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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2017 - Round 10 - Group 2

Regional Sports Centre - Waterford - Republic of Ireland

March 24, 2016

2 000

Ireland U-21

Republic of Ireland

1 - 4

Italy U-21

Italy

(o.g) Rolando Mandragora

17'

28'

Marco BenassiAssist by Gaetano Monachello

36'

Lorenzo RossetiAssist by Gaetano Monachello

59'

Alessio Romagnoli (header) Assist by Antonio Barreca

82'

Darragh Lenihan (o.g)

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17' - Own goal Rolando Mandragora17

21' - Yellow card Glen Rea21

24' - Yellow card Darragh Lenihan24

25' - Yellow card Danilo Cataldi

28' - Goal Marco Benassi

36' - Goal Lorenzo Rosseti

45' - Yellow card Rolando Mandragora

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58' - Yellow card Harry Charsley58

59' - Goal Alessio Romagnoli

65' - Substitution Domenico Berardiis substituted by Luca Garritano

72' - Substitution Kevin O'Connoris substituted by Brandon Miele photo Sean Hoare

72' - Substitution Harry Charsleyis substituted by Sean Hoare72

77' - Substitution Danilo Cataldiis substituted by Luca Mazzitelli

82' - Own goal Darragh Lenihan

84' - Substitution Jack Byrnesis substituted by Sean Maguire84

85' - Substitution Gaetano Monachellois substituted by Federico Ricci

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ireland U-21

1 - 4

Italy U-21

Ireland U-21 Italy U-21

Team line-ups

Ireland U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Wilkinson

Conor Wilkinson

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/01/1995

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

11O'Dowda

Callum O'Dowda

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/04/1995

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

7Charsley7258

Harry Charsley

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/11/1996

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

10Byrnes84

Jack Byrnes

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1996

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

8O'Connor72

Kevin O'Connor

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/05/1995

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

6D. Lenihan8224

Darragh Lenihan

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/03/1994

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

3Connors

Jack Connors

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/10/1994

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

4Rea21

Glen Rea

Republic of Ireland

B.date03/09/1994

Age21 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Keown

Niall Keown

Republic of Ireland

B.date05/04/1995

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

2B. Lenihan

Brian Lenihan

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/06/1994

Age21 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

1Rogers

Danny Rogers

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/03/1994

Age22 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Danny Rogers		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Niall Keown		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Darragh Lenihan	8224	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kevin O'Connor	72	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Brian Lenihan		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jack Connors		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jack Byrnes	84	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Glen Rea	21	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Harry Charsley	7258	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Callum O'Dowda		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Conor Wilkinson		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Italy U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Rosseti36

Lorenzo Rosseti

Italy

B.date05/08/1994

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

11Monachello85

Gaetano Monachello

Italy

B.date03/03/1994

Age22 years

H1m87

positionStriker

10Berardi65

Domenico Berardi

Italy

B.date01/08/1994

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight Winger

7Cataldi7725

Danilo Cataldi

Italy

B.date06/08/1994

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

8Benassi28

Marco Benassi

Italy

B.date05/05/1994

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

4Mandragora1745

Rolando Mandragora

Italy

B.date29/06/1997

Age18 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

3Barreca

Antonio Barreca

Italy

B.date18/03/1995

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

6Romagnoli59

Alessio Romagnoli

Italy

B.date12/01/1995

Age21 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

5Caldara

Mattia Caldara

Italy

B.date05/05/1994

Age21 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

2Conti

Andrea Conti

Italy

B.date02/03/1994

Age22 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

1Donnarumma

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Italy

B.date25/02/1999

Age17 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gianluigi Donnarumma		17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Alessio Romagnoli	59	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mattia Caldara		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Andrea Conti		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Antonio Barreca		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Danilo Cataldi	7725	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Marco Benassi	28	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Rolando Mandragora	1745	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gaetano Monachello	85	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Domenico Berardi	65	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Lorenzo Rosseti	36	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Ian Lawlor		21
13	D	Sean Hoare	72	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Shane Griffin		21
17	D	Sean Long		20
15	M	Brandon Miele	72	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Joshua Barrett		17
14	F	Sean Maguire	84	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Alessio Cragno		21
13	D	Alex Ferrari		21
15	D	Adam Masina		22
14	M	Luca Mazzitelli	77	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Federico Ricci	85	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Luca Garritano	65	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Alberto Cerri		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Niall Keown

Shane Griffin

OUT

Brian Lenihan

Sean Long

OUT

Kevin O'Connor

Josh Cullen

OUT

Harry Charsley

Sean Kavanagh

OUT

Glen Rea

Alan Browne

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Alessio Cragno

OUT

Mattia Caldara

Daniele Rugani

OUT

Lorenzo Rosseti

Federico Bernardeschi

OUT

Andrea Conti

Davide Calabria

OUT

Danilo Cataldi

Alberto Grassi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Noel King

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

King vs Italy U-21

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 2016

King vs Di Biagio

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Luigi Di Biagio

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Di Biagio vs Ireland U-21

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2016

Di Biagio vs King

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 2016

Referee

Bart Vertenten

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ireland U-211 match	General total	Italy U-211 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ireland U-211 match	Season total	Italy U-211 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 24, 2016					Latest figure on March 24, 2016

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Alessio Romagnoli scores 1 goal in UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying

Ireland U-21 keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Italy U-21 running (since 10/09/2012). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Lorenzo Rosseti scores 1 goal in his professional career with Italy U-21

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

2	Slovenia U-21	12 pts	6 rd
3	Serbia U-21	10 pts	5 rd
4	Ireland U-21	9 pts	6 rd
5	Andorra U-21	3 pts	6 rd
6	Lithuania U-21	3 pts	7 rd

General ranking

1	Italy U-21	16 pts	6 rd
2	Slovenia U-21	12 pts	6 rd
3	Serbia U-21	10 pts	5 rd
4	Ireland U-21	9 pts	6 rd
5	Andorra U-21	3 pts	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LIreland 0-4 Germany U-2109/09/2013

LIreland 0-1 Romania U-2115/10/2013

VIreland 5-2 Faroe Islands U-2115/11/2013

LIreland 1-2 Montenegro U-2105/03/2014

VIreland 1-0 Andorra U-2126/03/2015

VIreland 3-0 Lithuania U-2109/10/2015

Overall

DRussia U-21 2-2 Ireland17/11/2014

VIreland 1-0 Andorra U-2126/03/2015

VAndorra U-21 0-2 Ireland08/09/2015

VIreland 3-0 Lithuania U-2109/10/2015

LItaly U-21 1-0 Ireland13/10/2015

LLithuania U-21 3-1 Ireland13/11/2015

Current form

Away

LRomania U-21 2-1 Italy13/08/2014

DSlovakia U-21 1-1 Italy10/10/2014

DGermany U-21 2-2 Italy27/03/2015

DHungary U-21 0-0 Italy12/08/2015

VSlovenia U-21 0-3 Italy08/10/2015

DSerbia U-21 1-1 Italy13/11/2015

Overall

DHungary U-21 0-0 Italy12/08/2015

VItaly 1-0 Slovenia U-2108/09/2015

VSlovenia U-21 0-3 Italy08/10/2015

VItaly 1-0 Ireland U-2113/10/2015

DSerbia U-21 1-1 Italy13/11/2015

VItaly 2-0 Lithuania U-2117/11/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	8	5
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	5	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	1
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.6
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Conor Wilkinson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Gaetano Monachello
Callum O'Dowda	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Gaetano Monachello
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Federico Bernardeschi
Sean Kavanagh	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Federico Bernardeschi
Sean Kavanagh	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Gaetano Monachello
Josh Cullen	1 goal, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	Marco Benassi

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	September 10, 2012
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	October 13, 2015
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 13, 2015 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2017

Italy U-21

1 - 0

Ireland U-21 logo Ireland

September 10, 2012 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2013

Italy U-21

2 - 4

Ireland U-21 logo Ireland

June 04, 2012 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2013

Ireland U-21

2 - 2

Italy U-21 logo Italy

Best historical scorers against Italy U-21

Aaron Doran	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Robbie Brady	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Conor Henderson	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Sean Murray	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Greg Cunningham	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ireland U-21

Vittorio Parigini	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Luca Caldirola	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Ciro Immobile	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Stephan El Shaarawy	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy U-21

John Egan	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Aidan White	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Eunan O'Kane	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Aaron McCarey	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Jack Byrnes	1 match	2015 - 2015
Rhys Murphy	1 match	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/06/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland U-21

Alessandro Crescenzi	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Ciro Immobile	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Luca Marrone	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Luca Caldirola	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Stephan El Shaarawy	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Luca Garritano	1 match	2015 - 2015