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Sheffield United 4-1 Cardiff City - January 27, 1999 / FA Cup 1998/1999

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FA Cup 1998/1999 - Round of 32

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

January 27, 1999

4 - 1

Cardiff City

Paul Devlin

13'

David Holdsworth

52'

Lee Morris

58'

Graham Stuart

68'

19'

Kevin Nugent

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13' - Goal Paul Devlin13

19' - Goal Kevin Nugent

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46' - Substitution Michael Twissis substituted by Lee Morris46

52' - Goal David Holdsworth52

58' - Goal Lee Morris58

60' - Substitution Vassilis Borbokisis substituted by Bobby Ford60

60' - Substitution Wayne O'Sullivanis substituted by Andy Legg photo Jason Bowen

60' - Substitution John Williamsis substituted by Jason Bowen

65' - Substitution Craig Middletonis substituted by Danny Hill

68' - Goal Graham Stuart68

78' - Substitution Curtis Woodhouseis substituted by Nick Henry78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

4 - 1

Cardiff City

Sheffield United Cardiff City

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Kelly

Alan Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/08/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Holdsworth52

David Holdsworth

England

B.date08/11/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Sandford

Lee Sandford

England

B.date22/04/1968

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Borbokis60

Vassilis Borbokis

Greece

B.date10/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Quinn

Wayne Quinn

England

B.date19/11/1976

Age22 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Derry

Shaun Derry

England

B.date06/12/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Twiss46

Michael Twiss

England

B.date26/12/1977

Age21 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Woodhouse78

Curtis Woodhouse

England

B.date17/04/1980

Age18 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Stuart68

Graham Stuart

England

B.date24/10/1970

Age28 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Devlin13

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age26 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Marcelo

Brazil

B.date11/10/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Kelly		30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Holdsworth	52	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Sandford		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vassilis Borbokis	60	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Quinn		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Derry		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Twiss	46	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Curtis Woodhouse	78	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Stuart	68	28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin	13	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcelo		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cardiff City

Hallworth

Jon Hallworth

England

B.date26/10/1965

Age33 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Eckhardt

Jeff Eckhardt

England

B.date07/10/1965

Age33 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Ford

Mike Ford

England

B.date09/02/1966

Age32 years

positionDefender

Delaney

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age22 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Mitchell

Graham Mitchell

England

B.date16/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Middleton65

Craig Middleton

England

B.date10/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

O'Sullivan60

Wayne O'Sullivan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Carpenter

Richard Carpenter

England

B.date30/09/1972

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Fowler

Jason Fowler

England

B.date20/08/1974

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Williams60

John Williams

England

B.date11/05/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionOffensive Midfielder

Nugent19

Kevin Nugent

England

B.date10/04/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jon Hallworth		33	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Eckhardt		33	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Ford		32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Delaney		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Mitchell		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Middleton	65	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne O'Sullivan	60	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Carpenter		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Fowler		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Williams	60	30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Nugent	19	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Bobby Ford	60	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Morris	5846	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Henry	78	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Andy Legg	60	32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Bowen	60	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Hill	65	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shaun Derry

Nick Henry

OUT

Paul Devlin

Jon O'Connor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Bruce vs Cardiff City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 1999

Bruce vs Burrows

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Burrows

105

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Burrows vs Sheffield United

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 1999

Burrows vs Bruce

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 1999

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Comments

Key figures

Sheffield United keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Cardiff City at home running (since 20/09/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/08/1961 (5 matches)

It's the first time Paul Devlin scores 1 goal in FA Cup with Sheffield United

No Cardiff City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Frank Burrows has reached 1.57 goals scored per game .

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 3-1 Bury14/11/1998

LSheffield United 0-4 Sunderland28/11/1998

LSheffield United 1-2 Ipswich Town20/12/1998

VSheffield United 2-1 Huddersfield Town28/12/1998

DSheffield United 1-1 Notts County02/01/1999

LSheffield United 1-2 Bolton Wanderers16/01/1999

Overall

LBirmingham City 1-0 Sheffield United26/12/1998

VSheffield United 2-1 Huddersfield Town28/12/1998

DSheffield United 1-1 Notts County02/01/1999

DSwindon Town 2-2 Sheffield United09/01/1999

LSheffield United 1-2 Bolton Wanderers16/01/1999

VNotts County 3-4 Sheffield United23/01/1999

Current form

Away

VCarlisle United 0-1 Cardiff City01/12/1998

LMillwall 2-0 Cardiff City09/12/1998

VScunthorpe United 0-2 Cardiff City12/12/1998

LBrentford 1-0 Cardiff City28/12/1998

VYeovil 1-2 Cardiff City12/01/1999

LPeterborough United 2-1 Cardiff City16/01/1999

Overall

LBrentford 1-0 Cardiff City28/12/1998

DCardiff City 1-1 Yeovil02/01/1999

VCardiff City 4-1 Hartlepool United09/01/1999

VYeovil 1-2 Cardiff City12/01/1999

LPeterborough United 2-1 Cardiff City16/01/1999

VCardiff City 3-2 Darlington 1883-201223/01/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	19	15

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	4
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Marcelo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Kevin Nugent
Marcelo	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kevin Nugent
Marcelo	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Kevin Nugent

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

16 v

4 d

8 l

59 gf

31 ga

Away

27 matches

5 v

10 d

12 l

27 gf

43 ga

Total

55 matches

21 v

14 d

20 l

86 gf

74 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

12 v

10 d

5 l

43 gf

27 ga

Away

28 matches

8 v

4 d

16 l

31 gf

59 ga

Total

55 matches

20 v

14 d

21 l

74 gf

86 ga

Largest victory

Overall	11 - 2	January 01, 1926
Home	11 - 2	January 01, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 21, 1979
Away	3 - 1	January 15, 1972

Latest head to head

April 11, 1989 - Division 3 1988/1989

Sheffield United

0 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

February 11, 1989 - Division 3 1988/1989

Cardiff City

0 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

December 22, 1984 - Division 2 1984/1985

Cardiff City

1 - 3

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

September 01, 1984 - Division 2 1984/1985

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

February 05, 1983 - Division 3 1982/1983

Sheffield United

2 - 0

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Leonard Allchurch	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Ron Simpson	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Ian MacKenzie	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

John King	1 goal	1961 - 1961
David Carver	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Bobby Woodruff	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Don Murray	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Joe Shaw	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Graham Shaw	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Leonard Allchurch	2 matches	1961 - 1961
William Russell	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Billy Hodgson	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Alan Hodgkinson	2 matches	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Alexander Milne	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Colin Baker	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Graham Moore	2 matches	1961 - 1961
David Ward	2 matches	1961 - 1961
John King	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Graham Vearcombe	2 matches	1961 - 1961