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England 5-1 Croatia - September 09, 2009 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2010

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2010 - Group 6

Wembley Stadium - London - England

September 09, 2009

England

5 - 1

Croatia

(penalty) Frank Lampard

Assist by Aaron Lennon (header) Steven Gerrard

18'

Assist by Glen Johnson (header) Frank Lampard

59'

Assist by Wayne Rooney (header) Steven Gerrard

67'

(right foot) Wayne Rooney

77'

71'

Eduardo (right foot)

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7' - Goal Frank Lampard7

18' - Goal Steven Gerrard18

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46' - Substitution Nikola Pokrivacis substituted by Ivan Rakitic photo Mladen Petric

46' - Substitution Ivica Olicis substituted by Mladen Petric

59' - Goal Frank Lampard photo Jermain Defoe

59' - Substitution Emile Heskeyis substituted by Jermain Defoe59

67' - Goal Steven Gerrard67

71' - Goal Eduardo

73' - Substitution Eduardois substituted by Ivan Klasnic

77' - Goal Wayne Rooney77

81' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by James Milner photo David Beckham

81' - Substitution Aaron Lennonis substituted by David Beckham81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England

5 - 1

Croatia

England Croatia

Team line-ups

England

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Heskey59

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Rooney77

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Gerrard186781

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Lennon81

Aaron Lennon

England

B.date16/04/1987

Age22 years

H1m65

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Lampard759

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age31 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen Johnson		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	186781	29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	759	31	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aaron Lennon	81	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey	59	31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Rooney	77	23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Croatia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Olic46

Ivica Olic

Croatia

B.date14/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Eduardo7173

Eduardo

Croatia

B.date25/02/1983

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentre forward

Kranjcar

Niko Kranjcar

Croatia

B.date13/08/1984

Age25 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Mandzukic

Mario Mandzukic

Croatia

B.date21/05/1986

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Vukojevic

Ognjen Vukojevic

Croatia

B.date20/12/1983

Age25 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pokrivac46

Nikola Pokrivac

Croatia

B.date26/11/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Pranjic

Danijel Pranjic

Croatia

B.date02/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

Krizanac

Ivica Krizanac

Croatia

B.date13/04/1979

Age30 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Simunic

Josip Simunic

Croatia

B.date18/02/1978

Age31 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

Srna

Darijo Srna

Croatia

B.date01/05/1982

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Runje

Vedran Runje

Croatia

B.date10/02/1976

Age33 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Vedran Runje		33	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Josip Simunic		31	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivica Krizanac		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darijo Srna		27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danijel Pranjic		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ognjen Vukojevic		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nikola Pokrivac	46	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kranjcar		25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eduardo	7173	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivica Olic	46	29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Mandzukic		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	David Beckham	81	34	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Milner	81	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jermain Defoe	59	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ivan Rakitic	46	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mladen Petric	46	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivan Klasnic	73	29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aaron Lennon

Shaun Wright-Phillips

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nikola Pokrivac

Ivan Rakitic

OUT

Mario Mandzukic

Vedran Corluka

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fabio Capello

Success rate in this team:

78 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Capello vs Croatia

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2009

Capello vs Bilic

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Slaven Bilic

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Bilic vs England

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 09, 2009

Bilic vs Capello

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 09, 2009

Referee

Alberto Undiano Mallenco

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	England3 matches	General total	Croatia4 matches	0 victory	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	England1 match	Season total	Croatia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 14, 2015					Latest figure on June 11, 2017

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Key figures

End of streak for Croatia after 13 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone (since 11/10/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Eduardo scores 1 goal vs England in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

It's the first time Eduardo scores a goal vs England in his professional career since the 11/10/2006 (with Croatia vs England )

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DEngland 2-2 Czech Republic20/08/2008

VEngland 5-1 Kazakhstan11/10/2008

VEngland 4-0 Slovakia28/03/2009

VEngland 2-1 Ukraine01/04/2009

VEngland 6-0 Andorra10/06/2009

VEngland 2-1 Slovenia05/09/2009

Overall

VEngland 4-0 Slovakia28/03/2009

VEngland 2-1 Ukraine01/04/2009

VKazakhstan 0-4 England06/06/2009

VEngland 6-0 Andorra10/06/2009

DNetherlands 2-2 England12/08/2009

VEngland 2-1 Slovenia05/09/2009

Current form

Away

VAustria 0-1 Croatia08/06/2008

VSlovenia 2-3 Croatia20/08/2008

DUkraine 0-0 Croatia11/10/2008

VRomania 1-2 Croatia11/02/2009

VAndorra 0-2 Croatia01/04/2009

VBelarus 1-3 Croatia12/08/2009

Overall

VCroatia 4-0 Andorra15/10/2008

VRomania 1-2 Croatia11/02/2009

VAndorra 0-2 Croatia01/04/2009

DCroatia 2-2 Ukraine06/06/2009

VBelarus 1-3 Croatia12/08/2009

VCroatia 1-0 Belarus05/09/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	8	6
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	14	6
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	9	7
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
7	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
4.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Wayne Rooney	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Ivica Olic
Wayne Rooney	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Ivica Olic
Frank Lampard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ivan Rakitic
Wayne Rooney	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Glen Johnson	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Wayne Rooney	8 goals, 4 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Ivan Rakitic

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

13 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

9 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 10, 2008
Home	3 - 1	August 20, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 11, 2006
Away	3 - 2	November 21, 2007

Latest head to head

September 10, 2008 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010

Croatia

1 - 4

England

November 21, 2007 - Eliminatoires Euro 2008

England

2 - 3

Croatia

October 11, 2006 - Eliminatoires Euro 2008

Croatia

2 - 0

England

June 21, 2004 - Euro 2004

Croatia

2 - 4

England

August 20, 2003 - Rencontres amicales 2003

England

3 - 1

Croatia

Best historical scorers against Croatia

Wayne Rooney	3 goals	2004 - 2008
Frank Lampard	3 goals	2003 - 2007
Theo Walcott	3 goals	2008 - 2008
Peter Crouch	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Michael Owen	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Paul Scholes	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against England

Ivica Mornar	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Ivica Olic	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Mario Mandzukic	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Niko Kovac	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Eduardo	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Niko Kranjcar	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Frank Lampard	5 matches	2003 - 2008
John Terry	4 matches	2003 - 2008
David Beckham	4 matches	2003 - 2008
Ashley Cole	4 matches	2003 - 2008
Steven Gerrard	3 matches	2003 - 2007
Rio Ferdinand	3 matches	2003 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Ivica Olic	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Niko Kovac	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Robert Kovac	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Josip Simunic	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Stipe Pletikosa	4 matches	2003 - 2008
Darijo Srna	4 matches	2003 - 2008