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Soviet Union 1-0 Northern Ireland - September 22, 1971 / Euro Qualifying 1972

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Euro Qualifying 1972 - Group 4

Lenin Central Stadium - Moscow - Russia

September 22, 1971

51 186

Soviet Union

1 - 0

Northern Ireland

logo Soviet Union SU

70' - Substitution Dave Craigis substituted by Bryan Hamilton

logo Northern Ireland NI

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Soviet Union

1 - 0

Northern Ireland

Soviet Union Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Northern Ireland

McFaul

Willie McFaul

Northern Ireland

B.date01/10/1943

Age27 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Craig70

Dave Craig

Northern Ireland

B.date08/06/1944

Age27 years

H1m73

positionDefender

O'Kane

Liam O'Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date17/06/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Hunter

Allan Hunter

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1946

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Neill

Terry Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date08/05/1942

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Clements

Dave Clements

Northern Ireland

B.date15/09/1945

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Nicholson

Jimmy Nicholson

Northern Ireland

B.date27/02/1943

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Hegan

Daniel Hegan

Northern Ireland

B.date14/06/1943

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Dougan

Derek Dougan

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1938

Age33 years

positionForward

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Willie McFaul		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Craig	70	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam O'Kane		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Hunter		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Neill		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Clements		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Nicholson		28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniel Hegan		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Dougan		33	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		25	29	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Bryan Hamilton	70	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Willie McFaul

Pat Jennings

OUT

Daniel Hegan

Alexander McMordie

OUT

Dave Craig

Pat Rice

OUT

Terry Neill

Bryan Hamilton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Valentin Nikolaev

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Nikolaev vs Northern Ireland

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 22, 1971

Nikolaev vs Neill

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 22, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Neill vs Soviet Union

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 22, 1971

Neill vs Nikolaev

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 22, 1971

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Key figures

Soviet Union keeps its 6 consecutive wins surterrainneutre in Euro Qualifying running (since 28/09/1958). It's a record streak. The first of history

Soviet Union keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Northern Ireland surterrainneutre running (since 10/09/1969). It's a record streak. The first of history

Soviet Union keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Northern Ireland running (since 10/09/1969). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VSoviet Union 4-1 Belgium06/06/1970

VSoviet Union 2-0 El Salvador10/06/1970

LUruguay 1-0 Soviet Union14/06/1970

VSoviet Union 2-1 Spain30/05/1971

VSoviet Union 6-1 Cyprus07/06/1971

VSoviet Union 1-0 Scotland14/06/1971

Overall

VEl Salvador 0-1 Soviet Union28/02/1971

DBulgaria 1-1 Soviet Union28/04/1971

VSoviet Union 2-1 Spain30/05/1971

VSoviet Union 6-1 Cyprus07/06/1971

VSoviet Union 1-0 Scotland14/06/1971

VSoviet Union 5-0 India18/09/1971

Current form

Neutral ground

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 Czechoslovakia08/06/1958

LArgentina 3-1 Northern Ireland11/06/1958

DGermany 2-2 Northern Ireland15/06/1958

VNorthern Ireland 2-1 Czechoslovakia17/06/1958

LFrance 4-0 Northern Ireland19/06/1958

LSoviet Union 2-0 Northern Ireland22/10/1969

Overall

LSpain 3-0 Northern Ireland11/11/1970

VCyprus 0-3 Northern Ireland03/02/1971

VNorthern Ireland 5-0 Cyprus21/04/1971

LNorthern Ireland 0-1 England15/05/1971

VScotland 0-1 Northern Ireland18/05/1971

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 Wales22/05/1971

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	3	4
Unbeaten streak	3	10
Drawless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	3	6
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	3	10
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
3.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Gennadiy Yevryuzhikhin	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	George Best
Vladimir Fedotov	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	George Best
Gennadiy Yevryuzhikhin	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 2 matches	George Best

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 22, 1969
Neutral ground	2 - 0	October 22, 1969

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

October 22, 1969 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1970

Soviet Union

2 - 0

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

September 10, 1969 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1970

Northern Ireland

0 - 0

Soviet Union logo Soviet Union

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Soviet Union

Pat Jennings	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Terry Neill	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Dave Clements	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Jimmy Nicholson	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Derek Dougan	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Tommy Jackson	2 matches	1969 - 1969