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Luton Town 3-2 Reading - February 17, 2006 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Round 35

Kenilworth Road Stadium - Luton - England

February 17, 2006

8 705

3 - 2

Reading

Rowan Vine

20'

Rowan Vine

26'

Dean Morgan

51'

Kevin Doyle

90'

Kevin Doyle

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1' - Goal Kevin Doyle

20' - Goal Rowan Vine20

26' - Goal Rowan Vine26

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51' - Goal Dean Morgan51

64' - Substitution Bobby Conveyis substituted by Stephen Hunt

79' - Substitution John Osteris substituted by Leroy Lita

80' - Substitution Rowan Vineis substituted by Warren Feeney80

81' - Substitution Sol Davisis substituted by Peter Holmes81

83' - Substitution Dean Morganis substituted by Enoch Showunmi83

90' - Goal Kevin Doyle

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Luton Town

3 - 2

Reading

Luton Town Reading

Team line-ups

Luton Town

Beresford

Marlon Beresford

England

B.date02/09/1969

Age36 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Barnett

Leon Barnett

England

B.date30/11/1985

Age20 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Davis81

Sol Davis

England

B.date04/09/1979

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Foley

Kevin Foley

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/11/1984

Age21 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Edwards

Carlos Edwards

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date24/10/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Heikkinen

Markus Heikkinen

Finland

B.date13/10/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Nicholls

Kevin Nicholls

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Brkovic

Ahmet Brkovic

Croatia

B.date23/09/1974

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Vine202680

Rowan Vine

England

B.date21/09/1982

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Morgan5183

Dean Morgan

Montserrat

B.date03/10/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Howard

Steve Howard

England

B.date10/05/1976

Age29 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marlon Beresford		36	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leon Barnett		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Davis	81	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Foley		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Edwards		27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Markus Heikkinen		27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Nicholls		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ahmet Brkovic		31	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rowan Vine	202680	23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Morgan	5183	22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Howard		29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Gunnarsson

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Oster79

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Convey64

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kitson

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Doyle190

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		33	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		28	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson		30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		24	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		31	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		25	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	79	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey	64	22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson		26	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	190	22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Peter Holmes	81	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Enoch Showunmi	83	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Warren Feeney	80	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Stephen Hunt	64	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Leroy Lita	79	21	30	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

John Oster

Glen Little

OUT

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Steve Sidwell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mike Newell

145

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Newell vs Reading

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2006

Newell vs Coppell

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

133

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Luton Town

7 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2006

Coppell vs Newell

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 17, 2006

Referee

Kevin Wright

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Luton Town2 matches	General total	Reading8 matches	5 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Luton Town2 matches	Season total	Reading2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 2006					Latest figure on August 26, 2014

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 31/12/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/03/1999-16/11/1999 time period (16 matches).

No Luton Town manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Mike Newell has reached 1.7 goals scored per game .

Luton Town keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 29/08/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/10/1987-03/09/1988 time period (20 matches).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLuton Town 3-0 Brighton & Hove28/12/2005

LLuton Town 1-2 Watford02/01/2006

LLuton Town 3-5 Liverpool07/01/2006

VLuton Town 2-0 Queens Park Rangers21/01/2006

LLuton Town 2-3 Hull City04/02/2006

DLuton Town 3-3 Cardiff City14/02/2006

Overall

LWolverhampton 2-1 Luton Town13/01/2006

VLuton Town 2-0 Queens Park Rangers21/01/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 0-2 Luton Town31/01/2006

LLuton Town 2-3 Hull City04/02/2006

LPreston North End 5-1 Luton Town11/02/2006

DLuton Town 3-3 Cardiff City14/02/2006

Current form

Away

DDerby County 2-2 Reading31/12/2005

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Reading07/01/2006

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Reading20/01/2006

VCrewe Alexandra 3-4 Reading04/02/2006

LBirmingham City 2-1 Reading07/02/2006

DSheffield United 1-1 Reading14/02/2006

Overall

DReading 1-1 Birmingham City28/01/2006

VReading 4-0 Norwich City31/01/2006

VCrewe Alexandra 3-4 Reading04/02/2006

LBirmingham City 2-1 Reading07/02/2006

VReading 2-0 Southampton10/02/2006

DSheffield United 1-1 Reading14/02/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	16	8
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	8	17
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
13	Victories (Competition total)	25
8	Victories (Home / Away)	10
6	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	7
15	Losses (Competition total)	1
4	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

51	Goals scored (Competition total)	73
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	28
52	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.15
2.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.65
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.59
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.59

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	19
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	10
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-3 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (4 times)

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
4	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steve Howard	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Dave Kitson
Steve Howard	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Leroy Lita
Kevin Nicholls	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Dave Kitson
Rowan Vine	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Dave Kitson
Rowan Vine	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Dave Kitson

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

2 v

4 d

2 l

9 gf

8 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

1 d

7 l

7 gf

23 ga

Total

18 matches

4 v

5 d

9 l

16 gf

31 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

7 v

1 d

2 l

23 gf

7 ga

Away

8 matches

2 v

4 d

2 l

8 gf

9 ga

Total

18 matches

9 v

5 d

4 l

31 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	January 22, 2000
Home	3 - 1	January 22, 2000

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 21, 2001
Away	2 - 1	February 27, 1996

Latest head to head

December 03, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Reading

3 - 0

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September 20, 2005 - League Cup 2005/2006

Reading

1 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

August 21, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002

Reading

4 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

April 03, 2001 - Second Division 2000/2001

Luton Town

1 - 1

Reading

January 27, 2001 - Second Division 2000/2001

Luton Town

0 - 0

Reading

Best historical scorers against Reading

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Darius Henderson	2 goals	2001 - 2001
John Oster	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Dave Kitson	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Alex Smith	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Steve Sidwell	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Kevin Doyle	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Peter Holmes	3 matches	2001 - 2005
Steve Howard	3 matches	2001 - 2005
Leon Barnett	2 matches	2005 - 2005
Russell Perrett	2 matches	2001 - 2005
Kevin Nicholls	2 matches	2001 - 2005
Warren Feeney	2 matches	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Graeme Murty	3 matches	2001 - 2005
James Harper	3 matches	2001 - 2005
Marcus Hahnemann	2 matches	2005 - 2005
Ibrahima Sonko	2 matches	2005 - 2005
John Oster	2 matches	2005 - 2005
Ívar Ingimarsson	2 matches	2005 - 2005