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Aston Villa 2-0 Wolverhampton - September 23, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 7

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

September 23, 1977

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Wolverhampton

John Deehan

(o.g) Colin Brazier

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0' - Goal John Deehan photo Colin Brazier

0' - Own goal Colin Brazier0

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46' - Substitution Martin Patchingis substituted by Norman Bell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Wolverhampton

Aston Villa Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Gordon Smith

Scotland

B.date03/07/1954

Age23 years

positionDefender

Phillips

Leighton Phillips

Wales

B.date25/09/1949

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age18 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

Cropley

Alexander Cropley

Scotland

B.date16/01/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

Deehan0

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age23 years

positionForward

Carrodus

Frank Carrodus

England

B.date31/05/1949

Age28 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Smith	23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leighton Phillips	27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	18	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexander Cropley	26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan	20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Carrodus	28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Brazier0

Colin Brazier

England

B.date06/06/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

Daly

Maurice Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/11/1955

Age21 years

positionDefender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Patching46

Martin Patching

England

B.date01/11/1958

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Daley

Steve Daley

England

B.date15/04/1953

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age24 years

positionStriker

Richards

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age26 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes		30	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		27	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Brazier		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Daly		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Patching	46	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Daley		24	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt		26	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		24	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards		26	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

130

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Norman Bell	46	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gordon Smith

John Robson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Richards

Norman Bell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

168

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Wolverhampton

1 victory

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 1977

Saunders vs Chung

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Sammy Chung

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Chung vs Aston Villa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1977

Chung vs Saunders

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1977

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Key figures

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 1.1 goals conceded per game .

The last time Aston Villa has won with a difference of 2 goals vs Wolverhampton, It was on the 22/04/1957

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has reached 34% of clean sheets .

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAston Villa 1-1 Queens Park Rangers20/05/1977

VAston Villa 4-0 West Bromwich Albion23/05/1977

LAston Villa 1-4 Manchester City24/08/1977

LAston Villa 1-2 Everton27/08/1977

VAston Villa 1-0 Arsenal10/09/1977

VAston Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe14/09/1977

Overall

LAston Villa 1-2 Everton27/08/1977

VExeter City 1-3 Aston Villa30/08/1977

DBristol City 1-1 Aston Villa03/09/1977

VAston Villa 1-0 Arsenal10/09/1977

VAston Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe14/09/1977

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa17/09/1977

Current form

Away

DPlymouth 0-0 Wolverhampton30/04/1977

LSouthampton 1-0 Wolverhampton03/05/1977

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Wolverhampton14/05/1977

VBristol City 2-3 Wolverhampton20/08/1977

DEverton 0-0 Wolverhampton03/09/1977

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Wolverhampton17/09/1977

Overall

VWolverhampton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers23/08/1977

DWolverhampton 1-1 Arsenal27/08/1977

LWolverhampton 1-3 Luton Town30/08/1977

DEverton 0-0 Wolverhampton03/09/1977

LWolverhampton 2-3 Nottingham Forest10/09/1977

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Wolverhampton17/09/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	35	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

John Deehan	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Steve Daley
Andy Gray	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Alan Sunderland
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Steve Daley
Alexander Cropley	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Steve Daley

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

23 v

12 d

12 l

106 gf

67 ga

Away

47 matches

12 v

13 d

22 l

62 gf

89 ga

Total

94 matches

35 v

25 d

34 l

168 gf

156 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

22 v

13 d

12 l

89 gf

62 ga

Away

47 matches

12 v

12 d

23 l

67 gf

106 ga

Total

94 matches

34 v

25 d

35 l

156 gf

168 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 25, 1905
Home	6 - 0	November 25, 1905

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 17, 1958
Away	4 - 1	December 27, 1949

Latest head to head

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

March 22, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Aston Villa

3 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

March 01, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

February 24, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Wolverhampton

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Gerald Hitchens	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Lew Chatterley	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Alan Baker	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Victor Crowe	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.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1958 - 1963
Ted Farmer	5 goals	1960 - 1961
Terry Wharton	3 goals	1963 - 1963
Raymond Crawford	3 goals	1963 - 1963
Alan Hinton	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Jackie Henderson	2 goals	1958 - 1958

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
Harry Burrows	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Ron Wylie	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Victor Crowe	7 matches	1960 - 1963
John Sleeuwenhoek	6 matches	1961 - 1964

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	10 matches	1958 - 1964
Gerry Harris	8 matches	1958 - 1965
Jimmy Murray	8 matches	1958 - 1963
John Kirkham	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Ronald Flowers	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Bill Slater	6 matches	1958 - 1961