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Iceland 3-0 Malta - June 02, 2001 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002 - Group 3

Laugardalsvöllur - Reykjavík - Iceland

June 02, 2001

3 554

3 - 0

Malta

Tryggvi Gudmundsson

Rikhardur Dadason

38'

Eidur Gudjohnsen

68'

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7' - Goal Tryggvi Gudmundsson7

38' - Goal Rikhardur Dadason38

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46' - Substitution Joe Brincatis substituted by David Camilleri

68' - Goal Eidur Gudjohnsen68

69' - Substitution George Malliais substituted by Chucks Nwoko

74' - Substitution Eyölfur Sverrissonis substituted by Pétur Marteinsson photo Helgi Kolvidsson

74' - Substitution Runar Kristinssonis substituted by Helgi Kolvidsson photo Heidar Helguson

74' - Substitution Rikhardur Dadasonis substituted by Heidar Helguson74

74' - Substitution Stefan Gigliois substituted by Hubert Suda

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Iceland

3 - 0

Malta

Iceland Malta

Team line-ups

Iceland

Arason

Arni Arason

Iceland

B.date07/05/1975

Age26 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Sverrisson74

Eyölfur Sverrisson

Iceland

B.date03/08/1968

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Helgason

Audun Helgason

Iceland

B.date18/06/1974

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Gunnarsson

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Vidarsson

Arnar Vidarsson

Iceland

B.date15/03/1978

Age23 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kristinsson74

Runar Kristinsson

Iceland

B.date05/09/1969

Age31 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Gretarsson

Arnar Gretarsson

Iceland

B.date20/02/1972

Age29 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gudjohnsen68

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Dadason3874

Rikhardur Dadason

Iceland

B.date26/04/1972

Age29 years

H1m89

positionStriker

Sigurdsson

Helgi Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date17/09/1974

Age26 years

H1m86

positionForward

Gudmundsson7

Tryggvi Gudmundsson

Iceland

B.date30/07/1974

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Arni Arason		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eyölfur Sverrisson	74	32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Audun Helgason		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnar Vidarsson		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Runar Kristinsson	74	31	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnar Gretarsson		29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	68	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rikhardur Dadason	3874	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Helgi Sigurdsson		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tryggvi Gudmundsson	7	26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Malta

Muscat

Mario Muscat

Malta

B.date18/08/1976

Age24 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Dimech

Luke Dimech

Malta

B.date11/01/1977

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Spiteri

Michael Spiteri

Malta

B.date25/02/1969

Age32 years

positionDefender

Said

Brian Said

Malta

B.date15/05/1973

Age28 years

positionDefender

Theuma

Daniel Theuma

Malta

B.date29/06/1971

Age29 years

positionDefender

Mallia69

George Mallia

Malta

B.date10/10/1978

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Giglio74

Stefan Giglio

Malta

B.date26/02/1979

Age22 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Brincat46

Joe Brincat

Malta

B.date05/03/1970

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Turner

Noel Turner

Malta

B.date09/12/1974

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Agius

Gilbert Agius

Malta

B.date21/02/1974

Age27 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Mifsud

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age20 years

H1m64

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mario Muscat		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Dimech		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Spiteri		32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Said		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Theuma		29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Mallia	69	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stefan Giglio	74	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Brincat	46	31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Noel Turner		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilbert Agius		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Helgi Kolvidsson	74	29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pétur Marteinsson	74	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson	74	23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	David Camilleri	46	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chucks Nwoko	69	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hubert Suda	74	31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Audun Helgason

Hermann Hreidarsson

OUT

Rikhardur Dadason

Andri Sigthorsson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luke Dimech

David Carabott

OUT

Daniel Theuma

Darren Debono

OUT

George Mallia

Antoine Zahra

OUT

Noel Turner

Chucks Nwoko

OUT

Gilbert Agius

Carmel Busuttil

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Atli Edvaldsson

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Edvaldsson vs Malta

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 02, 2001

Edvaldsson vs Ilic

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 02, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Josif Ilic

Success rate in this team:

