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Nottingham 2-1 Doncaster Rovers - August 27, 1997 / League Cup 1997/1998

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League Cup 1997/1998 - First round

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

August 27, 1997

Nottingham

2 - 1

Doncaster Rovers

Steve Guinan

Pierre van Hooijdonk

57'

72'

Craig Armstrong (o.g)

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5' - Goal Steve Guinan5

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48' - Substitution Michael Smithis substituted by Martin Pemberton photo Simon Ireland

48' - Substitution Prince Moncrieffeis substituted by Simon Ireland

57' - Goal Pierre van Hooijdonk57

63' - Substitution Chris Bart-Williamsis substituted by Ian Woan photo Ian Thomas-Moore

63' - Substitution Pierre van Hooijdonkis substituted by Ian Thomas-Moore63

64' - Substitution David Esdailleis substituted by John Ramsay

72' - Own goal Craig Armstrong

81' - Substitution Andy Johnsonis substituted by Vance Warner81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

2 - 1

Doncaster Rovers

Nottingham Doncaster Rovers

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Fettis

Alan Fettis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Bart-Williams63

Chris Bart-Williams

England

B.date16/06/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Thom

Stuart Thom

England

B.date27/12/1976

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Rogers

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age20 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Armstrong72

Craig Armstrong

England

B.date23/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Lyttle

Des Lyttle

England

B.date24/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Howe

Bobby Howe

England

B.date06/11/1973

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Johnson81

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Allen

Chris Allen

England

B.date18/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

van Hooijdonk5763

Pierre van Hooijdonk

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Guinan5

Steve Guinan

England

B.date24/12/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Fettis		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Bart-Williams	63	23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Thom		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Rogers		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Armstrong	72	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Lyttle		25	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Howe		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Johnson	81	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Allen		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pierre van Hooijdonk	5763	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Guinan	5	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Doncaster Rovers

Ingham

Gary Ingham

England

B.date09/10/1964

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Gore

Ian Gore

England

B.date10/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Sanders

Steven Sanders

England

B.date02/06/1978

Age19 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Finley

Gary Finley

England

B.date14/11/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Brookes

Darren Brookes

England

B.date07/07/1973

Age24 years

positionDefender

Esdaille64

David Esdaille

England

B.date22/06/1963

Age34 years

positionMidfield

Cunningham

Harvey Cunningham

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

positionMidfield

McDonald

Martin McDonald

England

B.date04/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Smith48

Michael Smith

England

B.date28/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionForward

Moncrieffe48

Prince Moncrieffe

Jamaica

B.date27/02/1977

Age20 years

positionForward

Mike

Adie Mike

England

B.date16/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Ingham		32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Gore		29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Sanders		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Finley		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Brookes		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Esdaille	64	34	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harvey Cunningham		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin McDonald		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Smith	48	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Prince Moncrieffe	48	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Adie Mike		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Vance Warner	81	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Woan	63	29	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Thomas-Moore	63	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Martin Pemberton	48	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Ireland	48	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ramsay	64	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bobby Howe

Scot Gemmill

OUT

Craig Armstrong

Thierry Bonalair

OUT

Alan Fettis

Dave Beasant

OUT

Chris Bart-Williams

Steve Chettle

OUT

Stuart Thom

Jon-Olav Hjelde

OUT

Steve Guinan

Geoffrey Thomas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Bassett

Success rate in this team:

83 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Bassett vs Doncaster Rovers

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

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Comments

Key figures

Nottingham keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Doncaster Rovers at home running (since 26/03/1955). It's a record streak. The first of history

Nottingham keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs Doncaster Rovers at home running (since 26/03/1955). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time in his career that Steve Guinan scores at least 1 goals during the same game vs Doncaster Rovers in his professional career with Nottingham Forest

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday05/03/1997

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool15/03/1997

LNottingham Forest 1-3 Southampton05/04/1997

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds United19/04/1997

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Wimbledon FC03/05/1997

VNottingham Forest 4-1 Norwich City15/08/1997

Overall

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Wimbledon FC03/05/1997

LNewcastle United 5-0 Nottingham Forest11/05/1997

VPort Vale 0-1 Nottingham Forest09/08/1997

VDoncaster Rovers 0-8 Nottingham Forest11/08/1997

VNottingham Forest 4-1 Norwich City15/08/1997

VOxford United 0-1 Nottingham Forest23/08/1997

Current form

Away

DCarlisle United 0-0 Doncaster Rovers29/03/1997

VDarlington 1883-2012 0-3 Doncaster Rovers05/04/1997

LLeyton Orient 2-1 Doncaster Rovers12/04/1997

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Doncaster Rovers26/04/1997

LShrewsbury Town 2-1 Doncaster Rovers09/08/1997

LMacclesfield Town 3-0 Doncaster Rovers23/08/1997

Overall

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Doncaster Rovers26/04/1997

VDoncaster Rovers 2-1 Torquay United03/05/1997

LShrewsbury Town 2-1 Doncaster Rovers09/08/1997

LDoncaster Rovers 0-8 Nottingham Forest11/08/1997

LDoncaster Rovers 0-5 Peterborough United16/08/1997

LMacclesfield Town 3-0 Doncaster Rovers23/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	5	4
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	4
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	5	6
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	8
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

	Pierre van Hooijdonk	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)		-
	Pierre van Hooijdonk	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player		-

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

6 v

3 d

0 l

27 gf

12 ga

Away

12 matches

7 v

2 d

3 l

23 gf

10 ga

Total

21 matches

13 v

5 d

3 l

50 gf

22 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

3 v

2 d

7 l

10 gf

23 ga

Away

9 matches

0 v

3 d

6 l

12 gf

27 ga

Total

21 matches

3 v

5 d

13 l

22 gf

50 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	August 11, 1997
Home	5 - 0	September 17, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 07, 1956
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

August 11, 1997 - League Cup 1997/1998

Doncaster Rovers

0 - 8

Nottingham

March 09, 1957 - Division 2 1956/1957

Doncaster Rovers

1 - 1

Nottingham

October 27, 1956 - Division 2 1956/1957

Nottingham

2 - 1

Doncaster Rovers logo Doncaster Rovers

January 21, 1956 - Division 2 1955/1956

Doncaster Rovers

1 - 3

Nottingham

January 07, 1956 - FA Cup 1955/1956

Doncaster Rovers

3 - 0

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Doncaster Rovers

Jon-Olav Hjelde	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Pierre van Hooijdonk	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Dean Saunders	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Geoffrey Thomas	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Chris Allen	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

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Players with most games played vs Doncaster Rovers

Pierre van Hooijdonk	1 match	1997 - 1997
David Phillips	1 match	1997 - 1997
Des Lyttle	1 match	1997 - 1997
Steve Chettle	1 match	1997 - 1997
Chris Allen	1 match	1997 - 1997
Scot Gemmill	1 match	1997 - 1997

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Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Lee Warren	1 match	1997 - 1997
Ian Gore	1 match	1997 - 1997
David Esdaille	1 match	1997 - 1997
Harvey Cunningham	1 match	1997 - 1997
Martin McDonald	1 match	1997 - 1997
Adie Mike	1 match	1997 - 1997