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Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa - December 23, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979
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Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa - December 23, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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0
HT

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FT

logo Aston Villa AV

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Team line-ups

Derby County

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
logo Derby County
McKellar
photo David McKellar
David McKellar
Scotland
B.date22/05/1956
Age22 years
positionGoalkeeper
Powell
photo Steve Powell
Steve Powell
England
B.date20/09/1955
Age23 years
positionDefender
Buckley
photo Steven Buckley
Steven Buckley
England
B.date16/10/1953
Age25 years
positionDefender
McFarland
photo Roy McFarland
Roy McFarland
England
B.date05/04/1948
Age30 years
positionCentral defender
Webb
photo David Webb
David Webb
England
B.date09/04/1946
Age32 years
positionDefender
Langan
photo David Langan
David Langan
Republic of Ireland
B.date15/02/1957
Age21 years
positionRight full-back
Daly
photo Gerry Daly
Gerry Daly
Republic of Ireland
B.date30/04/1954
Age24 years
positionMidfield
Caskey
photo William Caskey
William Caskey
Northern Ireland
B.date12/10/1953
Age25 years
H1m78  
positionMidfield
Carter
photo Steve Carter
Steve Carter
England
B.date23/04/1953
Age25 years
positionMidfield
Clark
photo Jonathan Clark
Jonathan Clark
Wales
B.date12/11/1958
Age20 years
positionMidfield
Hill
photo Gordon Hill
Gordon Hill
England
B.date01/04/1954
Age24 years
positionLeft Winger

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
David McKellar 22 2 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Steve Powell 23 186 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Steven Buckley 25 39 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Roy McFarland 30 328 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
David Webb 32 1 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
David Langan 21 83 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Gerry Daly 24 75 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
William Caskey 25 13 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Steve Carter 25 17 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Jonathan Clark 20 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Gordon Hill 24 13 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

70

Aston Villa

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
logo Aston Villa
Rimmer
photo Jimmy Rimmer
Jimmy Rimmer
England
B.date10/02/1948
Age30 years
positionGoalkeeper
Evans
photo Allan Evans
Allan Evans
Scotland
B.date12/10/1956
Age22 years
H1m86  
positionCentral defender
Williams
photo Gary Williams
Gary Williams
England
B.date17/06/1960
Age18 years
positionDefender
Swain
photo Kenny Swain
Kenny Swain
England
B.date28/01/1952
Age26 years
positionRight full-back
Gidman
photo John Gidman
John Gidman
England
B.date10/01/1954
Age24 years
positionRight full-back
Cowans
photo Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans
England
B.date27/10/1958
Age20 years
H1m70  
positionCentre Midfield
Shelton
photo Gary Shelton
Gary Shelton
England
B.date21/03/1958
Age20 years
positionMidfield
Mortimer
photo Dennis Mortimer
Dennis Mortimer
England
B.date05/04/1952
Age26 years
positionCentre Midfield
Craig
photo Tommy Craig
Tommy Craig
Scotland
B.date21/11/1950
Age28 years
positionMidfield
McNaught
photo Ken McNaught
Ken McNaught
Scotland
B.date11/01/1955
Age23 years
positionMidfield
Deehan
photo John Deehan
John Deehan
England
B.date06/08/1957
Age21 years
positionForward

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Jimmy Rimmer 30 62 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Allan Evans 22 28 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Gary Williams 18 13 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Kenny Swain 26 2 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
John Gidman 24 118 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Gordon Cowans 20 69 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Gary Shelton 20 11 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Dennis Mortimer 26 116 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Tommy Craig 28 17 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Ken McNaught 23 60 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
John Deehan 21 90 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

53

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
M
Victor Moreland 21

Substitutes

Age Match num Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roy McFarland

IN

change player

Peter Daniel

OUT

David Webb

IN

change player

Victor Moreland

OUT

David Langan

IN

change player

John Duncan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Shelton

IN

change player

John Gregory

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Docherty vs Aston Villa

13 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

Docherty vs Saunders

6 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

46

238

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Derby County

5 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

Saunders vs Docherty

6 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

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Key figures

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End of streak for Derby County after 10 consecutive matches without a draw vs Aston Villa (since 15/03/1960). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 04/09/1929

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No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Tommy Docherty has done less than 16% of clean sheets .

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End of streak for Derby County after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Aston Villa (since 19/04/1976). It was the best streak for the club since 31/12/1938-07/09/1968 (22 matches).

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VDerby County 1-0 Chelsea07/10/1978

DDerby County 2-2 Tottenham21/10/1978

VDerby County 4-1 Wolverhampton04/11/1978

VDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City18/11/1978

VDerby County 2-1 Queens Park Rangers25/11/1978

LDerby County 1-3 Manchester United09/12/1978

Overall

VDerby County 2-1 Birmingham City18/11/1978

LCoventry 4-2 Derby County21/11/1978

VDerby County 2-1 Queens Park Rangers25/11/1978

LBristol City 1-0 Derby County02/12/1978

LDerby County 1-3 Manchester United09/12/1978

LArsenal 2-0 Derby County16/12/1978

Current form

Away

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Aston Villa10/10/1978

VBirmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa21/10/1978

VWolverhampton 0-4 Aston Villa11/11/1978

LSouthampton 2-0 Aston Villa21/11/1978

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Aston Villa25/11/1978

VChelsea 0-1 Aston Villa09/12/1978

Overall

VWolverhampton 0-4 Aston Villa11/11/1978

VAston Villa 2-0 Bristol City18/11/1978

LSouthampton 2-0 Aston Villa21/11/1978

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Aston Villa25/11/1978

VChelsea 0-1 Aston Villa09/12/1978

DAston Villa 1-1 Norwich City16/12/1978

Running streaks

Home Total
Loosing streak 1 3
Winless streak 1 3
Drawless streak 4 9
Scoring streak 8 0
Goalless streak 0 1
Conceding streak 5 11

