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Mancini and the Azzurri: his era in numbers

123 points won, 36 victories, +78 goal difference: the numbers and a comparison with Azzurri history

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Mancini and the Azzurri: his era in numbers
59
The national team's matches with Mancini as coach: 36 wins, 15 draws and 8 defeats. In total, in 5,132 minutes played, 1,990 minutes (37.47%) winning, 2,608 minutes drawing and 712 minutes losing. Mancini, with 59 appearances in the national team dugout, is the 3rd in the list of matches managed: behind only Bearzot (88) and Pozzo (95).
123
Points from 59 matches (average 2.08): Mancini ranks 3rd in average points (behind Pozzo with 2.16 and Sacchi 2.13).
36
Victories in the Mancini era from 59 matches: 61% win percentage. Better has only been Pozzo with 63 wins in 95 matches (66%) and Sacchi with 34 in 53 (64.15%). They are followed by: Vicini (32/54, 59.25%), Valcareggi (28/54, 51.85%), Lippi (28/56, 50.00%), Bearzot (40/88, 45.45%). Bosnia and Herzegovina (3) the most beaten team.
37
Unbeaten matches between 2018 and 2021, a National team record.
22
Consecutive home games without defeat for Mancini: from the 1-1 draw with the Netherlands (June 2018) to defeat to Spain (October 2021). It is the longest streak in the history of the national team, ahead of Bearzot's 21 unbeaten matches.
13
Straight wins between Nov 2020 and Jul 2021 (with Estonia, Poland, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, San Marino, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Switzerland, Wales, Austria and Belgium), the national team's longest winning streak.
12
Places gained in the FIFA Ranking: from 20th in March 2018 to 8th now (there were 16 gained after Euro 2020 when Italy rose to 4th in the world rankings).
16
Points gained from a losing position: 4 against Bosnia, 3 against Armenia, Albania and Turkey, 1 against Poland, England and Switzerland.
18
Matches played in 3 UNL editions, with 8 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats, 20/14 goals. Pellegrini is the top scorer (4), then Berardi and Barella (3), Jorginho and Raspadori (2), Biraghi, Sensi, Belotti, Bastoni, Gnonto, Dimarco (1).
18
Matches played by Donnarumma out of the 18 matches played by Italy in UNL (4 in 2018, 8 in 2020, 6 in 2022).
+78
Italy's goal difference under Mancini: 119/41.
119
Goals scored by 36 players (Barella, Belotti and Immobile the top scorers with 8 goals). 4 own goals as well.
2.02
The average number of goals scored over the 59 matches (only under Pozzo did Italy do better, 2.45).
18
Goals from 14 subs: 2 Politano (San Marino), Orsolini (Armenia, Estonia) and Belotti (Saudi Arabia, San Marino).
16
Headed goals: 2 Belotti (Liechtenstein), Immobile (Finland and Armenia), Cristante (Moldova and Turkey), 1 Sensi and Kean (Liechtenstein), Bonucci (Greece), Pellegrini Lo. (Armenia), Romagnoli (Liechtenstein); Barella (Netherlands), El Shaarawy (Moldova), Di Lorenzo (Switzerland), Bastoni (Germany), Retegui (Malta).
9
Games in which Italy did not score (16%): 5 times 0-0 and 4 defeats (against Portugal, North Macedonia, Argentina and Austria). Only once in two matches in a row: against Northern Ireland and North Macedonia (November 21 / March 22).
6
Victories by five goals under Mancini (31 times in history) and the largest margin of victory is the 9-1 win over Armenia: the last victory with nine goals was in 1948 (Italy 9-0 USA).
41
Goals conceded. On 30 occasions out of 59 (50.8%) there have been clean sheets.
0,69
Average number of goals conceded in the 59 matches (behind the performances of the teams of Vicini, Maldini, Sacchi).
1168’
Minutes without conceding between 2020 and 2021, a record in Azzurri history: from Van de Beek's goal on 14/10/2020 in Italy 1-1 Holland to Kalajdizic's goal on 26 June 2021 in Italy 1-1 Austria.
24,9
The average age of Germany vs Italy in June 2022, the youngest team of the Mancini cycle.
2
Red cards: Criscito in Italy vs Netherlands (2018) and Bonucci in Italy vs Spain (2021).
104
Players called up from May '18 to June '23: latest in the group Carnesecchi, Falcone, Buongiorno, Darmian and Retegui.
90
Players used. The most used player is Donnarumma (47, 4,042'), the only one to exceed the 4,000' threshold (out of 5,310'), followed by Bonucci (43, 3,587'), Jorginho (42, 3,601'), Barella (43, 3,298').
56
Debutants: Politano (Saudi Arabia); Caldara, Mandragora and Berardi (France); Baselli (Netherlands); Biraghi (Poland); Emerson and Lazzari (Portugal), Barella and Piccini (Ukraine), Lasagna (in Poland); Sensi, Grifo and Kean (USA), Zaniolo (Finland), Izzo, Mancini, Pavoletti (Liechtenstein); Di Lorenzo and Tonali (in Liechtenstein), Castrovilli and Gollini (in Bosnia Herzegovina), Orsolini and Meret (Armenia), Locatelli (in the Netherlands), Caputo and Cragno (Moldova), Bastoni, Pessina, Pellegri, Lu. Pellegrini and Calabria (Estonia), Toloi (in Lithuania), Ferrari (San Marino), Raspadori (Czech Republic), Scamacca (Lithuania), Joao Pedro (North Macedonia), Zaccagni (in Turkey), Frattesi, Gnonto, Pobega, Dimarco, S. Ricci, Cancellieri (Germany), Zerbin (Hungary), Gatti, S. Esposito (in England), Scalvini, Caprari, Luiz Felipe (in Germany), Mazzocchi (in Hungary), Pafundi, Fagioli and Pinamonti (in Albania), Miretti (in Austria), Retegui (England). Pafundi is the youngest rookie (16 years, 8 months, 2 days, better than him only Gavinelli and De Vecchi in 1911 and 1910 respectively), followed by Scalvini, Gnonto and Kean.
5
Goalscorers on debut (Pavoletti, Orsolini, Caputo, Ferrari, Retegui).
6
Debutants against Germany on 4 June 2022, a record under Mancini (there had been five in 2020 in Estonia).
0.94
Average number of debutants per match under Mancini; Bearzot 39 in 88 matches (0.44), Vicini 26/54 (0.48), Sacchi 53/53 (1.00), Trapattoni 39/44 (0.88), Lippi 44/56 (0.78), Prandelli 40/56 (0.71).
76
Substitutions (16 Belotti and Cristante, 14 Chiesa), 50 substitutes (Insigne 21 times, Barella 20, Chiesa 15, Immobile 14).
663
Minutes needed for Raspadori to reach 5 goals for the national team: better than him only Toni (403'), Riva (405'), Inzaghi (504'); followed by Vieri (690'), Del Piero (721'), Baggio (916), P. Rossi (1008'), Immobile (1062), Vialli (1349').