World Cup Qualifying 1998 (Latvia)1. round
- Attendance: 9200
- Referee: Jol Dick Zier Gerardus (NED)
- First assistant: Vuurman Hans (NED)
- Second assistant: Van Veluwen Jan-Willem (NED)
- Fourth official: Temmink Rene H.J. (NED)
- Match progress
- Match report
7 | Yellow cardPeter Schöttel | |
Marians PaharsYellow card | 35 | |
Vitālijs AstafjevsYellow card | 39 | |
Marians PaharsSecond yellow card | 39 | |
46 | SubstitutionHeimo Pfeifenberger Arnold Wetl | |
47 | Yellow cardIvica Vastić | |
55 | Goooal! 0:1Andreas Heraf | |
Valērijs IvanovsYellow card | 58 | |
Substitution | 59 | |
Andrejs Štolcers Imants Bleidelis Substitution | 64 | |
Arturs Zakreševskis Vladimirs Babičevs Substitution | 67 | |
78 | SubstitutionPeter Stöger Andreas Herzog | |
81 | Goooal! 0:2Toni Polster | |
82 | Goooal! 0:3Peter Stöger | |
83 | SubstitutionDieter Ramusch Cerny Harald | |
Vitālijs AstafjevsGoooal! 1:3 | 87 |
| Oļegs Karavajevs (G) | 1 | 1 | Michael Konsel (G) | |
| Igors Troickis | 2 | 2 | Cerny Harald
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| 3 | 3 | Peter Schöttel
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| Mihails Zemļinskis | 4 | 4 | Anton Pfeffer | |
| Jurijs Ševļakovs (C) | 5 | 5 | Wolfgang Feiersinger | |
| Igors Stepanovs | 6 | 6 | Andreas Heraf
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| 7 | 7 | Ivica Vastić
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| 8 | 8 | Dietmar Kühbauer | |
| 9 | 9 | Toni Polster (C)
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| 10 | 10 | Andreas Herzog
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| 11 | 11 | Arnold Wetl
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| Reserves | ||||
| 12 | 14 | Heimo Pfeifenberger
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| 13 | 17 | Dieter Ramusch
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| 15 | 18 | Peter Stöger
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| Coaches | ||||
| Jānis Gilis | Prohaska Herbert | |||
- In-competition stats
| 4 | Current position | 1 |
| 10 | Points | 25 |
| 10:15 | Goal difference | 17:4 |