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Ireland U-21 2-2 Italy U-21 - November 21, 2023 / UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025

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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025 - Round 10 - Group 1

Turners Cross - Cork - Republic of Ireland

November 21, 2023 - 18:30

Ireland U-21

Republic of Ireland

2 - 2

Italy U-21

Italy

Assist by Sam CurtisKillian Phillips

31'

Sinclair Armstrong

47'

45+1'

Wilfried Gnonto (penalty)

90+6'

Wilfried Gnonto

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31' - Goal Killian Phillips31

34' - Yellow card Diego Coppola

39' - Yellow card Cher Ndour

43' - Yellow card Aidomo Emakhu43

45' - Yellow card Bosun Lawal45

46' - Goal Wilfried Gnonto

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46' - Substitution Francesco Pio Espositois substituted by Cesare Casadei

47' - Goal Sinclair Armstrong47

56' - Substitution Cher Ndouris substituted by Luca Koleosho

62' - Yellow card Sean Roughan62

68' - Yellow card Josh Keeley68

71' - Yellow card Riccardo Calafiori

76' - Substitution Giovanni Fabbianis substituted by Giuseppe Ambrosino

81' - Yellow card Mattia Zanotti

82' - Substitution Sinclair Armstrongis substituted by Johnny Kenny82

83' - Substitution Riccardo Calafioriis substituted by Riccardo Turicchia

89' - Yellow card Wilfried Gnonto

91' - Substitution Sean Roughanis substituted by Tayo Adaramola91

94' - Substitution Aidomo Emakhuis substituted by Adam Murphy94

96' - Goal Wilfried Gnonto

98' - Yellow card Sinclair Armstrong98

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ireland U-21

2 - 2

Italy U-21

Ireland U-21 Italy U-21

Team line-ups

Ireland U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Emakhu90+443

Aidomo Emakhu

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/10/2003

Age20 years

positionMidfield

9Armstrong478298

Sinclair Armstrong

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/06/2003

Age20 years

H1m82

positionForward

6Phillips31

Killian Phillips

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/03/2002

Age21 years

H1m90

positionCentre forward

13Adeeko

Baba Adeeko

Republic of Ireland

B.date03/04/2003

Age20 years

positionCentre Midfield

8Healy

Matthew Healy

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/04/2002

Age21 years

positionMidfield

14Roughan90+162

Sean Roughan

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/2003

Age20 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

12Curtis

Sam Curtis

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/12/2005

Age17 years

positionCentral defender

5MacNulty

Anselmo MacNulty

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/02/2003

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

17Grehan

Sean Grehan

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/01/2004

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

4Lawal45

Bosun Lawal

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

1Keeley68

Josh Keeley

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Josh Keeley	68	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Sean Roughan	90+162	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Sean Grehan		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sam Curtis		17	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Anselmo MacNulty		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Aidomo Emakhu	90+443	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Matthew Healy		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Bosun Lawal	45	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Baba Adeeko		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Sinclair Armstrong	478298	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Killian Phillips	31	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

19.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Italy U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Gnonto469689

Wilfried Gnonto

Italy

B.date05/11/2003

Age20 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

18Esposito46

Francesco Pio Esposito

Italy

B.date28/06/2005

Age18 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

14Fabbian76

Giovanni Fabbian

Italy

B.date14/01/2003

Age20 years

positionCentre Midfield

11Ndour5639

Cher Ndour

Italy

B.date27/07/2004

Age19 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

8Bove

Edoardo Bove

Italy

B.date16/05/2002

Age21 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

4Prati

Matteo Prati

Italy

B.date28/12/2003

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

3Calafiori8371

Riccardo Calafiori

Italy

B.date19/05/2002

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

5Pirola

Lorenzo Pirola

Italy

B.date20/02/2002

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

6Coppola34

Diego Coppola

Italy

B.date28/12/2003

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

2Zanotti81

Mattia Zanotti

Italy

B.date11/01/2003

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

1Desplanches

Sebastiano Desplanches

Italy

B.date11/03/2003

Age20 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sebastiano Desplanches		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Riccardo Calafiori	8371	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Diego Coppola	34	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lorenzo Pirola		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mattia Zanotti	81	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Giovanni Fabbian	76	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Cher Ndour	5639	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Matteo Prati		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Edoardo Bove		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wilfried Gnonto	469689	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Francesco Pio Esposito	46	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

19.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Tiernan Brooks		20
2	D	James Abankwah		19
3	D	Tayo Adaramola	90+1	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Adam Murphy	90+4	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ollie O'Neill		20
21	M	Zak Gilsenan		20
18	F	Johnny Kenny	82	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Conor Carty		21
11	F	Tony Springett		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Gioele Zacchi		20
15	D	Gabriele Guarino		19
19	D	Daniele Ghilardi		20
13	D	Riccardo Turicchia	83	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Cesare Casadei	46	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Alessandro Bianco		21
21	M	Jacopo Fazzini		20
9	F	Giuseppe Ambrosino	76	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Luca Koleosho	56	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sean Grehan

