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Romania 1-0 Latvia - August 20, 2008 / Friendlies 2008

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Friendlies 2008 - Europe

Tineretului - Urziceni - Romania

August 20, 2008

10 000

Romania

1 - 0

Latvia

(penalty) Nicolae Dica

52'

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46' - Substitution Cosmin Contrais substituted by Banel Nicolita photo George Ogararu

46' - Substitution Cristian Pulhacis substituted by George Ogararu photo Costin Lazar

46' - Substitution Gabriel Ioan Paraschivis substituted by Costin Lazar photo Florin Bratu

46' - Substitution Ciprian Maricais substituted by Florin Bratu46

46' - Substitution Andris Vaninsis substituted by Aleksandrs Kolinko

52' - Goal Nicolae Dica52

63' - Substitution Gabriel Tamasis substituted by Cosmin Moti63

65' - Substitution Jurijs Laizansis substituted by Vladimirs Kolesnicenko

73' - Substitution Mirel Radoiis substituted by Florin Costea73

74' - Substitution Igors Stepanovsis substituted by Igors Savcenkovs photo Andrejs Butriks

74' - Substitution Maris Verpakovskisis substituted by Andrejs Butriks

79' - Substitution Vitalijs Astafjevsis substituted by Roberts Mezeckis

81' - Substitution Deniss Kacanovsis substituted by Dzintars Zirnis

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Romania

1 - 0

Latvia

Romania Latvia

Team line-ups

Romania

Lobont

Bogdan Lobont

Romania

B.date18/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Tamas63

Gabriel Tamas

Romania

B.date09/11/1983

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Contra46

Cosmin Contra

Romania

B.date15/12/1975

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Ghionea

Sorin Ghionea

Romania

B.date11/05/1979

Age29 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Pulhac46

Cristian Pulhac

Romania

B.date17/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Sapunaru

Cristian Sapunaru

Romania

B.date05/04/1984

Age24 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Cocis

Razvan Cocis

Romania

B.date19/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Paraschiv46

Gabriel Ioan Paraschiv

Romania

B.date27/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m88

positionPlaymaker

Dica52

Nicolae Dica

Romania

B.date09/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Marica46

Ciprian Marica

Romania

B.date02/10/1985

Age22 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bogdan Lobont		30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabriel Tamas	63	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cosmin Contra	46	32	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sorin Ghionea		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristian Pulhac	46	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristian Sapunaru		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Razvan Cocis		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gabriel Ioan Paraschiv	46	30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicolae Dica	52	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ciprian Marica	46	22	25	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

Latvia

Vanins46

Andris Vanins

Latvia

B.date30/04/1980

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Stepanovs74

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Kacanovs81

Deniss Kacanovs

Latvia

B.date27/11/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Gorkss

Kaspars Gorkss

Latvia

B.date06/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Klava

Oskars Klava

Latvia

B.date08/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Astafjevs79

Vitalijs Astafjevs

Latvia

B.date03/04/1971

Age37 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Laizans65

Jurijs Laizans

Latvia

B.date06/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Solonicins

Genadijs Solonicins

Latvia

B.date03/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Verpakovskis74

Maris Verpakovskis

Latvia

B.date15/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Karlsons

Girts Karlsons

Latvia

B.date07/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Pereplotkins

Andrejs Pereplotkins

Latvia

B.date27/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andris Vanins	46	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Stepanovs	74	32	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Deniss Kacanovs	81	28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kaspars Gorkss		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oskars Klava		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vitalijs Astafjevs	79	37	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jurijs Laizans	65	29	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Genadijs Solonicins		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maris Verpakovskis	74	28	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Girts Karlsons		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrejs Pereplotkins		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Cosmin Moti	63	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Banel Nicolita	46	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Ogararu	46	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Costin Lazar	46	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Florin Costea	73	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Florin Bratu	46	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aleksandrs Kolinko	46	33	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Savcenkovs	74	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roberts Mezeckis	79	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dzintars Zirnis	81	31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimirs Kolesnicenko	65	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrejs Butriks	74	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ciprian Marica

