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West Ham 1-1 Reading - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Journée 19

Boleyn Ground - Londres - England

December 26, 2007

34 277

West Ham

1 - 1

Reading

(right foot) Nolberto Solano

42'

60'

Dave Kitson (left foot)

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29' - Red card Brynjar Gunnarsson

42' - Goal Nolberto Solano42

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60' - Goal Dave Kitson

65' - Substitution Bobby Conveyis substituted by Kalifa Cissé

72' - Substitution Carlton Coleis substituted by Henri Camara72

77' - Substitution Nolberto Solanois substituted by Mark Noble77

85' - Substitution Dave Kitsonis substituted by Shane Long

90' - Substitution Kevin Doyleis substituted by André Bikey

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

1 - 1

Reading

West Ham Reading

Team line-ups

West Ham

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Solano4277

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age33 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Spector

Jonathan Spector

United States

B.date01/03/1986

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Parker

Scott Parker

England

B.date13/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Mullins

Hayden Mullins

England

B.date27/03/1979

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Ljungberg

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Cole72

Carlton Cole

England

B.date12/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Ashton

Dean Ashton

England

B.date24/11/1983

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nolberto Solano	4277	33	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonathan Spector		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Parker		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hayden Mullins		28	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlton Cole	72	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Ashton		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Gunnarsson29

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Convey65

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hunt

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kitson6085

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Doyle90

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		35	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		26	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		30	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	29	32	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		33	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		26	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		27	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey	65	24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt		26	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	6085	27	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	90	24	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

162

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mark Noble	77	20	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Henri Camara	72	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	André Bikey	90	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kalifa Cissé	65	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shane Long	85	20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carlton Cole

Henri Camara

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Curbishley

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Curbishley vs Reading

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Curbishley vs Coppell

4 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

209

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs West Ham

5 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Coppell vs Curbishley

1 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Referee

Peter Walton

1 victory	8 draws	7 losses	West Ham16 matches	General total	Reading12 matches	2 victories	6 draws	4 losses
0 victory	2 draws	2 losses	West Ham4 matches	Season total	Reading2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 17, 2012					Latest figure on February 19, 2011

Videos

July 09, 2023

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for West Ham after 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Reading in Premier League (since 01/10/2006). It's a record streak. The first of history

Reading keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 15/09/2007). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/03/2007 (10 matches)

Kevin Doyle played his game number 50 in Premier League

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

	7	Portsmouth	31 pts	19 rd
	8	Aston Villa	30 pts	19 rd
+2	9	West Ham	26 pts	18 rd
	10	Blackburn	26 pts	18 rd
-2	11	Newcastle United	26 pts	19 rd

General ranking

	10	Blackburn	26 pts	18 rd
-2	11	Newcastle United	26 pts	19 rd
	12	Reading	22 pts	19 rd
	13	Tottenham	21 pts	19 rd
+2	14	Birmingham City	18 pts	19 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Ham 0-1 Arsenal29/09/2007

VWest Ham 3-1 Sunderland21/10/2007

DWest Ham 1-1 Bolton Wanderers04/11/2007

DWest Ham 1-1 Tottenham25/11/2007

LWest Ham 1-2 Everton12/12/2007

LWest Ham 0-2 Everton15/12/2007

Overall

DWest Ham 1-1 Tottenham25/11/2007

LChelsea 1-0 West Ham01/12/2007

VBlackburn 0-1 West Ham09/12/2007

LWest Ham 1-2 Everton12/12/2007

LWest Ham 0-2 Everton15/12/2007

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 West Ham22/12/2007

Current form

Away

LSunderland 2-1 Reading15/09/2007

LPortsmouth 7-4 Reading29/09/2007

LBlackburn 4-2 Reading20/10/2007

LFulham 3-1 Reading03/11/2007

LManchester City 2-1 Reading24/11/2007

DBirmingham City 1-1 Reading15/12/2007

Overall

LReading 1-3 Arsenal12/11/2007

LManchester City 2-1 Reading24/11/2007

DReading 1-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2007

VReading 3-1 Liverpool08/12/2007

DBirmingham City 1-1 Reading15/12/2007

VReading 2-1 Sunderland22/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	6	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	14
Conceding streak	6	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	12
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	16
85	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	101
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
7	Victories (Competition total)	6
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.94
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.75

