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Finland 4-0 Northern Ireland - November 17, 2023 / Euro Qualifying 2024

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Euro Qualifying 2024 - Round 9 - Group H

Olympic Stadium - Helsinki - Finland

November 17, 2023 - 18:00

28 711

Finland

4 - 0

Northern Ireland

(penalty) Joel Pohjanpalo

42'

Assist by Glen Kamara (left foot) Daniel Hakans

48'

Assist by Robert Taylor (right foot) Teemu Pukki

74'

Assist by Teemu Pukki (left foot) Robin Lod

88'

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42' - Goal Joel Pohjanpalo42

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48' - Goal Daniel Hakans48

59' - Substitution Dion Charlesis substituted by Josh Magennis photo Conor Washington

59' - Substitution Ross McCauslandis substituted by Conor Washington

60' - Substitution Fredrik Jensenis substituted by Teemu Pukki60

72' - Substitution Rasmus Schülleris substituted by Robin Lod photo Robert Taylor

72' - Substitution Daniel Hakansis substituted by Robert Taylor72

74' - Goal Teemu Pukki74

77' - Substitution Jordan Thompsonis substituted by Brodie Spencer

83' - Substitution Nikolai Alhois substituted by Noah Pallas photo Lucas Lingman

83' - Substitution Joel Pohjanpalois substituted by Lucas Lingman83

85' - Substitution Trai Humeis substituted by Michael Forbes photo Callum Marshall

85' - Substitution Isaac Priceis substituted by Callum Marshall

88' - Goal Robin Lod88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

4 - 0

Northern Ireland

Finland Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Finland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Hakans4872

Daniel Hakans

Finland

B.date26/10/2000

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

20Pohjanpalo4283

Joel Pohjanpalo

Finland

B.date13/09/1994

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

19F. Jensen60

Fredrik Jensen

Finland

B.date09/09/1997

Age26 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

14Kairinen

Kaan Kairinen

Finland

B.date22/12/1998

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

11Schüller72

Rasmus Schüller

Finland

B.date18/06/1991

Age32 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

6Kamara

Glen Kamara

Finland

B.date28/10/1995

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

16Peltola

Matti Peltola

Finland

B.date03/07/2002

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

4Ivanov

Robert Ivanov

Finland

B.date19/09/1994

Age29 years

H1m97

positionCentral defender

5Tenho

Miro Tenho

Finland

B.date02/04/1995

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

17Alho83

Nikolai Alho

Finland

B.date12/03/1993

Age30 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

1Hradecky

Lucas Hradecky

Finland

B.date24/11/1989

Age33 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Lucas Hradecky		33	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Miro Tenho		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robert Ivanov		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Nikolai Alho	83	30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Rasmus Schüller	72	32	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Kaan Kairinen		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Glen Kamara		28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Matti Peltola		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Fredrik Jensen	60	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Daniel Hakans	4872	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Joel Pohjanpalo	4283	29	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Northern Ireland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Charles59

Dion Charles

Northern Ireland

B.date07/10/1995

Age28 years

H1m78

positionForward

14Price85

Isaac Price

Northern Ireland

B.date26/09/2003

Age20 years

positionCentre Midfield

3Lewis

Jamal Lewis

Northern Ireland

B.date25/01/1998

Age25 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

15Thompson77

Jordan Thompson

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

6Saville

George Saville

Northern Ireland

B.date01/06/1993

Age30 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

8McCausland59

Ross McCausland

Northern Ireland

B.date12/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m83

positionRight Winger

2Hume85

Trai Hume

Northern Ireland

B.date18/03/2002

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

4Ballard

Daniel Ballard

Northern Ireland

B.date22/09/1999

Age24 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

17McNair

Paddy McNair

Northern Ireland

B.date27/04/1995

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

5Toal

Eoin Toal

Northern Ireland

B.date15/02/1999

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

12Hazard

Conor Hazard

Northern Ireland

B.date05/03/1998

Age25 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Conor Hazard		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Eoin Toal		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Jamal Lewis		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Daniel Ballard		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Trai Hume	85	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Paddy McNair		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Isaac Price	85	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jordan Thompson	77	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	George Saville		30	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dion Charles	59	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ross McCausland	59	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Viljami Sinisalo		22
23	G	Hugo Keto		25
2	D	Arttu Hoskonen		26
3	D	Richard Jensen		27
22	D	Noah Pallas	83	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jere Uronen		29
15	M	Lucas Lingman	83	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Taylor	72	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Pyry Soiri		29
8	F	Robin Lod	8872	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Teemu Pukki	7460	33	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Benjamin Källman		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Stephen McMullan		18
23	G	Luke Southwood		25
18	D	Michael Forbes	85	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Ciaron Brown		25
20	M	Brodie Spencer	77	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Conor McMenamin		28
19	M	Terry Devlin		20
11	M	Jordan Jones		29
9	F	Conor Washington	59	31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Josh Magennis	59	33	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Callum Marshall	85	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Dale Taylor		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matti Peltola

