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Northern Ireland 1-0 Portugal - April 29, 1981 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1982
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This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Northern Ireland 1-0 Portugal - April 29, 1981 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1982

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.
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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

1 - 0

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Portugal

Portugal

logo Northern Ireland NI

0
HT

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61photo  Nenéphoto António Oliveira 61' - Substitution António Oliveirais substituted by Nené
photo Gerry Armstrong 74' - Goal Gerry Armstrong74
FT

logo Portugal POR

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Team line-ups

Northern Ireland

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
logo Northern Ireland
Jennings
photo Pat Jennings
Pat Jennings
Northern Ireland
B.date12/06/1945
Age35 years
H1m88  
positionGoalkeeper
C. Nicholl
photo Chris Nicholl
Chris Nicholl
Northern Ireland
B.date12/10/1946
Age34 years
positionCentral defender
J. O'Neill
photo John O'Neill
John O'Neill
Northern Ireland
B.date11/03/1958
Age23 years
H1m82  
positionDefender
J. Nicholl
photo Jimmy Nicholl
Jimmy Nicholl
Northern Ireland
B.date28/12/1956
Age24 years
positionRight full-back
Nelson
photo Sammy Nelson
Sammy Nelson
Northern Ireland
B.date01/04/1949
Age32 years
positionLeft full-back
McIlroy
photo Sammy McIlroy
Sammy McIlroy
Northern Ireland
B.date02/08/1954
Age26 years
H1m78  
positionMidfield
M. O'Neill
photo Martin O'Neill
Martin O'Neill
Northern Ireland
B.date01/03/1952
Age29 years
positionCentre Midfield
McCreery
photo David McCreery
David McCreery
Northern Ireland
B.date16/09/1957
Age23 years
positionMidfield
Cochrane
photo Terry Cochrane
Terry Cochrane
Northern Ireland
B.date23/01/1953
Age28 years
positionRight Winger
Armstrong74
photo Gerry Armstrong
Gerry Armstrong
Northern Ireland
B.date23/05/1954
Age26 years
H1m83  
positionForward
Hamilton
photo Billy Hamilton
Billy Hamilton
Northern Ireland
B.date09/05/1957
Age23 years
positionForward

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Pat Jennings 35 85 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Chris Nicholl 34 38 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
John O'Neill 23 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Jimmy Nicholl 24 32 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Sammy Nelson 32 45 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Sammy McIlroy 26 48 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Martin O'Neill 29 38 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
David McCreery 23 34 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Terry Cochrane 28 20 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Gerry Armstrong 74 26 30 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Billy Hamilton 23 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

35

Portugal

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
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Bento
photo  Bento
Bento
Portugal
B.date25/06/1948
Age32 years
H1m73  
positionGoalkeeper
Coelho
photo Humberto Coelho
Humberto Coelho
Portugal
B.date20/04/1950
Age31 years
H1m85  
positionCentral defender
Pietra
photo Minervino Pietra
Minervino Pietra
Portugal
B.date01/03/1954
Age27 years
positionDefender
Carlos Simões
photo  Carlos Simões
Carlos Simões
Portugal
B.date28/07/1951
Age29 years
positionCentral defender
Gabriel Mendes
photo  Gabriel Mendes
Gabriel Mendes
Portugal
B.date30/05/1954
Age26 years
positionRight full-back
Shéu
photo Han Shéu
Han Shéu
Portugal
B.date03/07/1953
Age27 years
H1m78  
positionMidfield
João Alves
photo  João Alves
João Alves
Portugal
B.date05/12/1952
Age28 years
H1m74  
positionCentre Midfield
Costa
photo José Alberto Costa
José Alberto Costa
Portugal
B.date31/10/1953
Age27 years
positionMidfield
Carlos Manuel
photo  Carlos Manuel
Carlos Manuel
Portugal
B.date15/01/1958
Age23 years
H1m78  
positionPlaymaker
Oliveira61
photo António Oliveira
António Oliveira
Portugal
B.date10/06/1952
Age28 years
H1m72  
positionForward
Jordão
photo  Jordão
Jordão
Portugal
B.date09/08/1952
Age28 years
H1m79  
positionStriker

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Bento 32 25 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Humberto Coelho 31 52 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Minervino Pietra 27 17 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Carlos Simões 29 9 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Gabriel Mendes 26 12 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Han Shéu 27 14 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
João Alves 28 30 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
José Alberto Costa 27 13 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Carlos Manuel 23 8 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
António Oliveira 61 28 18 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Jordão 28 24 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

20

Substitutes

Age Match num Note

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
F
Nené 61 31 47 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin O'Neill

IN

change player

John McClelland

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

José Alberto Costa

IN

change player

António Sousa

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bingham vs Portugal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 1981

Bingham vs Juca

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Juca

52

21

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Juca vs Northern Ireland

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 1981

Juca vs Bingham

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 1981

Referee

Svein Inge Thime

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Northern Ireland1 matchGeneral total Portugal1 match

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Northern Ireland1 matchSeason total Portugal1 match

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 1981Latest figure on April 29, 1981

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Key figures

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End of streak for Portugal after 4 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone (since 05/12/1976). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/05/1972 (2 matches)

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It's the first time Gerry Armstrong scores a goal in his professional career with since the 21/11/1979 (with vs )

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Northern Ireland keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 16/11/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/09/1977 (2 matches)

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNorthern Ireland 0-2 England19/05/1979

