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Finland 2-0 Belgium - June 06, 2007 / Euro Qualifying 2008

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Euro Qualifying 2008 - Group A

Olympic Stadium - Helsinki - Finland

June 06, 2007

Finland

2 - 0

Belgium

Assist by Joonas KolkkaJonatan Johansson

27'

Assist by Jonatan JohanssonAleksei Eremenko

71'

logo Finland FIN

16' - Yellow card Marouane Fellaini

27' - Goal Jonatan Johansson27

36' - Yellow card Mika Väyrynen36

47' - Substitution Thomas Vermaelenis substituted by Maarten Martens

logo Finland FIN

51' - Red card Marouane Fellaini

55' - Substitution Tom De Mulis substituted by Faris Haroun

71' - Goal Aleksei Eremenko71

85' - Yellow card Jelle van Damme

86' - Substitution Emile Mpenzais substituted by François Sterchelé

88' - Substitution Joonas Kolkkais substituted by Mika Nurmela88

89' - Substitution Aleksei Eremenkois substituted by Mikael Forssell89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

2 - 0

Belgium

Finland Belgium

Team line-ups

Finland

1 Jaaskelainen

Jussi Jaaskelainen

Finland

B.date19/04/1975

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

28 Nyman

Ari Nyman

Finland

B.date07/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Defender

19 Kallio

Toni Kallio

Finland

B.date09/08/1978

Age28 years

H1m94

positionVersatile Defender

5 Tihinen

Hannu Tihinen

Finland

B.date01/07/1976

Age30 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

2 Pasanen

Petri Pasanen

Finland

B.date24/09/1980

Age26 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

11 Kolkka88

Joonas Kolkka

Finland

B.date28/09/1974

Age32 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

23 Heikkinen

Markus Heikkinen

Finland

B.date13/10/1978

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight central midfielder

32 Eremenko

Roman Eremenko

Finland

B.date19/03/1987

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

6 Väyrynen36

Mika Väyrynen

Finland

B.date28/12/1981

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

20 Eremenko7189

Aleksei Eremenko

Finland

B.date24/03/1983

Age24 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

21 Johansson27

Jonatan Johansson

Finland

B.date16/08/1975

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jussi Jaaskelainen		32	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Ari Nyman		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Toni Kallio		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Hannu Tihinen		30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Petri Pasanen		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Joonas Kolkka	88	32	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Markus Heikkinen		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Roman Eremenko		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mika Väyrynen	36	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Aleksei Eremenko	7189	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Jonatan Johansson	27	31	77	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

Belgium

1 Stijnen

Stijn Stijnen

Belgium

B.date07/04/1981

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

24 Vermaelen45+2

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

7 Clément

Philippe Clément

Belgium

B.date22/03/1974

Age33 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

16 Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age20 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

4 van Damme85

Jelle van Damme

Belgium

B.date10/10/1983

Age23 years

H1m94

positionLeft full-back

3 Simons

Timmy Simons

Belgium

B.date11/12/1976

Age30 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

15 De Man

Mark De Man

Belgium

B.date27/04/1983

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

25 Defour

Steven Defour

Belgium

B.date15/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

17 Fellaini1651

Marouane Fellaini

Belgium

B.date22/11/1987

Age19 years

H1m94

positionBox-to-box midfielder

23 De Mul55

Tom De Mul

Belgium

B.date04/03/1986

Age21 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9 Mpenza86

Emile Mpenza

Belgium

B.date04/07/1978

Age28 years

H1m77

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Stijn Stijnen		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Thomas Vermaelen	45+2	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Philippe Clément		33	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Jan Vertonghen		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jelle van Damme	85	23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Timmy Simons		30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mark De Man		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Steven Defour		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Marouane Fellaini	1651	19	4	2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Tom De Mul	55	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Emile Mpenza	86	28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Niki Mäenpää		22
34	D	Hannu Patronen		23
29	D	Veli Lampi		22
15	M	Jari Ilola		28
7	M	Mika Nurmela	88	35	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mikael Forssell	89	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Shefki Kuqi		30

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Logan Bailly		21
2	D	Nicolas Lombaerts		22
20	D	Anthony Vanden Borre		19
8	M	Faris Haroun	55	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Maarten Martens	45+2	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	François Sterchelé	86	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Kevin Vandenbergh		24

