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East Germany 2-1 Soviet Union - October 08, 1989 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1990

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1990 - Group 3

Ernst-Thälmann-Stadion - Karl-Marx-Stadt - East Germany

October 08, 1989

15 900

East Germany

2 - 1

Soviet Union

Andreas Thom

81'

Matthias Sammer

83'

74'

Hennadiy Lytovchenko

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74' - Goal Hennadiy Lytovchenko

75' - Substitution Rainer Ernstis substituted by Thomas Doll75

81' - Goal Andreas Thom81

83' - Goal Matthias Sammer83

88' - Substitution Rico Steinmannis substituted by Uwe Weidemann88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

East Germany

2 - 1

Soviet Union

East Germany Soviet Union

Team line-ups

East Germany

Heyne

Dirk Heyne

Germany

B.date10/10/1957

Age31 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Stahmann

Dirk Stahmann

Germany

B.date23/03/1958

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Lindner

Matthias Lindner

Germany

B.date05/10/1965

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Kreer

Ronald Kreer

Germany

B.date10/11/1959

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Döschner

Matthias Döschner

Germany

B.date12/01/1958

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Sammer83

Matthias Sammer

Germany

B.date05/09/1967

Age22 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ernst75

Rainer Ernst

Germany

B.date31/12/1961

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Stübner

Jörg Stübner

Germany

B.date23/07/1965

Age24 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Steinmann88

Rico Steinmann

Germany

B.date26/12/1967

Age21 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

Kirsten

Ulf Kirsten

Germany

B.date04/12/1965

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Thom81

Andreas Thom

Germany

B.date07/09/1965

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dirk Heyne		31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dirk Stahmann		31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthias Lindner		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronald Kreer		29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthias Döschner		31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthias Sammer	83	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rainer Ernst	75	27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jörg Stübner		24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rico Steinmann	88	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ulf Kirsten		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andreas Thom	81	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Soviet Union

Chanov

Viktor Chanov

Ukraine

B.date21/07/1959

Age30 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Kuznetsov

Oleh Kuznetsov

Ukraine

B.date22/03/1963

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Gorlukovich

Sergey Gorlukovich

Russia

B.date18/11/1961

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Khidiyatullin

Vagiz Khidiyatullin

Russia

B.date03/03/1959

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Bezsonov

Volodymyr Bezsonov

Ukraine

B.date05/03/1958

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Mykhaylychenko

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

Ukraine

B.date30/03/1963

Age26 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

Zavarov

Oleksandr Zavarov

Russia

B.date24/06/1961

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Dobrovolskiy

Igor Dobrovolskiy

Russia

B.date27/08/1967

Age22 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Aleinikov

Sergei Aleinikov

Belarus

B.date07/11/1961

Age27 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Lytovchenko74

Hennadiy Lytovchenko

Ukraine

B.date11/09/1963

Age26 years

H1m78

positionForward

Protasov

Oleh Protasov

Ukraine

B.date04/02/1964

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Viktor Chanov		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oleh Kuznetsov		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sergey Gorlukovich		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vagiz Khidiyatullin		30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Volodymyr Bezsonov		31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Oleksandr Zavarov		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Igor Dobrovolskiy		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sergei Aleinikov		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hennadiy Lytovchenko	74	26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Oleh Protasov		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Thomas Doll	75	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Uwe Weidemann	88	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rico Steinmann

Thomas Doll

OUT

Andreas Thom

Burkhard Reich

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sergei Aleinikov

Fyodor Cherenkov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Dörner vs Soviet Union

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 08, 1989

Dörner vs Lobanovsky

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 08, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Valeriy Lobanovsky

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Lobanovsky vs East Germany

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1989

Lobanovsky vs Dörner

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1989

Referee

Bo Helen

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	East Germany1 match	General total	Soviet Union1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	East Germany1 match	Season total	Soviet Union1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 08, 1989					Latest figure on October 08, 1989

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Key figures

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DEast Germany 1-1 Mexico11/08/1984

DEast Germany 1-1 Soviet Union10/10/1987

VEast Germany 3-1 Norway28/10/1987

VEast Germany 1-0 Greece31/08/1988

VEast Germany 2-0 Iceland19/10/1988

LEast Germany 0-2 Turkey12/04/1989

Overall

DEast Germany 1-1 Finland22/03/1989

LEast Germany 0-2 Turkey12/04/1989

LSoviet Union 3-0 East Germany26/04/1989

DEast Germany 1-1 Austria20/05/1989

DEast Germany 1-1 Bulgaria23/08/1989

VIceland 0-3 East Germany06/09/1989

Current form

Away

VKuwait 0-2 Soviet Union27/11/1988

VBulgaria 1-2 Soviet Union21/02/1989

LNetherlands 2-0 Soviet Union22/03/1989

VTurkey 0-1 Soviet Union10/05/1989

DPoland 1-1 Soviet Union23/08/1989

DAustria 0-0 Soviet Union06/09/1989

Overall

LNetherlands 2-0 Soviet Union22/03/1989

VSoviet Union 3-0 East Germany26/04/1989

VTurkey 0-1 Soviet Union10/05/1989

DSoviet Union 1-1 Iceland31/05/1989

DPoland 1-1 Soviet Union23/08/1989

DAustria 0-0 Soviet Union06/09/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Winless streak	2	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Andreas Thom	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Igor Dobrovolskiy
Andreas Thom	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Igor Dobrovolskiy
Matthias Sammer	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Igor Dobrovolskiy

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

11 matches

2 v

2 d

7 l

9 gf

18 ga

Total

13 matches

2 v

4 d

7 l

12 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

11 matches

7 v

2 d

2 l

18 gf

9 ga

Total

13 matches

7 v

4 d

2 l

21 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	July 28, 1977
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 26, 1989
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

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

Soviet Union

3 - 0

East Germany logo East Germany

October 10, 1987 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

East Germany

1 - 1

Soviet Union logo Soviet Union

April 29, 1987 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

Soviet Union

2 - 0

East Germany logo East Germany

July 26, 1983 - Rencontres amicales 1983

East Germany

1 - 3

Soviet Union logo Soviet Union

May 05, 1982 - Rencontres amicales 1982

Soviet Union

1 - 0

East Germany logo East Germany

Best historical scorers against Soviet Union

Joachim Streich	2 goals	1973 - 1983
Otto Frässdorf	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Wolfram Löwe	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jürgen Sparwasser	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Dieter Kuhn	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Ulf Kirsten	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against East Germany

Viktor Ponedelnik	2 goals	1960 - 1962
Igor Chislenko	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Oleh Protasov	1 goal	1989 - 1989
Oleksandr Zavarov	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Hennadiy Lytovchenko	1 goal	1989 - 1989
Igor Dobrovolskiy	1 goal	1989 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Soviet Union

Matthias Liebers	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Uwe Zötzsche	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Rüdiger Schnuphase	4 matches	1979 - 1983
Henning Frenzel	4 matches	1962 - 1973
Joachim Streich	4 matches	1973 - 1983
Wolfram Löwe	3 matches	1969 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs East Germany

Oleh Kuznetsov	3 matches	1987 - 1989
Sergei Aleinikov	3 matches	1987 - 1989
Lev Yashin	3 matches	1960 - 1966
Oleh Protasov	3 matches	1987 - 1989
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko	3 matches	1987 - 1989
Rinat Dasayev	3 matches	1987 - 1989