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Iceland 4-1 Malta - June 08, 2005 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2006

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2006 - Group 8

Laugardalsvöllur - Reykjavík - Iceland

June 08, 2005

4 887

Iceland

4 - 1

Malta

Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson

27'

Eidur Gudjohnsen

33'

Tryggvi Gudmundsson

74'

Veigar Gunnarsson

84'

58'

Brian Said

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27' - Goal G. H. Thorvaldsson27

33' - Goal Eidur Gudjohnsen33

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58' - Goal Brian Said

59' - Substitution Kevin Sammutis substituted by Andrew Cohen

63' - Substitution Kári Arnasonis substituted by Johannes Hardarsson63

74' - Goal Tryggvi Gudmundsson74

81' - Substitution Eidur Gudjohnsenis substituted by Helgi Valur Danielsson81

83' - Substitution G. H. Thorvaldssonis substituted by Hannes Sigurdsson83

84' - Goal Veigar Gunnarsson84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Iceland

4 - 1

Malta

Iceland Malta

Team line-ups

Iceland

Arason

Arni Arason

Iceland

B.date07/05/1975

Age30 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Arnason63

Kári Arnason

Iceland

B.date13/10/1982

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Helgason

Audun Helgason

Iceland

B.date18/06/1974

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Gunnarsson

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Steinsson

Greitar Steinsson

Iceland

B.date09/01/1982

Age23 years

H1m89

positionRight full-back

Vidarsson

Arnar Vidarsson

Iceland

B.date15/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gislason

Stefan Gislason

Iceland

B.date15/03/1980

Age25 years

H1m96

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gudjohnsen3381

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Thorvaldsson2783

Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson

Iceland

B.date01/04/1982

Age23 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Gunnarsson84

Veigar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date21/03/1980

Age25 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Forward

Gudmundsson74

Tryggvi Gudmundsson

Iceland

B.date30/07/1974

Age30 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Arni Arason		30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kári Arnason	63	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Audun Helgason		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson		29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greitar Steinsson		23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnar Vidarsson		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stefan Gislason		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	3381	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	G. H. Thorvaldsson	2783	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Veigar Gunnarsson	84	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tryggvi Gudmundsson	74	30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Malta

Gauci

Reuben Gauci

Malta

B.date28/10/1983

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Dimech

Luke Dimech

Malta

B.date11/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Said58

Brian Said

Malta

B.date15/05/1973

Age32 years

positionDefender

Pulis

Adrian Pulis

Malta

B.date30/03/1979

Age26 years

H1m90

positionDefender

Briffa

Roderick Briffa

Malta

B.date24/08/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Sammut59

Kevin Sammut

Malta

B.date26/05/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Pullicino

Peter Pullicino

Malta

B.date17/06/1976

Age28 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

Mattocks

Claude Mattocks

Malta

B.date21/02/1980

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Mallia

George Mallia

Malta

B.date10/10/1978

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Agius

Gilbert Agius

Malta

B.date21/02/1974

Age31 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Mifsud

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age24 years

H1m64

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Reuben Gauci		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Dimech		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Said	58	32	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adrian Pulis		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roderick Briffa		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Sammut	59	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Pullicino		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Claude Mattocks		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Mallia		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilbert Agius		31	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Johannes Hardarsson	63	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Helgi Valur Danielsson	81	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hannes Sigurdsson	83	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Andrew Cohen	59	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kári Arnason

Indridi Sigurdsson

OUT

Audun Helgason

Olafur Orn Bjarnason

OUT

Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson

Pétur Marteinsson

OUT

Veigar Gunnarsson

Gylfi Einarsson

OUT

Tryggvi Gudmundsson

Kristjan Sigurdsson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Claude Mattocks

Stefan Giglio

OUT

Reuben Gauci

Justin Haber

OUT

Roderick Briffa

Ivan Woods

OUT

George Mallia

Andrew Cohen

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Asgeir Sigurvinsson

Logi Olafsson

Success rate in this team:

18 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Sigurvinsson vs Malta

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 08, 2005

Sigurvinsson vs Heese

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 08, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Horst Heese

