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Malta 0-2 Northern Ireland - April 26, 1989 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1990

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1990 - Group 6

Ta' Qali Stadium - Mdina - Malta

April 26, 1989

15 000

Malta

0 - 2

Northern Ireland

55'

Colin Clarke

73'

Michael O'Neill

logo Malta MAL

55' - Goal Colin Clarke

70' - Substitution Lawrie Sanchezis substituted by Michael O'Neill

73' - Goal Michael O'Neill

86' - Substitution Nigel Worthingtonis substituted by Anton Rogan

logo Northern Ireland NI

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Malta

0 - 2

Northern Ireland

Malta Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Northern Ireland

Wright

Tommy Wright

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1963

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Fleming

Gary Fleming

Northern Ireland

B.date17/02/1967

Age22 years

positionDefender

McClelland

John McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1955

Age33 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Worthington86

Nigel Worthington

Northern Ireland

B.date04/11/1961

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Sanchez70

Lawrie Sanchez

Northern Ireland

B.date22/10/1959

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

D. Wilson

Danny Wilson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1960

Age29 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McCreery

David McCreery

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1957

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Quinn

Jimmy Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1959

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

K. Wilson

Kevin Wilson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/04/1961

Age28 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Clarke55

Colin Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date30/10/1962

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Wright		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy		31	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Fleming		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McClelland		33	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Worthington	86	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lawrie Sanchez	70	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Wilson		29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David McCreery		31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Quinn		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Wilson		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Clarke	55	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Anton Rogan	86	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Michael O'Neill	7370	19	9	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

Colin Clarke

Robbie Dennison

OUT

David McCreery

Kingsley Black

OUT

Gary Fleming

Anton Rogan

OUT

Tommy Wright

Allen McKnight

OUT

Nigel Worthington

Paul Ramsey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Horst Heese

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Heese vs Northern Ireland

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1989

Heese vs Bingham

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Bingham

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bingham vs Malta

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 26, 1989

Bingham vs Heese

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 26, 1989

Referee

Stefan Petrescu

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	General total	Northern Ireland2 matches	1 victory	1 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 April 26, 1989					Latest figure on April 26, 1989

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Key figures

End of streak for Northern Ireland after 4 matches without scoring any goal (since 14/09/1988). It was the best streak for the club since 24/02/1900-23/03/1901 (6 matches).

It's the first time Michael O'Neill scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

It's the first time Colin Clarke scores a goal in his professional career with Northern Ireland since the 21/05/1988 (with Northern Ireland vs Malta )

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMalta 2-2 Hungary11/12/1988

LMalta 1-2 Israel11/01/1989

LMalta 0-2 Spain22/01/1989

LMalta 0-2 Denmark08/02/1989

LMalta 0-1 Algeria10/02/1989

DMalta 0-0 Finland12/02/1989

Overall

LMalta 0-2 Spain22/01/1989

LMalta 0-2 Denmark08/02/1989

LMalta 0-1 Algeria10/02/1989

DMalta 0-0 Finland12/02/1989

LSpain 4-0 Malta23/03/1989

DHungary 1-1 Malta12/04/1989

Current form

Away

DTurkey 0-0 Northern Ireland12/11/1986

DIsrael 1-1 Northern Ireland18/02/1987

LYugoslavia 3-0 Northern Ireland14/10/1987

LGreece 3-2 Northern Ireland17/02/1988

LHungary 1-0 Northern Ireland19/10/1988

LSpain 4-0 Northern Ireland21/12/1988

Overall

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 France27/04/1988

VNorthern Ireland 3-0 Malta21/05/1988

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Ireland14/09/1988

LHungary 1-0 Northern Ireland19/10/1988

LSpain 4-0 Northern Ireland21/12/1988

LNorthern Ireland 0-2 Spain08/02/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	10	9
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	4	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	3
Winless streak	9	4
Drawless streak	4	3
Goalless streak	2	4
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
0.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.6
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.4
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Colin Clarke
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last 5 matches	Colin Clarke

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 21, 1988
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

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

Jimmy Quinn	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Colin Clarke	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Steve Penney	1 goal	1988 - 1988

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

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

Kingsley Black	1 match	1988 - 1988
Jimmy Quinn	1 match	1988 - 1988
Bernard McNally	1 match	1988 - 1988
Nigel Worthington	1 match	1988 - 1988
Alan McDonald	1 match	1988 - 1988
Danny Wilson	1 match	1988 - 1988