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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022 - Round 4 - Group A

Estádio Algarve - São João da Venda - Portugal

September 01, 2021

Portugal

2 - 1

Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Assist by Gonçalo Guedes (header) Cristiano Ronaldo

89'

Assist by João Mário (header) Cristiano Ronaldo

90+6'

45'

John Egan (header) Assist by Jamie McGrath

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10' - Yellow card Jeff Hendrick

15' - Missed penalty Cristiano Ronaldo15

33' - Yellow card Dara O'Shea

36' - Substitution Dara O'Sheais substituted by Andrew Omobamidele

45' - Goal John Egan photo Aaron Connolly

45' - Yellow card Aaron Connolly

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46' - Substitution Rafa Silvais substituted by André Silva46

56' - Yellow card Matt Doherty

62' - Substitution Raphaël Guerreirois substituted by Nuno Mendes photo João Mário

62' - Substitution Bruno Fernandesis substituted by João Mário62

72' - Substitution Aaron Connollyis substituted by James McClean

73' - Substitution João Palhinhais substituted by João Moutinho73

82' - Substitution João Cancelois substituted by Gonçalo Guedes82

89' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo89

90' - Substitution Jamie McGrathis substituted by Jayson Molumby photo James Collins

90' - Substitution Adam Idahis substituted by James Collins

96' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo96

97' - Yellow card Cristiano Ronaldo97

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portugal

2 - 1

Ireland

Portugal Ireland

Team line-ups

Portugal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Ronaldo968997

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age36 years

H1m85

positionStriker

21Jota

Diogo Jota

Portugal

B.date04/12/1996

Age24 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

15Rafa Silva46

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

11Fernandes62

Bruno Fernandes

Portugal

B.date08/09/1994

Age26 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

10Bernardo Silva

Bernardo Silva

Portugal

B.date10/08/1994

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6Palhinha73

João Palhinha

Portugal

B.date09/07/1995

Age26 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Guerreiro62

Raphaël Guerreiro

Portugal

B.date22/12/1993

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

4Dias

Ruben Dias

Portugal

B.date14/05/1997

Age24 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

3Pepe

Pepe

Portugal

B.date26/02/1983

Age38 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

20João Cancelo82

João Cancelo

Portugal

B.date27/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Patricio

Rui Patricio

Portugal

B.date15/02/1988

Age33 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rui Patricio		33	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ruben Dias		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Pepe		38	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Raphaël Guerreiro	62	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	João Cancelo	82	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	João Palhinha	73	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Bruno Fernandes	62	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Diogo Jota		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Bernardo Silva		27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Rafa Silva	46	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo	968997	36	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ireland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Idah90

Adam Idah

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/02/2001

Age20 years

H1m90

positionStriker

21Connolly7245

Aaron Connolly

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/01/2000

Age21 years

H1m75

positionForward

18McGrath90

Jamie McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/09/1996

Age24 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Cullen

Josh Cullen

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/04/1996

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

13Hendrick10

Jeff Hendrick

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1992

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight central midfielder

7Doherty56

Matt Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/01/1992

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

2Coleman

Séamus Coleman

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/10/1988

Age32 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

5Egan45

John Egan

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/10/1992

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

4Duffy

Shane Duffy

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/01/1992

Age29 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

20O'Shea3633

Dara O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/03/1999

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

1Bazunu

Gavin Bazunu

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/02/2002

Age19 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gavin Bazunu		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Dara O'Shea	3633	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	John Egan	45	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Shane Duffy		29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Matt Doherty	56	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Séamus Coleman		32	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Josh Cullen		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Jeff Hendrick	10	29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jamie McGrath	90	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Adam Idah	90	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Aaron Connolly	7245	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Anthony Lopes		30
22	G	Diogo Costa		21
13	D	Danilo Pereira		29
14	D	Domingos Duarte		26
19	D	Nuno Mendes	62	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Nélson Semedo		27
18	M	Rúben Neves		24
8	M	João Moutinho	73	34	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	João Mário	62	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Gonçalo Guedes	82	24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Otávio		26
9	F	André Silva	46	25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	James Talbot		24
16	G	Caoimhin Kelleher		22
22	D	Andrew Omobamidele	36	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ryan Manning		25
11	M	James McClean	72	32	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jayson Molumby	90	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Harry Arter		31
8	M	Conor Hourihane		30
15	M	Daryl Horgan		29
19	F	James Collins	90	30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Troy Parrott		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bruno Fernandes

