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Factbox: Spain v Ireland
Facts and figures ahead of Thursday's Euro 2012 Group C match between Spain and Ireland at the PGE Arena in Gdansk (1845 GMT)
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 14 - 06 - 2012

* Spain and Ireland have met 14 times in competition over the past 40 years and the Spaniards hold a clear advantage with
eight games won and four drawn to Ireland's two victories.
* Since the 1-0 defeat by Switzerland in the opening match of the World Cup two years ago, Spain have failed to score in
only two of 29 internationals.
* Spain's run of 14 consecutive victories in competitive matches since their 1-0 loss to the Swiss came to an end with
the 1-1 draw against Italy on Sunday.
* Ireland's run of 14 matches without defeat also ended on Sunday with the 3-1 defeat by Croatia.
* The three goals conceded to the Croatians were as many as the total Ireland let in during their unbeaten run, which
included 11 clean sheets.
* Croatia's Mario Mandzukic on Sunday became the first player to score two goals in a game against Ireland since Robert
Lewandowki of Poland who struck twice in a 3-2 win in a November 2008 friendly.
Previous meetings:
26/04/31 Fr Spain 1 Ireland 1 Barcelona
13/12/31 Fr Ireland 0 Spain 5 Dublin
23/06/46 Fr Spain 0 Ireland 1 Madrid
2/03/47 Fr Ireland 3 Spain 2 Dublin
30/05/48 Fr Spain 2 Ireland 1 Barcelona
12/06/49 Fr Ireland 1 Spain 4 Dublin
1/06/52 Fr Spain 6 Ireland 0 Madrid
27/11/55 Fr Ireland 2 Spain 2 Dublin
15/10/58 Fr Spain 6 Ireland 2 Madrid
11/03/64 ECQ Spain 5 Ireland 1 Seville
8/04/64 ECQ Ireland 0 Spain 2 Dublin
5/05/65 WCQ Ireland 1 Spain 0 Dublin
27/10/65 WCQ Spain 4 Ireland 1 Seville
10/11/65 WCQ Spain 1 Ireland 0 Paris
23/10/66 ECQ Ireland 0 Spain 0 Dublin
7/12/66 ECQ Spain 2 Ireland 0 Valencia
9/02/77 Fr Ireland 0 Spain 1 Dublin
17/11/82 ECQ Ireland 3 Spain 3 Dublin
27/04/83 ECQ Spain 2 Ireland 0 Zaragoza
26/05/83 Fr Ireland 0 Spain 0 Cork
16/11/88 WCQ Spain 2 Ireland 0 Seville
26/04/89 WCQ Ireland 1 Spain 0 Dublin
18/11/92 WCQ Spain 0 Ireland 0 Seville
13/10/93 WCQ Ireland 1 Spain 3 Dublin
16/06/02 WCF Spain 1 Ireland 1 Suwon
Head to head
Played: 25
Spain 14 wins
Ireland 4 wins
Draws 7
Key: WCF = World Cup finals, ECQ = European Championship
qualifier,Fr = Friendly

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