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Aston Villa 3-1 QPR - March 20, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 27

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

March 20, 1979

Aston Villa

3 - 1

QPR

Allan Evans

(penalty) John Gidman

Dennis Mortimer

90'

Clive Allen

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0' - Goal Allan Evans photo John Gidman

0' - Goal John Gidman photo Dennis Mortimer

0' - Goal Dennis Mortimer0

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46' - Substitution Brian Littleis substituted by Ivor Linton46

46' - Substitution Peter Eastoeis substituted by Clive Allen

90' - Goal Clive Allen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 1

QPR

Aston Villa QPR

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans0

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Williams

Gary Williams

England

B.date17/06/1960

Age18 years

positionDefender

Gidman0

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Gregory

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age24 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age20 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Craig

Tommy Craig

Scotland

B.date21/11/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer0

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Little46

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age25 years

positionForward

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		31	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Williams		18	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman		25	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory		24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Craig		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	46	25	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray		23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

QPR

Richardson

Derek Richardson

England

B.date13/07/1956

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Shanks

Don Shanks

England

B.date02/10/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Howe

Ernie Howe

England

B.date15/02/1953

Age26 years

positionDefender

Roeder

Glenn Roeder

England

B.date13/12/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Gillard

Ian Gillard

England

B.date09/10/1950

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Francis

Gerry Francis

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Bowles

Stan Bowles

England

B.date24/12/1948

Age30 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Eastoe46

Peter Eastoe

England

B.date02/08/1953

Age25 years

positionForward

Busby

Martyn Busby

England

B.date24/03/1953

Age25 years

positionForward

Clement

David Clement

England

B.date02/02/1948

Age31 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Derek Richardson		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Shanks		26	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		32	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ernie Howe		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Roeder		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Gillard		28	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Francis		27	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Bowles		30	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Eastoe	46	25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martyn Busby		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Clement		31	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

122

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ivor Linton	46	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Clive Allen	9046	17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dennis Mortimer

Ivor Linton

OUT

John Gidman

Alexander Cropley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martyn Busby

Paul Goddard

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

246

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs QPR

7 victories

8 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

Saunders vs Burtenshaw

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Burtenshaw

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

19 %

Burtenshaw vs Aston Villa

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

Burtenshaw vs Saunders

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

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Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 1.06 goals conceded per game .

QPR keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 25/11/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/05/1968-05/04/1969 time period (42 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Burtenshaw has done less than 1 goals scored per game .

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-2 Luton Town11/11/1978

VAston Villa 2-0 Bristol City18/11/1978

DAston Villa 1-1 Norwich City16/12/1978

DAston Villa 2-2 Leeds United26/12/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City03/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1979

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa10/01/1979

DEverton 1-1 Aston Villa31/01/1979

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

VAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City03/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1979

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Aston Villa10/03/1979

Current form

Away

LFulham 2-0 Queens Park Rangers09/01/1979

DNorwich City 1-1 Queens Park Rangers31/01/1979

LManchester United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers28/02/1979

LEverton 2-1 Queens Park Rangers03/03/1979

LBirmingham City 3-1 Queens Park Rangers06/03/1979

VChelsea 1-3 Queens Park Rangers17/03/1979

Overall

LQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Arsenal13/02/1979

LQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Southampton24/02/1979

LManchester United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers28/02/1979

LEverton 2-1 Queens Park Rangers03/03/1979

LBirmingham City 3-1 Queens Park Rangers06/03/1979

VChelsea 1-3 Queens Park Rangers17/03/1979

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	8	16

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	30
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
9	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
11	Draws (Competition total)	10
6	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	15
2	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.97
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.93
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.64

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

John Gregory	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Paul Goddard
John Gregory	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Paul Goddard
Andy Gray	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tommy Craig	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kenny Swain	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Martyn Busby

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

12 gf

11 ga

Away

8 matches

1 v

2 d

5 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

18 matches

4 v

6 d

8 l

18 gf

24 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

5 v

2 d

1 l

13 gf

6 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

11 gf

12 ga

Total

18 matches

8 v

6 d

4 l

24 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 22, 1977
Home	3 - 0	February 22, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 05, 1967
Away	2 - 0	January 31, 1976

Latest head to head

September 23, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

QPR

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 02, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

1 - 1

QPR

October 25, 1977 - League Cup 1977/1978

Aston Villa

1 - 0

QPR

August 20, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

QPR

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

May 20, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

1 - 1

QPR

Best historical scorers against QPR

John Deehan	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Andy Gray	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Keith Leonard	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Frank Carrodus	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Brian Little	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Gordon Cowans	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Gerry Francis	2 goals	1975 - 1976
John Hollins	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Peter Eastoe	1 goal	1977 - 1977
David Clement	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Ron Abbott	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Rachid Harkouk	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs QPR

Leighton Phillips	7 matches	1975 - 1978
Brian Little	6 matches	1975 - 1978
Dennis Mortimer	5 matches	1976 - 1978
Gordon Cowans	5 matches	1976 - 1978
John Deehan	5 matches	1976 - 1978
Chris Nicholl	4 matches	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Ian Gillard	7 matches	1975 - 1978
Phil Parkes	7 matches	1975 - 1978
Don Givens	6 matches	1975 - 1978
John Hollins	6 matches	1976 - 1978
Stan Bowles	5 matches	1975 - 1978
David Clement	5 matches	1975 - 1977