World Cup Qualifying 1998 (Latvia)1. round
- Attendance: 9500
- Referee: Ulrich Jiri (CZE)
- First assistant: Amler Evzen (CZE)
- Second assistant: Legiersky Bohuslav (CZE)
- Fourth official: Krula Josef (CZE)
- Match progress
- Match report
18 | Goooal! 0:1John Collins | |
Igors StepanovsYellow card | 37 | |
Andrejs Štolcers Vladimirs Babičevs Substitution | 46 | |
46 | SubstitutionPaul Lambert Stuart McCall | |
59 | SubstitutionBilly Dodds John Spencer | |
62 | Yellow cardJohn Collins | |
Substitution | 77 | |
80 | Goooal! 0:2Darren Jackson | |
82 | SubstitutionJack McNamara Thomas McKinlay |
| Oļegs Karavajevs (G) | 1 | 1 | Andy Goram (G) | |
| Igors Troickis | 2 | 2 | Colin Calderwood | |
| Vitālijs Astafjevs | 3 | 3 | Derek Whyte | |
| Mihails Zemļinskis | 4 | 4 | Tom Boyd | |
| Jurijs Ševļakovs (C) | 5 | 5 | Gary McAllister (C) | |
| 6 | 6 | Stuart McCall
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| Valērijs Ivanovs | 7 | 7 | John Collins
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| Imants Bleidelis | 8 | 8 | Thomas McKinlay
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| 9 | 9 | John Spencer
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| 10 | 10 | Darren Jackson
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| Marians Pahars | 11 | 11 | Craig Burley | |
| Reserves | ||||
| 15 | 12 | Paul Lambert
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| 17 | 13 | Jack McNamara
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| - | 14 | Billy Dodds
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| Coaches | ||||
| Jānis Gilis | Brown Craig | |||
- In-competition stats
| 4 | Current position | 2 |
| 10 | Points | 23 |
| 10:15 | Goal difference | 16:3 |