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Derby County 2-3 Reading - August 23, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 3

Pride Park Stadium - Derby - England

August 23, 2003

18 970

Derby County

2 - 3

Reading

(penalty) Ian Taylor

Matthias Svensson

81'

Shaun Goater

30'

Scott Murray

36'

Scott Murray

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3' - Goal Shaun Goater

7' - Goal Ian Taylor7

30' - Goal Scott Murray

36' - Goal Scott Murray

45' - Substitution Gary Caldwellis substituted by Pablo Mills45

45' - Substitution Steve Brownis substituted by John Mackie photo James Harper

45' - Substitution Kevin Watsonis substituted by James Harper

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59' - Substitution Simo Valakariis substituted by Júnior Pipoca59

79' - Substitution Shaun Goateris substituted by Martin Butler

81' - Goal Matthias Svensson81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Derby County

2 - 3

Reading

Derby County Reading

Team line-ups

Derby County

Grant

Lee Grant

England

B.date27/01/1983

Age20 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Caldwell45

Gary Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/04/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionSweeper

Johnson

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Jackson

Richard Jackson

England

B.date18/04/1980

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Boertien

Paul Boertien

England

B.date20/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Costa

Cândido Costa

Portugal

B.date30/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Taylor7

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age35 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Valakari59

Simo Valakari

Finland

B.date28/04/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Huddlestone

Tom Huddlestone

England

B.date28/12/1986

Age16 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Morris

Lee Morris

England

B.date30/04/1980

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Svensson81

Matthias Svensson

Sweden

B.date24/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m86

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lee Grant		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Caldwell	45	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Jackson		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Boertien		24	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cândido Costa		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	7	35	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simo Valakari	59	30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Huddlestone		16	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Morris		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matthias Svensson	81	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Brown45

Steve Brown

England

B.date13/05/1972

Age31 years

positionDefender

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Newman

Ricky Newman

England

B.date05/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Watson45

Kevin Watson

England

B.date03/01/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Murray3036

Scott Murray

Scotland

B.date26/05/1974

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Hughes

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Goater379

Shaun Goater

Bermuda

B.date25/02/1970

Age33 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Forster

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Brown	45	31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		32	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricky Newman		33	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Watson	45	29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Murray	3036	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shaun Goater	379	33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster		29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Pablo Mills	45	19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Júnior Pipoca	59	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	John Mackie	45	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper	45	22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Butler	79	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matthias Svensson

Lee Bradbury

OUT

Simo Valakari

Luciano Zavagno

OUT

Lee Morris

Izale McLeod

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ricky Newman

Nicky Shorey

OUT

Kevin Watson

John Salako

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Burley

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Burley vs Reading

4 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2003

Burley vs Pardew

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

203

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Pardew vs Derby County

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2003

Pardew vs Burley

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2003

Referee

Colin Webster

7 victories	1 draw	4 losses	Derby County12 matches	General total	Reading6 matches	5 victories	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Derby County1 match	Season total	Reading1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 26, 2011					Latest figure on December 17, 2011

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Key figures

Derby County keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win running (since 21/04/2003).

The last time Reading has ended with the score 3-2 away from home in Championship, It was on the 28/12/1987 (vs )

Reading keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 09/08/2003).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LDerby County 1-2 Bradford15/03/2003

VDerby County 2-1 Norwich City05/04/2003

LDerby County 1-2 Millwall16/04/2003

VDerby County 1-0 Coventry19/04/2003

LDerby County 1-4 Ipswich Town04/05/2003

LDerby County 0-3 Stoke City09/08/2003

Overall

LWatford 2-0 Derby County21/04/2003

LWalsall 3-2 Derby County26/04/2003

LDerby County 1-4 Ipswich Town04/05/2003

LDerby County 0-3 Stoke City09/08/2003

LHuddersfield Town 2-1 Derby County12/08/2003

DGillingham 0-0 Derby County16/08/2003

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 3-0 Reading21/04/2003

VWatford 0-3 Reading30/04/2003

LStoke City 1-0 Reading04/05/2003

LWolverhampton 2-1 Reading10/05/2003

DIpswich Town 1-1 Reading09/08/2003

VBoston United 1-3 Reading13/08/2003

Overall

LStoke City 1-0 Reading04/05/2003

LWolverhampton 2-1 Reading10/05/2003

LReading 0-1 Wolverhampton14/05/2003

DIpswich Town 1-1 Reading09/08/2003

VBoston United 1-3 Reading13/08/2003

VReading 3-0 Nottingham Forest16/08/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	7	0
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Steve Sidwell
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Steve Sidwell
-	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Steve Sidwell

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

16 gf

5 ga

Away

8 matches

0 v

1 d

7 l

4 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

16 matches

5 v

3 d

8 l

22 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

7 v

1 d

0 l

14 gf

4 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

5 gf

16 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

16 matches

8 v

3 d

5 l

19 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 10, 2002
Home	3 - 0	August 10, 2002

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 20, 1994
Away	2 - 1	November 02, 1994

Latest head to head

December 28, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

2 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

August 10, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Derby County

3 - 0

Reading

January 13, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Derby County

3 - 0

Reading

August 19, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Reading

3 - 2

Derby County logo Derby County

February 11, 1995 - First Division 1994/1995

Reading

1 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

Best historical scorers against Reading

Marco Gabbiadini	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Fabrizio Ravanelli	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Craig Burley	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Rob Lee	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Malcolm Christie	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Paul Williams	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Jimmy Quinn	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Nathan Tyson	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Jamie Cureton	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Paul Holsgrove	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Tommy Johnson	2 matches	1994 - 1994
Warren Barton	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Gary Charles	2 matches	1994 - 1994
Lee Morris	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Craig Short	2 matches	1994 - 1994
Paul Williams	2 matches	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Ady Williams	4 matches	1994 - 2002
Nicky Shorey	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Phil Parkinson	2 matches	1994 - 2002
Andrew Bernal	2 matches	1994 - 1994
Jamie Cureton	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Dylan Kerr	2 matches	1994 - 1994