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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 5 - Group G

El Molinón - Gijón - Spain

March 24, 2017

4 - 1

Israel

Assist by Jordi Alba (left foot) David Silva

13'

Assist by Thiago Alcántara (right foot) Vitolo

45+1'

Assist by Thiago Alcántara (header) Diego Costa

51'

Assist by Iago Aspas (right foot) Isco

88'

76'

Lior Refaelov (left foot)

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13' - Goal David Silva13

19' - Substitution Eitan Tibiis substituted by Taleb Tawatha

46' - Goal Vitolo46

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51' - Goal Diego Costa51

60' - Substitution Dan Einbinderis substituted by David Keltjens

63' - Substitution Thiago Alcántarais substituted by Koke63

64' - Substitution Tal Ben Haimis substituted by Tomer Hemed

70' - Substitution Andrés Iniestais substituted by Isco70

76' - Goal Lior Refaelov

78' - Yellow card Elazar Dasa

83' - Substitution Vitolois substituted by Iago Aspas83

88' - Goal Isco88

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Team line-ups

Spain

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Diego Costa51

Diego Costa

Spain

B.date07/10/1988

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

21Silva13

David Silva

Spain

B.date08/01/1986

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Thiago Alcántara63

Thiago Alcántara

Spain

B.date11/04/1991

Age25 years

H1m74

positionRight central midfielder

11Vitolo4683

Vitolo

Spain

B.date02/11/1989

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Iniesta70

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age32 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

5Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age28 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age30 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

15Ramos

Sergio Ramos

Spain

B.date30/03/1986

Age30 years

H1m84

positionLeft central defender

20Carvajal

Dani Carvajal

Spain

B.date11/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1De Gea

David De Gea

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age26 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David De Gea		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Sergio Ramos		30	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		30	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Dani Carvajal		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets		28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Andrés Iniesta	70	32	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Thiago Alcántara	63	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Vitolo	4683	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	David Silva	13	31	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Diego Costa	51	28	15	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

Israel

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Zahavi

Eran Zahavi

Israel

B.date25/07/1987

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9Refaelov76

Lior Refaelov

Israel

B.date26/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16Einbinder60

Dan Einbinder

Israel

B.date16/02/1989

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

12Ben Haim64

Tal Ben Haim

Israel

B.date05/08/1989

Age27 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Natcho

Bibras Natcho

Israel

B.date18/02/1988

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

8Cohen

Almog Cohen

Israel

B.date01/09/1988

Age28 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

5Gershon

Rami Gershon

Israel

B.date12/08/1988

Age28 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

21Tibi19

Eitan Tibi

Israel

B.date16/11/1987

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefender

17Tzedek

Shir Tzedek

Israel

B.date22/08/1989

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

2Dasa78

Elazar Dasa

Israel

B.date03/12/1992

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

18Martziano

Ofir Martziano

Israel

B.date07/10/1989

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Ofir Martziano		27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Eitan Tibi	19	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Shir Tzedek		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rami Gershon		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Elazar Dasa	78	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Dan Einbinder	60	28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Bibras Natcho		29	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Almog Cohen		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Tal Ben Haim	64	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Lior Refaelov	76	30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Eran Zahavi		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Sergio Rico		23
23	G	Kepa Arrizabalaga		22
4	D	Javi Martínez		28
14	D	Nacho		27
2	D	César Azpilicueta		27
12	M	Ander Herrera		27
22	M	Isco	8870	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Koke	63	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Iago Aspas	83	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Pedro		29
7	F	Álvaro Morata		24
16	F	Gerard Deulofeu		23

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ariel Harush		29
23	G	Boris Kleyman		26
3	D	Taleb Tawatha	19	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Dor Elo		23
13	D	Shiran Yeini		30
4	M	Nir Biton		25
22	M	David Keltjens	60	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Dor Micha		25
20	M	Michael Ohana		21
10	F	Tomer Hemed	64	29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Itay Shechter		30
14	F	Ben Sahar		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David De Gea

