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Italy 2–0 Ghana

Monday 12 Jun 2006 · Hanover, Germany (neutral)

Italy2–0Ghana

Goals2

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Pirlo Iaquinta

40′1–0Andrea Pirlo Italy
83′2–0Vincenzo Iaquinta Italy

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Italy

Came on

16Mauro CamoranesiMF↑56′
15Vincenzo IaquintaFW●↑64′
7Alessandro Del PieroFW↑82′

Ghana

Came on

7Illiasu ShillaDF↑46′
19Razak PimpongFW↑68′
12Alex Tachie-MensahFW↑89′

Elo

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

Italy: 1944 → 1962
Ghana: 1707 → 1689

Expected score for Italy: 79.6% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 1 of 1, 2006–2006.

Italy wins: 1
Draws: 0
Ghana wins: 0

Form either side

Italy

Before

3–1 v Netherlands 12 Nov 2005 · Friendly
1–1 v Ivory Coast 16 Nov 2005 · Friendly
4–1 v Germany 1 Mar 2006 · Friendly
1–1 v Switzerland 31 May 2006 · Friendly
0–0 v Ukraine 2 Jun 2006 · Friendly

After

1–1 v United States 17 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
2–0 v Czech Republic 22 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
1–0 v Australia 26 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
3–0 v Ukraine 30 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
2–0 v Germany 4 Jul 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006

Ghana

Before

1–2 v Zimbabwe 31 Jan 2006 · African Cup of Nations 2006
0–1 v Mexico 1 Mar 2006 · Friendly
1–1 v Turkey 26 May 2006 · Friendly
4–1 v Jamaica 29 May 2006 · Friendly
3–1 v South Korea 4 Jun 2006 · Friendly

After

2–0 v Czech Republic 17 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
2–1 v United States 22 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
0–3 v Brazil 27 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
2–0 v Togo 15 Aug 2006 · Friendly
1–0 v Japan 4 Oct 2006 · Friendly

Group E

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Italy	3	2	1	0	+4	7
2Ghana	3	2	0	1	+1	6
3Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	-1	3
4United States	3	0	1	2	-4	1

Road through the tournament

Italy

2–0 v Ghana Group stage
1–1 v United States Group stage
2–0 v Czech Republic Group stage
1–0 v Australia Round of 16
3–0 v Ukraine Quarter-final
2–0 v Germany Semi-final
1–1 v France Final

Ghana

0–2 v Italy Group stage
2–0 v Czech Republic Group stage
2–1 v United States Group stage
0–3 v Brazil Round of 16

Every Italy v Ghana match1

From Italy's side.


12 Jun 2006	Ghana	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2006	Group stage

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: Fjelstul · Cards: Fjelstul