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Wales26/05/1979

LNorthern Ireland 1-5 England17/10/1979

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 Ireland21/11/1979

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 Scotland16/05/1980

VNorthern Ireland 3-0 Sweden15/10/1980

Overall

VAustralia 1-2 Northern Ireland11/06/1980

DAustralia 1-1 Northern Ireland15/06/1980

VAustralia 1-2 Northern Ireland18/06/1980

VNorthern Ireland 3-0 Sweden15/10/1980

LPortugal 1-0 Northern Ireland19/11/1980

DScotland 1-1 Northern Ireland25/03/1981

Current form

Away

VNorway 0-1 Portugal09/05/1979

DSpain 1-1 Portugal26/09/1979

LBelgium 2-0 Portugal17/10/1979

LScotland 4-1 Portugal26/03/1980

LItaly 3-1 Portugal24/09/1980

DScotland 0-0 Portugal15/10/1980

Overall

LItaly 3-1 Portugal24/09/1980

DPortugal 1-1 United States07/10/1980

DScotland 0-0 Portugal15/10/1980

VPortugal 1-0 Northern Ireland19/11/1980

VPortugal 3-0 Israel17/12/1980

DPortugal 1-1 Bulgaria15/04/1981

Running streaks

Home Total
Winning streak 3 0
Drawing streak 0 1
Unbeaten streak 3 1
Winless streak 0 2
Drawless streak 4 0
Scoring streak 5 1
Conceding streak 0 2
Invincibility streak 3 0

Running streaks

Away Total
Drawing streak 1 1
Unbeaten streak 1 5
Winless streak 5 1
Scoring streak 0 3
Goalless streak 1 0
Conceding streak 0 1
Invincibility streak 1 0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4

Number of games (Competition total)

3

1

Number of games (Home / Away)

1

1

Victories (Competition total)

2

1

Victories (Home / Away)

0

2

Draws (Competition total)

1

0

Draws (Home / Away)

1

1

Losses (Competition total)

0

0

Losses (Home / Away)

0

Goals

4

Goals scored (Competition total)

4

3

Goals scored (Home / Away)

0

2

Goals conceded (Competition total)

0

0

Goals conceded (Home / Away)

0

1

Goals scored per match average (Competition total)

1.33

3

Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)

0

0.5

Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)

0

0

Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)

0

Betting aid

1

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)

1

1

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)

0

2

Clean sheets (Competition total)

3

1

Clean sheets (Home / Away)

1

2

Matches without scoring (Competition total)

1

0

Matches without scoring (Home / Away)

1

1

The 2 teams score (Competition total)

0

0

The 2 teams score (Home / Away)

0

3-0
(1 times)

Most frequent score (Home / Away)

0-0
(1 times)

Bookings

0

Yellow cards (Competition total)

0

0

Yellow cards (Home / Away)

0

0

Red cards (Competition total)

0

0

Red cards (Home / Away)

0

Key players

photo Sammy McIlroySammy McIlroy1 goalTeam's best scorer (Competition total)2 goalsHumberto Coelhophoto Humberto Coelho
photo Sammy McIlroySammy McIlroy1 goalTeam's best scorer (Home / Away)-
photo Billy HamiltonBilly Hamilton1 goal during the last matchThe fittest player2 goals during the last matchHumberto Coelhophoto Humberto Coelho

Historical head to head

Home

1 match
1 v
0 d
0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches
0 v
2 d
1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match
0 v
1 d
0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches
1 v
3 d
1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches
1 v
2 d
0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match
0 v
0 d
1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match
0 v
1 d
0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches
1 v
3 d
1 l

4 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall
3 - 0
May 01, 1957
Home
3 - 0
May 01, 1957

Largest victory

Overall
1 - 0
November 19, 1980
Away No success yet

Latest head to head

November 19, 1980 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

November 14, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

March 28, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

May 01, 1957 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1958

January 16, 1957 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1958

Best historical scorers against Portugal

photo Thomas Casey Thomas Casey 1 goal 1957 - 1957
photo Jimmy McIlroy Jimmy McIlroy 1 goal 1957 - 1957
photo Martin O'Neill Martin O'Neill 1 goal 1973 - 1973
photo Liam O'Kane Liam O'Kane 1 goal 1973 - 1973
photo Billy Bingham Billy Bingham 1 goal 1957 - 1957
photo Billy Simpson Billy Simpson 1 goal 1957 - 1957
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

photo  Jordão Jordão 2 goals 1973 - 1980
photo Antonio Manuel Vasques Antonio Manuel Vasques 1 goal 1957 - 1957
photo  Eusebio Eusebio 1 goal 1973 - 1973
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portugal

photo Martin O'Neill Martin O'Neill 3 matches 1973 - 1980
photo Harry Gregg Harry Gregg 2 matches 1957 - 1957
photo Alfred McMichael Alfred McMichael 2 matches 1957 - 1957
photo Liam O'Kane Liam O'Kane 2 matches 1973 - 1973
photo Billy Bingham Billy Bingham 2 matches 1957 - 1957
photo Dave Clements Dave Clements 2 matches 1973 - 1973
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

photo  Nené Nené 3 matches 1973 - 1980
photo Minervino Pietra Minervino Pietra 2 matches 1973 - 1980
photo  Dinis Dinis 2 matches 1973 - 1973
photo Antonio Carlos Gomes Antonio Carlos Gomes 2 matches 1957 - 1957
photo  Artur Correia Artur Correia 2 matches 1973 - 1973
photo Ferreira de Silva Hernani Ferreira de Silva Hernani 2 matches 1957 - 1957
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 26, 1980

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June 18, 1980

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September 10, 1980

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October 15, 1980

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November 12, 1980

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November 19, 1980

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December 17, 1980

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February 25, 1981

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March 25, 1981

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April 28, 1981

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June 03, 1981

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June 24, 1981

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September 09, 1981

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October 14, 1981

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Video availableLine-ups available
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October 28, 1981

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November 18, 1981

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Video availableLine-ups available
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