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Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Crystal Palace - October 29, 2005 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Round 16

Alexandra Stadium - Crewe - England

October 29, 2005

6 766

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 2

Crystal Palace

Steve Jones

Michael Higdon

90'

52'

Dougie Freedman

65'

Clinton Morrison

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7' - Goal Steve Jones7

45' - Substitution Danny Butterfieldis substituted by Gary Borrowdale

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52' - Goal Dougie Freedman

59' - Substitution Gábor Királyis substituted by Julián Speroni

65' - Goal Clinton Morrison

80' - Substitution David Vaughanis substituted by Luke Rodgers80

86' - Substitution Marco Reichis substituted by Jobi McAnuff

90' - Goal Michael Higdon photo Mark Rivers

90' - Substitution Justin Cochraneis substituted by Mark Rivers90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 2

Crystal Palace

Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Crewe Alexandra

Williams

Ben Williams

England

B.date27/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foster

Stephen Foster

England

B.date18/09/1980

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Bignot

Paul Bignot

England

B.date14/02/1986

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Tonkin

Anthony Tonkin

England

B.date17/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Billy Jones

England

B.date24/03/1987

Age18 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Roberts

Gary Roberts

England

B.date02/02/1987

Age18 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cochrane90

Justin Cochrane

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date26/01/1982

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Vaughan80

David Vaughan

Wales

B.date18/02/1983

Age22 years

H1m71

positionLeft central midfielder

Steve Jones7

Steve Jones

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1976

Age29 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Lunt

Kenny Lunt

England

B.date20/11/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Higdon90

Michael Higdon

England

B.date02/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Williams		23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Foster		25	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Bignot		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Tonkin		25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Jones		18	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Roberts		18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Justin Cochrane	90	23	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Vaughan	80	22	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Jones	7	29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Lunt		25	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Higdon	90	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crystal Palace

Király59

Gábor Király

Hungary

B.date01/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Hall

Fitz Hall

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Ward

Darren Ward

England

B.date13/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Butterfield45

Danny Butterfield

England

B.date21/11/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Boyce

Emmerson Boyce

Barbados

B.date24/09/1979

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Soares

Tom Soares

England

B.date10/07/1986

Age19 years

H1m83

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age34 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Watson

Ben Watson

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Reich86

Marco Reich

Germany

B.date30/12/1977

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Freedman52

Dougie Freedman

Scotland

B.date25/05/1974

Age31 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Morrison65

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gábor Király	59	29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fitz Hall		24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Ward		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield	45	25	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmerson Boyce		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Soares		19	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes		34	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ben Watson		20	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marco Reich	86	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman	52	31	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clinton Morrison	65	26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mark Rivers	90	29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Luke Rodgers	80	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Julián Speroni	59	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Borrowdale	45	20	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jobi McAnuff	86	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Higdon

Luke Varney

OUT

Justin Cochrane

Darren Moss

OUT

David Vaughan

Mark Rivers

OUT

Paul Bignot

Chris McCready

OUT

Steve Jones

Pavol Suhaj

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Ward

Mark Hudson

OUT

Danny Butterfield

Gary Borrowdale

OUT

Gábor Király

Julián Speroni

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dario Gradi

755

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Gradi vs Crystal Palace

2 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 29, 2005

Gradi vs Dowie

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 29, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Iain Dowie

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Dowie vs Crewe Alexandra

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 2005

Dowie vs Gradi

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 2005

Referee

Michael Dean

1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Crewe Alexandra3 matches	General total	Crystal Palace30 matches	10 victories	11 draws	9 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Crewe Alexandra1 match	Season total	Crystal Palace2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on March 11, 2008					Latest figure on October 18, 2021

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Key figures

The last time Crystal Palace has ended with the score 2-2 away from home in Championship, It was on the 03/11/2001 (vs )

Steve Jones played his game number 100 in Championship

No Crystal Palace manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Iain Dowie has done less than 16% of draws in Championship.

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCrewe Alexandra 2-2 Leicester20/08/2005

LCrewe Alexandra 1-3 Sheffield United29/08/2005

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Derby County11/09/2005

DCrewe Alexandra 0-0 Watford24/09/2005

LCrewe Alexandra 0-4 Wolverhampton27/09/2005

VCrewe Alexandra 3-1 Luton Town15/10/2005

Overall

DCrewe Alexandra 0-0 Watford24/09/2005

LCrewe Alexandra 0-4 Wolverhampton27/09/2005

LIpswich Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra01/10/2005

VCrewe Alexandra 3-1 Luton Town15/10/2005

LStoke City 2-0 Crewe Alexandra18/10/2005

LCardiff City 6-1 Crewe Alexandra22/10/2005

Current form

Away

LWolverhampton 2-1 Crystal Palace09/08/2005

DNorwich City 1-1 Crystal Palace13/08/2005

LReading 3-2 Crystal Palace13/09/2005

LCardiff City 1-0 Crystal Palace17/09/2005

VQueens Park Rangers 1-3 Crystal Palace03/10/2005

VCoventry 1-4 Crystal Palace15/10/2005

Overall

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday27/09/2005

VQueens Park Rangers 1-3 Crystal Palace03/10/2005

VCoventry 1-4 Crystal Palace15/10/2005

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Brighton & Hove18/10/2005

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Burnley22/10/2005

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool25/10/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
2	Victories (Competition total)	7
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	2
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.57
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.83
1.93	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.93
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Luke Varney	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Clinton Morrison
Luke Varney	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Clinton Morrison
Stephen Foster	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 9 matches	Clinton Morrison

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

5 gf

5 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

10 matches

2 v

4 d

4 l

11 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

8 gf

6 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

5 gf

5 ga

Total

10 matches

4 v

4 d

2 l

13 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	December 09, 2003
Home	2 - 0	December 04, 1999

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 17, 2001
Away	3 - 2	April 24, 2004

Latest head to head

April 24, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

December 09, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Crystal Palace

1 - 3

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

April 07, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Crewe Alexandra

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

November 17, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Crystal Palace

4 - 1

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

March 31, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Dean Ashton	4 goals	2001 - 2004
Luke Varney	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Dave Walton	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Kenny Lunt	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crewe Alexandra

Andy Johnson	3 goals	2004 - 2004
Danny Butterfield	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Dougie Freedman	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Jovan Kirovski	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Clinton Morrison	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

David Wright	5 matches	1999 - 2004
Kenny Lunt	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Stephen Foster	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Dean Ashton	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Shaun Smith	3 matches	1999 - 2002
Rodney Jack	3 matches	1999 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crewe Alexandra

Dougie Freedman	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Aki Riihilahti	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Tommy Black	3 matches	2002 - 2004
Julian Gray	3 matches	2001 - 2004
Steven Thomson	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Curtis Fleming	2 matches	2002 - 2003