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Walsall 0-2 Reading - August 31, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 6

Bescot Stadium - Walsall - England

August 31, 2002

5 327

Walsall

0 - 2

Reading

79'

Andy Hughes

90'

Andy Hughes

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62' - Substitution Steve Coricais substituted by Júnior Pipoca62

79' - Goal Andy Hughes

80' - Substitution Gary Birchis substituted by Pedro Matías80

82' - Substitution Jamie Curetonis substituted by Phil Parkinson

84' - Red card Roberto Martínez84

90' - Goal Andy Hughes photo Sammy Igoe

90' - Substitution Nicky Forsteris substituted by Sammy Igoe

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Walsall

0 - 2

Reading

Walsall Reading

Team line-ups

Walsall

Walker

Jimmy Walker

England

B.date09/07/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Roper

Ian Roper

England

B.date20/06/1977

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hay

Danny Hay

New Zealand

B.date15/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m93

positionDefender

Aranalde

Zigor Aranalde

Spain

B.date28/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Bazeley

Darren Bazeley

England

B.date05/10/1972

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Sonner

Danny Sonner

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1972

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Martínez84

Roberto Martínez

Spain

B.date13/07/1973

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Wrack

Darren Wrack

England

B.date05/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

Corica62

Steve Corica

Australia

B.date24/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Birch80

Gary Birch

England

B.date08/10/1981

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Leitão

Jorge Leitão

Portugal

B.date14/01/1974

Age28 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Walker		29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Roper		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Hay		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zigor Aranalde		29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Bazeley		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Sonner		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Martínez	84	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Wrack		26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Corica	62	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Birch	80	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Mackie

John Mackie

England

B.date05/07/1976

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Watson

Kevin Watson

England

B.date03/01/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hughes9079

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Salako

John Salako

England

B.date11/02/1969

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Forster90

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age28 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Cureton82

Jamie Cureton

England

B.date28/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Butler

Martin Butler

England

B.date15/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Mackie		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Watson		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes	9079	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako		33	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster	90	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jamie Cureton	82	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Butler		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Pedro Matías	80	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Júnior Pipoca	62	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Phil Parkinson	82	34	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Sammy Igoe	90	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roberto Martínez

Fitzroy Simpson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Lee

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lee vs Reading

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Lee vs Pardew

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

154

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Pardew vs Walsall

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Pardew vs Lee

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Referee

Philip Dowd

0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Walsall3 matches	General total	Reading10 matches	6 victories	0 draw	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Walsall2 matches	Season total	Reading3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 02, 2006					Latest figure on February 23, 2013

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Key figures

The last time Reading has scored at least 2 goals away from home in Championship, It was on the 17/01/1998 (vs )

No Reading manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Pardew has done less than 1.07 goals conceded per game .

End of streak for Walsall after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 17/08/2002). It was the best streak for the club since 28/04/2001-13/05/2001 (4 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWalsall 2-1 Barnsley16/03/2002

DWalsall 1-1 Gillingham30/03/2002

VWalsall 1-0 Stockport06/04/2002

DWalsall 2-2 Bradford21/04/2002

LWalsall 0-2 Ipswich Town10/08/2002

VWalsall 2-1 Nottingham Forest24/08/2002

Overall

DWalsall 2-2 Bradford21/04/2002

LWalsall 0-2 Ipswich Town10/08/2002

LWolverhampton 3-1 Walsall14/08/2002

DSheffield United 1-1 Walsall17/08/2002

VWalsall 2-1 Nottingham Forest24/08/2002

VBrighton & Hove 0-2 Walsall26/08/2002

Current form

Away

VChesterfield 0-2 Reading16/03/2002

DBristol City 3-3 Reading30/03/2002

DTranmere Rovers 2-2 Reading07/04/2002

DBrentford 1-1 Reading20/04/2002

LDerby County 3-0 Reading10/08/2002

LLeicester 2-1 Reading24/08/2002

Overall

DBrentford 1-1 Reading20/04/2002

LDerby County 3-0 Reading10/08/2002

VReading 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday13/08/2002

LReading 1-2 Coventry17/08/2002

LLeicester 2-1 Reading24/08/2002

VReading 3-0 Burnley27/08/2002

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.6
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steve Corica	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Jamie Cureton
Danny Sonner	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Jamie Cureton
Danny Sonner	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jamie Cureton
Danny Sonner	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jamie Cureton
Steve Corica	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 4 matches	Jamie Cureton

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

6 ga

Away

7 matches

2 v

3 d

2 l

7 gf

7 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

14 matches

7 v

4 d

3 l

24 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

2 v

3 d

2 l

7 gf

7 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

14 matches

3 v

4 d

7 l

15 gf

24 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 01, 1986
Home	6 - 0	February 01, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 30, 1998
Away	2 - 0	September 30, 1998

Latest head to head

May 27, 2001 - Barrages Championship 2001

Reading

2 - 3

Walsall

April 21, 2001 - Second Division 2000/2001

Reading

2 - 2

Walsall

November 04, 2000 - Second Division 2000/2001

Walsall

2 - 1

Reading

February 06, 1999 - Second Division 1998/1999

Reading

0 - 1

Walsall

September 30, 1998 - Second Division 1998/1999

Walsall

0 - 2

Reading

Best historical scorers against Reading

	Don Goodman	1 goal	2001 - 2001
	Darren Byfield	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Walsall

	Jamie Cureton	1 goal	2001 - 2001
	Martin Butler	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Gabor Bukran	1 match	2001 - 2001
Zigor Aranalde	1 match	2001 - 2001
Andy Tillson	1 match	2001 - 2001
Ian Brightwell	1 match	2001 - 2001
Pedro Matías	1 match	2001 - 2001
Jorge Leitão	1 match	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/05/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Walsall

Jamie Cureton	1 match	2001 - 2001
Barry Hunter	1 match	2001 - 2001
Tony Rougier	1 match	2001 - 2001
Phil Whitehead	1 match	2001 - 2001
Adrian Viveash	1 match	2001 - 2001
James Harper	1 match	2001 - 2001