FIFA World Cup qualification 1977

Italy 3–0 Luxembourg

Saturday 3 Dec 1977 · Rome, Italy

Italy3–0Luxembourg

Goals3

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Bettega Graziani Causio

4′1–0Roberto Bettega Italy
11′2–0Francesco Graziani Italy
56′3–0Franco Causio Italy

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Italy: 1823 → 1824
Luxembourg: 1128 → 1127

Expected score for Italy: 99% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 5 of 10, 1924–2026.

Italy wins: 9
Draws: 1
Luxembourg wins: 0

Form either side

Italy

Before

2–1 v Belgium 26 Jan 1977 · Friendly
3–0 v Finland 8 Jun 1977 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1977
1–2 v Germany 8 Oct 1977 · Friendly
6–1 v Finland 15 Oct 1977 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1977
0–2 v England 16 Nov 1977 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1977

After

1–0 v Belgium 21 Dec 1977 · Friendly
1–2 v Spain 25 Jan 1978 · Friendly
2–2 v France 8 Feb 1978 · Friendly
0–0 v Serbia 18 May 1978 · Friendly
2–1 v France 2 Jun 1978 · FIFA World Cup 1978

Luxembourg

Before

1–7 v Finland 22 Sep 1976 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1976
1–4 v Italy 16 Oct 1976 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1976
0–5 v England 30 Mar 1977 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1977
0–1 v Finland 26 May 1977 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1977
0–2 v England 12 Oct 1977 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1977

After

1–3 v Poland 22 Mar 1978 · Friendly
1–3 v France 7 Oct 1978 · UEFA Euro qualification 1978
0–3 v France 25 Feb 1979 · UEFA Euro qualification 1979
0–3 v Czech Republic 1 May 1979 · UEFA Euro qualification 1979
0–3 v Sweden 7 Jun 1979 · UEFA Euro qualification 1979

Road through the tournament

Italy

3–0 v Finland 8 Jun 1977
6–1 v Finland 15 Oct 1977
0–2 v England 16 Nov 1977
3–0 v Luxembourg 3 Dec 1977

Luxembourg

0–5 v England 30 Mar 1977
0–1 v Finland 26 May 1977
0–2 v England 12 Oct 1977
0–3 v Italy 3 Dec 1977

Every Italy v Luxembourg match10

From Italy's side.


3 Jun 2026	Luxembourg	1–0	Away	Friendly	—
4 Jun 2014	Luxembourg	1–1	Home	Friendly	—
27 Apr 1988	Luxembourg	3–0	Away	Friendly	—
5 Dec 1981	Luxembourg	1–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 1981	—
11 Oct 1980	Luxembourg	2–0	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 1980	—
3 Dec 1977	Luxembourg	3–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 1977	—
16 Oct 1976	Luxembourg	4–1	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 1976	—
31 Mar 1973	Luxembourg	5–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 1973	—
7 Oct 1972	Luxembourg	4–0	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 1972	—
29 May 1924	Luxembourg	2–0	Neutral	Olympic Games 1924	—

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