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Walsall 0-1 Sheffield United - December 26, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 25

Bescot Stadium - Walsall - England

December 26, 2002

10 459

0 - 1

Sheffield United

72'

Michael Brown

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38' - Substitution Carl Asabais substituted by Steve Kabba

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63' - Substitution Steve Coricais substituted by Gareth Ainsworth photo David Zdrilic

63' - Substitution Júnior Pipocais substituted by David Zdrilic63

68' - Substitution Peter Ndlovuis substituted by Robert Kozluk photo Jon Harley

68' - Red card Jon Harley

72' - Goal Michael Brown

75' - Substitution Steve Kabbais substituted by Michael Tonge

89' - Substitution Ian Roperis substituted by Matt Carbon89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Walsall

0 - 1

Sheffield United

Walsall Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Walsall

Ward

Gavin Ward

England

B.date30/06/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Roper89

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

Bazeley

Darren Bazeley

England

B.date05/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Aranalde

Zigor Aranalde

Spain

B.date28/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Wrack

Darren Wrack

England

B.date05/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

Sonner

Danny Sonner

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1972

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

O'Connor

Martin O'Connor

Cayman Islands

B.date10/12/1967

Age35 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Corica63

Steve Corica

Australia

B.date24/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Júnior Pipoca63

Júnior Pipoca

Brazil

B.date15/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Leitão

Jorge Leitão

Portugal

B.date14/01/1974

Age28 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gavin Ward		32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Roper	89	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Hay		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Bazeley		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zigor Aranalde		29	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Wrack		26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Sonner		30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Connor		35	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Corica	63	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Júnior Pipoca	63	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão		28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Murphy

Shaun Murphy

Australia

B.date05/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

England

B.date17/08/1982

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Harley68

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

Brown72

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

McCall

Stuart McCall

Scotland

B.date10/06/1964

Age38 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Asaba38

Carl Asaba

England

B.date28/01/1973

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Ndlovu68

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Allison

Wayne Allison

England

B.date16/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Murphy		32	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Jagielka		20	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley	68	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Montgomery		21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown	72	25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart McCall		38	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Asaba	38	29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu	68	29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Allison		34	21	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

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Matt Carbon	89	27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Ainsworth	63	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Zdrilic	63	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Robert Kozluk	68	25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge	75	19	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Kabba	3875	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gavin Ward

Jimmy Walker

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart McCall

Michael Tonge

OUT

Carl Asaba

Steve Kabba

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Lee

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lee vs Sheffield United

3 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Lee vs Warnock

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

159

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Warnock vs Walsall

4 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Warnock vs Lee

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Referee

Paul Danson

1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Walsall4 matches	General total	Sheffield United5 matches	3 victories	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Walsall1 match	Season total	Sheffield United2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 13, 2004					Latest figure on August 10, 2004

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Key figures

End of streak for Walsall after 6 matches with at least one goal scored vs Sheffield United (since 14/10/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/09/1983 (2 matches)

Sheffield United keeps its 4 matches without conceding any goal away from home running (since 23/11/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/12/1961-15/01/1962 time period (4 matches).

Sheffield United keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 14/12/2002).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWalsall 3-3 Preston North End19/10/2002

LWalsall 3-4 Crystal Palace29/10/2002

VWalsall 4-2 Stoke City02/11/2002

VWalsall 1-0 Gillingham23/11/2002

VWalsall 3-1 Grimsby Town07/12/2002

VWalsall 2-0 Wimbledon FC14/12/2002

Overall

LWimbledon FC 3-2 Walsall16/11/2002

VWalsall 1-0 Gillingham23/11/2002

LPortsmouth 3-2 Walsall30/11/2002

VWalsall 3-1 Grimsby Town07/12/2002

VWalsall 2-0 Wimbledon FC14/12/2002

LNorwich City 2-1 Walsall21/12/2002

Current form

Away

VBrighton & Hove 2-4 Sheffield United19/10/2002

LDerby County 2-1 Sheffield United30/10/2002

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Sheffield United02/11/2002

VBradford 0-5 Sheffield United23/11/2002

DLeicester 0-0 Sheffield United07/12/2002

VReading 0-2 Sheffield United14/12/2002

Overall

VSheffield United 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2002

VSheffield United 2-0 Sunderland03/12/2002

DLeicester 0-0 Sheffield United07/12/2002

VReading 0-2 Sheffield United14/12/2002

VSheffield United 3-1 Crystal Palace17/12/2002

VSheffield United 1-0 Preston North End21/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	7
Scoring streak	8	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	3	9
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	23
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
8	Victories (Competition total)	12
6	Victories (Home / Away)	6
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
12	Losses (Competition total)	5
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
40	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.57
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.04
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	31
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
5	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Júnior Pipoca	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Carl Asaba
Júnior Pipoca	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Carl Asaba
Danny Sonner	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Carl Asaba
Zigor Aranalde	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Carl Asaba
Júnior Pipoca	8 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Dean Windass

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

2 d

2 l

7 gf

7 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

5 gf

12 ga

Total

13 matches

3 v

4 d

6 l

12 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

12 gf

5 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

2 d

2 l

7 gf

7 ga

Total

13 matches

6 v

4 d

3 l

19 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	April 13, 2002
Home	2 - 1	January 15, 2000

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 07, 1893
Away	2 - 1	November 24, 2001

Latest head to head

August 17, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Walsall

April 13, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Sheffield United

0 - 1

Walsall

November 24, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Walsall

1 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

January 15, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Walsall

2 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

August 14, 1999 - First Division 1999/2000

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Walsall

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Steve Corica	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Jorge Leitão	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Andy Watson	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Darren Wrack	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Walsall

Vasilis Borbokis	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Shane Nicholson	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Jon-Paul McGovern	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Michael Brown	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Jimmy Walker	4 matches	1997 - 2002
Zigor Aranalde	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Jorge Leitão	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Ian Roper	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Darren Wrack	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Steve Corica	2 matches	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Walsall

Ben Doane	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Peter Ndlovu	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Simon Tracey	3 matches	1997 - 2002
Phil Jagielka	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Robert Page	2 matches	2001 - 2002
Jean-Philippe Javary	2 matches	2002 - 2002