Richard Jensen

OUT

Miro Tenho

Arttu Hoskonen

OUT

Fredrik Jensen

Teemu Pukki

OUT

Rasmus Schüller

Robert Taylor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Ballard

Jonny Evans

OUT

Dion Charles

Josh Magennis

OUT

Conor Hazard

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

OUT

Ross McCausland

Brad Lyons

OUT

Paddy McNair

Paul Smyth

OUT

Isaac Price

Dale Taylor

OUT

George Saville

Shea Charles

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Markku Kanerva

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Kanerva vs Northern Ireland

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Kanerva vs O'Neill

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Michael O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

O'Neill vs Finland

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

O'Neill vs Kanerva

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Referee

Aliyar Aghayev

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Assistant Referee

Akif Əmirəli

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Assistant Referee

Zeynal Zeynalov

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

4th official

Kamal Umudlu

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Joel Pohjanpalo scores 1 goal vs Northern Ireland in his professional career

End of streak for Finland after 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Northern Ireland (since 16/08/2006). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/10/1998 (2 matches)

It's the first time Teemu Pukki scores 1 goal vs Northern Ireland in Euro Qualifying

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

-1	2	Slovenia	19 pts	9 rd
	3	Kazakhstan	18 pts	9 rd
	4	Finland	15 pts	9 rd
	5	Northern Ireland	6 pts	9 rd
	6	San Marino	0 pt	9 rd

General ranking

-1	2	Slovenia	19 pts	9 rd
	3	Kazakhstan	18 pts	9 rd
	4	Finland	15 pts	9 rd
	5	Northern Ireland	6 pts	9 rd
	6	San Marino	0 pt	9 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFinland 2-0 Montenegro07/06/2022

DFinland 1-1 Romania23/09/2022

VFinland 2-0 Slovenia16/06/2023

VFinland 6-0 San Marino19/06/2023

LFinland 0-1 Denmark10/09/2023

LFinland 1-2 Kazakhstan17/10/2023

Overall

VFinland 2-0 Slovenia16/06/2023

VFinland 6-0 San Marino19/06/2023

VKazakhstan 0-1 Finland07/09/2023

LFinland 0-1 Denmark10/09/2023

LSlovenia 3-0 Finland14/10/2023

LFinland 1-2 Kazakhstan17/10/2023

Current form

Away

LKosovo 3-2 Northern Ireland09/06/2022

LGreece 3-1 Northern Ireland27/09/2022

VSan Marino 0-2 Northern Ireland23/03/2023

LDenmark 1-0 Northern Ireland16/06/2023

LSlovenia 4-2 Northern Ireland07/09/2023

LKazakhstan 1-0 Northern Ireland10/09/2023

Overall

LDenmark 1-0 Northern Ireland16/06/2023

LNorthern Ireland 0-1 Kazakhstan19/06/2023

LSlovenia 4-2 Northern Ireland07/09/2023

LKazakhstan 1-0 Northern Ireland10/09/2023

VNorthern Ireland 3-0 San Marino14/10/2023

LNorthern Ireland 0-1 Slovenia17/10/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	4	10
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	6	10
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	5
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Daniel Hakans	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Dion Charles
Daniel Hakans	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dion Charles
Teemu Pukki	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Jamal Lewis
Teemu Pukki	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Conor Washington
Robert Taylor	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Paul Smyth

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

7 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

7 gf

8 ga

Total

10 matches

4 v

2 d

4 l

14 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

8 gf

7 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Total

10 matches

4 v

2 d

4 l

12 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 09, 1999
Home	4 - 1	October 09, 1999

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	March 29, 2015
Away	2 - 1	August 16, 2006

Latest head to head

March 26, 2023 - Eliminatoires Euro 2024

Northern Ireland

0 - 1

Finland

October 11, 2015 - Eliminatoires Euro 2016

Finland

1 - 1

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

March 29, 2015 - Eliminatoires Euro 2016

Northern Ireland

2 - 1

Finland

August 15, 2012 - Rencontres amicales 2012

Northern Ireland

3 - 3

Finland

August 16, 2006 - Rencontres amicales 2006

Finland

1 - 2

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

Joonas Kolkka	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Sami Hyypiä	2 goals	1999 - 2003
Ari Valvee	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Paulus Arajuuri	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Benjamin Källman	1 goal	2023 - 2023
Mika Väyrynen	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Kyle Lafferty	4 goals	2006 - 2015
Gerry Armstrong	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Jeff Whitley	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Martin Paterson	1 goal	2012 - 2012
John O'Neill	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Craig Cathcart	1 goal	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Sami Hyypiä	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Aki Riihilahti	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Joonas Kolkka	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Teemu Pukki	4 matches	2012 - 2023
Jonatan Johansson	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Jere Uronen	3 matches	2012 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

James Quinn	4 matches	1998 - 2006
Chris Baird	4 matches	2006 - 2015
Kyle Lafferty	4 matches	2006 - 2015
Roy Carroll	3 matches	2003 - 2015
Steven Davis	3 matches	2012 - 2015
Oliver Norwood	3 matches	2012 - 2015