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Norway 3-2 Wales - September 05, 2001 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002 - Group 5

Ullevaal Stadion - Oslo - Norway

September 05, 2001

18 211

Norway

3 - 2

Wales

Ronny Johnsen

17'

John Carew

65'

Frode Johnsen

89'

10'

Robbie Savage

28'

Craig Bellamy

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5' - Substitution Steffen Iversenis substituted by John Carew5

10' - Goal Robbie Savage

17' - Goal Ronny Johnsen17

28' - Goal Craig Bellamy

45' - Substitution Jan Derek Sorensenis substituted by Frode Johnsen45

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65' - Goal John Carew65

77' - Substitution Simon Daviesis substituted by John Robinson

84' - Substitution Carl Robinsonis substituted by Nathan Blake photo Matthew Jones

84' - Substitution John Hartsonis substituted by Matthew Jones

86' - Red card Ryan Giggs

89' - Goal Frode Johnsen89

90' - Substitution Öyvind Leonhardsenis substituted by Pal Strand90

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Team line-ups

Norway

Myhre

Thomas Myhre

Norway

B.date16/10/1973

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen17

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age32 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Basma

Ole Christer Basma

Norway

B.date01/08/1972

Age29 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

Strand

Roar Strand

Norway

B.date02/02/1970

Age31 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Leonhardsen90

Öyvind Leonhardsen

Norway

B.date17/08/1970

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Rudi

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Iversen5

Steffen Iversen

Norway

B.date10/11/1976

Age24 years

H1m85

positionForward

Sorensen45

Jan Derek Sorensen

Norway

B.date28/12/1971

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Myhre		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen	17	32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		32	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ole Christer Basma		29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roar Strand		31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Öyvind Leonhardsen	90	31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steffen Iversen	5	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jan Derek Sorensen	45	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer		28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wales

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Delaney

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age25 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Symons

Kit Symons

Wales

B.date08/03/1971

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Jenkins

Steve Jenkins

Wales

B.date16/07/1972

Age29 years

H1m77

positionDefender

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Davies77

Simon Davies

Wales

B.date23/04/1974

Age27 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Robinson84

Carl Robinson

Wales

B.date13/10/1976

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Giggs86

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Savage10

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Hartson84

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age26 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Bellamy28

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age22 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		34	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Delaney		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kit Symons		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Jenkins		29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Davies	77	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Robinson	84	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	86	27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage	10	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson	84	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy	28	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Pal Strand	90	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Carew	655	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frode Johnsen	8945	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Matthew Jones	84	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Robinson	77	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nathan Blake	84	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Arne Riise

Andre Bergdölmo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robert Page

Andy Melville

OUT

John Hartson

Iwan Roberts

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Nils Johan Semb

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Semb vs Wales

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 05, 2001

Semb vs Hughes

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 05, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

13 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

13 %

Hughes vs Norway

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 05, 2001

Hughes vs Semb

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 05, 2001

Referee

Fritz Stuchlik

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Norway2 matches	General total	Wales2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway1 match	Season total	Wales1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 21, 2002					Latest figure on October 11, 2003

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Key figures

The last time Norway has ended with the score 3-2 in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 10/10/1937 (vs )

Norway keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Wales running (since 26/02/1985). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time since the 11/10/1997 (Belgium vs Wales ) that a game ends with 3-2 in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNorway 0-0 Armenia02/09/2000

LNorway 0-1 Ukraine11/10/2000

LNorway 2-3 Poland24/03/2001

VNorway 2-1 Bulgaria25/04/2001

DNorway 1-1 Belarus06/06/2001

DNorway 1-1 Turkey15/08/2001

Overall

LBelarus 2-1 Norway28/03/2001

VNorway 2-1 Bulgaria25/04/2001

DUkraine 0-0 Norway02/06/2001

DNorway 1-1 Belarus06/06/2001

DNorway 1-1 Turkey15/08/2001

LPoland 3-0 Norway01/09/2001

Current form

Away

VQatar 0-1 Wales23/02/2000

LPortugal 3-0 Wales02/06/2000

LBelarus 2-1 Wales02/09/2000

DPoland 0-0 Wales11/10/2000

DArmenia 2-2 Wales24/03/2001

DUkraine 1-1 Wales06/06/2001

Overall

DPoland 0-0 Wales11/10/2000

DArmenia 2-2 Wales24/03/2001

DWales 1-1 Ukraine28/03/2001

LWales 1-2 Poland02/06/2001

DUkraine 1-1 Wales06/06/2001

DWales 0-0 Armenia01/09/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	5	11
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
0.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

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

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

John Carew	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	John Hartson
John Carew	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	John Hartson
John Carew	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	John Hartson

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

2 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Total

7 matches

3 v

3 d

1 l

10 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

2 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

3 d

3 l

6 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	March 09, 1994
Home	4 - 2	June 05, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	September 22, 1982
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

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

Wales

1 - 1

Norway

March 09, 1994 - Rencontres amicales 1994

Wales

1 - 3

Norway

June 05, 1985 - Rencontres amicales 1985

Norway

4 - 2

Wales

February 26, 1985 - Rencontres amicales 1985

Wales

1 - 1

Norway

June 06, 1984 - Rencontres amicales 1984

Norway

1 - 0

Wales

Best historical scorers against Wales

Jostein Flo	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Mini Jakobsen	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Thorstein Helstad	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Erik Mykland	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Norway

Ian Rush	2 goals	1982 - 1985
Mark Hughes	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Chris Coleman	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Steve Lovell	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Nathan Blake	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wales

Henning Berg	2 matches	1994 - 2000
Hallvar Thoresen	2 matches	1982 - 1983
Age Hareide	2 matches	1982 - 1983
Stig Inge Bjørnebye	2 matches	1994 - 2000
Stein Kollshaugen	2 matches	1982 - 1983
Erik Mykland	2 matches	1994 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norway

Neville Southall	6 matches	1982 - 1994
Robbie James	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Joey Jones	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Kenny Jackett	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Ian Rush	4 matches	1982 - 1994
Peter Nicholas	4 matches	1983 - 1985