Success rate in this team:

9 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Heese vs Iceland

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on June 08, 2005

Heese vs Sigurvinsson

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 08, 2005

Referee

Damir Skomina

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Iceland3 matches	General total	Malta1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Iceland1 match	Season total	Malta1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 08, 2020					Latest figure on June 08, 2005

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Key figures

Malta keeps its 21 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 27/07/2000). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/05/1988 (20 matches)

It's the first time Tryggvi Gudmundsson scores a goal in his professional career with Iceland since the 07/06/2003 (with Iceland vs Faroe Islands )

It's the first time Veigar Gunnarsson scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

Read the next 27 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VIceland 2-1 Faroe Islands07/06/2003

DIceland 0-0 Germany06/09/2003

VIceland 2-0 Italy18/08/2004

LIceland 1-3 Bulgaria04/09/2004

LIceland 1-4 Sweden13/10/2004

LIceland 2-3 Hungary04/06/2005

Overall

LHungary 3-2 Iceland08/09/2004

DMalta 0-0 Iceland09/10/2004

LIceland 1-4 Sweden13/10/2004

LCroatia 4-0 Iceland26/03/2005

DItaly 0-0 Iceland30/03/2005

LIceland 2-3 Hungary04/06/2005

Current form

Away

DIsrael 2-2 Malta10/09/2003

LGermany 7-0 Malta27/05/2004

LFaroe Islands 3-2 Malta18/08/2004

LBulgaria 4-1 Malta13/10/2004

LCroatia 3-0 Malta30/03/2005

LSweden 6-0 Malta04/06/2005

Overall

LBulgaria 4-1 Malta13/10/2004

LMalta 0-2 Hungary17/11/2004

DAndalousie 0-0 Malta29/12/2004

LMalta 0-3 Norway09/02/2005

LCroatia 3-0 Malta30/03/2005

LSweden 6-0 Malta04/06/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	7
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	3
Winless streak	45	12
Drawless streak	5	3
Goalless streak	2	5
Conceding streak	20	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
5	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.17
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
2.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3.67
3.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	4.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Eidur Gudjohnsen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Michael Mifsud
Eidur Gudjohnsen	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Michael Mifsud
Eidur Gudjohnsen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Eidur Gudjohnsen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Eidur Gudjohnsen	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 4 matches	Michael Mifsud

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

11 gf

1 ga

Away

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

15 gf

7 ga

Total

11 matches

8 v

1 d

2 l

26 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

7 gf

15 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

1 gf

11 ga

Total

11 matches

2 v

1 d

8 l

8 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	July 27, 2000
Home	5 - 0	July 27, 2000

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	February 10, 1992
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 09, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Malta

0 - 0

Iceland

June 02, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Iceland

3 - 0

Malta

April 25, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Malta

1 - 4

Iceland

July 27, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Iceland

5 - 0

Malta

April 28, 1999 - Rencontres amicales 1999

Malta

1 - 2

Iceland

Best historical scorers against Malta

Helgi Sigurdsson	4 goals	2000 - 2001
Rikhardur Dadason	3 goals	1996 - 2001
Runar Kristinsson	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Tryggvi Gudmundsson	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Thórdur Gudjónsson	2 goals	1999 - 2001
Eidur Gudjohnsen	2 goals	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Iceland

Antoine Zahra	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Michael Cutajar	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Hubert Suda	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Jesmond Zerafa	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Michael Mifsud	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Helgi Sigurdsson	7 matches	1996 - 2004
Arnar Gretarsson	6 matches	1992 - 2004
Eyölfur Sverrisson	6 matches	1996 - 2001
Runar Kristinsson	6 matches	1991 - 2001
Birkir Kristinsson	5 matches	1992 - 2000
Rikhardur Dadason	5 matches	1991 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Iceland

Joe Brincat	6 matches	1991 - 2001
Noel Turner	5 matches	1996 - 2001
Brian Said	5 matches	1999 - 2004
Michael Mifsud	4 matches	2000 - 2004
George Mallia	4 matches	2000 - 2004
Gilbert Agius	4 matches	1996 - 2004