13 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

13 %

Ilic vs Iceland

0 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on June 02, 2001

Ilic vs Edvaldsson

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on June 02, 2001

Referee

Romans Lajuks

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Iceland2 matches	General total	Malta3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Iceland1 match	Season total	Malta1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 02, 2001					Latest figure on August 15, 2006

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Key figures

Iceland keeps its 3 matches won with a difference of 3 goals vs Malta running (since 27/07/2000). It's a record streak. The first of history

Malta keeps its 9 consecutive losses away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 19/06/1993). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/03/1993 (4 matches)

Iceland keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 06/09/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/10/1992 (3 matches)

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VIceland 3-0 Andorra04/09/1999

LIceland 0-1 Ukraine08/09/1999

VIceland 5-0 Malta27/07/2000

VIceland 2-1 Sweden16/08/2000

LIceland 1-2 Denmark02/09/2000

VIceland 1-0 Northern Ireland11/10/2000

Overall

LCzech Republic 4-0 Iceland07/10/2000

VIceland 1-0 Northern Ireland11/10/2000

LPoland 1-0 Iceland15/11/2000

VIndia 0-3 Iceland13/01/2001

LBulgaria 2-1 Iceland24/03/2001

VMalta 1-4 Iceland25/04/2001

Current form

Away

DLebanon 0-0 Malta24/11/1999

LIceland 5-0 Malta27/07/2000

LMoldova 1-0 Malta16/08/2000

LNorthern Ireland 1-0 Malta02/09/2000

LBulgaria 3-0 Malta07/10/2000

LAlbania 3-0 Malta15/11/2000

Overall

LBulgaria 3-0 Malta07/10/2000

DMalta 0-0 Czech Republic11/10/2000

LAlbania 3-0 Malta15/11/2000

LMalta 0-3 Sweden28/02/2001

LMalta 0-5 Denmark24/03/2001

LMalta 1-4 Iceland25/04/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	8	11
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	4
Winless streak	30	14
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	6	0
Conceding streak	5	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.2
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.6
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	18
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Thórdur Gudjónsson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Michael Mifsud
Eyölfur Sverrisson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Thórdur Gudjónsson	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Michael Mifsud

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

1 ga

Away

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

15 gf

7 ga

Total

9 matches

7 v

0 d

2 l

23 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

15 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

1 gf

8 ga

Total

9 matches

2 v

0 d

7 l

8 gf

23 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	July 27, 2000
Home	5 - 0	July 27, 2000

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	February 10, 1992
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 25, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Malta

1 - 4

Iceland

July 27, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Iceland

5 - 0

Malta

April 28, 1999 - Rencontres amicales 1999

Malta

1 - 2

Iceland

August 14, 1996 - Rencontres amicales 1996

Iceland

2 - 1

Malta

February 11, 1996 - Rothmans Tournament 1996

Malta

1 - 4

Iceland

Best historical scorers against Malta

Helgi Sigurdsson	4 goals	2000 - 2001
Thórdur Gudjónsson	2 goals	1999 - 2001
Runar Kristinsson	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Rikhardur Dadason	2 goals	1996 - 1999
Eidur Gudjohnsen	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Sigurdur Gretarsson	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Iceland

Michael Mifsud	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Hubert Suda	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Jesmond Zerafa	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Michael Cutajar	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Antoine Zahra	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Birkir Kristinsson	5 matches	1992 - 2000
Runar Kristinsson	5 matches	1991 - 2001
Eyölfur Sverrisson	5 matches	1996 - 2001
Helgi Sigurdsson	5 matches	1996 - 2001
Arnar Gretarsson	4 matches	1992 - 2001
Rikhardur Dadason	4 matches	1991 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Iceland

Joe Brincat	5 matches	1991 - 2001
Noel Turner	4 matches	1996 - 2001
Stefan Sultana	4 matches	1991 - 1999
David Carabott	4 matches	1996 - 2001
Silvio Vella	4 matches	1991 - 1999
Antoine Zahra	3 matches	1996 - 2001