Adrian Mutu

OUT

Cristian Pulhac

Razvan Rat

OUT

Gabriel Ioan Paraschiv

Banel Nicolita

OUT

Cristian Sapunaru

Cristian Chivu

OUT

Nicolae Dica

Marius Niculae

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Igors Stepanovs

Dzintars Zirnis

OUT

Maris Verpakovskis

Aleksandrs Cauna

OUT

Oskars Klava

Deniss Ivanovs

OUT

Genadijs Solonicins

Jurijs Zigajevs

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Victor Piturca

Emil Sandoi

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Piturca vs Latvia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Piturca vs Starkovs

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Alexandrs Starkovs

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

Starkovs vs Romania

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Starkovs vs Piturca

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2008

Referee

Tom Henning Ovrebo

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Romania3 matches	General total	Latvia3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Romania1 match	Season total	Latvia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 20, 2008					Latest figure on October 10, 2009

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Key figures

End of streak for Latvia after 8 matches with at least one goal scored (since 13/10/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 08/09/2004-30/03/2005 (9 matches).

Romania keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs Latvia at home running (since 18/05/1939). It's a record streak. The first of history

Romania keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Latvia in Friendlies running (since 13/07/1937). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 38 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VRomania 3-0 Luxembourg28/03/2007

VRomania 2-0 Turkey22/08/2007

VRomania 1-0 Netherlands13/10/2007

VRomania 6-1 Albania21/11/2007

VRomania 3-0 Russia26/03/2008

VRomania 4-0 Montenegro31/05/2008

Overall

LIsrael 1-0 Romania06/02/2008

VRomania 3-0 Russia26/03/2008

VRomania 4-0 Montenegro31/05/2008

DRomania 0-0 France09/06/2008

DItaly 1-1 Romania13/06/2008

LNetherlands 2-0 Romania17/06/2008

Current form

Away

LSpain 2-0 Latvia12/09/2007

VIceland 2-4 Latvia13/10/2007

LDenmark 3-1 Latvia17/10/2007

LSweden 2-1 Latvia21/11/2007

VGeorgia 1-3 Latvia06/02/2008

VAndorra 0-3 Latvia26/03/2008

Overall

VLatvia 4-1 Liechtenstein17/11/2007

LSweden 2-1 Latvia21/11/2007

VGeorgia 1-3 Latvia06/02/2008

VAndorra 0-3 Latvia26/03/2008

VLatvia 1-0 Estonia30/05/2008

VLatvia 2-1 Lithuania01/06/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	14	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	8	1
Scoring streak	14	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	8	18
Scoring streak	5	8
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Nicolae Dica	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Igors Stepanovs
Nicolae Dica	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Igors Stepanovs
Nicolae Dica	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Vits Rimkus

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

0 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 18, 1939
Home	4 - 0	May 18, 1939

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

February 02, 2000 - Cyprus Tournament 2000

Romania

2 - 0

Latvia

April 08, 1992 - Rencontres amicales 1992

Romania

2 - 0

Latvia

May 18, 1939 - Rencontres amicales 1939

Romania

4 - 0

Latvia

July 13, 1937 - Rencontres amicales 1937

Latvia

0 - 0

Romania

Best historical scorers against Latvia

Gyula Bodola	2 goals	1939 - 1939
Marius Niculae	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Pavel Badea	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Laurentiu Rosu	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Dan Petrescu	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Stefan Dobay	1 goal	1939 - 1939

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/05/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Romania

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/05/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Latvia

Gyula Bodola	2 matches	1937 - 1939
Rudolf Bürger	2 matches	1937 - 1939
Augustin Juhasz	2 matches	1937 - 1939
Dumitru Pavlovici	2 matches	1937 - 1939
Stefan Dobay	2 matches	1937 - 1939
Adalbert Marcu	1 match	1939 - 1939

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/07/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Romania

Renars Vucans	1 match	2000 - 2000
Fricis Laumanis	1 match	1939 - 1939
Aleksandrs Kolinko	1 match	2000 - 2000
Mihails Zemlinskis	1 match	2000 - 2000
Vitalijs Astafjevs	1 match	2000 - 2000
Olegs Blagonadezdins	1 match	2000 - 2000