Connor O’Riordan

OUT

Killian Phillips

Kian Leavy

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Edoardo Bove

Cesare Casadei

OUT

Giovanni Fabbian

Cristian Volpato

OUT

Diego Coppola

Daniele Ghilardi

OUT

Francesco Pio Esposito

Sebastiano Esposito

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Crawford

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Crawford vs Italy U-21

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Crawford vs Nunziata

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Carmine Nunziata

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

65 %

Nunziata vs Ireland U-21

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Nunziata vs Crawford

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Referee

Lionel Tschudi

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	General total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	Season total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
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Assistant Referee

Bastien Lengacher

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	General total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	Season total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2023					Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Assistant Referee

Sladan Josipovic

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	General total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	Season total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2023					Latest figure on November 21, 2023

4th official

Alessandro Dudic

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	General total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland U-211 match	Season total	Italy U-211 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2023					Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Videos

November 23, 2023

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Killian Phillips scores 1 goal in his professional career with Ireland U-21

The last time Ireland U-21 has ended with the score 2-2 vs Italy U-21 in UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying, It was on the 04/06/2012

Ireland U-21 keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win vs Italy U-21 running (since 13/10/2015). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

	1	Italy U-21	11 pts	5 rd
+1	2	Ireland U-21	10 pts	5 rd
-1	3	Norway U-21	9 pts	5 rd
	4	Latvia U-21	7 pts	5 rd
	5	Turkey U-21	6 pts	5 rd

General ranking

	1	Italy U-21	11 pts	5 rd
+1	2	Ireland U-21	10 pts	5 rd
-1	3	Norway U-21	9 pts	5 rd
	4	Latvia U-21	7 pts	5 rd
	5	Turkey U-21	6 pts	5 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VIreland 1-0 Sweden U-2116/11/2021

VIreland 3-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina U-2103/06/2022

VIreland 3-1 Montenegro U-2106/06/2022

DIreland 1-1 Israel U-2123/09/2022

VIreland 3-2 Turkey U-2108/09/2023

VIreland 3-0 San Marino U-2112/09/2023

Overall

DIreland 1-1 Israel U-2123/09/2022

DIsrael U-21 0-0 Ireland27/09/2022

VIreland 3-2 Turkey U-2108/09/2023

VIreland 3-0 San Marino U-2112/09/2023

VLatvia U-21 1-2 Ireland13/10/2023

LNorway U-21 3-2 Ireland17/11/2023

Current form

Away

DMontenegro U-21 1-1 Italy25/03/2022

VLuxembourg U-21 0-3 Italy06/06/2022

DSweden U-21 1-1 Italy09/06/2022

DLatvia U-21 0-0 Italy08/09/2023

VTurkey U-21 0-2 Italy12/09/2023

VSan Marino U-21 0-7 Italy16/11/2023

Overall

VSwitzerland U-21 2-3 Italy25/06/2023

LItaly 0-1 Norway U-2128/06/2023

DLatvia U-21 0-0 Italy08/09/2023

VTurkey U-21 0-2 Italy12/09/2023

VItaly 2-0 Norway U-2117/10/2023

VSan Marino U-21 0-7 Italy16/11/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	6	4
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	11	4
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	2	3
Invincibility streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	1
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.75
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Armstrong Oko-flex	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Wilfried Gnonto
Rocco Vata	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Wilfried Gnonto
Zak Gilsenan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Sebastiano Esposito
Zak Gilsenan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Sebastiano Esposito
Tony Springett	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Riccardo Calafiori
Sinclair Armstrong	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Riccardo Calafiori
Aidomo Emakhu	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Sebastiano Esposito

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

8 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

9 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

2 d

5 l

8 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

5 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

8 gf

3 ga

Total

8 matches

5 v

2 d

1 l

17 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	September 10, 2012
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	June 14, 2022
Away	4 - 1	March 24, 2016

Latest head to head

June 14, 2022 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2023

Italy U-21

4 - 1

Ireland U-21 logo Ireland

November 12, 2021 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2023

Ireland U-21

0 - 2

Italy U-21 logo Italy

October 13, 2020 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2021

Italy U-21

2 - 0

Ireland U-21 logo Ireland

October 10, 2019 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2021

Ireland U-21

0 - 0

Italy U-21 logo Italy

March 24, 2016 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2017

Ireland U-21

1 - 4

Italy U-21 logo Italy

Best historical scorers against Italy U-21

Aaron Doran	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Greg Cunningham	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Robbie Brady	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Conor Coventry	1 goal	2022 - 2022
Conor Henderson	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Sean Murray	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ireland U-21

Lorenzo Rosseti	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Riccardo Sottil	1 goal	2020 - 2020
Matteo Cancellieri	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Pietro Pellegri	1 goal	2022 - 2022
Ciro Immobile	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Giacomo Quagliata	1 goal	2022 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy U-21

Conor Coventry	4 matches	2019 - 2022
Lee O'Connor	4 matches	2019 - 2022
William Smallbone	3 matches	2020 - 2022
Gavin Kilkenny	3 matches	2019 - 2022
Aaron McCarey	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Danny Rogers	2 matches	2015 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland U-21

Lorenzo Pirola	3 matches	2020 - 2022
Samuele Ricci	3 matches	2020 - 2022
Andrea Conti	2 matches	2015 - 2016
Sandro Tonali	2 matches	2019 - 2020
Andrea Cambiaso	2 matches	2021 - 2022
Stephan El Shaarawy	2 matches	2012 - 2012