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Crystal Palace 1-2 Sheffield United - August 26, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 4

Selhurst Park - London - England

August 26, 2003

15 466

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Sheffield United

(penalty) Andy Johnson

76'

18'

Peter Ndlovu

45'

Wayne Allison

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18' - Goal Peter Ndlovu

29' - Substitution Dougie Freedmanis substituted by Andy Johnson29

45' - Substitution Shaun Derryis substituted by Ben Watson45

45' - Goal Wayne Allison photo Mike Whitlow

45' - Substitution Paddy Kennyis substituted by Mike Whitlow

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56' - Substitution Gary Borrowdaleis substituted by Wayne Routledge56

68' - Red card Michael Brown

76' - Goal Andy Johnson76

76' - Substitution Stuart McCallis substituted by Mark Rankine

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Crystal Palace Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Clarke

Matt Clarke

England

B.date03/11/1973

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Symons

Kit Symons

Wales

B.date08/03/1971

Age32 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Borrowdale56

Gary Borrowdale

England

B.date16/07/1985

Age18 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Butterfield

Danny Butterfield

England

B.date21/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Smith

Jamie Smith

England

B.date17/09/1974

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Derry45

Shaun Derry

England

B.date06/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Black

Tommy Black

England

B.date26/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Mullins

Hayden Mullins

England

B.date27/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Freedman29

Dougie Freedman

Scotland

B.date25/05/1974

Age29 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Shipperley

Neil Shipperley

England

B.date30/10/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Matt Clarke		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kit Symons		32	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Borrowdale	56	18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Smith		28	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Derry	45	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes		32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Black		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hayden Mullins		24	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman	29	29	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Shipperley		28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sheffield United

Kenny45

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Morgan

Chris Morgan

England

B.date09/11/1977

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

England

B.date17/08/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Kozluk

Robert Kozluk

England

B.date05/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Montgomery

Nick Montgomery

England

B.date28/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

McCall76

Stuart McCall

Scotland

B.date10/06/1964

Age39 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Tonge

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Brown68

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Ndlovu18

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Allison45

Wayne Allison

England

B.date16/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny	45	25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morgan		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Jagielka		21	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Kozluk		26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Montgomery		21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart McCall	76	39	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge		20	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown	68	26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu	18	30	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Allison	45	34	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ben Watson	45	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Routledge	56	18	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson	7629	22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Mike Whitlow	45	35	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Mark Rankine	76	33	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Borrowdale

Ben Watson

OUT

Shaun Derry

Darren Powell

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nick Montgomery

Jack Lester

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Kember

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Kember vs Sheffield United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 2003

Kember vs Warnock

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

196

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Warnock vs Crystal Palace

7 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 2003

Warnock vs Kember

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 2003

Referee

Scott Mathieson

2 victories	3 draws	4 losses	Crystal Palace9 matches	General total	Sheffield United15 matches	6 victories	4 draws	5 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crystal Palace1 match	Season total	Sheffield United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 15, 2012					Latest figure on November 01, 2014

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Key figures

End of streak for Crystal Palace after 3 consecutive wins at home (since 26/04/2003).

Danny Butterfield played his game number 50 in Championship with Crystal Palace

Only back at the time of Billy McEwan head of Sheffield United (27/03/1986-02/01/1988), you can see a maanger go beneath Neil Warnock with 1.29 goals scored per game in Championship (1.13).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Walsall22/03/2003

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Sheffield United05/04/2003

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Watford08/04/2003

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Rotherham United19/04/2003

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Stoke City26/04/2003

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Watford16/08/2003

Overall

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Stoke City26/04/2003

LGillingham 2-1 Crystal Palace04/05/2003

VBurnley 2-3 Crystal Palace09/08/2003

DTorquay United 1-1 Crystal Palace12/08/2003

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Watford16/08/2003

VWimbledon FC 1-3 Crystal Palace23/08/2003

Current form

Away

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Sheffield United07/04/2003

LPreston North End 2-0 Sheffield United19/04/2003

LWatford 2-0 Sheffield United04/05/2003

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Sheffield United10/05/2003

VMacclesfield Town 1-2 Sheffield United12/08/2003

DWest Ham 0-0 Sheffield United16/08/2003

Overall

VSheffield United 4-3 Nottingham Forest15/05/2003

LSheffield United 0-3 Wolverhampton26/05/2003

DSheffield United 0-0 Gillingham09/08/2003

VMacclesfield Town 1-2 Sheffield United12/08/2003

DWest Ham 0-0 Sheffield United16/08/2003

VSheffield United 1-0 Norwich City23/08/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	2	7
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.33
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Dougie Freedman	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Robert Page
Neil Shipperley	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dougie Freedman	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Dougie Freedman	4 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Robert Page

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

8 v

5 d

6 l

24 gf

18 ga

Away

21 matches

7 v

5 d

9 l

21 gf

26 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

41 matches

16 v

10 d

15 l

46 gf

44 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

9 v

5 d

7 l

26 gf

21 ga

Away

19 matches

6 v

5 d

8 l

18 gf

24 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

41 matches

15 v

10 d

16 l

44 gf

46 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 04, 1971
Home	5 - 1	December 04, 1971

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 12, 1997
Away	3 - 1	March 30, 1985

Latest head to head

April 05, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Crystal Palace

2 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

December 17, 2002 - League Cup 2002/2003

Sheffield United

3 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

November 30, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

February 23, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

September 25, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Sheffield United

1 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

John Hughes	2 goals	1971 - 1971
David Hopkin	2 goals	1997 - 2001
Ian Wright	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Dele Adebola	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Garry Thompson	1 goal	1990 - 1990
Dougie Freedman	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

William Dearden	3 goals	1971 - 1973
Paul Peschisolido	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Wayne Allison	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Jamie Hoyland	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Steve Kabba	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Michael Brown	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Nigel Martyn	6 matches	1990 - 1993
John Humphrey	5 matches	1990 - 1992
Eric Young	5 matches	1990 - 1993
Simon Rodger	5 matches	1991 - 2002
Andy Thorn	5 matches	1990 - 1993
Richard Shaw	5 matches	1990 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Simon Tracey	7 matches	1991 - 2002
Paul Beesley	6 matches	1990 - 1993
Phil Jagielka	6 matches	2000 - 2003
John Pemberton	5 matches	1990 - 1993
Peter Ndlovu	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Jamie Hoyland	5 matches	1991 - 1993