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Ireland 1-1 Belgium - October 29, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying 1998

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World Cup Qualifying 1998 - Last Round

Lansdowne Road - Dublin - Republic of Ireland

October 29, 1997

32 305

Ireland

Republic of Ireland

1 - 1

Belgium

Denis Irwin

30'

Luc Nilis

logo Ireland IRE

7' - Goal Denis Irwin7

30' - Goal Luc Nilis

33' - Substitution Mark Kennedyis substituted by Jeff Kenna33

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75' - Substitution Andy Townsendis substituted by Lee Carsley75

82' - Substitution David Connollyis substituted by Tommy Coyne82

86' - Substitution Michaël Goossensis substituted by Gert Verheyen photo Gilles De Bilde

86' - Substitution Luc Nilisis substituted by Gilles De Bilde

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ireland

1 - 1

Belgium

Ireland Belgium

Team line-ups

Ireland

Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Kennedy33

Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1976

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Kelly

Gary Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Harte

Ian Harte

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Irwin7

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Townsend75

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age35 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Connolly82

David Connolly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/06/1977

Age20 years

H1m72

positionStriker

Cascarino

Tony Cascarino

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/09/1962

Age35 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Shay Given		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Cunningham		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		28	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Kennedy	33	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Kelly		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Harte		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin	7	31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend	75	34	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		35	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Connolly	82	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Cascarino		35	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Belgium

De Wilde

Filip De Wilde

Belgium

B.date05/07/1964

Age33 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Van Meir

Eric Van Meir

Belgium

B.date28/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Vidovic

Gordan Vidovic

Belgium

B.date23/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Verstraeten

Mike Verstraeten

Belgium

B.date12/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Van Kerckhoven

Nico Van Kerckhoven

Belgium

B.date14/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

Genaux

Régis Genaux

Belgium

B.date31/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Van der Elst

Franky Van der Elst

Belgium

B.date30/04/1961

Age36 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Wilmots

Marc Wilmots

Belgium

B.date22/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Boffin

Danny Boffin

Belgium

B.date10/07/1965

Age32 years

H1m72

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Goossens86

Michaël Goossens

Belgium

B.date30/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Nilis3086

Luc Nilis

Belgium

B.date25/05/1967

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Filip De Wilde		33	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Van Meir		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordan Vidovic		29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Verstraeten		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nico Van Kerckhoven		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Régis Genaux		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Franky Van der Elst		36	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Wilmots		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Boffin		32	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michaël Goossens	86	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luc Nilis	3086	30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jeff Kenna	33	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Carsley	75	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Coyne	82	34	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gert Verheyen	86	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Gilles De Bilde	86	26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Kelly

Jeff Kenna

OUT

Andy Townsend

Lee Carsley

OUT

Kenny Cunningham

Jason McAteer

OUT

Steve Staunton

Gary Breen

OUT

Ian Harte

Terry Phelan

OUT

Shay Given

Alan Kelly

OUT

Denis Irwin

Phil Babb

OUT

David Connolly

Alan McLoughlin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Régis Genaux

Eric Deflandre

OUT

Michaël Goossens

Luis Oliveira

OUT

Eric Van Meir

Bart De Roover

OUT

Gordan Vidovic

Gert Claessens

OUT

Mike Verstraeten

Lorenzo Staelens

OUT

Luc Nilis

Rudi Smidts

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

McCarthy vs Belgium

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1997

McCarthy vs Leekens

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Georges Leekens

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Leekens vs Ireland

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1997

Leekens vs McCarthy

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1997

Referee

Laszlo Vagner

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland1 match	General total	Belgium1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland1 match	Season total	Belgium1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 29, 1997					Latest figure on October 29, 1997

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Ireland keeps its 3 consecutive draws vs Belgium running (since 10/09/1986). It's a record streak. The first of history

Ireland keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Belgium running (since 10/09/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/10/1980 (2 matches)

It's the first time Luc Nilis scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VIreland 3-0 Bolivia15/06/1996

VIreland 3-0 North Macedonia09/10/1996

DIreland 0-0 Iceland10/11/1996

VIreland 5-0 Liechtenstein21/05/1997

DIreland 0-0 Lithuania20/08/1997

DIreland 1-1 Romania11/10/1997

Overall

LRomania 1-0 Ireland30/04/1997

VIreland 5-0 Liechtenstein21/05/1997

DIreland 0-0 Lithuania20/08/1997

VIceland 2-4 Ireland06/09/1997

VLithuania 1-2 Ireland10/09/1997

DIreland 1-1 Romania11/10/1997

Current form

Away

DItaly 2-2 Belgium29/05/1996

VSan Marino 0-3 Belgium09/10/1996

LNorthern Ireland 3-0 Belgium11/02/1997

VWales 1-2 Belgium29/03/1997

VTurkey 1-3 Belgium30/04/1997

LNetherlands 3-1 Belgium06/09/1997

Overall

LNorthern Ireland 3-0 Belgium11/02/1997

VWales 1-2 Belgium29/03/1997

VTurkey 1-3 Belgium30/04/1997

VBelgium 6-0 San Marino07/06/1997

LNetherlands 3-1 Belgium06/09/1997

VBelgium 3-2 Wales11/10/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	7	5
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	5	9
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

No statistics here yet

Bookings

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Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

1 v

3 d

2 l

9 gf

9 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

13 gf

13 ga

Total

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

22 gf

22 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

13 gf

13 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

3 d

1 l

9 gf

9 ga

Total

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

22 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 20, 1929
Home	4 - 0	April 20, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	May 10, 1950
Away	2 - 0	March 24, 1965

Latest head to head

April 29, 1987 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

Ireland

0 - 0

Belgium

September 10, 1986 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

Belgium

2 - 2

Ireland

March 25, 1981 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

Belgium

1 - 0

Ireland

October 15, 1980 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

Ireland

1 - 1

Belgium

May 25, 1966 - Rencontres amicales 1966

Belgium

2 - 3

Ireland

Best historical scorers against Belgium

John Joe Flood	4 goals	1929 - 1930
Patrick Moore	4 goals	1934 - 1934
James White	2 goals	1928 - 1928
Jimmy Dunne	2 goals	1930 - 1930
Noel Cantwell	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Johnny Fullam	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1928. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ireland

Joseph Mermans	4 goals	1949 - 1950
François Vanden Eynde	2 goals	1934 - 1934
Raymond Braine	1 goal	1928 - 1928
Jan Ceulemans	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Nico Claesen	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Albert de Hert	1 goal	1950 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1928. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Kevin Moran	4 matches	1980 - 1987
Frank Stapleton	4 matches	1980 - 1987
Liam Brady	4 matches	1980 - 1987
David Langan	3 matches	1980 - 1986
Chris Hughton	3 matches	1980 - 1986
John Aldridge	2 matches	1986 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1928. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland

Jan Ceulemans	4 matches	1980 - 1987
Pierre Braine	3 matches	1928 - 1930
Jean-Marie Pfaff	3 matches	1980 - 1987
Nicolas Hoydonckx	3 matches	1928 - 1930
Franky Vercauteren	3 matches	1981 - 1987
Eric Gerets	3 matches	1980 - 1987