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Lee Bowyer	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Stephen Hunt
Lee Bowyer	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kevin Doyle
Mark Noble	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Stephen Hunt
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Stephen Hunt
Dean Ashton	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Stephen Hunt

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

1 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

11 ga

Total

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

11 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

12 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 01, 2007
Home	1 - 0	August 10, 2004

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 01, 2007
Away	1 - 0	October 01, 2006

Latest head to head

September 01, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Reading

0 - 3

West Ham

January 01, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Reading

6 - 0

West Ham

October 01, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

West Ham

0 - 1

Reading

March 12, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

3 - 1

West Ham

August 10, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

West Ham

1 - 0

Reading

Best historical scorers against Reading

Teddy Sheringham	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Matthew Etherington	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Craig Bellamy	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Christian Dailly	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Dave Kitson	5 goals	2004 - 2005
Kevin Doyle	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Stephen Hunt	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Leroy Lita	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Brynjar Gunnarsson	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Ki-hyeon Seol	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Christian Dailly	6 matches	2001 - 2007
Matthew Etherington	6 matches	2003 - 2007
Bobby Zamora	5 matches	2004 - 2007
Hayden Mullins	5 matches	2004 - 2007
Marlon Harewood	5 matches	2004 - 2007
Nigel Reo-Coker	4 matches	2004 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

James Harper	8 matches	2001 - 2007
Marcus Hahnemann	6 matches	2003 - 2007
Nicky Shorey	6 matches	2003 - 2007
Steve Sidwell	6 matches	2003 - 2007
Ívar Ingimarsson	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Graeme Murty	6 matches	2001 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Shaka Hislop

157 matches

3 matches

1994 - 2006

Trevor Morley

89 matches

13 matches

1991 - 1998

Kenny Brown

55 matches

3 matches

1991 - 1996

Luke Chadwick

36 matches

17 matches

2003 - 2005

Matthew Upson

21 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2007

Les Ferdinand

14 matches

2003 - 2005

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Luke Chadwick

36 matches

17 matches

2003 - 2005

Matthew Upson

21 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2007

Les Ferdinand

14 matches

2003 - 2005

Keith McPherson

1 match

14 matches

1985 - 1998

Ray Houghton

1 match

13 matches

1982 - 1998

Trevor Morley

89 matches

13 matches

1991 - 1998

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2007

Birmingham City

3 0

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Chelsea

4 4

Aston Villa

Video availableLine-ups available

Derby County

1 2

Liverpool

Video availableLine-ups available

Everton

2 0

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

0 0

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

0 4

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Tottenham

5 1

Fulham

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

1 0

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

December 27, 2007

Manchester City

2 2

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	45	19	14	3	2	36	9	+27
-12	Arsenal	44	19	13	5	1	36	15	+21
3	Chelsea	38	19	11	5	3	29	14	+15
+14	Liverpool	36	18	10	6	2	33	12	+21
-15	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
6	Everton	33	19	10	3	6	34	18	+16
7	Portsmouth	31	19	8	7	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	30	19	8	6	5	33	25	+8
+29	West Ham	26	18	7	5	6	23	16	+7
10	Blackburn	26	18	7	5	6	23	25	-2
-211	Newcastle United	26	19	7	5	7	26	29	-3
12	Reading	22	19	6	4	9	25	36	-11
13	Tottenham	21	19	5	6	8	35	32	+3
+214	Birmingham City	18	19	5	3	11	21	30	-9
-115	Bolton Wanderers	17	19	4	5	10	21	29	-8
-116	Middlesbrough	17	19	4	5	10	17	33	-16
+217	Wigan	16	19	4	4	11	19	34	-15
-118	Fulham	14	19	2	8	9	20	34	-14
-119	Sunderland	14	19	3	5	11	17	38	-21
20	Derby County	7	19	1	4	14	9	43	-34

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West Ham 1-1 Reading - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

West Ham

1 - 1

Reading

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Curbishley vs Reading

Curbishley vs Coppell

Manager

Coppell vs West Ham

Coppell vs Curbishley

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Reading

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Players with most games played vs Reading

Players with most games played vs West Ham

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking