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Norwich City 2-1 Sheffield United - March 18, 2006 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Journée 39

Carrow Road - Norwich - England

March 18, 2006

25 346

2 - 1

Sheffield United

Leon McKenzie

33'

Robert Earnshaw

45'

17'

Chris Armstrong

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17' - Goal Chris Armstrong

33' - Goal Leon McKenzie33

45' - Goal Robert Earnshaw45

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54' - Substitution Paul McVeighis substituted by Youssef Safri54

69' - Substitution Leon McKenzieis substituted by Jonatan Johansson69

80' - Substitution Nick Montgomeryis substituted by Keith Gillespie photo Ade Akinbiyi

80' - Substitution Neil Shipperleyis substituted by Ade Akinbiyi

87' - Substitution Danny Webberis substituted by Bruce Dyer

89' - Substitution Darren Huckerbyis substituted by Simon Charlton89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Norwich City

2 - 1

Sheffield United

Norwich City Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Norwich City

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Shackell

Jason Shackell

England

B.date27/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

Fleming

Craig Fleming

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Doherty

Gary Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Drury

Adam Drury

England

B.date29/08/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Huckerby89

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Hughes

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Robinson

Carl Robinson

Wales

B.date13/10/1976

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

McVeigh54

Paul McVeigh

Northern Ireland

B.date06/12/1977

Age28 years

H1m68

positionStriker

McKenzie3369

Leon McKenzie

England

B.date17/05/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Earnshaw45

Robert Earnshaw

Wales

B.date06/04/1981

Age24 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		26	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Shackell		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Fleming		34	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Doherty		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam Drury		27	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	89	29	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Robinson		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul McVeigh	54	28	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leon McKenzie	3369	27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Earnshaw	45	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age37 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Morgan

Chris Morgan

England

B.date09/11/1977

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Unsworth

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

England

B.date17/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Armstrong17

Chris Armstrong

Scotland

B.date05/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Kozluk

Robert Kozluk

England

B.date05/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Montgomery80

Nick Montgomery

England

B.date28/10/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Tonge

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Webber87

Danny Webber

England

B.date28/12/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Shipperley80

Neil Shipperley

England

B.date30/10/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		27	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Short		37	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morgan		28	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Unsworth		32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Jagielka		23	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Armstrong	17	23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Kozluk		28	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Montgomery	80	24	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge		22	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Webber	87	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Shipperley	80	31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

112

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Simon Charlton	89	34	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Youssef Safri	54	29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	69	30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Keith Gillespie	80	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ade Akinbiyi	80	31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer	87	30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robert Earnshaw

Simon Charlton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Tonge

Garry Flitcroft

OUT

Robert Kozluk

Derek Geary

OUT

David Unsworth

Ade Akinbiyi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Worthington

261

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Worthington vs Sheffield United

5 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2006

Worthington vs Warnock

6 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

340

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Warnock vs Norwich City

5 victories

3 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2006

Warnock vs Worthington

5 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2006

Referee

Paul Taylor

7 victories	5 draws	3 losses	Norwich City15 matches	General total	Sheffield United10 matches	6 victories	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Norwich City2 matches	Season total	Sheffield United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 30, 2010					Latest figure on March 22, 2009

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Key figures

Youssef Safri played his game number 50 in his professional career with Norwich City

Norwich City keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home running (since 14/02/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/05/2003-21/10/2003 time period (7 matches).

It's the first time Chris Armstrong scores 1 goal vs Norwich City in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNorwich City 1-2 West Ham07/01/2006

LNorwich City 2-3 Watford21/01/2006

LNorwich City 1-2 Ipswich Town05/02/2006

VNorwich City 3-0 Brighton & Hove14/02/2006

VNorwich City 2-0 Derby County18/02/2006

VNorwich City 2-1 Stoke City04/03/2006

Overall

DHull City 1-1 Norwich City11/02/2006

VNorwich City 3-0 Brighton & Hove14/02/2006

VNorwich City 2-0 Derby County18/02/2006

LCrystal Palace 4-1 Norwich City25/02/2006

VNorwich City 2-1 Stoke City04/03/2006

DLeeds United 2-2 Norwich City11/03/2006

Current form

Away

VHull City 1-3 Sheffield United03/01/2006

DIpswich Town 1-1 Sheffield United14/01/2006

VDerby County 0-1 Sheffield United01/02/2006

DPlymouth 0-0 Sheffield United11/02/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Sheffield United18/02/2006

LCoventry 2-0 Sheffield United11/03/2006

Overall

DPlymouth 0-0 Sheffield United11/02/2006

DSheffield United 1-1 Reading14/02/2006

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Sheffield United18/02/2006

LSheffield United 2-3 Queens Park Rangers25/02/2006

DSheffield United 0-0 Crewe Alexandra03/03/2006

LCoventry 2-0 Sheffield United11/03/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	12	0
Scoring streak	6	7
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	38
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
14	Victories (Competition total)	22
9	Victories (Home / Away)	10
8	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
16	Losses (Competition total)	7
6	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	64
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	29
54	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.68
1.37	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.53
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.03
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.05

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

60	Yellow cards (Competition total)	58
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	37
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dean Ashton	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Steve Kabba
Dean Ashton	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Danny Webber
Paul McVeigh	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Unsworth
Paul McVeigh	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Paul McVeigh	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Ade Akinbiyi

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

16 v

9 d

5 l

51 gf

33 ga

Away

30 matches

7 v

8 d

15 l

32 gf

45 ga

Total

60 matches

23 v

17 d

20 l

83 gf

78 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

15 v

8 d

7 l

45 gf

32 ga

Away

30 matches

5 v

9 d

16 l

33 gf

51 ga

Total

60 matches

20 v

17 d

23 l

78 gf

83 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 07, 1985
Home	4 - 0	September 07, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 17, 1938
Away	3 - 1	April 03, 1976

Latest head to head

December 26, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Sheffield United

1 - 3

Norwich City logo Norwich City

January 31, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Norwich City

1 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

August 23, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

February 22, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Sheffield United

0 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

September 07, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Norwich City

2 - 3

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Darren Kenton	3 goals	2001 - 2002
Paul McVeigh	3 goals	2002 - 2005
Robert Fleck	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Edward MacDougall	2 goals	1974 - 1975
John Polston	2 goals	1991 - 1997
Iwan Roberts	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Tony Agana	3 goals	1989 - 1991
Carl Asaba	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Brian Deane	2 goals	1989 - 1991
Michael Brown	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Patrick Suffo	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Simon Stainrod	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Ian Crook	9 matches	1990 - 1997
Bryan Gunn	9 matches	1989 - 1997
Craig Fleming	8 matches	2001 - 2005
Ian Culverhouse	8 matches	1989 - 1994
Mark Bowen	8 matches	1989 - 1994
Robert Green	8 matches	2001 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Nick Montgomery	7 matches	2001 - 2005
Brian Deane	7 matches	1989 - 1993
Robert Kozluk	7 matches	2001 - 2005
Michael Tonge	7 matches	2001 - 2005
Simon Tracey	7 matches	1990 - 2002
Paul Beesley	6 matches	1990 - 1994