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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1974 - Group 1

Stadium Gzira - Valletta - Malta

November 11, 1973

15 459

Malta

1 - 2

Sweden

21'

Ove Kindvall

33'

Bo Larsson (penalty)

logo Malta MAL

21' - Goal Ove Kindvall

33' - Goal Bo Larsson

logo Malta MAL

53' - Substitution Ove Kindvallis substituted by Conny Torstensson

73' - Substitution Roland Sandbergis substituted by Kent Karlsson

logo Sweden SWE

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Sweden

Hellström

Ronnie Hellström

Sweden

B.date21/02/1949

Age24 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Olsson

Jan Olsson

Sweden

B.date30/03/1942

Age31 years

H1m68

positionDefender

Nordqvist

Bjorn Nordqvist

Sweden

B.date06/10/1942

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Tapper

Steffan Tapper

Sweden

B.date17/07/1948

Age25 years

H1m90

positionRight Midfielder

Larsson33

Bo Larsson

Sweden

B.date05/05/1944

Age29 years

H1m90

positionMidfield

Andersson

Björn Andersson

Sweden

B.date20/07/1951

Age22 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Grahn

Ove Grahn

Sweden

B.date09/05/1943

Age30 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kindvall2153

Ove Kindvall

Sweden

B.date16/05/1943

Age30 years

H1m74

positionStriker

Sandberg73

Roland Sandberg

Sweden

B.date16/12/1946

Age26 years

positionForward

Ahlström

Thomas Ahlström

Sweden

B.date17/07/1952

Age21 years

positionForward

Edström

Ralf Edström

Sweden

B.date07/10/1952

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronnie Hellström		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Olsson		31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bjorn Nordqvist		31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steffan Tapper		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bo Larsson	33	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Björn Andersson		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ove Grahn		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ove Kindvall	2153	30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roland Sandberg	73	26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Ahlström		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ralf Edström		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Kent Karlsson	73	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Conny Torstensson	53	24	10	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

Ove Kindvall

Conny Torstensson

OUT

Ove Grahn

Tommy Svensson

OUT

Thomas Ahlström

Kent Karlsson

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Georg Ericson

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Ericson vs Malta

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 11, 1973

Referee

Giorgios Katsoras

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	General total	Sweden1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	Season total	Sweden1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 11, 1973					Latest figure on November 11, 1973

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Key figures

End of streak for Malta after 3 matches without scoring any goal at home (since 24/09/1963). It's a record streak. The first of history

Malta keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 20/09/1963). It's a record streak. The first of history

Malta keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win at home running (since 20/09/1963). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMalta 1-2 Switzerland20/12/1970

LMalta 0-1 England03/02/1971

LMalta 0-2 Hungary14/11/1971

DMalta 1-1 Algeria08/12/1971

LMalta 0-2 Austria25/11/1972

VMalta 2-0 Canada28/09/1973

Overall

LAlgeria 1-0 Malta15/03/1972

LAustria 4-0 Malta30/04/1972

LHungary 3-0 Malta06/05/1972

LSweden 7-0 Malta15/10/1972

LMalta 0-2 Austria25/11/1972

VMalta 2-0 Canada28/09/1973

Current form

Away

LAustria 2-0 Sweden10/06/1972

VNorway 1-3 Sweden17/09/1972

VDenmark 1-2 Sweden26/04/1973

DHungary 3-3 Sweden13/06/1973

VFinland 1-2 Sweden29/08/1973

LItaly 2-0 Sweden29/09/1973

Overall

VSweden 1-0 Brazil25/06/1973

DSweden 1-1 Finland08/07/1973

VSweden 1-0 Iceland11/07/1973

DSoviet Union 0-0 Sweden05/08/1973

VFinland 1-2 Sweden29/08/1973

LItaly 2-0 Sweden29/09/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	15	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.6
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
3.6	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)	3
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Ralf Edström
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ralf Edström
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Bo Larsson
-	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	Roland Sandberg

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

7 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 15, 1972
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 15, 1972 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Sweden

7 - 0

Malta

Best historical scorers against Sweden

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Best historical scorers against Malta

Ralf Edström	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Bo Larsson	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Roland Sandberg	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Dag Szepanski	1 goal	1972 - 1972

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Players with most games played vs Sweden

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Players with most games played vs Malta

Dag Szepanski	1 match	1972 - 1972
Yngve Leback	1 match	1972 - 1972
Claes Cronqvist	1 match	1972 - 1972
Leif Malberg	1 match	1972 - 1972
Bo Larsson	1 match	1972 - 1972
Roland Sandberg	1 match	1972 - 1972