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Derby County 3-2 Watford - September 17, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 8

Pride Park Stadium - Derby - England

September 17, 2003

18 459

3 - 2

Watford

Ian Taylor

18'

Matthias Svensson

73'

Júnior Pipoca

88'

38'

Marcus Gayle

81'

Ashley Young

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18' - Goal Ian Taylor18

38' - Goal Marcus Gayle

40' - Substitution Michael Johnsonis substituted by Gary Caldwell40

45' - Substitution Luciano Zavagnois substituted by Paul Boertien45

45' - Red card Paul Devlin

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52' - Substitution Danny Webberis substituted by Neal Ardley

67' - Substitution Simo Valakariis substituted by Lee Holmes67

73' - Goal Matthias Svensson73

77' - Substitution Jamie Handis substituted by Scott Fitzgerald photo Ashley Young

77' - Substitution Lee Cookis substituted by Ashley Young

81' - Goal Ashley Young

88' - Goal Júnior Pipoca88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Derby County

3 - 2

Watford

Derby County Watford

Team line-ups

Derby County

Oakes

Andy Oakes

England

B.date11/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnson40

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Mills

Pablo Mills

England

B.date27/05/1984

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Zavagno45

Luciano Zavagno

Argentina

B.date06/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Jackson

Richard Jackson

England

B.date18/04/1980

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Taylor18

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age35 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Valakari67

Simo Valakari

Finland

B.date28/04/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Morris

Lee Morris

England

B.date30/04/1980

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Huddlestone

Tom Huddlestone

England

B.date28/12/1986

Age16 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Júnior Pipoca88

Júnior Pipoca

Brazil

B.date15/06/1976

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Svensson73

Matthias Svensson

Sweden

B.date24/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m86

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Oakes		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson	40	30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pablo Mills		19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luciano Zavagno	45	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Jackson		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	18	35	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simo Valakari	67	30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Morris		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Huddlestone		16	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Júnior Pipoca	88	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matthias Svensson	73	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Chamberlain

Alec Chamberlain

England

B.date20/06/1964

Age39 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Dyche

Sean Dyche

England

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Cox

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hand77

Jamie Hand

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mahon

Gavin Mahon

England

B.date02/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cook77

Lee Cook

England

B.date03/08/1982

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Devlin45

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age31 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Webber52

Danny Webber

England

B.date28/12/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Dyer

Bruce Dyer

Montserrat

B.date13/04/1975

Age28 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Gayle38

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alec Chamberlain		39	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sean Dyche		32	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox		31	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson		24	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Hand	77	19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Mahon		26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cook	77	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin	45	31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Webber	52	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle	38	32	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gary Caldwell	40	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Boertien	45	24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Holmes	67	16	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ashley Young	8177	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley	52	31	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Fitzgerald	77	23	11	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

George Burley

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Burley vs Watford

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 2003

Burley vs Lewington

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lewington vs Derby County

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 2003

Lewington vs Burley

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 17, 2003

Referee

Michael Dean

1 victory	5 draws	8 losses	Derby County14 matches	General total	Watford29 matches	7 victories	10 draws	12 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Derby County1 match	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 12, 2022					Latest figure on May 22, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time Marcus Gayle scores 1 goal vs Derby County in his professional career with Watford

Only back at the time of George Kirby head of (01/07/1971-01/07/1973), you can see a manager go over Ray Lewington with 1.54 goals conceded per game in Championship (1.79).

Derby County keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 05/03/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/03/2002-02/10/2002 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

LDerby County 2-3 Reading23/08/2003

LDerby County 0-1 West Bromwich Albion30/08/2003

Overall

LHuddersfield Town 2-1 Derby County12/08/2003

DGillingham 0-0 Derby County16/08/2003

LDerby County 2-3 Reading23/08/2003

LCardiff City 4-1 Derby County25/08/2003

LDerby County 0-1 West Bromwich Albion30/08/2003

VWalsall 0-1 Derby County13/09/2003

Current form

Away

VBurnley 4-7 Watford05/04/2003

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Watford08/04/2003

LBradford 2-1 Watford19/04/2003

LBrighton & Hove 4-0 Watford26/04/2003

LCrystal Palace 1-0 Watford16/08/2003

LSunderland 2-0 Watford25/08/2003

Overall

VWatford 1-0 Bournemouth12/08/2003

LCrystal Palace 1-0 Watford16/08/2003

LWatford 0-1 West Bromwich Albion23/08/2003

LSunderland 2-0 Watford25/08/2003

DWatford 2-2 Gillingham30/08/2003

VWatford 3-1 Millwall13/09/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	5
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	3
3	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.4
2.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Matthias Svensson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Danny Webber
Matthias Svensson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Taylor	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Neil Cox
Ian Taylor	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Júnior Pipoca	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Neil Cox

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

4 v

4 d

2 l

17 gf

11 ga

Away

12 matches

3 v

5 d

4 l

16 gf

20 ga

Total

22 matches

7 v

9 d

6 l

33 gf

31 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

4 v

5 d

3 l

20 gf

16 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

4 d

4 l

11 gf

17 ga

Total

22 matches

6 v

9 d

7 l

31 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 07, 2002
Home	3 - 0	December 07, 2002

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 26, 1982
Away	2 - 1	January 29, 1994

Latest head to head

April 21, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Watford

2 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

December 07, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Derby County

3 - 0

Watford

April 08, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Watford

0 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

January 03, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Derby County

2 - 0

Watford

March 16, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Derby County

1 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against Watford

Paul Williams	3 goals	1992 - 1992
Ian Ormondroyd	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Branko Strupar	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Chris Riggott	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Lee Morris	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Nigel Callaghan	1 goal	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Iwan Roberts	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Michael Chopra	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Glyn Hodges	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Neal Ardley	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Michael Forsyth	5 matches	1987 - 1992
Peter Shilton	5 matches	1987 - 1992
Geraint Williams	5 matches	1987 - 1992
Craig Burley	4 matches	2000 - 2003
Phil Gee	4 matches	1987 - 1991
Gary Micklewhite	3 matches	1988 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Tommy Smith	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Micah Hyde	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Alec Chamberlain	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Paul Robinson	3 matches	2000 - 2003
John McClelland	2 matches	1987 - 1988
Neal Ardley	2 matches	2002 - 2003