21 logo England

March 08, 1978 - Euro Espoirs 1978

England U-21

2 - 1

Italy U-21 logo Italy

Best historical scorers against Italy U-21

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against England U-21

Andrea Pirlo	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Gianni Comandini	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Salvatore Bagni	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy U-21

Jamie Carragher	1 match	2000 - 2000
Frank Lampard	1 match	2000 - 2000
Danny Mills	1 match	2000 - 2000
Carl Cort	1 match	2000 - 2000
Nicky Weaver	1 match	2000 - 2000
Lee Hendrie	1 match	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England U-21

Antonio Cabrini	2 matches	1978 - 1978
Fulvio Collovati	2 matches	1978 - 1978
Cristiano Lucarelli	2 matches	1997 - 1997
Agostino Di Bartolomei	2 matches	1978 - 1978
Diego De Ascentis	2 matches	1997 - 1997
Claudio Bellucci	2 matches	1997 - 1997