New Zealand 0-3 Australia - June 28, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Zone 1998
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NZ
18' - Goal
John Aloisi
42' - Goal
Aurelio Vidmar
NZ
61' - Substitution
Michael McGarryis substituted by Noah Hickey61 66' - Goal
Craig Foster 67' - Red card
Chris Jackson67
85' - Substitution
Riki Van Steedenis substituted by Tim Stevens85
88' - Substitution
Craig Mooreis substituted by Tony Vidmar
AUS
AUS
Team line-ups
New Zealand
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Jason Batty | 26 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Riki Van Steeden | 85 | 20 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Gavin Wilkinson | 23 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Danny Hay | 22 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Ivan Vicelich | 20 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Michael McGarry | 61 | 32 | 19 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Mark Atkinson | 27 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Simon Elliott | 23 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Chris Jackson | 67 | 26 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Vaughan Coveny | 25 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Wynton Rufer | 34 | 12 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
25.3 years
Average number of matches played for the team
11
Australia
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Mark Bosnich | 25 | 9 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Ned Zelic | 25 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Craig Moore | 88 | 21 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Milan Ivanovic | 36 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Alex Tobin | 31 | 65 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Robbie Slater | 32 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Craig Foster | 66 | 28 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Stan Lazaridis | 24 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Graham Arnold | 33 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
John Aloisi | 18 | 21 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Aurelio Vidmar | 42 | 30 | 26 | 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
24
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Noah Hickey | 61 | 19 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Tim Stevens | 85 | 24 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D |
Tony Vidmar | 88 | 26 | 29 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Danny Hay
IN
Rodger Gray
OUT
Michael McGarry
IN
Tim Stevens
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Milan Ivanovic
IN
Tony Popovic
OUT
Alex Tobin
IN
Steve Horvat
OUT
Graham Arnold
IN
Damian Mori
OUT
Robbie Slater
IN
Matthew Bingley
OUT
Stan Lazaridis
IN
Robert Hooker
OUT
Referee
Masayoshi Okada
0 victory |
0 draw |
2 losses |
New Zealand2 matches | General total | Australia3 matches | 2 victories |
0 draw |
1 loss |
0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
New Zealand1 match | Season total | Australia1 match | 1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
| Latest figure on June 20, 2001 | Latest figure on June 20, 2001 | |||||||
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Key figures
Australia keeps its 4 consecutive wins away from home running (since 14/09/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history
Australia keeps its 4 matches without conceding any goal away from home running (since 14/09/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history
New Zealand keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win at home running (since 20/06/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/06/1982 (4 matches)
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | VNew Zealand 2-0 Fiji22/05/1993 | VNew Zealand 5-0 Fiji24/05/1993 | LNew Zealand 0-1 Australia30/05/1993 | DNew Zealand 0-0 Australia10/11/1995 | VNew Zealand 7-0 Papua New Guinea11/06/1997 | VNew Zealand 5-0 Fiji18/06/1997 |
| Overall | LNorway 3-0 New Zealand22/01/1997 | LSouth Korea 3-1 New Zealand25/01/1997 | LPapua New Guinea 1-0 New Zealand31/05/1997 | VFiji 0-1 New Zealand07/06/1997 | VNew Zealand 7-0 Papua New Guinea11/06/1997 | VNew Zealand 5-0 Fiji18/06/1997 |
Current form
| Away | LChile 3-0 Australia23/04/1996 | LSouth Africa 2-0 Australia18/09/1996 | DSaudi Arabia 0-0 Australia09/10/1996 | VTahiti 0-6 Australia27/10/1996 | VNorth Macedonia 0-1 Australia12/03/1997 | VHungary 1-3 Australia02/04/1997 |
| Overall | VNorth Macedonia 0-1 Australia12/03/1997 | VHungary 1-3 Australia02/04/1997 | VAustralia 13-0 Solomon Islands11/06/1997 | VAustralia 5-0 Tahiti13/06/1997 | VSolomon Islands 2-6 Australia17/06/1997 | VTahiti 0-2 Australia19/06/1997 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 2 | 3 |
| Unbeaten streak | 3 | 3 |
| Drawless streak | 2 | 7 |
| Scoring streak | 2 | 3 |
| Invincibility streak | 3 | 3 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 3 | 11 |
| Unbeaten streak | 4 | 13 |
| Drawless streak | 3 | 11 |
| Scoring streak | 3 | 11 |
| Conceding streak | 1 | 0 |
| Invincibility streak | 0 | 1 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
4 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
4 |
|
2 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
3 |
Victories (Competition total) |
4 |
|
2 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Draws (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
Losses (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
|
13 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
26 |
|
12 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
2 |
|
0 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
3.25 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
6.5 |
|
6 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0.25 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
0.5 |
|
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
Betting aid
|
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
3 |
|
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
3 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
3 |
|
2 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
7-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
0
|
Bookings
|
2 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
 | Vaughan Coveny | 4 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 5 goals | John Aloisi | |
| Vaughan Coveny | 4 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
| Chris Jackson | 1 penalty | Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total) | 1 penalty | Mark Bosnich |  |
 | Wynton Rufer | 4 goals during the last 2 matches | The fittest player | 5 goals during the last 4 matches | John Aloisi | |
Historical head to head
Home
26 gf
65 ga
Away
38 gf
66 ga
Total
64 gf
131 ga
Historical head to head
Home
66 gf
38 ga
Away
65 gf
26 ga
Total
131 gf
64 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 4 - 1 |
June 30, 1923 |
| Home | 2 - 0 |
April 02, 1989 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 10 - 0 |
July 11, 1936 |
| Away | 10 - 0 |
July 11, 1936 |
Latest head to head
January 18, 1997 - Rencontres amicales 1997
November 15, 1995 - Trans-Tasman Cup 1995
November 10, 1995 - Trans-Tasman Cup 1995
June 06, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Océanie 1994
May 30, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Océanie 1994
Best historical scorers against Australia
|
Robert Ironside | 1 goal | 1988 - 1988 |
Best historical scorers against New Zealand
 |
Graham Arnold | 3 goals | 1989 - 1993 |
|
Aurelio Vidmar | 2 goals | 1991 - 1993 |
 |
Oscar Crino | 2 goals | 1988 - 1989 |
|
Charlie Yankos | 1 goal | 1989 - 1989 |
 |
Matthew Bingley | 1 goal | 1997 - 1997 |
|
Paul Wade | 1 goal | 1995 - 1995 |
Players with most games played vs Australia
|
Michael McGarry | 7 matches | 1988 - 1997 |
|
Darren McClennan | 6 matches | 1988 - 1997 |
|
Rodger Gray | 5 matches | 1993 - 1997 |
|
Vaughan Coveny | 5 matches | 1993 - 1997 |
|
Clint Gosling | 4 matches | 1988 - 1993 |
|
Chris Riley | 4 matches | 1988 - 1993 |
Players with most games played vs New Zealand
|
Paul Wade | 8 matches | 1988 - 1995 |
|
Warren Spink | 7 matches | 1988 - 1997 |
 |
Alex Tobin | 7 matches | 1991 - 1997 |
|
Graham Arnold | 6 matches | 1988 - 1993 |
 |
Paul Trimboli | 5 matches | 1991 - 1997 |
|
Milan Ivanovic | 5 matches | 1991 - 1997 |
Competition info
The other matches
July 05, 1997
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