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Wales 4-0 Azerbaijan - March 29, 2003 / Euro Qualifying 2004

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Euro Qualifying 2004 - Group 9

Millennium Stadium - Cardiff - Wales

March 29, 2003

73 500

Wales

4 - 0

Azerbaijan

Simon Davies

Gary Speed

40'

John Hartson

43'

Ryan Giggs

52'

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1' - Goal Simon Davies1

19' - Substitution Robbie Savageis substituted by Carl Robinson19

40' - Goal Gary Speed40

43' - Goal John Hartson43

45' - Substitution Gary Speedis substituted by Paul Trollope45

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46' - Substitution Aftandil Hajiyevis substituted by Fizuli Mammadov photo Ilham Yadullayev

46' - Substitution Emin Guliyevis substituted by Ilham Yadullayev

52' - Goal Ryan Giggs52

71' - Substitution Craig Bellamyis substituted by Rob Edwards71

78' - Substitution Samir Aliyevis substituted by Zaur Tagizade

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wales

4 - 0

Azerbaijan

Wales Azerbaijan

Team line-ups

Wales

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Melville

Andy Melville

Wales

B.date29/11/1968

Age34 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Savage19

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Speed4045

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Giggs52

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Davies1

Simon Davies

Wales

B.date23/10/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Oster

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Bellamy71

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Hartson43

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		35	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Melville		34	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage	19	28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Speed	4045	33	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	52	29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Davies	1	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge		32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy	71	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson	43	27	35	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

Azerbaijan

Hasanzade

Jahangir Hasanzade

Azerbaijan

B.date04/08/1979

Age23 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Hajiyev46

Aftandil Hajiyev

Azerbaijan

B.date13/08/1981

Age21 years

H1m84

positionDefender

E. Guliyev46

Emin Guliyev

Azerbaijan

B.date12/04/1977

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Mammadov

Ramiz Mammadov

Azerbaijan

B.date15/08/1968

Age34 years

H1m77

positionDefender

K. Guliyev

Kamal Guliyev

Azerbaijan

B.date14/11/1976

Age26 years

H1m76

positionDefender

Ahmadov

Tarlan Ahmadov

Azerbaijan

B.date17/11/1971

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Gurbanov

Mahmud Gurbanov

Azerbaijan

B.date10/05/1973

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Imamaliyev

Emin Imamaliyev

Azerbaijan

B.date07/08/1980

Age22 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

Musayev

Ruslan Musayev

Azerbaijan

B.date11/05/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Aliyev78

Samir Aliyev

Azerbaijan

B.date14/04/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

Gurbanov

Gurban Gurbanov

Azerbaijan

B.date13/04/1972

Age30 years

H1m81

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jahangir Hasanzade		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aftandil Hajiyev	46	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emin Guliyev	46	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ramiz Mammadov		34	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kamal Guliyev		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tarlan Ahmadov		31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mahmud Gurbanov		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emin Imamaliyev		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruslan Musayev		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samir Aliyev	78	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gurban Gurbanov		30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Rob Edwards	71	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Robinson	19	26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Trollope	45	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ilham Yadullayev	46	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fizuli Mammadov	46	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zaur Tagizade	78	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Jones

Darren Ward

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Rhys Weston

OUT

John Oster

Robert Earnshaw

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aftandil Hajiyev

Rashad Ferhad Sadygov

OUT

Ruslan Musayev

Farrukh Ismaylov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Hughes vs Azerbaijan

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2003

Hughes vs Abdullayev

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Asgar Abdullayev

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Abdullayev vs Wales

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 29, 2003

Abdullayev vs Hughes

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 29, 2003

Referee

Philippe Leuba

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wales1 match	General total	Azerbaijan1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wales1 match	Season total	Azerbaijan1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 29, 2003					Latest figure on March 29, 2003

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Wales after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded at home in Euro Qualifying (since 11/10/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/06/1995 (2 matches)

Azerbaijan keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a win in Euro Qualifying running (since 09/06/1999). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Wales has ended with the score 4-0 , It was on the 01/04/1987 (vs )

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWales 1-0 Belarus06/10/2001

DWales 1-1 Argentina13/02/2002

DWales 0-0 Czech Republic27/03/2002

VWales 1-0 Germany14/05/2002

VWales 2-1 Italy16/10/2002

DWales 2-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina12/02/2003

Overall

VWales 1-0 Germany14/05/2002

DCroatia 1-1 Wales21/08/2002

VFinland 0-2 Wales07/09/2002

VWales 2-1 Italy16/10/2002

VAzerbaijan 0-2 Wales20/11/2002

DWales 2-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina12/02/2003

Current form

Away

LMalta 1-0 Azerbaijan17/04/2002

DEstonia 0-0 Azerbaijan03/07/2002

DLatvia 0-0 Azerbaijan06/07/2002

DIran 1-1 Azerbaijan10/08/2002

LFinland 3-0 Azerbaijan12/10/2002

DSerbia and Montenegro 2-2 Azerbaijan12/02/2003

Overall

DIran 1-1 Azerbaijan10/08/2002

VAzerbaijan 2-0 Uzbekistan21/08/2002

LAzerbaijan 0-2 Italy07/09/2002

LFinland 3-0 Azerbaijan12/10/2002

LAzerbaijan 0-2 Wales20/11/2002

DSerbia and Montenegro 2-2 Azerbaijan12/02/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	7	9
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	38	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.25
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Simon Davies	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Gurban Gurbanov
Simon Davies	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Gurban Gurbanov
John Hartson	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Gurban Gurbanov

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 20, 2002
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

November 20, 2002 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Azerbaijan

0 - 2

Wales

Best historical scorers against Azerbaijan

	John Hartson	1 goal	2002 - 2002
	Gary Speed	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wales

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Azerbaijan

Rhys Weston	1 match	2002 - 2002
Robert Earnshaw	1 match	2002 - 2002
John Hartson	1 match	2002 - 2002
Andy Melville	1 match	2002 - 2002
Neil Roberts	1 match	2002 - 2002
Ryan Giggs	1 match	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wales

Gurban Gurbanov	1 match	2002 - 2002
Emin Imamaliyev	1 match	2002 - 2002
Tarlan Ahmadov	1 match	2002 - 2002
Fizuli Mammadov	1 match	2002 - 2002
Adaim Niftaliev	1 match	2002 - 2002
Aslan Kerimov	1 match	2002 - 2002