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Bristol City 1-0 WBA - April 17, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 39

Ashton Gate - Bristol - England

April 17, 1979

Bristol City

1 - 0

WBA

Kevin Mabbutt

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0' - Goal Kevin Mabbutt0

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bristol City

1 - 0

WBA

Bristol City WBA

Team line-ups

Bristol City

Shaw

John Shaw

England

B.date04/02/1954

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hunter

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Collier

Gary Collier

England

B.date04/02/1955

Age24 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Tainton

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age30 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Sweeney

Gerry Sweeney

Scotland

B.date10/07/1945

Age33 years

positionMidfield

Whitehead

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Gow

Gerry Gow

Scotland

B.date29/05/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Meijer

Geert Meijer

Netherlands

B.date15/03/1951

Age28 years

positionForward

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Mabbutt0

Kevin Mabbutt

England

B.date05/12/1958

Age20 years

positionForward

Ritchie

Tom Ritchie

Scotland

B.date02/01/1952

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Shaw	25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter	35	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Collier	24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton	30	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Sweeney	33	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead	23	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Gow	26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geert Meijer	28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Mabbutt	20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Ritchie	27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age20 years

positionDefender

Brown

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Mills

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham

England

B.date08/03/1956

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden	23	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	20	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	28	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	26	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	27	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	32	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis	21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Laurie Cunningham	23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Trevor Tainton

Jimmy Mann

OUT

Gary Collier

David Rodgers

OUT

Clive Whitehead

Terry Cooper

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Len Cantello

John Trewick

OUT

David Mills

Tony Brown

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

560

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs WBA

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 17, 1979

Dicks vs Atkinson

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 17, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Atkinson vs Bristol City

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 17, 1979

Atkinson vs Dicks

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 17, 1979

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Key figures

End of streak for Bristol City after 5 matches with at least one goal conceded vs WBA in Premier League (since 27/12/1976). It's a record streak. The first of history

Bristol City keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored vs WBA running (since 17/03/1976). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/02/1974 (3 matches)

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Atkinson has done less than 18% of losses .

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBristol City 3-1 Ipswich Town03/02/1979

LBristol City 1-2 Manchester United03/03/1979

DBristol City 1-1 Middlesbrough17/03/1979

VBristol City 2-1 Birmingham City31/03/1979

VBristol City 2-0 Queens Park Rangers03/04/1979

VBristol City 3-1 Chelsea10/04/1979

Overall

LNorwich City 3-0 Bristol City24/03/1979

VBristol City 2-1 Birmingham City31/03/1979

VBristol City 2-0 Queens Park Rangers03/04/1979

VDerby County 0-1 Bristol City07/04/1979

VBristol City 3-1 Chelsea10/04/1979

LCoventry 3-2 Bristol City14/04/1979

Current form

Away

DNorwich City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion13/01/1979

LLiverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/02/1979

LRed Star Belgrade 1-0 West Bromwich Albion01/03/1979

VCoventry 1-3 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1979

LSouthampton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion12/03/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion13/04/1979

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Queens Park Rangers24/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Derby County26/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester City04/04/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Everton07/04/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion13/04/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Arsenal14/04/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	6	5
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	8
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	3	11
Conceding streak	9	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	32
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
14	Victories (Competition total)	20
10	Victories (Home / Away)	9
9	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
15	Losses (Competition total)	4
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	64
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	29
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.21	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.74	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.93
1.26	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.91
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.07

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 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

Tom Ritchie	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Ally Brown
Joe Royle	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Cyrille Regis
Peter Cormack	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ally Brown
Peter Cormack	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Mabbutt	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Cyrille Regis

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

16 gf

16 ga

Away

14 matches

2 v

6 d

6 l

13 gf

22 ga

Total

26 matches

7 v

8 d

11 l

29 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

6 v

6 d

2 l

22 gf

13 ga

Away

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

16 gf

16 ga

Total

26 matches

11 v

8 d

7 l

38 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	December 26, 1977
Home	3 - 1	December 26, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 30, 1930
Away	2 - 0	October 25, 1975

Latest head to head

January 01, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

WBA

3 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

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

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
Peter Cormack	1 goal	1979 - 1979

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 Bristol City

Ally Brown	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Tony Brown	2 goals	1977 - 1978
David Cross	2 goals	1976 - 1977
John Wile	1 goal	1979 - 1979
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.

Players with most games played vs WBA

John Shaw	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Donald Gillies	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Trevor Tainton	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Gerry Gow	4 matches	1977 - 1979
Geoff Merrick	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Clive Whitehead	4 matches	1976 - 1979

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

Ally Robertson	5 matches	1976 - 1979
John Wile	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Bryan Robson	4 matches	1976 - 1979
Laurie Cunningham	4 matches	1977 - 1979
Paddy Mulligan	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Willie Johnston	4 matches	1976 - 1978