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Malta 0-1 Portugal - December 20, 1987 / Euro Qualifying 1988

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Euro Qualifying 1988 - Group 2

Ta' Qali Stadium - Mdina - Malta

December 20, 1987

5 651

Malta

0 - 1

Portugal

74'

Frederico

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46' - Substitution Gilberto Gomesis substituted by Antonio Aparicio

65' - Substitution Dennis Mizziis substituted by Michael Degiorgio65

74' - Goal Frederico

85' - Substitution Jose da Silva Coelhois substituted by António Carvalho

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Malta

0 - 1

Portugal

Malta Portugal

Team line-ups

Malta

Cluett

David Cluett

Malta

B.date02/08/1965

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Camilleri

Joseph Camilleri

Malta

B.date23/12/1966

Age20 years

positionDefender

Azzopardi

Alex Azzopardi

Malta

B.date24/03/1961

Age26 years

positionDefender

Buttigieg

John Buttigieg

Malta

B.date05/10/1963

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Laferla

Kristian Laferla

Malta

B.date23/03/1967

Age20 years

positionDefender

Carabott

David Carabott

Malta

B.date18/05/1968

Age19 years

positionDefender

Camilleri

Edwin Camilleri

Malta

B.date01/08/1963

Age24 years

positionDefender

Vella

Raymond Vella

Malta

B.date11/01/1959

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Busuttil

Carmel Busuttil

Malta

B.date29/02/1964

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Mizzi65

Dennis Mizzi

Malta

B.date19/05/1964

Age23 years

positionForward

Gregory

Martin Gregory

Malta

B.date10/02/1965

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Cluett		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Camilleri		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Azzopardi		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Buttigieg		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kristian Laferla		20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Carabott		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Edwin Camilleri		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Raymond Vella		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carmel Busuttil		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Mizzi	65	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Gregory		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Portugal

Jesus

Portugal

B.date11/02/1955

Age32 years

H1m73

positionGoalkeeper

Miguel

Portugal

B.date07/06/1963

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Frederico74

Frederico

Portugal

B.date06/04/1957

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

João Silva

Costeado João Silva

Portugal

B.date03/01/1959

Age28 years

positionDefender

Dito

Portugal

B.date18/01/1962

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Mendes

Fernando Mendes

Portugal

B.date05/11/1966

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Gilberto Gomes46

Gilberto Gomes

Portugal

positionMidfield

Adão

Pereira Pinto Adão

Portugal

B.date03/04/1960

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Barros

Rui Barros

Portugal

B.date24/11/1965

Age22 years

H1m60

positionCentre Midfield

Nascimento

Rui Antonio Nascimento

Portugal

B.date22/03/1960

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Coelho85

Jose da Silva Coelho

Portugal

B.date05/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m74

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jesus		32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Miguel		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frederico	74	30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Costeado João Silva		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dito		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Mendes		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilberto Gomes	46		2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pereira Pinto Adão		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rui Barros		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rui Antonio Nascimento		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jose da Silva Coelho	85	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Michael Degiorgio	65	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		António Carvalho	85	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Antonio Aparicio	46	29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alex Azzopardi

Charles Scerri

OUT

David Carabott

John Micallef

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rui Barros

Neves Hernani

OUT

Fernando Mendes

António Carvalho

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gencho Dobrev

Success rate in this team:

5 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

5 %

Dobrev vs Portugal

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1987

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Referee

Hubert Forstinger

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	General total	Portugal2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	Season total	Portugal1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 20, 1987					Latest figure on October 14, 1992

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Key figures

Malta keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a win in Euro Qualifying running (since 19/12/1982). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/02/1980 (10 matches)

It's the first time Frederico scores a goal in his professional career with Portugal since the 05/02/1986 (with Portugal vs Luxembourg )

It's the first time Frederico scores 1 goal in Euro Qualifying

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMalta 3-1 Jordan03/04/1985

DMalta 0-0 Czechoslovakia21/04/1985

LMalta 1-2 Sweden17/11/1985

LMalta 0-5 Sweden16/11/1986

LMalta 0-2 Italy06/12/1986

DMalta 1-1 Switzerland15/11/1987

Overall

LItaly 5-0 Malta24/01/1987

DPortugal 2-2 Malta29/03/1987

LSwitzerland 4-1 Malta15/04/1987

LSweden 1-0 Malta24/05/1987

DMalta 1-1 Switzerland15/11/1987

DIsrael 1-1 Malta02/12/1987

Current form

Away

VMalta 1-3 Portugal10/02/1985

LItaly 2-0 Portugal03/04/1985

VGermany 0-1 Portugal16/10/1985

DSwitzerland 1-1 Portugal29/10/1986

VSweden 0-1 Portugal23/09/1987

LItaly 3-0 Portugal05/12/1987

Overall

VPortugal 1-0 Belgium04/02/1987

LPortugal 0-1 Italy14/02/1987

DPortugal 2-2 Malta29/03/1987

VSweden 0-1 Portugal23/09/1987

DPortugal 0-0 Switzerland11/11/1987

LItaly 3-0 Portugal05/12/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	5	11
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
0.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.71
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
2.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
2.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Carmel Busuttil	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Jorge Placido
Carmel Busuttil	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	João Pinto
Carmel Busuttil	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	João Pinto

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

5 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

4 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 10, 1985
Away	3 - 1	February 10, 1985

Latest head to head

March 29, 1987 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

Portugal

2 - 2

Malta

October 12, 1985 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

Portugal

3 - 2

Malta

February 10, 1985 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

Malta

1 - 3

Portugal

Best historical scorers against Portugal

	Dennis Mizzi	1 goal	1987 - 1987
	Carmel Busuttil	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/02/1985. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Malta

Fernando Gomes	4 goals	1985 - 1985
Jorge Placido	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Carlos Manuel	1 goal	1985 - 1985
José Rafael	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/02/1985. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portugal

Charles Scerri	1 match	1987 - 1987
Dennis Mizzi	1 match	1987 - 1987
Martin Scicluna	1 match	1987 - 1987
Raymond Vella	1 match	1987 - 1987
John Buttigieg	1 match	1987 - 1987
Michael Degiorgio	1 match	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/02/1985. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Alvaro Magalhães	2 matches	1985 - 1987
Fernando Gomes	2 matches	1985 - 1985
Frasco	2 matches	1985 - 1987
Carlos Manuel	2 matches	1985 - 1985
Jeronimo Jaime Mercês	2 matches	1985 - 1987
João Pinto	2 matches	1985 - 1985