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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2023 - Round 6 - Group 1

Stadion Varteks - Varaždin - Croatia

October 08, 2021

Croatia U-21

Croatia

3 - 2

Norway U-21

Norway

Roko Simic

Assist by Luka SucicJosip Sutalo

16'

Assist by Luka SucicMario Vuskovic

56'

54'

Sebastian Sebulonsen

58'

Emil CeideAssist by Jorgen Larsen

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2' - Goal Roko Simic2

16' - Goal Josip Sutalo16

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46' - Substitution Robin Oströmis substituted by Emil Ceide photo Tobias Christensen

46' - Substitution Haakon Evjenis substituted by Tobias Christensen

47' - Yellow card Josip Sutalo47

51' - Yellow card Henrik Heggheim

54' - Goal Sebastian Sebulonsen

56' - Goal Mario Vuskovic56

58' - Goal Emil Ceide

71' - Yellow card Mario Vuskovic71

74' - Substitution Henrik Heggheimis substituted by Ole Martin Kolskogen

75' - Substitution Johan Hoveis substituted by Osame Sahraoui

78' - Substitution Antonio Marinis substituted by Denis Busnja78

79' - Substitution Luka Sucicis substituted by Hrvoje Smolcic79

79' - Substitution Noah Jean Holmis substituted by Halldor Stenevik

81' - Yellow card Jesper Daland

92' - Substitution Roko Simicis substituted by Marin Ljubicic92

93' - Substitution Lukas Kacavendais substituted by Martin Baturina93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Croatia U-21

3 - 2

Norway U-21

Croatia U-21 Norway U-21

Team line-ups

Croatia U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Marin78

Antonio Marin

Croatia

B.date09/01/2001

Age20 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

22Simic290+2

Roko Simic

Croatia

B.date10/09/2003

Age18 years

H1m90

positionForward

11Kacavenda90+3

Lukas Kacavenda

Croatia

B.date02/03/2003

Age18 years

positionCentre Midfield

15Palaversa

Ante Palaversa

Croatia

B.date06/04/2000

Age21 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

10Sucic79

Luka Sucic

Croatia

B.date08/09/2002

Age19 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

3Colina

David Colina

Croatia

B.date19/07/2000

Age21 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

4B. Sutalo

Bosko Sutalo

Croatia

B.date01/01/2000

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

5J. Sutalo1647

Josip Sutalo

Croatia

B.date28/02/2000

Age21 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

14Vuskovic5671

Mario Vuskovic

Croatia

B.date16/11/2001

Age19 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

21Soldo

Nikola Soldo

Croatia

B.date25/01/2001

Age20 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

12Pandur

Ivor Pandur

Croatia

B.date25/03/2000

Age21 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Ivor Pandur		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Josip Sutalo	1647	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Nikola Soldo		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Mario Vuskovic	5671	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Bosko Sutalo		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	David Colina		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ante Palaversa		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Lukas Kacavenda	90+3	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luka Sucic	79	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Roko Simic	290+2	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Antonio Marin	78	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

19.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norway U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Larsen

Jorgen Larsen

Norway

B.date06/02/2000

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

22Botheim

Erik Botheim

Norway

B.date10/01/2000

Age21 years

H1m80

positionStriker

11Holm79

Noah Jean Holm

Norway

B.date23/05/2001

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

8Evjen46

Haakon Evjen

Norway

B.date14/02/2000

Age21 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

6Hove75

Johan Hove

Norway

B.date07/09/2000

Age21 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

19Askildsen

Kristoffer Askildsen

Norway

B.date09/01/2001

Age20 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

14Oström46

Robin Oström

Norway

B.date09/08/2002

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4Daland81

Jesper Daland

Norway

B.date06/01/2000

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

5Heggheim7451

Henrik Heggheim

Norway

B.date22/04/2001

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

2Sebulonsen54

Sebastian Sebulonsen

Norway

B.date27/01/2000

Age21 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

1Klaesson

Kristoffer Klaesson

Norway

B.date27/11/2000

Age20 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kristoffer Klaesson		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Robin Oström	46	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Henrik Heggheim	7451	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jesper Daland	81	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sebastian Sebulonsen	54	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Johan Hove	75	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Kristoffer Askildsen		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Noah Jean Holm	79	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Haakon Evjen	46	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Erik Botheim		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jorgen Larsen		21	9	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
1	G	Dominik Kotarski		21
6	D	Hrvoje Smolcic	79	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Kresimir Krizmanic		21
8	M	Jurica Prsir		21
19	M	Marko Bulat		20
16	M	Martin Baturina	90+3	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Denis Busnja	78	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Marin Ljubicic	90+2	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Stipe Biuk		18

