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As well as playoffs, the African groups conclude. South Africa and Senegal play each other home and away with South Africa needing two wins to qualify, Senegal one. If Bafana Bafana win one but draw the other Burkina Faso can still nick the place. Morocco go to Ivory Coast for a group decider.Last edited by Rogin the Armchair fan; 09-11-2017, 12:35.
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Originally posted by Duncan Gardner View PostRight on, Satch. Everyone knows you're going to watch it, so why sneeringly pretend otherwise? I've endu...enjoyed the occasional night out in Barnsley, least you can do is give the GAWA some grudging credit. No-one pretends it has any glamor beyond NI fans.
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I'm sure there are plenty of examples for sides going out without conceding a home goal when the format has meant head to head playoffs - Yugoslavia in 1938 look to be the first victims, having beating Poland 1-0 in Belgrade but were eliminated due to losing 4-0 in Warsaw.
From a group stage it will be rarer - Italy did it 1958, beating Northern Ireland 1-0 and Portugal 3-0 at home. However they lost both return games and so finished a point behind Northern Ireland.
Mali may have the record for most home games keeping a clean sheet without qualifying with four.
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The one I remember is Ecuador in 1982, essentially due to altitude:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_F...ion_(CONMEBOL)
It's possible that Ecuador did it more than once. They are almost certainly the most extreme case of home v away discrepancies over a long period in the World Cup (England/Japan/South Korea in major tournament finals might be the next up).
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Netherlands Antilles in 1962 may be the side keeping a clean sheet who conceded most away from home - they kept three clean sheets, first in a preliminary round with Dutch Guyana, then in the final group with Costa Rica and Mexico. However away from home they conceded 14 (4.67 per game).
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CONMEBOL sides going out without conceding a home goal:
Paraguay 1966, Ecuador 1982
1974: Peru went out to Chile in a play-off in Montevideo after both sides won 2-0 at home and Venezuela withdrew
1978: Bolivia won their first phase group, no goals conceded at home, but finished bottom of a play-off group with Brazil and Peru played in Colombia.
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- Mar 2008
- 20821
- Black Country Green Belt
- Crusaders FC, Norn Iron, not forgetting Serendib
- Blueberry vodka Jaffa cake on marzipan base
Originally posted by Southport Zeb View PostMali may have the record for most home games keeping a clean sheet without qualifying with four
PS Might see yer namesake in at least a cameo tomorrow?
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