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Malta 0-1 Northern Ireland - October 06, 2001 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002 - Group 3

Ta' Qali Stadium - Mdina - Malta

October 06, 2001

1 778

Malta

0 - 1

Northern Ireland

58'

David Healy (penalty)

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58' - Goal David Healy

66' - Substitution Daniel Theumais substituted by George Mallia66

80' - Substitution Stuart Elliottis substituted by Grant McCann photo James Quinn

80' - Substitution David Healyis substituted by James Quinn

82' - Substitution Antoine Zahrais substituted by Hubert Suda82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Malta

0 - 1

Northern Ireland

Malta Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Malta

Muscat

Mario Muscat

Malta

B.date18/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Theuma66

Daniel Theuma

Malta

B.date29/06/1971

Age30 years

positionDefender

Debono

Darren Debono

Malta

B.date09/01/1974

Age27 years

positionDefender

Chetcuti

Jeffrey Chetcuti

Malta

B.date22/04/1974

Age27 years

positionDefender

Said

Brian Said

Malta

B.date15/05/1973

Age28 years

positionDefender

Carabott

David Carabott

Malta

B.date18/05/1968

Age33 years

positionDefender

Spiteri

Michael Spiteri

Malta

B.date25/02/1969

Age32 years

positionDefender

Zahra82

Antoine Zahra

Malta

B.date05/03/1977

Age24 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Agius

Gilbert Agius

Malta

B.date21/02/1974

Age27 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Nwoko

Chucks Nwoko

Malta

B.date21/11/1978

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

Mifsud

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age20 years

H1m64

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mario Muscat		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Theuma	66	30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Debono		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeffrey Chetcuti		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Said		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Carabott		33	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Spiteri		32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Antoine Zahra	82	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilbert Agius		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chucks Nwoko		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Northern Ireland

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Murdock

Colin Murdock

Northern Ireland

B.date02/07/1975

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Griffin

Danny Griffin

Northern Ireland

B.date10/08/1977

Age24 years

positionDefender

Kennedy

Peter Kennedy

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1973

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Horlock

Kevin Horlock

Northern Ireland

B.date01/11/1972

Age28 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnson

Damien Johnson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1978

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Magilton

Jim Magilton

Northern Ireland

B.date06/05/1969

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Elliott80

Stuart Elliott

Northern Ireland

B.date23/07/1978

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Healy5880

David Healy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1979

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Murdock		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Griffin		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Kennedy		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Horlock		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Johnson		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes		30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Magilton		32	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Elliott	80	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Healy	5880	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		George Mallia	66	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Hubert Suda	82	32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Grant McCann	80	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		James Quinn	80	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Theuma

Noel Turner

OUT

Jeffrey Chetcuti

Stefan Giglio

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart Elliott

Keith Gillespie

OUT

Colin Murdock

Aaron Hughes

OUT

Damien Johnson

Philip Mulryne

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Siegfried Held

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Held vs Northern Ireland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 2001

Held vs McIlroy

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Sammy McIlroy

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

McIlroy vs Malta

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 2001

McIlroy vs Held

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 2001

Referee

Manfred Schüttengruber

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	General total	Northern Ireland2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 06, 2001					Latest figure on October 06, 2001

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Key figures

The last time Northern Ireland has ended with the score 1-0 away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 25/05/1993 (vs )

Malta keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 15/11/2000). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/02/1998-08/09/1999 time period (17 matches).

Northern Ireland keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 01/09/2001).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMalta 1-2 England03/06/2000

DMalta 0-0 Czech Republic11/10/2000

LMalta 0-3 Sweden28/02/2001

LMalta 0-5 Denmark24/03/2001

LMalta 1-4 Iceland25/04/2001

LMalta 0-2 Bulgaria01/09/2001

Overall

LMalta 1-4 Iceland25/04/2001

LIceland 3-0 Malta02/06/2001

LDenmark 2-1 Malta06/06/2001

LBosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 Malta15/08/2001

LMalta 0-2 Bulgaria01/09/2001

LCzech Republic 3-2 Malta05/09/2001

Current form

Away

VLuxembourg 1-3 Northern Ireland23/02/2000

VMalta 0-3 Northern Ireland28/03/2000

LIceland 1-0 Northern Ireland11/10/2000

LBulgaria 4-3 Northern Ireland28/03/2001

LCzech Republic 3-1 Northern Ireland06/06/2001

DDenmark 1-1 Northern Ireland01/09/2001

Overall

LNorthern Ireland 0-1 Czech Republic24/03/2001

LBulgaria 4-3 Northern Ireland28/03/2001

LNorthern Ireland 0-1 Bulgaria02/06/2001

LCzech Republic 3-1 Northern Ireland06/06/2001

DDenmark 1-1 Northern Ireland01/09/2001

VNorthern Ireland 3-0 Iceland05/09/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	4	9
Winless streak	10	19
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	9

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
0	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
8	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
0.44	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.11
0.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
2.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.25

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Michael Mifsud	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	David Healy
Michael Mifsud	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Philip Mulryne
David Carabott	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Healy
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	David Healy
David Carabott	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Healy

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

5 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

0 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

0 ga

Total

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 28, 2000
Away	3 - 0	March 28, 2000

Latest head to head

September 02, 2000 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Northern Ireland

1 - 0

Malta

March 28, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Malta

0 - 3

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

April 26, 1989 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1990

Malta

0 - 2

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

May 21, 1988 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1990

Northern Ireland

3 - 0

Malta

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Malta

Colin Clarke	2 goals	1988 - 1989
Michael Hughes	1 goal	2000 - 2000
James Quinn	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Jimmy Quinn	1 goal	1988 - 1988
David Healy	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Phil Gray	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Noel Turner	2 matches	2000 - 2000
Darren Debono	2 matches	2000 - 2000
Carmel Busuttil	2 matches	2000 - 2000
David Carabott	2 matches	2000 - 2000
Jeffrey Chetcuti	2 matches	2000 - 2000
Ernest Barry	2 matches	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Steve Lomas	2 matches	2000 - 2000
Michael O'Neill	2 matches	1988 - 1989
Mal Donaghy	2 matches	1988 - 1989
Ian Nolan	2 matches	2000 - 2000
Damien Johnson	2 matches	2000 - 2000
Jimmy Quinn	2 matches	1988 - 1989