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Watford 1-1 S Wednesday - January 03, 1998 / FA Cup 1997/1998

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FA Cup 1997/1998 - 3rd round

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

January 03, 1998

18 306

Watford

1 - 1

S Wednesday

Peter Kennedy

65'

64'

Niclas Alexandersson

logo Watford WAT

64' - Goal Niclas Alexandersson

65' - Goal Peter Kennedy65

77' - Substitution Andy Boothis substituted by Ritchie Humphreys

83' - Substitution Nathan Lowndesis substituted by Dai Thomas83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

1 - 1

S Wednesday

Watford S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Watford

Chamberlain

Alec Chamberlain

England

B.date20/06/1964

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Millen

Keith Millen

England

B.date26/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m87

positionDefender

Gibbs

Nigel Gibbs

England

B.date20/11/1965

Age32 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Easton

Clint Easton

England

B.date01/10/1977

Age20 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Kennedy65

Peter Kennedy

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Hyde

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Johnson

Richard Johnson

Australia

B.date27/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Lowndes83

Nathan Lowndes

England

B.date02/06/1977

Age20 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Mooney

Tommy Mooney

England

B.date11/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Lee

Jason Lee

England

B.date09/05/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alec Chamberlain		33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Millen		31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Gibbs		32	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clint Easton		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Kennedy	65	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde		23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Johnson		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nathan Lowndes	83	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Mooney		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Lee		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age27 years

positionDefender

Newsome

Jon Newsome

England

B.date06/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Alexandersson64

Niclas Alexandersson

Sweden

B.date29/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Rudi

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Carbone

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Booth77

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Di Canio

Paolo Di Canio

Italy

B.date09/07/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		30	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		27	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Newsome		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		32	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		27	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niclas Alexandersson	64	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge		27	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth	77	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paolo Di Canio		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Dai Thomas	83	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ritchie Humphreys	77	20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paolo Di Canio

Dejan Stefanovic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

484

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Taylor vs S Wednesday

8 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 03, 1998

Taylor vs Atkinson

5 victories

6 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 03, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

129

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Atkinson vs Watford

4 victories

6 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 03, 1998

Atkinson vs Taylor

4 victories

6 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 03, 1998

Referee

Gary Willard

0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Watford2 matches	General total	S Wednesday12 matches	2 victories	6 draws	4 losses
0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Watford2 matches	Season total	S Wednesday2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on January 14, 1998					Latest figure on February 06, 1999

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Watford after 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs S Wednesday at home (since 02/05/1981). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Niclas Alexandersson scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career

It's the first time Peter Kennedy scores 1 goal vs Sheffield Wednesday in FA Cup

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 4-1 Blackpool01/11/1997

VWatford 2-1 Oldham Athletic18/11/1997

VWatford 2-1 Wigan29/11/1997

VWatford 2-1 Torquay United06/12/1997

DWatford 1-1 Bristol City13/12/1997

DWatford 1-1 Plymouth28/12/1997

Overall

VWatford 2-1 Torquay United06/12/1997

DTorquay United 1-1 Watford06/12/1997

DWatford 1-1 Bristol City13/12/1997

VBournemouth 0-1 Watford20/12/1997

DWycombe Wanderers 0-0 Watford26/12/1997

DWatford 1-1 Plymouth28/12/1997

Current form

Away

DAston Villa 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday27/09/1997

LTottenham 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday19/10/1997

LManchester United 6-1 Sheffield Wednesday01/11/1997

VSouthampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1997

LWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday13/12/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/1997

Overall

VSouthampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1997

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Barnsley08/12/1997

LWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday13/12/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 1-4 Chelsea20/12/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Blackburn26/12/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	7	16
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	6	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	15	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

5 v

2 d

2 l

16 gf

9 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

1 d

7 l

12 gf

19 ga

Total

20 matches

8 v

3 d

9 l

28 gf

28 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

7 v

1 d

3 l

19 gf

12 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

2 d

5 l

9 gf

16 ga

Total

20 matches

9 v

3 d

8 l

28 gf

28 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 24, 1982
Home	4 - 0	April 24, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 15, 1990
Away	3 - 1	December 26, 1987

Latest head to head

February 02, 1991 - Division 2 1990/1991

Watford

2 - 2

S Wednesday

September 15, 1990 - Division 2 1990/1991

S Wednesday

2 - 0

Watford

December 26, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Watford

1 - 3

S Wednesday

September 12, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

S Wednesday

2 - 3

Watford

February 28, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Luther Blissett	2 goals	1985 - 1987
John Barnes	2 goals	1984 - 1986
Gary Porter	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Trevor Senior	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Worrell Sterling	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Nigel Callaghan	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Lee Chapman	3 goals	1985 - 1987
Colin West	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Lyons Michael	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Nigel Pearson	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Mel Sterland	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Gary Megson	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Wilf Rostron	8 matches	1984 - 1987
John McClelland	8 matches	1984 - 1987
Kenny Jackett	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Tony Coton	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Worrell Sterling	6 matches	1984 - 1987
Luther Blissett	6 matches	1984 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Lee Chapman	8 matches	1984 - 1987
Mel Sterland	7 matches	1985 - 1987
Brian Marwood	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Martin Hodge	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Nigel Worthington	6 matches	1984 - 1987
Lawrie Madden	5 matches	1985 - 1987