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Pays de Galles 0-2 Finlande - March 28, 2009 / Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010

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Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010 - Groupe 4

Millennium Stadium - Cardiff - Wales

March 28, 2009

Pays de Galles

Wales

0 - 2

Finlande

Finland

43'

Jonatan JohanssonAssist by Jari Litmanen

90'

Shefki Kuqi (right foot) Assist by Jonatan Johansson

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43' - Goal Jonatan Johansson

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56' - Substitution David Edwardsis substituted by Aaron Ramsey56

65' - Substitution Carl Fletcheris substituted by Carl Robinson65

71' - Substitution Joe Ledleyis substituted by Robert Earnshaw71

78' - Substitution Aleksei Eremenkois substituted by Daniel Sjölund

89' - Substitution Mikael Forssellis substituted by Shefki Kuqi

90' - Goal Shefki Kuqi

92' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Roni Porokara

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Pays de Galles

0 - 2

Finlande

Pays de Galles Finlande

Team line-ups

Pays de Galles

Hennessey

Wayne Hennessey

Wales

B.date24/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

Nyatanga

Lewin Nyatanga

Wales

B.date18/08/1988

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Collins

James Collins

Wales

B.date23/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Gunter

Chris Gunter

Wales

B.date21/07/1989

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Bale

Gareth Bale

Wales

B.date16/07/1989

Age19 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Ledley71

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fletcher65

Carl Fletcher

Wales

B.date07/04/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Davies

Simon Davies

Wales

B.date23/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Edwards56

David Edwards

Wales

B.date03/02/1986

Age23 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Koumas

Jason Koumas

Wales

B.date25/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Bellamy

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Wayne Hennessey		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lewin Nyatanga		20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Collins		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Gunter		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Bale		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Ledley	71	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Fletcher	65	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Davies		29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Edwards	56	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Koumas		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy		29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Finlande

Jaaskelainen

Jussi Jaaskelainen

Finland

B.date19/04/1975

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age35 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Kallio

Toni Kallio

Finland

B.date09/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m94

positionVersatile Defender

Tihinen

Hannu Tihinen

Finland

B.date01/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Pasanen

Petri Pasanen

Finland

B.date24/09/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Eremenko

Roman Eremenko

Finland

B.date19/03/1987

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Heikkinen

Markus Heikkinen

Finland

B.date13/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Eremenko78

Aleksei Eremenko

Finland

B.date24/03/1983

Age26 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Litmanen90+2

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age38 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Forssell89

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Johansson43

Jonatan Johansson

Finland

B.date16/08/1975

Age33 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jussi Jaaskelainen		33	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		35	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Toni Kallio		30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hannu Tihinen		32	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petri Pasanen		28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roman Eremenko		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Markus Heikkinen		30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aleksei Eremenko	78	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	90+2	38	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	89	28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	43	33	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Carl Robinson	65	32	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aaron Ramsey	56	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Earnshaw	71	27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Daniel Sjölund	78	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	9089	32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roni Porokara	90+2	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carl Fletcher

Jack Collison

OUT

James Collins

Ashley Williams

OUT

Simon Davies

Samuel Ricketts

OUT

Jason Koumas

Ched Evans

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aleksei Eremenko

Joonas Kolkka

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Toshack

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Toshack vs Finlande

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2009

Toshack vs Baxter

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Stuart Baxter

Success rate in this team:

23 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Baxter vs Pays de Galles

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2009

Baxter vs Toshack

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2009

Referee

Eduardo Iturralde González

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Pays de Galles1 match	General total	Finlande1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Pays de Galles1 match	Season total	Finlande1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 28, 2009					Latest figure on March 28, 2009

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Finlande after 5 consecutive losses away from home (since 26/03/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 28/01/1993-13/10/1993 (6 matches).

End of streak for Finlande after 9 consecutive matches without a win away from home (since 28/03/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 25/11/1990-22/01/1993 (12 matches).

It's the first time Shefki Kuqi scores 1 goal vs Pays de Galles in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LPays de Galles 0-2 Germany08/09/2007

DPays de Galles 2-2 Ireland17/11/2007

VPays de Galles 3-0 Norway06/02/2008

LPays de Galles 1-2 Georgia20/08/2008

VPays de Galles 1-0 Azerbaijan06/09/2008

VPays de Galles 2-0 Liechtenstein11/10/2008

Overall

VPays de Galles 1-0 Azerbaijan06/09/2008

LRussia 2-1 Pays de Galles10/09/2008

VPays de Galles 2-0 Liechtenstein11/10/2008

LGermany 1-0 Pays de Galles15/10/2008

VDenmark 0-1 Pays de Galles19/11/2008

LPoland 1-0 Pays de Galles11/02/2009

Current form

Away

DPortugal 0-0 Finlande21/11/2007

LBulgaria 2-1 Finlande26/03/2008

LRussia 3-0 Finlande15/10/2008

LSwitzerland 1-0 Finlande19/11/2008

LJapan 5-1 Finlande04/02/2009

LPortugal 1-0 Finlande11/02/2009

Overall

DFinlande 3-3 Germany10/09/2008

VFinlande 1-0 Azerbaijan11/10/2008

LRussia 3-0 Finlande15/10/2008

LSwitzerland 1-0 Finlande19/11/2008

LJapan 5-1 Finlande04/02/2009

LPortugal 1-0 Finlande11/02/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	11
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	4
Winless streak	9	4
Drawless streak	5	5
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	5	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Joe Ledley	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Jonatan Johansson
Sam Vokes	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mikael Forssell
David Edwards	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Mikael Forssell

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

11 gf

5 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

9 matches

4 v

3 d

2 l

15 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

5 gf

11 ga

Total

9 matches

2 v

3 d

4 l

7 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 01, 1987
Home	4 - 0	April 01, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	March 29, 2000
Away	2 - 1	March 29, 2000

Latest head to head

September 10, 2003 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Pays de Galles

1 - 1

Finlande

September 07, 2002 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Finlande

0 - 2

Pays de Galles logo Pays de Galles

March 29, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Pays de Galles

1 - 2

Finlande

September 06, 1989 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1990

Finlande

1 - 0

Pays de Galles logo Pays de Galles

October 19, 1988 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1990

Pays de Galles

2 - 2

Finlande

Best historical scorers against Finlande

John Toshack	2 goals	1971 - 1971
Simon Davies	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Neil Slatter	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Ian Rush	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Glyn Hodges	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Gilbert Reece	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/05/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Pays de Galles

Mikael Forssell	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Mixu Paatelainen	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Ari Hjelm	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Jari Litmanen	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Kari Ukkonen	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Mika Lipponen	1 goal	1989 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/05/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finlande

Peter Nicholas	4 matches	1986 - 1989
Dean Saunders	4 matches	1986 - 2000
Ian Rush	4 matches	1986 - 1989
Clayton Blackmore	4 matches	1986 - 1989
Kevin Ratcliffe	4 matches	1986 - 1989
Mark Pembridge	3 matches	2000 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/05/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Pays de Galles

Jari Europaeus	4 matches	1986 - 1989
Mika Lipponen	4 matches	1986 - 1989
Pasi Tauriainen	3 matches	1986 - 1989
Erik Holmgren	3 matches	1987 - 1989
Hannu Tihinen	3 matches	2000 - 2003
Erkka Petäjä	3 matches	1986 - 1988