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Wolverhampton 0-4 Aston Villa - November 11, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 14

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

November 11, 1978

0 - 4

Aston Villa

Ken McNaught

Gary Shelton

Dennis Mortimer

John Deehan

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0' - Goal Ken McNaught photo Gary Shelton

0' - Goal Gary Shelton photo Dennis Mortimer

0' - Goal Dennis Mortimer photo John Deehan

0' - Goal John Deehan

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46' - Substitution Willie Carris substituted by Wayne Clarke46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

0 - 4

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw

England

B.date28/04/1956

Age22 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Berry

George Berry

Wales

B.date19/11/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Carr46

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Moss

Craig Moss

England

B.date11/03/1961

Age17 years

positionMidfield

Daniel

Peter Daniel

England

B.date12/12/1955

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Bell

Norman Bell

England

B.date16/11/1955

Age22 years

positionForward

Eves

Mel Eves

England

B.date10/09/1956

Age22 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Bradshaw		22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		30	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Berry		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		28	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer		24	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr	46	28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt		27	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Moss		17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Daniel		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Bell		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mel Eves		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

119

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Gary Williams

England

B.date17/06/1960

Age18 years

positionDefender

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age20 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught0

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Shelton0

Gary Shelton

England

B.date21/03/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer0

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gregory

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age24 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age24 years

positionForward

Deehan0

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Williams	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	24	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught	23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Shelton	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory	24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	24	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan	21	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Wayne Clarke	46	17	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Berry

Bob Hazell

OUT

Craig Moss

Steve Daley

OUT

Norman Bell

Billy Rafferty

OUT

Peter Daniel

Colin Brazier

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gordon Cowans

Tommy Craig

OUT

Allan Evans

Leighton Phillips

OUT

Gary Shelton

Andy Gray

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

232

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Wolverhampton

3 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on November 11, 1978

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Key figures

The last time Wolverhampton has ended with the score 0-4 vs Aston Villa at home, It was on the 22/12/1894

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Aston Villa at home (since 26/12/1964). It was the best streak for the club since 11/04/1955-17/09/1958 (5 matches).

It's the first time Dennis Mortimer scores a goal in Premier League since the 26/04/1978 (with vs )

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWolverhampton 0-1 Chelsea22/08/1978

VWolverhampton 2-0 Bristol City02/09/1978

LWolverhampton 1-3 Ipswich Town16/09/1978

VWolverhampton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers30/09/1978

VWolverhampton 1-0 Arsenal14/10/1978

LWolverhampton 2-4 Manchester United28/10/1978

Overall

VWolverhampton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers30/09/1978

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Wolverhampton07/10/1978

VWolverhampton 1-0 Arsenal14/10/1978

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Wolverhampton21/10/1978

LWolverhampton 2-4 Manchester United28/10/1978

LDerby County 4-1 Wolverhampton04/11/1978

Current form

Away

LBristol City 1-0 Aston Villa26/08/1978

VIpswich Town 0-2 Aston Villa09/09/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 1-0 Aston Villa23/09/1978

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa07/10/1978

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Aston Villa10/10/1978

VBirmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa21/10/1978

Overall

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Aston Villa10/10/1978

DAston Villa 2-2 Manchester United14/10/1978

VAston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace16/10/1978

VBirmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa21/10/1978

LAston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough27/10/1978

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City04/11/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	8	17
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	13
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
10	Losses (Competition total)	4
3	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
0.85	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

1	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

Peter Daniel	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	John Gregory
Kenny Hibbitt	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Gregory
Peter Daniel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Andy Gray
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Andy Gray
Willie Carr	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Deehan

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

23 v

13 d

12 l

92 gf

63 ga

Away

49 matches

12 v

12 d

25 l

67 gf

109 ga

Total

97 matches

35 v

25 d

37 l

159 gf

172 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

25 v

12 d

12 l

109 gf

67 ga

Away

48 matches

12 v

13 d

23 l

63 gf

92 ga

Total

97 matches

37 v

25 d

35 l

172 gf

159 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 17, 1958
Home	4 - 0	September 17, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 25, 1905
Away	4 - 0	December 22, 1894

Latest head to head

August 19, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

May 02, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Wolverhampton

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 23, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

February 24, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

September 23, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Wolverhampton

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Ted Farmer	5 goals	1960 - 1961
Raymond Crawford	3 goals	1963 - 1963
Terry Wharton	3 goals	1963 - 1963
Jimmy Murray	2 goals	1960 - 1963
Alan Hinton	2 goals	1963 - 1963
John Richards	2 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Harry Burrows	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Alan Baker	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Gerald Hitchens	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Lew Chatterley	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Dave Pountney	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Peter Broadbent	8 matches	1960 - 1964
John Kirkham	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Ronald Flowers	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Robert Thomson	6 matches	1963 - 1965
Jimmy Murray	6 matches	1960 - 1963
Terry Wharton	6 matches	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Charlie Aitken	8 matches	1961 - 1975
Alan Deakin	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Ron Wylie	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Victor Crowe	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Harry Burrows	7 matches	1960 - 1963
John Sleeuwenhoek	6 matches	1961 - 1964