Renato Sanches

OUT

João Cancelo

Diogo Dalot

OUT

Rafa Silva

João Moutinho

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jeff Hendrick

Conor Hourihane

OUT

Séamus Coleman

James McClean

OUT

Aaron Connolly

Troy Parrott

OUT

Jamie McGrath

Jason Knight

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fernando Santos

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Santos vs Ireland

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2021

Santos vs Kenny

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Kenny

Success rate in this team:

7 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Kenny vs Portugal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2021

Kenny vs Santos

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2021

Referee

Matej Jug

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal2 matches	General total	Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal1 match	Season total	Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 09, 2022					Latest figure on September 01, 2021

Videos

September 03, 2021

Comments

Key figures

Portugal keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss vs Ireland at home running (since 16/06/1946). It's a record streak. The first of history

Portugal keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Ireland in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 07/10/2000). It's a record streak. The first of history

Portugal keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Ireland at home running (since 16/06/1946). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

1	Portugal	10 pts	4 rd
2	Serbia	7 pts	3 rd
3	Luxembourg	6 pts	3 rd
4	Ireland	0 pt	3 rd
5	Azerbaijan	0 pt	3 rd

General ranking

1	Portugal	10 pts	4 rd
2	Serbia	7 pts	3 rd
3	Luxembourg	6 pts	3 rd
4	Ireland	0 pt	3 rd
5	Azerbaijan	0 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPortugal 4-1 Croatia05/09/2020

DPortugal 0-0 Spain07/10/2020

VPortugal 3-0 Sweden14/10/2020

VPortugal 7-0 Andorra11/11/2020

LPortugal 0-1 France14/11/2020

VPortugal 4-0 Israel09/06/2021

Overall

DSpain 0-0 Portugal04/06/2021

VPortugal 4-0 Israel09/06/2021

VHungary 0-3 Portugal15/06/2021

LPortugal 2-4 Germany19/06/2021

DPortugal 2-2 France23/06/2021

LBelgium 1-0 Portugal27/06/2021

Current form

Away

LFinland 1-0 Ireland14/10/2020

LEngland 3-0 Ireland12/11/2020

LWales 1-0 Ireland15/11/2020

LSerbia 3-2 Ireland24/03/2021

VAndorra 1-4 Ireland03/06/2021

DHungary 0-0 Ireland08/06/2021

Overall

DIreland 0-0 Bulgaria18/11/2020

LSerbia 3-2 Ireland24/03/2021

LIreland 0-1 Luxembourg27/03/2021

DQatar 1-1 Ireland30/03/2021

VAndorra 1-4 Ireland03/06/2021

DHungary 0-0 Ireland08/06/2021

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Diogo Jota	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	James Collins
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	James Collins
Pedro Neto	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Shane Long
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Shane Long
Diogo Jota	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	James Collins

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

4 ga

Total

13 matches

7 v

2 d

4 l

20 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

2 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Total

13 matches

4 v

2 d

7 l

10 gf

20 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	June 10, 2014
Home	3 - 0	November 15, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	June 07, 1992
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 10, 2014 - Rencontres amicales 2014

Ireland

1 - 5

Portugal

February 09, 2005 - Rencontres amicales 2005

Ireland

1 - 0

Portugal

June 02, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Ireland

1 - 1

Portugal

October 07, 2000 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Portugal

1 - 1

Ireland

May 29, 1996 - Rencontres amicales 1996

Ireland

0 - 1

Portugal

Best historical scorers against Ireland

Antonio Araujo	2 goals	1946 - 1947
Hugo Almeida	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Fernando Peyroteo	2 goals	1946 - 1948
Rui Costa	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Vieirinha	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Lantres Carvalho Rogério	1 goal	1946 - 1946

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/06/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Portugal

Steve Staunton	2 goals	1992 - 1995
Tommy Coyne	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Andy O'Brien	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Paddy Coad	1 goal	1949 - 1949
Matt Holland	1 goal	2000 - 2000
James McClean	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/06/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland

Fernando Couto	5 matches	1992 - 2000
Luis Figo	5 matches	1992 - 2001
João Pinto	5 matches	1992 - 2001
Francisco Ferreira	4 matches	1946 - 1949
Vitor Baia	4 matches	1992 - 1996
Domingos	4 matches	1992 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/06/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portugal

Niall Quinn	6 matches	1992 - 2001
Steve Staunton	4 matches	1992 - 2001
Robbie Keane	4 matches	2000 - 2014
David Walsh	4 matches	1946 - 1949
Thomas Eglinton	4 matches	1946 - 1949
Peter Farrell	4 matches	1946 - 1949