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Albania 1-2 Switzerland - October 11, 2013 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2014

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2014 - Group E

Qemal Stafa Stadium - Tirana - Albania

October 11, 2013

14 000

Albania

1 - 2

Switzerland

(penalty) Hamdi Salihi

89'

48'

Xherdan Shaqiri (left foot) Assist by Granit Xhaka

78'

Michael Lang (left foot)

logo Albania ALB

48' - Goal Xherdan Shaqiri

53' - Substitution Xherdan Shaqiriis substituted by Admir Mehmedi

55' - Substitution Shkelzen Gashiis substituted by Odise Roshi55

64' - Substitution Amir Abrashiis substituted by Jahmir Hyka64

68' - Substitution Valentin Stockeris substituted by Gelson Fernandes

78' - Goal Michael Lang

85' - Substitution Valdet Ramais substituted by Agon Mehmeti85

89' - Goal Hamdi Salihi89

89' - Substitution Haris Seferovicis substituted by Blerim Dzemaili

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Albania

1 - 2

Switzerland

Albania Switzerland

Team line-ups

Albania

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Salihi89

Hamdi Salihi

Albania

B.date19/01/1984

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Abrashi64

Amir Abrashi

Albania

B.date27/03/1990

Age23 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

Rama85

Valdet Rama

Albania

B.date20/11/1987

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kace

Ergys Kace

Albania

B.date08/07/1993

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

Bulku

Ervin Bulku

Albania

B.date03/03/1981

Age32 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gashi55

Shkelzen Gashi

Albania

B.date15/07/1988

Age25 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Agolli

Ansi Agolli

Albania

B.date11/10/1982

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Mavraj

Mergim Mavraj

Albania

B.date09/06/1986

Age27 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

Cana

Lorik Cana

Albania

B.date27/07/1983

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Lila

Andi Lila

Albania

B.date12/02/1986

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Berisha

Etrit Berisha

Albania

B.date10/03/1989

Age24 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Etrit Berisha		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mergim Mavraj		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lorik Cana		30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ansi Agolli		31	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andi Lila		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ervin Bulku		32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Amir Abrashi	64	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ergys Kace		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shkelzen Gashi	55	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valdet Rama	85	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hamdi Salihi	89	29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Switzerland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Seferovic89

Haris Seferovic

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1992

Age21 years

H1m89

positionStriker

Stocker68

Valentin Stocker

Switzerland

B.date12/04/1989

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Shaqiri4853

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

B.date10/10/1991

Age22 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

Inler

Gökhan Inler

Switzerland

B.date27/06/1984

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Behrami

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1985

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight central midfielder

Rodriguez

Ricardo Rodriguez

Switzerland

B.date25/08/1992

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

von Bergen

Steve von Bergen

Switzerland

B.date10/06/1983

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Schär

Fabian Schär

Switzerland

B.date20/12/1991

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Lang78

Michael Lang

Switzerland

B.date08/02/1991

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Benaglio

Diego Benaglio

Switzerland

B.date08/09/1983

Age30 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Diego Benaglio		30	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve von Bergen		30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Lang	78	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fabian Schär		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Rodriguez		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gökhan Inler		29	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Granit Xhaka		21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valon Behrami		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xherdan Shaqiri	4853	22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valentin Stocker	68	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Haris Seferovic	89	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jahmir Hyka	64	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Odise Roshi	55	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Agon Mehmeti	85	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Gelson Fernandes	68	27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Blerim Dzemaili	89	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Admir Mehmedi	53	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Amir Abrashi

Edgar Cani

OUT

Ervin Bulku

Migjen Basha

OUT

Ansi Agolli

Armend Dallku

OUT

Mergim Mavraj

Admir Teli

OUT

Shkelzen Gashi

Odise Roshi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Lang

Stephan Lichtsteiner

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Giovanni De Biasi

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

De Biasi vs Switzerland

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 11, 2013

De Biasi vs Hitzfeld

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 11, 2013

Manager

Age

Match num

Ottmar Hitzfeld

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Hitzfeld vs Albania

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2013

Hitzfeld vs De Biasi

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2013

Referee

Pedro Proença

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Albania1 match	General total	Switzerland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Albania1 match	Season total	Switzerland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 11, 2013					Latest figure on October 11, 2013

Videos

October 18, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Albania keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Switzerland in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 11/04/1965). It's a record streak. The first of history

Switzerland keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 08/06/2013).

Albania keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Switzerland running (since 11/06/2003). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAlbania 1-2 Iceland12/10/2012

VAlbania 1-0 Slovenia16/10/2012

LAlbania 1-2 Georgia06/02/2013

VAlbania 4-1 Lithuania26/03/2013

DAlbania 1-1 Norway07/06/2013

VAlbania 2-0 Armenia14/08/2013

Overall

VNorway 0-1 Albania22/03/2013

VAlbania 4-1 Lithuania26/03/2013

DAlbania 1-1 Norway07/06/2013

VAlbania 2-0 Armenia14/08/2013

LSlovenia 1-0 Albania06/09/2013

LIceland 2-1 Albania10/09/2013

Current form

Away

VSlovenia 0-2 Switzerland07/09/2012

VIceland 0-2 Switzerland16/10/2012

VTunisia 1-2 Switzerland14/11/2012

DGreece 0-0 Switzerland06/02/2013

DCyprus 0-0 Switzerland23/03/2013

VNorway 0-2 Switzerland10/09/2013

Overall

DGreece 0-0 Switzerland06/02/2013

DCyprus 0-0 Switzerland23/03/2013

VSwitzerland 1-0 Cyprus08/06/2013

VSwitzerland 1-0 Brazil14/08/2013

DSwitzerland 4-4 Iceland06/09/2013

VNorway 0-2 Switzerland10/09/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	9	12
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	4
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.63
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

21	Yellow cards (Competition total)	15
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Valdet Rama	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Fabian Schär
Edgar Cani	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Fabian Schär
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Blerim Dzemaili
Ervin Bulku	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Xherdan Shaqiri
Alban Meha	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Gökhan Inler
Valdet Rama	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Fabian Schär

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

6 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

3 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

9 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 11, 2012
Away	2 - 0	April 11, 1965

Latest head to head

September 11, 2012 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2014

Switzerland

2 - 0

Albania

June 11, 2003 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Switzerland

3 - 2

Albania

October 12, 2002 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Albania

1 - 1

Switzerland logo Switzerland

May 02, 1965 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1966

Switzerland

1 - 0

Albania

April 11, 1965 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1966

Albania

0 - 2

Switzerland logo Switzerland

Best historical scorers against Switzerland

Ervin Skela	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Altin Lala	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Edvin Murati	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Albania

Köbi Kuhn	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Bernt Haas	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Ricardo Cabanas	1 goal	2003 - 2003
René-Pierre Quentin	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Xherdan Shaqiri	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Murat Yakin	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Switzerland

Geri Cipi	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Besnik Hasi	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Foto Strakosha	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Fatbardh Deliallisi	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Klodian Duro	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Lin Shllaku	2 matches	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Albania

Hakan Yakin	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Murat Yakin	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Karl Elsener	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Bernt Haas	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Ely Tacchella	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Stéphane Chapuisat	2 matches	2002 - 2003