International football: Facts and figures

Published: 19/10/11,

International football: Facts and figures

 

A fan of trivia? Opta provide a run-down of all the relevant facts ahead of Tuesday's round of international matches.

Switzerland v England

Switzerland have won just three of their previous 20 encounters with England, but all three of these victories have come at home.

England lost on the last occasion that they met Switzerland away from home in an international qualifier – 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier in 1981.

England defeated Switzerland 2-1 at Wembley in February 2008, a game that was Fabio Capello’s first-ever match in charge of the Three Lions.

Switzerland have conceded only one goal in their last five international matches.

The Swiss have won none of their last six matches at home.

England have won only one of their last four international games away from home.

However, England have lost just four of their last 28 competitive matches on their opponents’ turf.

England have won 10 of their 11 international qualifying matches under Fabio Capello.

Wayne Rooney created six goalscoring chances against Bulgaria, the most by any England player since Glen Johnson vs Andorra in June 2009.

Since the start of the 2010 World Cup, Rooney has not managed more than two shots (excluding blocked) in a match for England, and has had just one since the competition finished (two appearances).

Republic of Ireland v Andorra

The Republic of Ireland have won both of their previous international matches against Andorra.

Andorra have conceded exactly three goals in both of their previous two games against the Irish.

Kevin Kilbane has scored in both of Ireland’s previous internationals against Andorra, back in 2001.

The Republic of Ireland are unbeaten at home in qualifying for European Championships in nine matches.    

Andorra have not won an international match in 40 attempts. Their last win came against Macedonia (1-0) in October 2004.

The Andorrans have lost 25 successive international matches.

Andorra have never won an away match.

Ireland have lost just one of their last 16 competitive internationals: the 1-0 home defeat to France in November 2009.

Scotland v Liechtenstein

This will be the first-ever international meeting between these two sides.

Liechtenstein have lost all nine of their previous encounters with a home nation (England, Wales & N.Ireland).

Scotland have won just one of their last six international matches, losing four.

Scott Brown scored Scotland’s only goal in their last 550 minutes of international football.

In their last 21 international matches, Liechtenstein have lost 18 times, drawing the other three.

Liechtenstein’s last international victory came back in October 2007; 3-0 v Iceland.

In their last eight international games, Liechtenstein have avoided a defeat if they have found the net.

Three of Scotland’s five shots on target against Lithuania came from Barry Robson.

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