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Manchester City 3-1 Watford - February 05, 1997 / FA Cup 1996/1997

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FA Cup 1996/1997 - Round of 32

Maine Road - Manchester - England

February 05, 1997

Manchester City

3 - 1

Watford

Neil Heaney

24'

Nicky Summerbee

61'

Uwe Rösler

88'

58'

Gifton Noel-Williams

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24' - Goal Neil Heaney24

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58' - Goal Gifton Noel-Williams

61' - Goal Nicky Summerbee61

63' - Substitution Darren Bazeleyis substituted by Wayne Andrews

75' - Substitution Gifton Noel-Williamsis substituted by Paul Robinson

88' - Goal Uwe Rösler88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

3 - 1

Watford

Manchester City Watford

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Margetson

Martyn Margetson

Wales

B.date08/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Kernaghan

Alan Kernaghan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/04/1967

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Symons

Kit Symons

Wales

B.date08/03/1971

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Ingram

Rae Ingram

England

B.date06/12/1974

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Crooks

Lee Crooks

England

B.date14/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

McGoldrick

Eddie McGoldrick

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1965

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Lomas

Steve Lomas

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Kinkladze

Giorgi Kinkladze

Georgia

B.date06/07/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Heaney24

Neil Heaney

England

B.date03/11/1971

Age25 years

positionForward

Rösler88

Uwe Rösler

Germany

B.date15/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Summerbee61

Nicky Summerbee

England

B.date26/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Martyn Margetson		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kernaghan		29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kit Symons		25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rae Ingram		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Crooks		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie McGoldrick		31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Lomas		23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giorgi Kinkladze		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Heaney	24	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Uwe Rösler	88	28	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Summerbee	61	25	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Miller

Kevin Miller

England

B.date15/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ludden

Dominic Ludden

England

B.date30/03/1974

Age22 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Ward

Darren Ward

England

B.date13/09/1978

Age18 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Bazeley63

Darren Bazeley

England

B.date05/10/1972

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Gibbs

Nigel Gibbs

England

B.date20/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Easton

Clint Easton

England

B.date01/10/1977

Age19 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Palmer

Steve Palmer

England

B.date31/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnson

Richard Johnson

Australia

B.date27/04/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Noel-Williams5875

Gifton Noel-Williams

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age17 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Slater

Stuart Slater

England

B.date27/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Miller		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dominic Ludden		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Ward		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Bazeley	63	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Gibbs		31	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clint Easton		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Palmer		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Johnson		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gifton Noel-Williams	5875	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Slater		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Paul Robinson	75	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Wayne Andrews	63	19	3	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Clark

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Clark vs Watford

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 05, 1997

Clark vs Jackett

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 05, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Jackett

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Jackett vs Manchester City

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 05, 1997

Jackett vs Clark

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 05, 1997

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Comments

Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored vs Watford running (since 26/11/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/01/1986 (2 matches)

It's the first time in his career that Gifton Noel-Williams scores at least 1 goals during the same game vs in his professional career

It's the first time Uwe Rösler scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 1-2 Tranmere Rovers23/11/1996

VManchester City 3-2 West Bromwich Albion27/11/1996

VManchester City 3-2 Bradford07/12/1996

LManchester City 0-1 Port Vale26/12/1996

DManchester City 1-1 Crystal Palace11/01/1997

DManchester City 0-0 Sheffield United29/01/1997

Overall

LBarnsley 2-0 Manchester City28/12/1996

DManchester City 1-1 Crystal Palace11/01/1997

DHuddersfield Town 1-1 Manchester City18/01/1997

VBrentford 0-1 Manchester City25/01/1997

DManchester City 0-0 Sheffield United29/01/1997

VOxford United 1-4 Manchester City02/02/1997

Current form

Away

DRotherham United 0-0 Watford09/11/1996

VNorthampton Town 0-1 Watford17/11/1996

DBristol City 1-1 Watford03/12/1996

DWalsall 1-1 Watford14/12/1996

DPreston North End 1-1 Watford18/01/1997

DLuton Town 0-0 Watford27/01/1997

Overall

DWatford 0-0 Gillingham21/12/1996

DWatford 0-0 Notts County26/12/1996

DPreston North End 1-1 Watford18/01/1997

VWatford 2-0 Oxford United21/01/1997

DLuton Town 0-0 Watford27/01/1997

VWatford 2-0 Rotherham United01/02/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	9	21
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	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
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

	Nicky Summerbee	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	David Connolly
	Nicky Summerbee	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Connolly

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

11 gf

9 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

3 gf

7 ga

Total

13 matches

4 v

3 d

6 l

14 gf

16 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

7 gf

3 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

9 gf

11 ga

Total

13 matches

6 v

3 d

4 l

16 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	November 12, 1988
Home	3 - 1	November 12, 1988

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 06, 1986
Away	3 - 1	February 06, 1986

Latest head to head

March 04, 1989 - Division 2 1988/1989

Watford

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 12, 1988 - Division 2 1988/1989

Manchester City

3 - 1

Watford

November 17, 1987 - League Cup 1987/1988

Manchester City

3 - 1

Watford

April 18, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Manchester City

1 - 2

Watford

January 01, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Watford

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Watford

Neil McNab	2 goals	1985 - 1987
Imre Varadi	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Mark Lillis	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Dennis Tueart	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Jimmy Gilligan	2 goals	1983 - 1983
John Barnes	2 goals	1985 - 1987
David Bardsley	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Nigel Callaghan	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Worrell Sterling	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Luther Blissett	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Kenny Clements	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Neil McNab	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Mick McCarthy	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Paul Simpson	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Paul Power	4 matches	1982 - 1986
Andy May	3 matches	1985 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Wilf Rostron	6 matches	1982 - 1987
Kenny Jackett	5 matches	1982 - 1987
John Barnes	5 matches	1982 - 1987
Luther Blissett	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Nigel Callaghan	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Nigel Gibbs	3 matches	1985 - 1987