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Reading 0-0 Portsmouth - December 07, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 22

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

December 07, 2002

23 462

0 - 0

Portsmouth

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45' - Substitution Mark Burchillis substituted by Kevin Harper

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64' - Substitution Ricky Newmanis substituted by Kevin Watson64

71' - Substitution Andy Hughesis substituted by Jamie Cureton71

79' - Substitution Tony Rougieris substituted by Martin Butler79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

0 - 0

Portsmouth

Reading Portsmouth

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Newman64

Ricky Newman

England

B.date05/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Hughes71

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

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Rougier79

Tony Rougier

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date17/07/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Forster

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricky Newman	64	32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes	71	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako		33	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Rougier	79	31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster		29	26	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

Portsmouth

Hislop

Shaka Hislop

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date22/02/1969

Age33 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

Primus

Linvoy Primus

England

B.date14/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Foxe

Hayden Foxe

Australia

B.date23/06/1977

Age25 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

de Zeeuw

Arjan de Zeeuw

Netherlands

B.date16/04/1970

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Ritchie

Paul Ritchie

Scotland

B.date21/08/1975

Age27 years

positionDefender

Robinson

Carl Robinson

Wales

B.date13/10/1976

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Quashie

Nigel Quashie

Scotland

B.date20/07/1978

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Taylor

Matthew Taylor

England

B.date27/11/1981

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age34 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Burchill45

Mark Burchill

Scotland

B.date18/08/1980

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Todorov

Svetoslav Todorov

Bulgaria

B.date30/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Shaka Hislop		33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Linvoy Primus		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hayden Foxe		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arjan de Zeeuw		32	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Ritchie		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Robinson		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Quashie		24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Taylor		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		34	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Burchill	45	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Svetoslav Todorov		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kevin Watson	64	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jamie Cureton	71	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Butler	79	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Kevin Harper	45	26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ricky Newman

Kevin Watson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Linvoy Primus

Lassina Diabaté

OUT

Mark Burchill

Vincent Péricard

OUT

Arjan de Zeeuw

Kevin Harper

OUT

Carl Robinson

Jason Crowe

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

170

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Pardew vs Portsmouth

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Pardew vs Redknapp

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Redknapp vs Reading

7 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Redknapp vs Pardew

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Referee

Anthony Leake

2 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Reading4 matches	General total	Portsmouth2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Portsmouth1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 08, 2006					Latest figure on December 07, 2002

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Key figures

End of streak for Reading after 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Portsmouth in Championship (since 25/03/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

Reading keeps its 7 matches without conceding any goal in Championship running (since 29/10/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/09/1994 (4 matches)

Reading keeps its 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 21/09/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/01/2001-17/03/2001 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LReading 0-2 Norwich City18/09/2002

DReading 1-1 Stoke City28/09/2002

VReading 3-1 Ipswich Town19/10/2002

VReading 1-0 Bradford29/10/2002

VReading 2-0 Millwall02/11/2002

VReading 1-0 Watford23/11/2002

Overall

VReading 1-0 Bradford29/10/2002

VReading 2-0 Millwall02/11/2002

VGillingham 0-1 Reading09/11/2002

VReading 1-0 Watford23/11/2002

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Reading26/11/2002

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Reading30/11/2002

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 1-0 Portsmouth21/09/2002

VRotherham United 2-3 Portsmouth05/10/2002

VBurnley 0-3 Portsmouth26/10/2002

DWolverhampton 1-1 Portsmouth06/11/2002

VDerby County 1-2 Portsmouth09/11/2002

VSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Portsmouth23/11/2002

Overall

LPortsmouth 0-2 Leicester02/11/2002

DWolverhampton 1-1 Portsmouth06/11/2002

VDerby County 1-2 Portsmouth09/11/2002

VPortsmouth 3-0 Stoke City16/11/2002

VSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Portsmouth23/11/2002

VPortsmouth 3-2 Walsall30/11/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	6
Unbeaten streak	5	6
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	5	6
Invincibility streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	5	5
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	5	5
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
12	Victories (Competition total)	16
6	Victories (Home / Away)	7
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	2
3	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.24
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.95
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	43
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nicky Forster	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Svetoslav Todorov
Jamie Cureton	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Svetoslav Todorov
Jamie Cureton	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Paul Merson
Jamie Cureton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Paul Merson
Nicky Forster	6 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Svetoslav Todorov

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

1 v

3 d

4 l

7 gf

9 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

3 d

4 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

17 matches

3 v

6 d

8 l

13 gf

22 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

4 v

3 d

2 l

13 gf

6 ga

Away

8 matches

4 v

3 d

1 l

9 gf

7 ga

Total

17 matches

8 v

6 d

3 l

22 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 27, 1997
Home	3 - 1	January 29, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 30, 1927
Away	1 - 0	February 21, 1998

Latest head to head

February 21, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Reading

0 - 1

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

September 27, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Portsmouth

0 - 2

Reading

March 25, 1997 - First Division 1996/1997

Portsmouth

1 - 0

Reading

January 25, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Portsmouth

3 - 0

Reading

December 21, 1996 - First Division 1996/1997

Reading

0 - 0

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Paul Hall	1 goal	1997 - 1997
David Hillier	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Lee Bradbury	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

Martin Williams	1 match	1997 - 1997
Stuart Lovell	1 match	1997 - 1997
Sal Bibbo	1 match	1997 - 1997
Martyn Booty	1 match	1997 - 1997
Paul Holsgrove	1 match	1997 - 1997
Darren Caskey	1 match	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Alan McLoughlin	1 match	1997 - 1997
John Durnin	1 match	1997 - 1997
Lee Bradbury	1 match	1997 - 1997
Russell Perrett	1 match	1997 - 1997
Robbie Pethick	1 match	1997 - 1997
David Hillier	1 match	1997 - 1997