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Wolverhampton 3-1 Aston Villa - May 02, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 29

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

May 02, 1978

Wolverhampton

3 - 1

Aston Villa

John Richards

Mel Eves

Billy Rafferty

Frank Carrodus

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0' - Goal John Richards photo Mel Eves

0' - Goal Mel Eves photo Billy Rafferty

0' - Goal Billy Rafferty0

0' - Goal Frank Carrodus

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46' - Substitution Andy Grayis substituted by John Gregory

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

3 - 1

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw

England

B.date28/04/1956

Age22 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Berry

George Berry

Wales

B.date19/11/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

Hazell

Bob Hazell

England

B.date14/07/1959

Age18 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Daley

Steve Daley

England

B.date15/04/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Patching

Martin Patching

England

B.date01/11/1958

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Richards0

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age27 years

positionStriker

Eves0

Mel Eves

England

B.date10/09/1956

Age21 years

positionStriker

Rafferty0

Billy Rafferty

Scotland

B.date30/12/1950

Age27 years

H1m1

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Bradshaw	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle	28	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin	30	340	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Berry	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bob Hazell	18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer	23	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Daley	25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Patching	19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards	27	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mel Eves	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Rafferty	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Smith

Gordon Smith

Scotland

B.date03/07/1954

Age23 years

positionDefender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age19 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gray46

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age22 years

positionForward

Carrodus0

Frank Carrodus

England

B.date31/05/1949

Age28 years

positionWinger

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age24 years

positionForward

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		30	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Smith		23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman		24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		19	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	46	22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Carrodus		28	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little		24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan		20	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Gregory	46	23	26	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sammy Chung

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Chung vs Aston Villa

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1978

Chung vs Saunders

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

213

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Wolverhampton

1 victory

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on May 02, 1978

Saunders vs Chung

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

John Gidman played his game number 100 in Premier League

The last time Wolverhampton has ended with the score 3-1 vs Aston Villa in Premier League, It was on the 15/04/1963

It's the first time Mel Eves scores 1 goal vs Aston Villa in Premier League

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWolverhampton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion14/03/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Manchester City18/03/1978

LWolverhampton 1-3 Liverpool25/03/1978

LWolverhampton 0-1 Birmingham City01/04/1978

DWolverhampton 0-0 Middlesbrough15/04/1978

VWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United29/04/1978

Overall

LCoventry 4-0 Wolverhampton28/03/1978

LWolverhampton 0-1 Birmingham City01/04/1978

LDerby County 3-1 Wolverhampton08/04/1978

DWolverhampton 0-0 Middlesbrough15/04/1978

DChelsea 1-1 Wolverhampton22/04/1978

VWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United29/04/1978

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 2-1 Aston Villa11/03/1978

LFC Barcelona 2-1 Aston Villa15/03/1978

VCoventry 2-3 Aston Villa21/03/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa29/03/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa08/04/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa22/04/1978

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa08/04/1978

VAston Villa 2-0 Chelsea15/04/1978

VAston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United17/04/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa22/04/1978

VAston Villa 3-1 Leeds United26/04/1978

VAston Villa 6-1 Ipswich Town29/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	5
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	6	6
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
10	Victories (Competition total)	18
6	Victories (Home / Away)	7
12	Draws (Competition total)	10
8	Draws (Home / Away)	6
18	Losses (Competition total)	13
6	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	56
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
62	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.37
1.35	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.15
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.95
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.05

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

1	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 Richards	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Andy Gray
John Richards	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Andy Gray
Steve Daley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Steve Daley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mel Eves	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	John Deehan

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

22 v

13 d

12 l

89 gf

62 ga

Away

48 matches

12 v

12 d

24 l

67 gf

108 ga

Total

95 matches

34 v

25 d

36 l

156 gf

170 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

24 v

12 d

12 l

108 gf

67 ga

Away

47 matches

12 v

13 d

22 l

62 gf

89 ga

Total

95 matches

36 v

25 d

34 l

170 gf

156 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 17, 1958
Home	4 - 0	September 17, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 25, 1905
Away	4 - 0	December 22, 1894

Latest head to head

September 23, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

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

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

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

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Peter Broadbent	10 matches	1958 - 1964
Jimmy Murray	8 matches	1958 - 1963
Gerry Harris	8 matches	1958 - 1965
Ronald Flowers	7 matches	1960 - 1965
John Kirkham	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Terry Wharton	6 matches	1963 - 1965

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

Alan Deakin	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Charlie Aitken	8 matches	1961 - 1975
Harry Burrows	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Ron Wylie	7 matches	1960 - 1965
Victor Crowe	7 matches	1960 - 1963
John Sleeuwenhoek	6 matches	1961 - 1964