Pepe Reina

OUT

Diego Costa

Aritz Aduriz

OUT

Sergio Ramos

César Azpilicueta

OUT

Gerard Piqué

Íñigo Martínez

OUT

Jordi Alba

Juan Manuel Mata

OUT

Andrés Iniesta

Nacho

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ofir Martziano

David Goresh

OUT

Lior Refaelov

Ben Sahar

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Julen Lopetegui

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

65 %

Lopetegui vs Israel

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2017

Lopetegui vs Levy

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Elisha Levy

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Levy vs Spain

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2017

Levy vs Lopetegui

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2017

Referee

Michael Oliver

1 victory	3 draws	1 loss	Spain5 matches	General total	Israel1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Spain1 match	Season total	Israel1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 22, 2024					Latest figure on March 24, 2017

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Key figures

Spain keeps its 56 consecutive matches without a loss in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 28/04/1993). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/02/1993 (8 matches)

End of streak for Israel after 3 consecutive wins in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone (since 06/10/2016). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 30/04/1997

It's the first time Diego Costa scores 1 goal vs Israel in his professional career

Read the next 27 key stats

General ranking

1	Spain	13 pts	5 rd
2	Italy	13 pts	5 rd
3	Israel	9 pts	5 rd
4	Albania	6 pts	5 rd
5	Macedonia	3 pts	5 rd

General ranking

1	Spain	13 pts	5 rd
2	Italy	13 pts	5 rd
3	Israel	9 pts	5 rd
4	Albania	6 pts	5 rd
5	Macedonia	3 pts	5 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSpain 2-0 Slovakia05/09/2015

VSpain 4-0 Luxembourg09/10/2015

VSpain 2-0 England13/11/2015

LSpain 0-1 Georgia07/06/2016

VSpain 8-0 Liechtenstein05/09/2016

VSpain 4-0 North Macedonia12/11/2016

Overall

VBelgium 0-2 Spain01/09/2016

VSpain 8-0 Liechtenstein05/09/2016

DItaly 1-1 Spain06/10/2016

VAlbania 0-2 Spain09/10/2016

VSpain 4-0 North Macedonia12/11/2016

DEngland 2-2 Spain15/11/2016

Current form

Away

DWales 0-0 Israel06/09/2015

LBelgium 3-1 Israel13/10/2015

LCroatia 2-0 Israel23/03/2016

LSerbia 3-1 Israel31/05/2016

VNorth Macedonia 1-2 Israel06/10/2016

VAlbania 0-3 Israel12/11/2016

Overall

LCroatia 2-0 Israel23/03/2016

LSerbia 3-1 Israel31/05/2016

LIsrael 1-3 Italy05/09/2016

VNorth Macedonia 1-2 Israel06/10/2016

VIsrael 2-1 Liechtenstein09/10/2016

VAlbania 0-3 Israel12/11/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	15	0
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	5	8
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
8-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Diego Costa	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Tomer Hemed
David Silva	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tomer Hemed
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Eran Zahavi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Eran Zahavi
David Silva	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Maor Buzaglo
Nolito	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Eran Zahavi
David Silva	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Tomer Hemed

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

5 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

2 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 10, 1999
Home	3 - 0	October 10, 1999

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

June 06, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Israel

1 - 1

Spain

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

Spain

2 - 0

Israel

October 10, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Spain

3 - 0

Israel

October 14, 1998 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Israel

1 - 2

Spain

Best historical scorers against Israel

Raul	2 goals	1999 - 2001
Fernando Hierro	2 goals	1998 - 2000
Fernando Morientes	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Gerard	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Joseba Etxeberria	1 goal	1998 - 1998
César	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Spain

	Alon Hazan	1 goal	1998 - 1998
	Haim Revivo	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Israel

Fernando Hierro	4 matches	1998 - 2001
Raul	4 matches	1998 - 2001
Ismael Urzaiz	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Luis Enrique	3 matches	1998 - 2001
Sergi	3 matches	1999 - 2001
Joseba Etxeberria	2 matches	1998 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Spain

Haim Revivo	4 matches	1998 - 2001
Arik Benado	4 matches	1998 - 2001
Eyal Berkovic	4 matches	1998 - 2001
Avi Nimni	3 matches	1998 - 2001
Tal Banin	3 matches	1998 - 2001
Idan Tal	3 matches	1999 - 2001