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WBA 3-1 Bristol City - January 01, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 24

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

January 01, 1979

WBA

3 - 1

Bristol City

Ally Brown

John Wile

Peter Cormack (penalty)

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0' - Goal Ally Brown photo Ally Brown

0' - Goal Ally Brown photo John Wile

0' - Goal John Wile0

0' - Goal Peter Cormack

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Joe Royleis substituted by Jimmy Mann

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

3 - 1

Bristol City

WBA Bristol City

Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Ally Brown00

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age33 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wile0

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham

England

B.date08/03/1956

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden	23	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	26	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	19	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	27	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	33	453	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	31	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Laurie Cunningham	22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis	20	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

144

Bristol City

Shaw

John Shaw

England

B.date04/02/1954

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Rodgers

David Rodgers

England

B.date28/02/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Gillies

Donald Gillies

Scotland

B.date20/06/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Collier

Gary Collier

England

B.date04/02/1955

Age23 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Whitehead

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Gow

Gerry Gow

Scotland

B.date29/05/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Tainton

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age30 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Cormack0

Peter Cormack

Scotland

B.date17/07/1946

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Sweeney

Gerry Sweeney

Scotland

B.date10/07/1945

Age33 years

positionMidfield

Royle46

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Ritchie

Tom Ritchie

Scotland

B.date02/01/1952

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Shaw		24	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Rodgers		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Donald Gillies		27	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Collier		23	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead		23	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Gow		26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton		30	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Cormack		32	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Sweeney		33	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle	46	29	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Ritchie		26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jimmy Mann	46	26	80	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

Gary Collier

Norman Hunter

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Atkinson vs Bristol City

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 1979

Atkinson vs Dicks

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

543

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs WBA

3 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1979

Dicks vs Atkinson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Ally Brown scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Bristol City in Premier League

WBA keeps its 6 consecutive wins running (since 06/12/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/02/1961-03/04/1961 time period (7 matches).

The last time Bristol City has ended with the score 1-3 away from home, It was on the 23/10/1976 (vs )

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 7-1 Coventry21/10/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Braga01/11/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Birmingham City04/11/1978

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

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Valencia CF06/12/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Middlesbrough09/12/1978

Overall

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

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Valencia CF06/12/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Middlesbrough09/12/1978

VWolverhampton 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1978

VArsenal 1-2 West Bromwich Albion26/12/1978

VManchester United 3-5 West Bromwich Albion30/12/1978

Current form

Away

VManchester United 1-3 Bristol City21/10/1978

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Bristol City04/11/1978

LAston Villa 2-0 Bristol City18/11/1978

DBirmingham City 1-1 Bristol City25/11/1978

DLeeds United 1-1 Bristol City09/12/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

Overall

VBristol City 1-0 Derby County02/12/1978

DLeeds United 1-1 Bristol City09/12/1978

VBristol City 1-0 Liverpool16/12/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

VBristol City 5-0 Coventry26/12/1978

DBristol City 1-1 Manchester City30/12/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	6	15
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	6	15
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Winless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	23
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
13	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
2	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.26
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.73
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.91

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (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

Cyrille Regis	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Tom Ritchie
Cyrille Regis	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Kevin Mabbutt
Ally Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Tom Ritchie
Ally Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Tom Ritchie
Tony Brown	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Tom Ritchie

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

5 v

6 d

2 l

19 gf

12 ga

Away

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

16 gf

16 ga

Total

25 matches

10 v

8 d

7 l

35 gf

28 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

16 gf

16 ga

Away

13 matches

2 v

6 d

5 l

12 gf

19 ga

Total

25 matches

7 v

8 d

10 l

28 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 30, 1930
Home	3 - 0	August 30, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	December 26, 1977
Away	3 - 1	February 10, 1906

Latest head to head

March 27, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

WBA

2 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

December 26, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Bristol City

3 - 1

WBA

April 05, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Bristol City

1 - 2

WBA

December 27, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

WBA

1 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

March 17, 1976 - Division 2 1975/1976

WBA

0 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

Best historical scorers against Bristol City

Tony Brown	2 goals	1977 - 1978
David Cross	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Willie Johnston	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Tom Ritchie	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Gerry Gow	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Norman Hunter	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Keith Fear	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol City

Paddy Mulligan	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Mick Martin	4 matches	1976 - 1978
John Wile	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Willie Johnston	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Ally Robertson	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Tony Brown	3 matches	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

John Shaw	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Donald Gillies	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Geoff Merrick	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Norman Hunter	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Trevor Tainton	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Clive Whitehead	3 matches	1976 - 1977