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Nottingham 2-0 Southampton - February 23, 1985 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 29

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

February 23, 1985

Nottingham

2 - 0

Southampton

Steve Hodge

(penalty) Peter Davenport

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0' - Goal Steve Hodge photo Peter Davenport

0' - Goal Peter Davenport0

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46' - Substitution Mark Dennisis substituted by David Puckett

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

2 - 0

Southampton

Nottingham Southampton

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Segers

Hans Segers

Netherlands

B.date30/10/1961

Age23 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Metgod

John Metgod

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1958

Age26 years

H1m87

positionSweeper

Fairclough

Chris Fairclough

England

B.date12/04/1964

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Hart

Paul Hart

England

B.date04/05/1953

Age31 years

positionDefender

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age33 years

positionRight full-back

Hodge0

Steve Hodge

England

B.date25/10/1962

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age33 years

positionCentre Midfield

McInally

Jim McInally

Scotland

B.date19/02/1964

Age21 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionForward

Davenport0

Peter Davenport

England

B.date24/03/1961

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

Wigley

Steve Wigley

England

B.date15/10/1961

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Hans Segers	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Metgod	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Fairclough	20	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hart	31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain	33	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hodge	22	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer	33	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McInally	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	28	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Davenport	23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Wigley	23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Southampton

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age35 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Dennis46

Mark Dennis

England

B.date02/05/1961

Age23 years

positionDefender

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age36 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Wright

Mark Wright

England

B.date01/08/1963

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Bond

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Baker

Steve Baker

England

B.date16/06/1962

Age22 years

positionDefender

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Wallace

Danny Wallace

England

B.date21/01/1964

Age21 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Baird

Ian Baird

England

B.date01/04/1964

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Curtis

Alan Curtis

Wales

B.date16/04/1954

Age30 years

H1m80

positionForward

Moran

Steve Moran

England

B.date10/01/1961

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		35	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Dennis	46	23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		36	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Wright		21	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Baker		22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		30	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Wallace		21	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Baird		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Curtis		30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Moran		24	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Puckett	46	24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Bowyer

Colin Walsh

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Baird

Joe Jordan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

547

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Clough vs Southampton

14 victories

9 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1985

Clough vs McMenemy

10 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Lawrie McMenemy

573

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

McMenemy vs Nottingham

8 victories

5 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1985

McMenemy vs Clough

8 victories

5 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1985

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Key figures

Nottingham keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 01/01/1985).

No Nottingham Forest manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has reached 48% of wins .

End of streak for Southampton after 3 consecutive wins (since 26/01/1985).

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester United08/12/1984

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Ipswich Town26/12/1984

VNottingham Forest 3-2 Aston Villa29/12/1984

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Newcastle United06/01/1985

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Wimbledon FC26/01/1985

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Queens Park Rangers09/02/1985

Overall

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Newcastle United06/01/1985

VNewcastle United 1-3 Nottingham Forest09/01/1985

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Wimbledon FC26/01/1985

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Nottingham Forest30/01/1985

VNorwich City 0-1 Nottingham Forest02/02/1985

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Queens Park Rangers09/02/1985

Current form

Away

LCoventry 2-1 Southampton15/12/1984

VWest Ham 2-3 Southampton22/12/1984

VLeicester 1-2 Southampton01/01/1985

LNorwich City 1-0 Southampton12/01/1985

VLeyton Orient 0-2 Southampton26/01/1985

VQueens Park Rangers 0-4 Southampton02/02/1985

Overall

VLeicester 1-2 Southampton01/01/1985

VSouthampton 4-0 Sunderland04/01/1985

LNorwich City 1-0 Southampton12/01/1985

VLeyton Orient 0-2 Southampton26/01/1985

VSouthampton 1-0 Sunderland29/01/1985

VQueens Park Rangers 0-4 Southampton02/02/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	8	13
Scoring streak	2	3
Invincibility streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	12
9	Victories (Home / Away)	5
3	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
9	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.31
2.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.57
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

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

Peter Davenport	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Joe Jordan
Peter Davenport	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Joe Jordan
Peter Davenport	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Steve Moran
Peter Davenport	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Steve Moran
Peter Davenport	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Joe Jordan

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

22 v

8 d

8 l

74 gf

45 ga

Away

39 matches

8 v

8 d

23 l

44 gf

79 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Total

80 matches

32 v

17 d

31 l

124 gf

127 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

23 v

8 d

8 l

79 gf

44 ga

Away

38 matches

8 v

8 d

22 l

45 gf

74 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

80 matches

31 v

17 d

32 l

127 gf

124 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 18, 1947
Home	6 - 0	January 18, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 08, 1963
Away	5 - 0	September 28, 1929

Latest head to head

November 03, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Southampton

1 - 0

Nottingham

January 23, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Southampton

0 - 1

Nottingham

January 06, 1984 - FA Cup 1983/1984

Nottingham

1 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

August 27, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Nottingham

0 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

March 26, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Nottingham

1 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Ian Storey-Moore	8 goals	1967 - 1972
Garry Birtles	5 goals	1979 - 1984
Trevor Francis	3 goals	1979 - 1981
Barry Lyons	2 goals	1967 - 1968
John Robertson	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Steve Hodge	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Mick Channon	7 goals	1968 - 1982
Ron Davies	7 goals	1967 - 1972
Steve Moran	4 goals	1980 - 1984
Terry Paine	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1981 - 1982
Philip Boyer	2 goals	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

John Robertson	12 matches	1972 - 1983
Peter Hindley	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Sammy Chapman	11 matches	1967 - 1972
John Winfield	11 matches	1967 - 1971
Viv Anderson	11 matches	1978 - 1984
Ian Storey-Moore	11 matches	1967 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Mick Channon	17 matches	1968 - 1982
Nick Holmes	17 matches	1977 - 1984
Steve Williams	13 matches	1977 - 1984
Terry Paine	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Ron Davies	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Hugh Fisher	11 matches	1967 - 1977