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Sheffield United 5-3 Cardiff City - September 20, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 9

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

September 20, 2003

21 323

5 - 3

Cardiff City

Michael Tonge

53'

Peter Ndlovu

62'

(penalty) Peter Ndlovu

78'

Jack Lester

85'

(penalty) Peter Ndlovu

89'

46'

Robert Earnshaw

64'

Robert Earnshaw

69'

Richard Langley

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46' - Goal Robert Earnshaw

53' - Goal Michael Tonge53

62' - Goal Peter Ndlovu62

64' - Goal Robert Earnshaw

69' - Goal Richard Langley

70' - Substitution Ashley Wardis substituted by Jack Lester photo Wayne Allison

70' - Substitution Paul Peschisolidois substituted by Wayne Allison70

78' - Goal Peter Ndlovu78

85' - Goal Jack Lester85

87' - Substitution Mark Bonneris substituted by Gavin Gordon

89' - Goal Peter Ndlovu photo Mark Rankine

89' - Substitution Stuart McCallis substituted by Mark Rankine89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

5 - 3

Cardiff City

Sheffield United Cardiff City

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Gerrard

Paul Gerrard

England

B.date22/01/1973

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

England

B.date17/08/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Whitlow

Mike Whitlow

England

B.date13/01/1968

Age35 years

positionDefender

Kozluk

Robert Kozluk

England

B.date05/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Harley

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Montgomery

Nick Montgomery

England

B.date28/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

McCall89

Stuart McCall

Scotland

B.date10/06/1964

Age39 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Tonge53

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Ward70

Ashley Ward

England

B.date24/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Peschisolido70

Paul Peschisolido

Canada

B.date25/05/1971

Age32 years

H1m71

positionStriker

Ndlovu627889

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Gerrard		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Jagielka		21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Whitlow		35	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Kozluk		26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Montgomery		21	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart McCall	89	39	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge	53	20	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ashley Ward	70	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Peschisolido	70	32	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu	627889	30	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cardiff City

Alexander

Neil Alexander

Scotland

B.date10/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Weston

Rhys Weston

Wales

B.date27/10/1980

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Vidmar

Tony Vidmar

Australia

B.date04/07/1970

Age33 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Collins

James Collins

Wales

B.date23/08/1983

Age20 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Barker

Chris Barker

England

B.date02/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Kavanagh

Graham Kavanagh

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/12/1973

Age29 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bonner87

Mark Bonner

England

B.date07/06/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Langley69

Richard Langley

Jamaica

B.date27/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Boland

Willie Boland

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/08/1975

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Earnshaw6446

Robert Earnshaw

Wales

B.date06/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Thorne

Peter Thorne

England

B.date21/06/1973

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Alexander		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rhys Weston		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Vidmar		33	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Collins		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Barker		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Kavanagh		29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Bonner	87	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Langley	69	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Boland		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Earnshaw	6446	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thorne		30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mark Rankine	89	33	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Allison	70	34	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jack Lester	8570	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gavin Gordon	87	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mike Whitlow

Chris Morgan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Bonner

John Robinson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

200

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Warnock vs Cardiff City

9 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2003

Warnock vs Lawrence

6 victories

6 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Lennie Lawrence

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lawrence vs Sheffield United

3 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2003

Lawrence vs Warnock

1 victory

6 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2003

Referee

Mike Riley

2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Sheffield United4 matches	General total	Cardiff City3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sheffield United1 match	Season total	Cardiff City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 03, 2007					Latest figure on January 17, 2007

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Key figures

The last time Sheffield United has ended with the score 5-3 in Championship, It was on the 08/11/1952 (vs )

End of streak for Sheffield United after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Cardiff City (since 05/02/1983). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/12/1978 (5 matches)

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Lennie Lawrence has done less than 0.99 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 3-0 Bradford29/04/2003

VSheffield United 4-3 Nottingham Forest15/05/2003

DSheffield United 0-0 Gillingham09/08/2003

VSheffield United 1-0 Norwich City23/08/2003

VSheffield United 2-1 Coventry30/08/2003

VSheffield United 5-0 Rotherham United16/09/2003

Overall

DWest Ham 0-0 Sheffield United16/08/2003

VSheffield United 1-0 Norwich City23/08/2003

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Sheffield United26/08/2003

VSheffield United 2-1 Coventry30/08/2003

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Sheffield United13/09/2003

VSheffield United 5-0 Rotherham United16/09/2003

Current form

Away

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Cardiff City03/05/2003

DBristol City 0-0 Cardiff City13/05/2003

DRotherham United 0-0 Cardiff City09/08/2003

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City23/08/2003

DWalsall 1-1 Cardiff City30/08/2003

LReading 2-1 Cardiff City16/09/2003

Overall

LCardiff City 0-2 Bradford16/08/2003

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City23/08/2003

VCardiff City 4-1 Derby County25/08/2003

DWalsall 1-1 Cardiff City30/08/2003

VCardiff City 5-0 Gillingham13/09/2003

LReading 2-1 Cardiff City16/09/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	14	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.86
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Peter Ndlovu	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Robert Earnshaw
Paul Peschisolido	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Robert Earnshaw
Michael Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robert Earnshaw
Michael Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Ndlovu	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 5 matches	Robert Earnshaw

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

17 v

4 d

8 l

63 gf

32 ga

Away

27 matches

5 v

10 d

12 l

27 gf

43 ga

Total

56 matches

22 v

14 d

20 l

90 gf

75 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

12 v

10 d

5 l

43 gf

27 ga

Away

29 matches

8 v

4 d

17 l

32 gf

63 ga

Total

56 matches

20 v

14 d

22 l

75 gf

90 ga

Largest victory

Overall	11 - 2	January 01, 1926
Home	11 - 2	January 01, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 21, 1979
Away	3 - 1	January 15, 1972

Latest head to head

January 27, 1999 - FA Cup 1998/1999

Sheffield United

4 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

April 11, 1989 - Division 3 1988/1989

Sheffield United

0 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

February 11, 1989 - Division 3 1988/1989

Cardiff City

0 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

December 22, 1984 - Division 2 1984/1985

Cardiff City

1 - 3

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

September 01, 1984 - Division 2 1984/1985

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Graham Stuart	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Lee Morris	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Ian MacKenzie	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Ron Simpson	1 goal	1961 - 1961
David Holdsworth	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Paul Devlin	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Don Murray	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Kevin Nugent	1 goal	1999 - 1999
David Carver	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Bobby Woodruff	1 goal	1972 - 1972
John King	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Ron Simpson	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Derek Pace	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Joe Shaw	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Graham Shaw	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Leonard Allchurch	2 matches	1961 - 1961
William Russell	2 matches	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Frank Rankmore	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Barrie Hole	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Brian Walsh	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Derek Hogg	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Alexander Milne	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Colin Baker	2 matches	1961 - 1961