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Wales 2-1 Italy - October 16, 2002 / Euro Qualifying 2004

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Euro Qualifying 2004 - Group 9

Millennium Stadium - Cardiff - Wales

October 16, 2002

72 500

Wales

2 - 1

Italy

Simon Davies

11'

Craig Bellamy

70'

31'

Alessandro Del Piero

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11' - Goal Simon Davies11

31' - Goal Alessandro Del Piero

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65' - Substitution Luigi Di Biagiois substituted by Gennaro Gattuso

69' - Substitution Vincenzo Montellais substituted by Massimo Maccarone

70' - Goal Craig Bellamy70

84' - Substitution Gennaro Gattusois substituted by Massimo Marazzina

90' - Substitution Craig Bellamyis substituted by Nathan Blake90

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Team line-ups

Wales

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Delaney

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Gabbidon

Danny Gabbidon

Wales

B.date08/08/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Melville

Andy Melville

Wales

B.date29/11/1968

Age33 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Davies11

Simon Davies

Wales

B.date23/10/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bellamy7090

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Hartson

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		35	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Delaney		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Gabbidon		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Melville		33	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Davies	11	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Speed		33	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge		31	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy	7090	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Italy

Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon

Italy

B.date28/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Nesta

Alessandro Nesta

Italy

B.date19/03/1976

Age26 years

H1m87

positionSweeper

Zauri

Luciano Zauri

Italy

B.date20/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Cannavaro

Fabio Cannavaro

Italy

B.date13/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Panucci

Christian Panucci

Italy

B.date12/04/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Di Biagio65

Luigi Di Biagio

Italy

B.date03/06/1971

Age31 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ambrosini

Massimo Ambrosini

Italy

B.date29/05/1977

Age25 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Tommasi

Damiano Tommasi

Italy

B.date17/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo

Italy

B.date19/05/1979

Age23 years

H1m77

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Montella69

Vincenzo Montella

Italy

B.date18/06/1974

Age28 years

H1m72

positionStriker

Del Piero31

Alessandro Del Piero

Italy

B.date09/11/1974

Age27 years

H1m73

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gianluigi Buffon		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alessandro Nesta		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luciano Zauri		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fabio Cannavaro		29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christian Panucci		29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luigi Di Biagio	65	31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Massimo Ambrosini		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damiano Tommasi		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrea Pirlo		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vincenzo Montella	69	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alessandro Del Piero	31	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Nathan Blake	90	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Gennaro Gattuso	6584	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Massimo Maccarone	69	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Massimo Marazzina	84	28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Bellamy

Andy Johnson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luigi Di Biagio

Gennaro Gattuso

OUT

Vincenzo Montella

Filippo Inzaghi

OUT

Massimo Ambrosini

Cristiano Doni

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

27 %

Hughes vs Italy

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 2002

Hughes vs Trapattoni

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Giovanni Trapattoni

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Trapattoni vs Wales

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 2002

Trapattoni vs Hughes

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 2002

Referee

Gilles Veissière

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wales1 match	General total	Italy2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wales1 match	Season total	Italy1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 16, 2002					Latest figure on October 16, 2002

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

The last time Italy has conceded at least 2 goals away from home in Euro Qualifying, It was on the 05/06/1991 (vs )

It's the first time Alessandro Del Piero scores 1 goal vs Wales in Euro Qualifying

It's the first time Craig Bellamy scores 1 goal vs Italy in his professional career

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWales 1-2 Poland02/06/2001

DWales 0-0 Armenia01/09/2001

VWales 1-0 Belarus06/10/2001

DWales 1-1 Argentina13/02/2002

DWales 0-0 Czech Republic27/03/2002

VWales 1-0 Germany14/05/2002

Overall

VWales 1-0 Belarus06/10/2001

DWales 1-1 Argentina13/02/2002

DWales 0-0 Czech Republic27/03/2002

VWales 1-0 Germany14/05/2002

DCroatia 1-1 Wales21/08/2002

VFinland 0-2 Wales07/09/2002

Current form

Away

DLithuania 0-0 Italy01/09/2001

DJapan 1-1 Italy07/11/2001

VEngland 1-2 Italy27/03/2002

LCzech Republic 1-0 Italy18/05/2002

LSouth Korea 2-1 Italy18/06/2002

VAzerbaijan 0-2 Italy07/09/2002

Overall

LItaly 1-2 Croatia08/06/2002

DMexico 1-1 Italy13/06/2002

LSouth Korea 2-1 Italy18/06/2002

LItaly 0-1 Slovenia21/08/2002

VAzerbaijan 0-2 Italy07/09/2002

DItaly 1-1 Serbia and Montenegro12/10/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	6
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	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)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Simon Davies	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Alessandro Del Piero
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Alessandro Del Piero
Simon Davies	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Alessandro Del Piero

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

3 gf

15 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

0 d

6 l

3 gf

18 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

15 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

7 matches

6 v

0 d

1 l

18 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	June 04, 1988
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 05, 1999
Away	1 - 0	October 23, 1968

Latest head to head

June 05, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Italy

4 - 0

Wales

September 05, 1998 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Wales

0 - 2

Italy

January 24, 1996 - Rencontres amicales 1996

Italy

3 - 0

Wales

June 04, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Italy

0 - 1

Wales

November 04, 1969 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1970

Italy

4 - 1

Wales

Best historical scorers against Italy

Ian Rush	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Brian Godfrey	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Mike England	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/05/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wales

Luigi Riva	4 goals	1968 - 1969
Giovanni Lodetti	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Christian Vieri	2 goals	1998 - 1999
Paolo Barison	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Sandro Mazzola	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Diego Fuser	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/05/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Mark Hughes	4 matches	1988 - 1999
Gary Speed	3 matches	1996 - 1999
Dean Saunders	3 matches	1988 - 1999
Barrie Hole	3 matches	1965 - 1969
Ady Williams	3 matches	1996 - 1999
Ronnie Rees	3 matches	1965 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/05/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wales

Sandro Salvadore	3 matches	1965 - 1969
Demetrio Albertini	3 matches	1996 - 1999
Eusebio Di Francesco	2 matches	1998 - 1999
Christian Vieri	2 matches	1998 - 1999
Giacinto Facchetti	2 matches	1968 - 1969
Paolo Maldini	2 matches	1988 - 1999