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Oliver Petersen		20
13	D	Ole Martin Kolskogen	74	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Colin Rosler		21
15	M	Halldor Stenevik	79	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Joshua Kitolano		20
20	M	Martin Palumbo		19
21	M	Tobias Christensen	46	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Emil Ceide	5846	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Osame Sahraoui	75	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ante Palaversa

Adrian Liber

OUT

Nikola Soldo

Kresimir Krizmanic

OUT

Mario Vuskovic

Stipe Biuk

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Johan Hove

Tobias Christensen

OUT

Erik Botheim

Emil Ceide

OUT

Henrik Heggheim

Sivert Mannsverk

OUT

Robin Oström

Fredrik Oppegaard

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Igor Biscan

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Biscan vs Norway U-21

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2021

Biscan vs Smerud

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Leif Gunnar Smerud

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Smerud vs Croatia U-21

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 08, 2021

Smerud vs Biscan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2021

Referee

Yaroslav Kozyk

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia U-211 match	General total	Norway U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia U-211 match	Season total	Norway U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 08, 2021					Latest figure on October 08, 2021

Videos

Comments

Key figures

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

Croatia U-21 keeps its 3 matches with at least 3 goals scored vs Norway U-21 running (since 05/09/2009). It's a record streak. The first of history

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

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Austria U-21	9 pts	4 rd
+1	2	Croatia U-21	9 pts	3 rd
-2	3	Norway U-21	6 pts	3 rd
	4	Finland U-21	4 pts	3 rd
	5	Azerbaijan U-21	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Austria U-21	9 pts	4 rd
+1	2	Croatia U-21	9 pts	3 rd
-2	3	Norway U-21	6 pts	3 rd
	4	Finland U-21	4 pts	3 rd
	5	Azerbaijan U-21	1 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCroatia 1-2 Scotland U-2110/09/2019

LCroatia 1-2 Czech Republic U-2118/11/2019

VCroatia 5-0 Greece U-2103/09/2020

VCroatia 10-0 San Marino U-2108/10/2020

VCroatia 7-0 Lithuania U-2117/11/2020

VCroatia 2-0 Azerbaijan U-2102/09/2021

Overall

LPortugal U-21 1-0 Croatia25/03/2021

VCroatia 3-2 Switzerland U-2128/03/2021

LCroatia 1-2 England U-2131/03/2021

LSpain U-21 2-1 Croatia31/05/2021

VCroatia 2-0 Azerbaijan U-2102/09/2021

VFinland U-21 0-2 Croatia07/09/2021

Current form

Away

VCyprus U-21 1-2 Norway15/11/2019

LNetherlands U-21 2-0 Norway08/09/2020

LPortugal U-21 4-1 Norway09/10/2020

DFrance U-20 0-0 Norway03/09/2021

VFrance U-20 1-2 Norway06/09/2021

VEstonia U-21 0-5 Norway07/09/2021

Overall

LNetherlands U-21 2-0 Norway08/09/2020

LPortugal U-21 4-1 Norway09/10/2020

VNorway 3-1 Austria U-2103/09/2021

DFrance U-20 0-0 Norway03/09/2021

VFrance U-20 1-2 Norway06/09/2021

VEstonia U-21 0-5 Norway07/09/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Drawless streak	12	7
Scoring streak	20	5
Invincibility streak	4	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	1
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Luka Sucic	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Emil Ceide
Luka Sucic	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Emil Ceide
Luka Sucic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Stipe Biuk	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Haakon Evjen
Stipe Biuk	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Haakon Evjen
Luka Sucic	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	Emil Ceide

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

7 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 13, 2014
Home	3 - 0	November 13, 2014

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

November 13, 2014 - Rencontres amicales Espoirs 2014

Croatia U-21

3 - 0

Norway U-21 logo Norway

August 11, 2010 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2011

Croatia U-21

4 - 1

Norway U-21 logo Norway

September 05, 2009 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2011

Norway U-21

1 - 3

Croatia U-21 logo Croatia

Best historical scorers against Norway U-21

Mato Jajalo	3 goals	2009 - 2010
Dejan Lovren	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Duje Caleta-Car	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Andrej Kramaric	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Damir Kreilach	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Jozo Simunovic	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Croatia U-21

	Markus Henriksen	1 goal	2010 - 2010
	Jo Inge Berget	1 goal	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norway U-21

Antun Palic	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Ivan Kelava	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Mirko Oremus	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Mato Jajalo	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Domagoj Vida	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Dejan Skolnik	2 matches	2009 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia U-21

Magnus Lekven	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Mads Stokkelien	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Tarik Elyounoussi	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Vegard Forren	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Jonathan Parr	2 matches	2009 - 2010
Magne Simonsen	1 match	2009 - 2009