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20

Number of games (Competition total)

19

10

Number of games (Home / Away)

10

7

Victories (Competition total)

7

6

Victories (Home / Away)

5

3

Draws (Competition total)

7

2

Draws (Home / Away)

2

10

Losses (Competition total)

5

2

Losses (Home / Away)

3

Goals

25

Goals scored (Competition total)

24

18

Goals scored (Home / Away)

14

39

Goals conceded (Competition total)

17

14

Goals conceded (Home / Away)

7

1.25

Goals scored per match average (Competition total)

1.26

1.8

Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)

1.4

1.95

Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)

0.89

1.4

Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)

0.7

Betting aid

14

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)

4

7

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)

2

1

Clean sheets (Competition total)

6

1

Clean sheets (Home / Away)

4

6

Matches without scoring (Competition total)

4

1

Matches without scoring (Home / Away)

3

13

The 2 teams score (Competition total)

9

8

The 2 teams score (Home / Away)

3

2-1
(3 times)

Most frequent score (Home / Away)

0-1
(2 times)

Bookings

0

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

photo Gerry DalyGerry Daly8 goalsTeam's best scorer (Competition total)5 goalsJohn Gregoryphoto John Gregory
photo Gerry DalyGerry Daly4 goalsTeam's best scorer (Home / Away)3 goalsJohn Gregoryphoto John Gregory
photo Gerry DalyGerry Daly2 penaltiesTeam's penalty best scorer (Competition total)1 penaltyAndy Grayphoto Andy Gray
-Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)1 penaltyAndy Grayphoto Andy Gray
photo Gerry DalyGerry Daly5 goals during the last 8 matchesThe fittest player2 goals during the last 3 matchesAllan Evansphoto Allan Evans

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches
25 v
11 d
14 l

91 gf

65 ga

Away

50 matches
9 v
9 d
32 l

59 gf

131 ga

Total

100 matches
34 v
20 d
46 l

150 gf

196 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches
32 v
9 d
9 l

131 gf

59 ga

Away

50 matches
14 v
11 d
25 l

65 gf

91 ga

Total

100 matches
46 v
20 d
34 l

196 gf

150 ga

Largest victory

Overall
5 - 0
December 26, 1927
Home
5 - 0
December 26, 1927

Largest victory

Overall
6 - 0
April 16, 1906
Away
3 - 0
December 27, 1977

Latest head to head

March 25, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

December 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

April 09, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

March 02, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

April 19, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

photo Leighton James Leighton James 1 goal 1977 - 1977
photo Steve Powell Steve Powell 1 goal 1975 - 1975
photo Derek Hales Derek Hales 1 goal 1977 - 1977
photo Archie Gemmill Archie Gemmill 1 goal 1975 - 1975
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Best historical scorers against Derby County

photo Brian Little Brian Little 3 goals 1977 - 1977
photo John Deehan John Deehan 1 goal 1977 - 1977
photo Andy Gray Andy Gray 1 goal 1977 - 1977
photo Dennis Mortimer Dennis Mortimer 1 goal 1977 - 1977
photo Bobby McDonald Bobby McDonald 1 goal 1976 - 1976
photo John Gidman John Gidman 1 goal 1977 - 1977
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Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

photo Colin Todd Colin Todd 6 matches 1975 - 1978
photo Steve Powell Steve Powell 5 matches 1975 - 1978
photo David Langan David Langan 4 matches 1977 - 1978
photo Leighton James Leighton James 4 matches 1975 - 1977
photo Peter Daniel Peter Daniel 4 matches 1975 - 1978
photo Charles George Charles George 4 matches 1975 - 1978
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Players with most games played vs Derby County

photo Dennis Mortimer Dennis Mortimer 6 matches 1975 - 1978
photo John Gidman John Gidman 6 matches 1975 - 1978
photo Frank Carrodus Frank Carrodus 6 matches 1975 - 1978
photo John Deehan John Deehan 6 matches 1975 - 1978
photo Leighton Phillips Leighton Phillips 5 matches 1976 - 1978
photo Andy Gray Andy Gray 5 matches 1975 - 1978
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They played in both sides

140 matches

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6 matches

1971 - 1978

139 matches

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74 matches

1968 - 1977
Total : 2 players
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They played in both sides

139 matches

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74 matches

1968 - 1977

140 matches

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6 matches

1971 - 1978
Total : 2 players
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Competition info

The other matches

December 22, 1978

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December 23, 1978

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logo Nottingham Forest
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logo Chelsea
logo Bristol City
Line-ups available
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logo Coventry
logo Everton
Line-ups available
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logo Leeds United
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Line-ups available
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logo Tottenham
logo Arsenal
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January 31, 1979

logo Norwich City
logo Queens Park Rangers
Line-ups available
details

March 20, 1979

logo Liverpool
logo Wolverhampton
Line-ups available
details

April 03, 1979

logo Birmingham City
logo Ipswich Town
Line-ups available
details

May 08, 1979

logo West Bromwich Albion
logo Southampton
Line-ups available
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