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Wolverhampton 1-0 Norwich City - December 07, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 22

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

December 07, 2002

25 753

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Norwich City

Carlton Cole

37'

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37' - Goal Carlton Cole37

45' - Substitution Steen Nedergaardis substituted by Ian Henderson

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62' - Substitution Paul Heckingbottomis substituted by David Nielsen

77' - Substitution Iwan Robertsis substituted by Zema Abbey

78' - Substitution Alex Raeis substituted by Colin Cameron78

81' - Substitution Kenny Milleris substituted by Dean Sturridge81

89' - Substitution Mark Kennedyis substituted by Keith Andrews89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Norwich City

Wolverhampton Norwich City

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Murray

Matt Murray

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age21 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Clyde

Mark Clyde

Northern Ireland

B.date27/12/1982

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Lescott

Joleon Lescott

England

B.date16/08/1982

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Kennedy89

Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

England

B.date24/12/1972

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age37 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age35 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Rae78

Alex Rae

Scotland

B.date30/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Cooper

Kevin Cooper

England

B.date08/02/1975

Age27 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Miller81

Kenny Miller

Scotland

B.date23/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Cole37

Carlton Cole

England

B.date12/10/1983

Age19 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Matt Murray		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Clyde		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joleon Lescott		20	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Kennedy	89	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Edworthy		29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		37	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		35	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex Rae	78	33	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Cooper		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Miller	81	22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlton Cole	37	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Fleming

Craig Fleming

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Kenton

Darren Kenton

England

B.date13/09/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Defender

Mackay

Malky Mackay

Scotland

B.date19/02/1972

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Heckingbottom62

Paul Heckingbottom

England

B.date17/07/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Nedergaard45

Steen Nedergaard

Denmark

B.date25/02/1970

Age32 years

positionFull-back

Drury

Adam Drury

England

B.date29/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Holt

Gary Holt

Scotland

B.date09/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mulryne

Philip Mulryne

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Roberts77

Iwan Roberts

Wales

B.date26/06/1968

Age34 years

positionForward

McVeigh

Paul McVeigh

Northern Ireland

B.date06/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m68

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Fleming		31	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Kenton		24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malky Mackay		30	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Heckingbottom	62	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steen Nedergaard	45	32	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam Drury		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Holt		29	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Philip Mulryne		24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Iwan Roberts	77	34	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul McVeigh		25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Keith Andrews	89	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Cameron	78	30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Sturridge	81	29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ian Henderson	45	17	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zema Abbey	77	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Nielsen	62	26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carlton Cole

Dean Sturridge

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Heckingbottom

Mark Rivers

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Jones vs Norwich City

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Jones vs Worthington

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Worthington

102

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Worthington vs Wolverhampton

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Worthington vs Jones

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 2002

Referee

Andy D'Urso

12 victories	3 draws	3 losses	Wolverhampton18 matches	General total	Norwich City10 matches	5 victories	1 draw	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wolverhampton1 match	Season total	Norwich City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 03, 2015					Latest figure on December 26, 2014

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Key figures

It's the first time Carlton Cole scores 1 goal in his professional career with

Only back at the time of Ronald Allen head of Wolverhampton (01/09/1965-01/11/1968), you can see a manager go over Dave Jones with 1.53 goals scored per game (1.82).

Only back at the time of Ken Brown head of (01/10/1980-09/11/1987), you can see a maanger go beneath Nigel Worthington with 32% of losses in Championship (27%).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 4-0 Preston North End24/09/2002

LWolverhampton 1-3 Sheffield United05/10/2002

VWolverhampton 4-1 Grimsby Town26/10/2002

DWolverhampton 1-1 Portsmouth06/11/2002

DWolverhampton 1-1 Brighton & Hove11/11/2002

VWolverhampton 2-1 Nottingham Forest23/11/2002

Overall

DWatford 1-1 Wolverhampton02/11/2002

DWolverhampton 1-1 Portsmouth06/11/2002

DWolverhampton 1-1 Brighton & Hove11/11/2002

VCoventry 0-2 Wolverhampton16/11/2002

VWolverhampton 2-1 Nottingham Forest23/11/2002

DRotherham United 0-0 Wolverhampton30/11/2002

Current form

Away

VReading 0-2 Norwich City18/09/2002

VPreston North End 1-2 Norwich City28/09/2002

DCoventry 1-1 Norwich City23/10/2002

LBradford 2-1 Norwich City26/10/2002

LWimbledon FC 4-2 Norwich City02/11/2002

LBurnley 2-0 Norwich City23/11/2002

Overall

DNorwich City 0-0 Nottingham Forest29/10/2002

LWimbledon FC 4-2 Norwich City02/11/2002

VNorwich City 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday09/11/2002

VNorwich City 2-0 Crystal Palace16/11/2002

LBurnley 2-0 Norwich City23/11/2002

VNorwich City 1-0 Derby County30/11/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
9	Victories (Competition total)	11
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.62
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.81
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.3

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	25
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nathan Blake	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Paul McVeigh
Dean Sturridge	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Paul McVeigh
Colin Cameron	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Iwan Roberts
Dean Sturridge	3 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Paul McVeigh

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

16 v

4 d

1 l

46 gf

14 ga

Away

20 matches

6 v

7 d

7 l

24 gf

23 ga

Total

41 matches

22 v

11 d

8 l

70 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

7 v

7 d

6 l

23 gf

24 ga

Away

21 matches

1 v

4 d

16 l

14 gf

46 ga

Total

41 matches

8 v

11 d

22 l

37 gf

70 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 10, 1998
Home	5 - 0	January 10, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 03, 1983
Away	2 - 0	September 13, 1995

Latest head to head

May 01, 2002 - Barrages Premier League 2002

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

April 28, 2002 - Barrages Premier League 2002

Norwich City

3 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

March 23, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Wolverhampton

0 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

November 03, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Norwich City

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

February 24, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Norwich City

1 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Robbie Keane	5 goals	1997 - 1998
Kenny Hibbitt	5 goals	1978 - 1980
John Richards	5 goals	1973 - 1981
Derek Dougan	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1973 - 1977
Dougie Freedman	3 goals	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Martin Peters	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Paul McVeigh	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Kevin Reeves	2 goals	1978 - 1978
John Deehan	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Kevin Bond	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Peter Mendham	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Kenny Hibbitt	15 matches	1972 - 1981
Derek Parkin	14 matches	1973 - 1981
John Richards	14 matches	1972 - 1981
Geoff Palmer	13 matches	1974 - 1983
Willie Carr	12 matches	1975 - 1981
John McAlle	10 matches	1972 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Graham Paddon	10 matches	1972 - 1981
Kevin Keelan	10 matches	1972 - 1980
Martin Peters	10 matches	1975 - 1980
Kevin Bond	8 matches	1977 - 1980
Justin Fashanu	8 matches	1979 - 1981
Tony Powell	8 matches	1976 - 1980