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Southampton 2-1 WBA - October 28, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 15

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

October 28, 1972

Southampton

2 - 1

WBA

Bobby Stokes

Ron Davies

Asa Hartford

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0' - Goal Bobby Stokes photo Ron Davies

0' - Goal Ron Davies0

0' - Goal Asa Hartford

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46' - Substitution Anthony Byrneis substituted by Paul Gilchrist46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

2 - 1

WBA

Southampton WBA

Team line-ups

Southampton

Martin

Eric Martin

Scotland

B.date31/03/1946

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Steele

Jim Steele

Scotland

B.date11/03/1950

Age22 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

Byrne46

Anthony Byrne

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/02/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Bennett

Paul Bennett

England

B.date04/02/1952

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Kirkup

Joe Kirkup

England

B.date17/12/1939

Age32 years

positionDefender

McCarthy

Bob McCarthy

England

B.date02/11/1948

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Fisher

Hugh Fisher

Scotland

B.date09/01/1944

Age28 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Channon

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age23 years

H1m83

positionForward

Stokes0

Bobby Stokes

England

B.date30/01/1951

Age21 years

H1m70

positionForward

Davies0

Ron Davies

Wales

B.date25/02/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Paine

Terry Paine

England

B.date23/03/1939

Age33 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eric Martin		26	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Steele		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Byrne	46	26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Bennett		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Kirkup		32	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bob McCarthy		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hugh Fisher		28	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon		23	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Stokes		21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Davies		30	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Paine		33	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

133

WBA

Latchford

Peter Latchford

England

B.date27/09/1952

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Merrick

Alan Merrick

United States

B.date20/06/1950

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Nisbet

Gordon Nisbet

England

B.date18/09/1951

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Hartford0

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Woolgar

Stewart Woolgar

England

B.date21/09/1952

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Gould

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age26 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Latchford	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	23	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Merrick	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Nisbet	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford	22	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Woolgar	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	27	322	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould	26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Gilchrist	46	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bobby Stokes

Brian O'Neil

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stewart Woolgar

Len Cantello

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Bates

615

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bates vs WBA

5 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Bates vs Howe

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

27 %

Howe vs Southampton

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Howe vs Bates

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

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Key figures

Southampton keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League running (since 16/09/1972).

No West Bromwich Albion manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Don Howe has done less than 1.29 goals conceded per game .

WBA keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 06/09/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/12/1971-25/03/1972 time period (13 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSouthampton 0-0 Chester City05/09/1972

LSouthampton 1-2 Ipswich Town09/09/1972

VSouthampton 2-0 Chester City20/09/1972

VSouthampton 2-0 Crystal Palace23/09/1972

LSouthampton 1-3 Notts County03/10/1972

DSouthampton 1-1 Liverpool14/10/1972

Overall

VSouthampton 2-0 Crystal Palace23/09/1972

LArsenal 1-0 Southampton30/09/1972

LSouthampton 1-3 Notts County03/10/1972

LLeicester 1-0 Southampton07/10/1972

DSouthampton 1-1 Liverpool14/10/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Southampton21/10/1972

Current form

Away

DNewcastle United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion23/08/1972

LEverton 1-0 West Bromwich Albion02/09/1972

VCrystal Palace 0-2 West Bromwich Albion16/09/1972

LManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion30/09/1972

LLiverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion10/10/1972

LChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion14/10/1972

Overall

LManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion30/09/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool03/10/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Manchester United07/10/1972

LLiverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion10/10/1972

LChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion14/10/1972

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Wolverhampton21/10/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	4	10
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
0.79	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.93
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.83
0.93	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Mick Channon	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Bobby Gould
Mick Channon	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Tony Brown
Paul Bennett	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Bobby Gould

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

7 v

6 d

3 l

25 gf

18 ga

Away

15 matches

2 v

2 d

11 l

12 gf

28 ga

Total

31 matches

9 v

8 d

14 l

37 gf

46 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

11 v

2 d

2 l

28 gf

12 ga

Away

16 matches

3 v

6 d

7 l

18 gf

25 ga

Total

31 matches

14 v

8 d

9 l

46 gf

37 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 26, 1967
Home	4 - 0	August 26, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	May 03, 1930
Away	2 - 0	August 09, 1969

Latest head to head

February 19, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

WBA

3 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

October 30, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Southampton

1 - 1

WBA

March 13, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Southampton

1 - 0

WBA

November 14, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

WBA

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

February 20, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

WBA

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against WBA

Ron Davies	6 goals	1967 - 1969
Mick Channon	3 goals	1968 - 1972
Terry Paine	2 goals	1967 - 1971
Jimmy Gabriel	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Fred Kemp	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Dave Walker	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Colin Suggett	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Tony Brown	3 goals	1967 - 1972
Jeff Astle	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Clive Clark	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Asa Hartford	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Bobby Gould	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Terry Paine	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Ron Davies	10 matches	1967 - 1972
Jimmy Gabriel	10 matches	1967 - 1972
Dave Walker	9 matches	1967 - 1971
Denis Hollywood	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Mick Channon	7 matches	1967 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Tony Brown	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Bobby Hope	10 matches	1967 - 1971
Jeff Astle	10 matches	1967 - 1972
John Osborne	9 matches	1967 - 1972
John Kaye	9 matches	1967 - 1971
Doug Fraser	8 matches	1967 - 1970