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joonas Kolkka

Teemu Tainio

OUT

Ari Nyman

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Jonatan Johansson

Mikael Forssell

OUT

Roman Eremenko

Shefki Kuqi

OUT

Aleksei Eremenko

Jari Ilola

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jelle van Damme

Carl Hoefkens

OUT

Mark De Man

Gaby Mudingayi

OUT

Tom De Mul

François Sterchelé

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Hodgson vs Belgium

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 06, 2007

Hodgson vs Vandereycken

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 06, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

René Vandereycken

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Vandereycken vs Finland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 06, 2007

Vandereycken vs Hodgson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 06, 2007

Referee

Mike Riley

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Belgium4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Belgium1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 06, 2007					Latest figure on November 19, 2008

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Finland keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Belgium running (since 18/08/1999). It's a record streak. The first of history

Finland keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Belgium running (since 18/08/1999). It's a record streak. The first of history

Finland keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Belgium running (since 19/06/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFinland 0-3 Czech Republic12/10/2005

DFinland 2-2 Estonia12/11/2005

LFinland 1-2 Northern Ireland16/08/2006

DFinland 1-1 Portugal06/09/2006

VFinland 1-0 Armenia15/11/2006

LFinland 0-2 Serbia02/06/2007

Overall

DFinland 1-1 Portugal06/09/2006

DArmenia 0-0 Finland07/10/2006

VKazakhstan 0-2 Finland11/10/2006

VFinland 1-0 Armenia15/11/2006

LAzerbaijan 1-0 Finland28/03/2007

LFinland 0-2 Serbia02/06/2007

Current form

Away

DLithuania 1-1 Belgium12/10/2005

VLuxembourg 0-2 Belgium01/03/2006

DSlovakia 1-1 Belgium20/05/2006

VArmenia 0-1 Belgium06/09/2006

LSerbia 1-0 Belgium07/10/2006

LPortugal 4-0 Belgium24/03/2007

Overall

LSerbia 1-0 Belgium07/10/2006

VBelgium 3-0 Azerbaijan11/10/2006

LBelgium 0-1 Poland15/11/2006

LBelgium 0-2 Czech Republic07/02/2007

LPortugal 4-0 Belgium24/03/2007

LBelgium 1-2 Portugal02/06/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	4
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.71
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	18
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jari Litmanen	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Daniel Van Buyten
Jonatan Johansson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Daniel Van Buyten
Jari Litmanen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Timmy Simons
Jari Litmanen	3 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Marouane Fellaini

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

7 gf

7 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

7 gf

11 ga

Total

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

14 gf

18 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

11 gf

7 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

7 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

18 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	August 15, 2001
Home	4 - 1	August 15, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 09, 1968
Away	4 - 2	May 25, 1953

Latest head to head

August 15, 2001 - Rencontres amicales 2001

Finland

4 - 1

Belgium

August 18, 1999 - Rencontres amicales 1999

Belgium

3 - 4

Finland

October 09, 1968 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1970

Belgium

6 - 1

Finland

June 19, 1968 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1970

Finland

1 - 2

Belgium

September 23, 1953 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1954

Belgium

2 - 2

Finland

Best historical scorers against Belgium

Jonatan Johansson	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Jari Litmanen	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Mika Lehkosuo	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Mikael Forssell	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Joonas Kolkka	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Jarkko Wiss	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/05/1953. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Odilon Polleunis	4 goals	1968 - 1968
Rik Coppens	3 goals	1953 - 1953
Mathieu Bollen	2 goals	1953 - 1953
Wilfried Puis	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Bart Goor	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Johan Devrindt	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/05/1953. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Hannu Tihinen	2 matches	1999 - 2001
Aki Riihilahti	2 matches	1999 - 2001
Jonatan Johansson	2 matches	1999 - 2001
Joonas Kolkka	2 matches	1999 - 2001
Toni Kuivasto	2 matches	1999 - 2001
Mika Kottila	1 match	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/05/1953. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

Paul van Himst	2 matches	1968 - 1968
Robert Maertens	2 matches	1953 - 1953
Augustin Janssens	2 matches	1953 - 1953
Gert Verheyen	2 matches	1999 - 2001
Georges Heylens	2 matches	1968 - 1968
Nico Dewalque	2 matches	1968 - 1968