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England 1-3 West Germany - April 29, 1972 / Euro Qualifying 1972

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Euro Qualifying 1972 - Quarter-finals

Wembley Stadium - London - England

April 29, 1972

100 000

England

1 - 3

West Germany

Germany

Francis Lee

77'

26'

Uli Hoeness

85'

Günter Netzer (penalty)

88'

Gerd Müller

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26' - Goal Uli Hoeness

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60' - Substitution Geoff Hurstis substituted by Rodney Marsh60

77' - Goal Francis Lee77

85' - Goal Günter Netzer

88' - Goal Gerd Müller

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England

1 - 3

West Germany

England West Germany

Team line-ups

England

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age34 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age27 years

positionDefender

Hunter

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age26 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Peters

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age28 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hurst60

Geoff Hurst

England

B.date08/12/1941

Age30 years

H1m81

positionForward

Ball

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age26 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Chivers

Martin Chivers

England

B.date27/04/1945

Age27 years

positionForward

Lee77

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age28 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		34	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore		31	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters		28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Hurst	60	30	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball		26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Chivers		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	77	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

West Germany

Maier

Sepp Maier

Germany

B.date28/02/1944

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Germany

B.date11/09/1945

Age26 years

H1m81

positionSweeper

Höttges

Horst-Dieter Höttges

Germany

B.date10/09/1943

Age28 years

H1m74

positionDefender

Schwarzenbeck

Georg Schwarzenbeck

Germany

B.date03/04/1948

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Wimmer

Herbert Wimmer

Germany

B.date09/11/1944

Age27 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

Breitner

Paul Breitner

Germany

B.date05/09/1951

Age20 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Hoeness26

Uli Hoeness

Germany

B.date05/01/1952

Age20 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Netzer85

Günter Netzer

Germany

B.date14/09/1944

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Held

Siegfried Held

Germany

B.date07/08/1942

Age29 years

H1m80

positionForward

Grabowski

Jürgen Grabowski

Germany

B.date07/07/1944

Age27 years

H1m72

positionForward

Müller88

Gerd Müller

Germany

B.date03/11/1945

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sepp Maier		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franz Beckenbauer		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Horst-Dieter Höttges		28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georg Schwarzenbeck		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Herbert Wimmer		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Breitner		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Uli Hoeness	26	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Günter Netzer	85	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Siegfried Held		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jürgen Grabowski		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerd Müller	88	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Rodney Marsh	60	27	2	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

Norman Hunter

Roy McFarland

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Siegfried Held

Jupp Heynckes

OUT

Jürgen Grabowski

Heinz Flohe

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alf Ramsey

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Ramsey vs West Germany

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 29, 1972

Ramsey vs Schön

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 29, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Helmut Schön

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Schön vs England

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 29, 1972

Schön vs Ramsey

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 29, 1972

Referee

Robert Héliès

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	England2 matches	General total	West Germany1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	England1 match	Season total	West Germany1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 29, 1972					Latest figure on April 29, 1972

Videos

March 07, 2012

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Uli Hoeness scores 1 goal in Euro Qualifying

End of streak for England after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Euro Qualifying (since 03/10/1962). It's a record streak. The first of history

England keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal scored in Euro Qualifying running (since 03/10/1962). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 29 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VEngland 3-1 East Germany25/11/1970

VEngland 3-0 Greece21/04/1971

VEngland 5-0 Malta12/05/1971

DEngland 0-0 Wales19/05/1971

VEngland 3-1 Scotland22/05/1971

DEngland 1-1 Switzerland10/11/1971

Overall

VNorthern Ireland 0-1 England15/05/1971

DEngland 0-0 Wales19/05/1971

VEngland 3-1 Scotland22/05/1971

VSwitzerland 2-3 England13/10/1971

DEngland 1-1 Switzerland10/11/1971

VGreece 0-2 England01/12/1971

Current form

Away

VTurkey 0-3 West Germany25/04/1971

VNorway 1-7 West Germany22/06/1971

LSweden 1-0 West Germany27/06/1971

VDenmark 1-3 West Germany30/06/1971

VPoland 1-3 West Germany10/10/1971

VHungary 0-2 West Germany29/03/1972

Overall

LSweden 1-0 West Germany27/06/1971

VDenmark 1-3 West Germany30/06/1971

VWest Germany 5-0 Mexico08/09/1971

VPoland 1-3 West Germany10/10/1971

DWest Germany 0-0 Poland17/11/1971

VHungary 0-2 West Germany29/03/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	19	10
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	11	1
Scoring streak	3	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Martin Chivers	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Gerd Müller
Martin Chivers	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Gerd Müller
Allan Clarke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gerd Müller
Allan Clarke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Martin Chivers	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Gerd Müller

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

11 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

13 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

10 matches

7 v

1 d

2 l

26 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

8 gf

13 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

3 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

10 matches

2 v

1 d

7 l

14 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	May 14, 1938
Home	3 - 0	December 04, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	June 14, 1970
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 14, 1970 - Coupe du Monde 1970

West Germany

3 - 2

England

June 01, 1968 - Rencontres amicales 1968

West Germany

1 - 0

England

July 30, 1966 - Coupe du Monde 1966

England

4 - 2

West Germany logo West Germany

February 23, 1966 - Rencontres amicales 1966

England

1 - 0

West Germany logo West Germany

May 12, 1965 - Rencontres amicales 1965

West Germany

0 - 1

England

Best historical scorers against West Germany

Geoff Hurst	3 goals	1966 - 1966
Cliff Bastin	2 goals	1935 - 1938
George Camsell	2 goals	1935 - 1935
John Robinson	2 goals	1938 - 1938
Martin Peters	2 goals	1966 - 1970
Joseph Bradford	2 goals	1930 - 1930

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1930. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against England

Richard Hofmann	3 goals	1930 - 1930
Franz Beckenbauer	2 goals	1968 - 1970
Josef Gauchel	1 goal	1938 - 1938
Uwe Seeler	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Helmut Haller	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Fritz Walter	1 goal	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1930. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Germany

Bobby Moore	5 matches	1965 - 1970
Alan Ball	5 matches	1965 - 1970
Gordon Banks	4 matches	1965 - 1968
Geoff Hurst	4 matches	1966 - 1970
George Cohen	3 matches	1965 - 1966
Ray Wilson	3 matches	1965 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1930. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Wolfgang Overath	4 matches	1965 - 1970
Willi Schulz	4 matches	1965 - 1970
Franz Beckenbauer	4 matches	1966 - 1970
Horst-Dieter Höttges	3 matches	1965 - 1970
Wolfgang Weber	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Max Lorenz	3 matches	1965 - 1968