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Aston Villa 4-1 West Ham - March 18, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 33

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

March 18, 1978

Aston Villa

4 - 1

West Ham

John Gregory

Dennis Mortimer

John Gregory

John Deehan

Trevor Brooking

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0' - Goal John Gregory photo Dennis Mortimer

0' - Goal Dennis Mortimer photo John Gregory

0' - Goal John Gregory photo John Deehan

0' - Goal John Deehan0

0' - Goal Trevor Brooking

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46' - Substitution Alan Devonshireis substituted by Alvin Martin

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

4 - 1

West Ham

Aston Villa West Ham

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Gordon Smith

Scotland

B.date03/07/1954

Age23 years

positionDefender

Phillips

Leighton Phillips

Wales

B.date25/09/1949

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age19 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Gregory00

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age23 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Mortimer0

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Deehan0

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age24 years

positionForward

Carrodus

Frank Carrodus

England

B.date31/05/1949

Age28 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Smith	23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leighton Phillips	28	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan	20	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Carrodus	28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

West Ham

Ferguson

Bobby Ferguson

Scotland

B.date01/03/1945

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bonds

Billy Bonds

England

B.date17/09/1946

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McDowell

John McDowell

England

B.date07/09/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date26/09/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/09/1948

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Devonshire46

Alan Devonshire

England

B.date13/04/1956

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Curbishley

Alan Curbishley

England

B.date08/11/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Brooking0

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Holland

Pat Holland

England

B.date13/09/1950

Age27 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hales

Derek Hales

England

B.date15/12/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bobby Ferguson		33	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Bonds		31	423	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McDowell		26	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Taylor		26	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Lampard		29	384	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Devonshire	46	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Curbishley		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking		29	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Holland		27	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Hales		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross		27	14	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

210

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Alvin Martin	46	19	1	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

Derek Hales

Geoff Pike

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

201

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs West Ham

5 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Saunders vs Lyall

5 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Lyall

195

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Lyall vs Aston Villa

0 victory

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Lyall vs Saunders

0 victory

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs West Ham in Premier League running (since 26/12/1975). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/02/1964 (4 matches)

It's the first time Dennis Mortimer scores 1 goal vs in Premier League with

Aston Villa keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs West Ham at home running (since 26/12/1975). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 3-0 West Bromwich Albion10/12/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Coventry26/12/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Queens Park Rangers02/01/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Bristol City28/01/1978

DAston Villa 2-2 FC Barcelona01/03/1978

DAston Villa 0-0 Leicester04/03/1978

Overall

VArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa04/02/1978

LBirmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa25/02/1978

DAston Villa 2-2 FC Barcelona01/03/1978

DAston Villa 0-0 Leicester04/03/1978

LNorwich City 2-1 Aston Villa11/03/1978

LFC Barcelona 2-1 Aston Villa15/03/1978

Current form

Away

DNorwich City 2-2 West Ham02/01/1978

LManchester City 3-2 West Ham14/01/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 6-1 West Ham31/01/1978

LEverton 2-1 West Ham18/02/1978

LNottingham Forest 2-0 West Ham04/03/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 1-0 West Ham14/03/1978

Overall

LWest Ham 1-2 Bristol City11/02/1978

LEverton 2-1 West Ham18/02/1978

DWest Ham 2-2 Arsenal25/02/1978

LNottingham Forest 2-0 West Ham04/03/1978

LWest Ham 1-2 Wolverhampton11/03/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 1-0 West Ham14/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	3
Winless streak	11	8
Drawless streak	5	3
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	11	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	32
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
11	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	18
4	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	53
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.07	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.13
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.97	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.66
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.81

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

1	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

Andy Gray	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Derek Hales
Andy Gray	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Bryan Robson
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Bryan Robson
John Gregory	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 10 matches	Derek Hales

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

11 v

3 d

9 l

50 gf

37 ga

Away

24 matches

4 v

6 d

14 l

33 gf

62 ga

Total

47 matches

15 v

9 d

23 l

83 gf

99 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

14 v

6 d

4 l

62 gf

33 ga

Away

23 matches

9 v

3 d

11 l

37 gf

50 ga

Total

47 matches

23 v

9 d

15 l

99 gf

83 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 06, 1930
Home	6 - 1	September 06, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	August 30, 1958
Away	5 - 1	April 02, 1927

Latest head to head

October 22, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

West Ham

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 29, 1977 - FA Cup 1976/1977

Aston Villa

3 - 0

West Ham

January 22, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

West Ham

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 21, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

4 - 0

West Ham

April 17, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

West Ham

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Andy Gray	5 goals	1975 - 1977
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1962
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1965 - 1966
John Deehan	3 goals	1975 - 1976
Gerald Hitchens	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Ray Graydon	2 goals	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Geoff Hurst	7 goals	1964 - 1967
John Dick	6 goals	1958 - 1962
John Byrne	4 goals	1962 - 1966
Malcolm Musgrove	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Martin Peters	3 goals	1962 - 1967
Dave Dunmore	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Charlie Aitken	10 matches	1962 - 1967
John Sleeuwenhoek	10 matches	1962 - 1967
Victor Crowe	9 matches	1958 - 1963
Alan Deakin	8 matches	1961 - 1966
Jimmy MacEwan	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Harry Burrows	7 matches	1961 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Bobby Moore	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Ken Brown	11 matches	1958 - 1966
Geoff Hurst	11 matches	1960 - 1967
Martin Peters	9 matches	1962 - 1967
Jim Standen	9 matches	1962 - 1967
Peter Brabrook	8 matches	1962 - 1967