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Reading 0-1 Wolverhampton - May 14, 2003 / Championship Play-Off 2003

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Championship Play-Off 2003 - Semi-finals

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

May 14, 2003

24 060

Reading

0 - 1

Wolverhampton

81'

Alex Rae

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64' - Substitution Darius Hendersonis substituted by Tony Rougier64

70' - Substitution Steve Sidwellis substituted by Kevin Watson70

75' - Substitution Kenny Milleris substituted by Alex Rae

81' - Goal Alex Rae

85' - Substitution Glen Littleis substituted by Luke Chadwick85

85' - Substitution Nathan Blakeis substituted by Dean Sturridge

89' - Substitution Shaun Newtonis substituted by Kevin Cooper

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

0 - 1

Wolverhampton

Reading Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Brown

Steve Brown

England

B.date13/05/1972

Age31 years

positionDefender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Sidwell70

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Little85

Glen Little

England

B.date15/10/1975

Age27 years

H1m91

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Henderson64

Darius Henderson

England

B.date07/09/1981

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Cureton

Jamie Cureton

England

B.date28/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Brown		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell	70	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glen Little	85	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Henderson	64	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jamie Cureton		27	37	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

Wolverhampton

Murray

Matt Murray

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age22 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Butler

Paul Butler

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Lescott

Joleon Lescott

England

B.date16/08/1982

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Naylor

Lee Naylor

England

B.date19/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age37 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Kennedy

Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age35 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cameron

Colin Cameron

Scotland

B.date23/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Newton89

Shaun Newton

England

B.date20/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Blake85

Nathan Blake

Wales

B.date27/01/1972

Age31 years

positionForward

Miller75

Kenny Miller

Scotland

B.date23/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Matt Murray		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Butler		30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joleon Lescott		20	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Naylor		23	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		37	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Kennedy		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		35	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Cameron		30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Newton	89	27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nathan Blake	85	31	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Miller	75	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kevin Watson	70	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luke Chadwick	85	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Rougier	64	31	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Alex Rae	8175	33	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Cooper	89	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Sturridge	85	29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jamie Cureton

Nicky Forster

OUT

Glen Little

Luke Chadwick

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shaun Newton

George Ndah

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

199

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Pardew vs Wolverhampton

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 14, 2003

Pardew vs Jones

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 14, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

125

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Jones vs Reading

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 14, 2003

Jones vs Pardew

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 14, 2003

Referee

Howard Webb

6 victories	0 draw	9 losses	Reading15 matches	General total	Wolverhampton13 matches	3 victories	2 draws	8 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Wolverhampton1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 01, 2013					Latest figure on January 18, 2012

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Key figures

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 3 consecutive losses away from home in Championship Play-Off (since 17/05/1995). It's a record streak. The first of history

No Reading manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Pardew has done less than 1.06 goals conceded per game .

Reading keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win in Championship Play-Off running (since 17/05/1995). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LReading 0-1 Wolverhampton12/03/2003

VReading 2-1 Crystal Palace15/03/2003

LReading 1-2 Brighton & Hove04/04/2003

VReading 5-1 Preston North End15/04/2003

VReading 1-0 Nottingham Forest18/04/2003

VReading 2-1 Grimsby Town26/04/2003

Overall

VReading 1-0 Nottingham Forest18/04/2003

LPortsmouth 3-0 Reading21/04/2003

VReading 2-1 Grimsby Town26/04/2003

VWatford 0-3 Reading30/04/2003

LStoke City 1-0 Reading04/05/2003

LWolverhampton 2-1 Reading10/05/2003

Current form

Away

VReading 0-1 Wolverhampton12/03/2003

LPortsmouth 1-0 Wolverhampton15/03/2003

VGrimsby Town 0-1 Wolverhampton08/04/2003

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Wolverhampton11/04/2003

VNorwich City 0-3 Wolverhampton21/04/2003

DSheffield United 3-3 Wolverhampton26/04/2003

Overall

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Wolverhampton11/04/2003

VWolverhampton 3-0 Millwall19/04/2003

VNorwich City 0-3 Wolverhampton21/04/2003

DSheffield United 3-3 Wolverhampton26/04/2003

DWolverhampton 1-1 Leicester04/05/2003

VWolverhampton 2-1 Reading10/05/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	9	20
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	10
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	7
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	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
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

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

Key players

	Nicky Forster	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Lee Naylor
	Nicky Forster	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Lee Naylor

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

9 v

2 d

4 l

28 gf

15 ga

Away

13 matches

3 v

2 d

8 l

13 gf

21 ga

Total

28 matches

12 v

4 d

12 l

41 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

8 v

2 d

3 l

21 gf

13 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

2 d

9 l

15 gf

28 ga

Total

28 matches

12 v

4 d

12 l

36 gf

41 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 30, 1996
Home	3 - 0	April 30, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	April 18, 1998
Away	2 - 0	January 14, 1989

Latest head to head

May 10, 2003 - Barrages Premier League 2003

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Reading

March 12, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

0 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

September 21, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Reading

April 18, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Wolverhampton

3 - 1

Reading

December 20, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Reading

0 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Phil Parkinson	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Nicky Forster	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Keith McPherson	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Michael Meaker	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Andy Hughes	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Steve Bull	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Don Goodman	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Kenny Miller	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Lee Naylor	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Kevin Muscat	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Graeme Murty	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Nicky Forster	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Marcus Hahnemann	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Andy Hughes	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Darius Henderson	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Steve Sidwell	2 matches	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Lee Naylor	5 matches	1997 - 2003
Shaun Newton	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Carl Robinson	3 matches	1997 - 1998
Nathan Blake	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Robbie Keane	3 matches	1997 - 1998
Dean Sturridge	3 matches	2002 - 2003