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Ecosse 3-2 Pays-Bas - June 11, 1978 / Coupe du Monde 1978

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Coupe du Monde 1978 - Groupe D

Estadio Mendoza - Mendoza - Argentina

June 11, 1978

40 000

Ecosse

Scotland

3 - 2

Pays-Bas

Netherlands

Assist by Joe Jordan (right foot) Kenny Dalglish

44'

(penalty) Archie Gemmill

47'

(left foot) Archie Gemmill

68'

34'

Robby Rensenbrink (penalty)

72'

Johnny Rep (right foot) Assist by Ruud Krol

logo Ecosse ECO

10' - Substitution Johan Neeskensis substituted by Johan Boskamp

34' - Goal Robby Rensenbrink

44' - Goal Kenny Dalglish44

logo Ecosse ECO

46' - Substitution Wim Rijsbergenis substituted by Piet Wildschut

47' - Goal Archie Gemmill47

68' - Goal Archie Gemmill68

72' - Goal Johnny Rep

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ecosse

3 - 2

Pays-Bas

Ecosse Pays-Bas

Team line-ups

Ecosse

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Dalglish44

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age26 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Gemmill6847

Archie Gemmill

Scotland

B.date24/03/1947

Age31 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Rioch

Bruce Rioch

Scotland

B.date06/09/1947

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft Midfielder

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Forsyth

Alex Forsyth

Scotland

B.date05/02/1952

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Kennedy

Stuart Kennedy

Scotland

B.date31/05/1953

Age25 years

positionDefender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Rough

Alan Rough

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Rough		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Kennedy		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Forsyth		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bruce Rioch		30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Archie Gemmill	6847	31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	44	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		26	33	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

Pays-Bas

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Rensenbrink34

Robby Rensenbrink

Netherlands

B.date03/07/1947

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

van de Kerkhof

René van de Kerkhof

Netherlands

B.date16/09/1951

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight Winger

Rep72

Johnny Rep

Netherlands

B.date25/11/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

Jansen

Wim Jansen

Netherlands

B.date28/10/1946

Age31 years

H1m66

positionRight central midfielder

Neeskens10

Johan Neeskens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1951

Age26 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

van de Kerkhof

Willy van de Kerkhof

Netherlands

B.date16/09/1951

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Krol

Ruud Krol

Netherlands

B.date24/03/1949

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Poortvliet

Jan Poortvliet

Netherlands

B.date21/09/1955

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Rijsbergen46

Wim Rijsbergen

Netherlands

B.date18/01/1952

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Suurbier

Wim Suurbier

Netherlands

B.date16/01/1945

Age33 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Jongbloed

Jan Jongbloed

Netherlands

B.date25/11/1940

Age37 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jan Jongbloed		37	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Rijsbergen	46	26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Poortvliet		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Suurbier		33	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ruud Krol		29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willy van de Kerkhof		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johan Neeskens	10	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wim Jansen		31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robby Rensenbrink	34	30	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	René van de Kerkhof		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Rep	72	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Piet Wildschut	46	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Johan Boskamp	10	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Graeme Souness

Lou Macari

OUT

Alex Forsyth

Francis Burns

OUT

Stuart Kennedy

Sandy Jardine

OUT

Bruce Rioch

John Robertson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Johnny Rep

Arie Haan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alistair MacLeod

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

MacLeod vs Pays-Bas

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 11, 1978

MacLeod vs Happel

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 11, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernst Happel

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Happel vs Ecosse

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 11, 1978

Happel vs MacLeod

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 11, 1978

Referee

Erich Linemayr

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Ecosse3 matches	General total	Pays-Bas1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Ecosse1 match	Season total	Pays-Bas1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 11, 1978					Latest figure on June 11, 1978

Videos

August 22, 2019

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Pays-Bas after 14 consecutive matches without a loss (since 19/06/1976). It was the best streak for the club since 02/05/1973-03/07/1974 (15 matches).

It's the first time Kenny Dalglish scores 1 goal in Coupe du Monde

The last time Pays-Bas has ended with the score 2-3 surterrainneutre in Coupe du Monde, It was on the 27/05/1934 (vs )

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

DBrazil 0-0 Ecosse18/06/1974

DEcosse 1-1 Yugoslavia22/06/1974

LCzechoslovakia 2-0 Ecosse13/10/1976

VWales 0-2 Ecosse12/10/1977

LPeru 3-1 Ecosse03/06/1978

DIran 1-1 Ecosse07/06/1978

Overall

VEcosse 2-1 Bulgaria22/02/1978

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Ecosse13/05/1978

DEcosse 1-1 Wales17/05/1978

LEcosse 0-1 England20/05/1978

LPeru 3-1 Ecosse03/06/1978

DIran 1-1 Ecosse07/06/1978

Current form

Neutral ground

VPays-Bas 4-0 Argentina26/06/1974

VEast Germany 0-2 Pays-Bas30/06/1974

VPays-Bas 2-0 Brazil03/07/1974

LCzechoslovakia 3-1 Pays-Bas16/06/1976

VPays-Bas 3-0 Iran03/06/1978

DPays-Bas 0-0 Peru07/06/1978

Overall

VPays-Bas 1-0 Belgium26/10/1977

VIsrael 1-2 Pays-Bas22/02/1978

VTunisia 0-4 Pays-Bas05/04/1978

VAustria 0-1 Pays-Bas20/05/1978

VPays-Bas 3-0 Iran03/06/1978

DPays-Bas 0-0 Peru07/06/1978

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	2	6

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	14
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Joe Jordan	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Robby Rensenbrink
Joe Jordan	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Robby Rensenbrink
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Robby Rensenbrink
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Robby Rensenbrink
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	René van de Kerkhof
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	René van de Kerkhof
Joe Jordan	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Robby Rensenbrink

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

7 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	May 21, 1938
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 11, 1966
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

December 01, 1971 - Rencontres amicales 1971

Pays-Bas

2 - 1

Ecosse

May 30, 1968 - Rencontres amicales 1968

Pays-Bas

0 - 0

Ecosse

May 11, 1966 - Rencontres amicales 1966

Ecosse

0 - 3

Pays-Bas

May 27, 1959 - Rencontres amicales 1959

Pays-Bas

1 - 2

Ecosse

May 21, 1938 - Rencontres amicales 1938

Pays-Bas

1 - 3

Ecosse

Best historical scorers against Pays-Bas

Bobby Collins	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Tommy Walker	1 goal	1938 - 1938
Francis Murphy	1 goal	1938 - 1938
Graham Leggat	1 goal	1959 - 1959
George Graham	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Andrew Black	1 goal	1938 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1938. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ecosse

Willy van der Kuijlen	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Klaas Nuninga	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Johan Cruijff	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Barry Hulshoff	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Leen Vente	1 goal	1938 - 1938
Cor van der Gijp	1 goal	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1938. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Pays-Bas

Ronald McKinnon	2 matches	1966 - 1968
Willie Henderson	2 matches	1966 - 1968
John Greig	2 matches	1966 - 1968
Pat Stanton	2 matches	1966 - 1971
David Smith	2 matches	1966 - 1968
Willie Wallace	1 match	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1938. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ecosse

Willem van Hanegem	2 matches	1968 - 1971
Willy van der Kuijlen	2 matches	1966 - 1968
Piet Keizer	2 matches	1966 - 1971
Wim Jansen	2 matches	1968 - 1971
Rinus Israel	2 matches	1968 - 1971
Hans Venneker	1 match	1971 - 1971