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Reading 0-0 Walsall - January 18, 2003 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 29

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

January 18, 2003

11 786

0 - 0

Walsall

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26' - Substitution Matt Carbonis substituted by Pedro Matías

45' - Substitution Ricky Newmanis substituted by John Salako45

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62' - Substitution Nicky Forsteris substituted by Jamie Cureton62

62' - Substitution Jorge Leitãois substituted by David Zdrilic

82' - Substitution Martin Butleris substituted by Nathan Tyson82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

0 - 0

Walsall

Reading Walsall

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Newman45

Ricky Newman

England

B.date05/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Mackie

John Mackie

England

B.date05/07/1976

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Brown

Steve Brown

England

B.date13/05/1972

Age30 years

positionDefender

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

Hughes

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Igoe

Sammy Igoe

England

B.date30/09/1975

Age27 years

H1m68

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Forster62

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Butler82

Martin Butler

England

B.date15/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricky Newman	45	32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Mackie		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Brown		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Igoe		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster	62	29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Butler	82	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Walsall

Walker

Jimmy Walker

England

B.date09/07/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Carbon26

Matt Carbon

England

B.date08/06/1975

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Hay

Danny Hay

New Zealand

B.date15/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m93

positionDefender

Emblen

Neil Emblen

England

B.date19/06/1971

Age31 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Aranalde

Zigor Aranalde

Spain

B.date28/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Bazeley

Darren Bazeley

England

B.date05/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Wrack

Darren Wrack

England

B.date05/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

Simpson

Fitzroy Simpson

Jamaica

B.date26/02/1970

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Corica

Steve Corica

Australia

B.date24/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Leitão62

Jorge Leitão

Portugal

B.date14/01/1974

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

Júnior Pipoca

Brazil

B.date15/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Walker		29	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Carbon	26	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Hay		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Emblen		31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zigor Aranalde		29	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Bazeley		30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Wrack		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fitzroy Simpson		32	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Corica		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão	62	29	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Júnior Pipoca		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	John Salako	45	33	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nathan Tyson	82	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jamie Cureton	62	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Pedro Matías	26	29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		David Zdrilic	62	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Hughes

Nathan Tyson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fitzroy Simpson

Danny Sonner

OUT

Neil Emblen

Ian Roper

OUT

Steve Corica

Martin O'Connor

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

178

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Pardew vs Walsall

1 victory

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

Pardew vs Lee

1 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Lee

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Lee vs Reading

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

Lee vs Pardew

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2003

Referee

Philip Joslin

2 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Reading4 matches	General total	Walsall8 matches	2 victories	6 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Walsall2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on October 29, 2005					Latest figure on December 26, 2007

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Key figures

Walsall keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 01/01/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 06/03/2001-14/04/2001 time period (5 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Pardew has reached 41% of clean sheets .

Walsall keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 05/10/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/01/1990-10/10/1990 time period (17 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 2-0 Millwall02/11/2002

VReading 1-0 Watford23/11/2002

DReading 0-0 Portsmouth07/12/2002

LReading 0-2 Sheffield United14/12/2002

VReading 2-1 Derby County28/12/2002

DReading 1-1 Walsall14/01/2003

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Reading21/12/2002

LCoventry 2-0 Reading26/12/2002

VReading 2-1 Derby County28/12/2002

DWalsall 0-0 Reading04/01/2003

LSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Reading11/01/2003

DReading 1-1 Walsall14/01/2003

Current form

Away

LWimbledon FC 3-2 Walsall16/11/2002

LPortsmouth 3-2 Walsall30/11/2002

LNorwich City 2-1 Walsall21/12/2002

LIpswich Town 3-2 Walsall28/12/2002

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Walsall01/01/2003

DReading 1-1 Walsall14/01/2003

Overall

LWalsall 0-1 Sheffield United26/12/2002

LIpswich Town 3-2 Walsall28/12/2002

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Walsall01/01/2003

DWalsall 0-0 Reading04/01/2003

LWalsall 0-1 Wolverhampton11/01/2003

DReading 1-1 Walsall14/01/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	11	7
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	8	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	28
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	15
4	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.43
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.29
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.64
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.71

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (3 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
1	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Nicky Forster	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Júnior Pipoca
Jamie Cureton	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Danny Sonner
Jamie Cureton	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Danny Sonner
Jamie Cureton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Danny Sonner
Nicky Forster	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 7 matches	Darren Wrack

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

2 v

4 d

2 l

8 gf

8 ga

Away

8 matches

2 v

2 d

4 l

8 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

17 matches

4 v

6 d

7 l

18 gf

25 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

4 v

2 d

2 l

14 gf

8 ga

Away

8 matches

2 v

4 d

2 l

8 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

17 matches

7 v

6 d

4 l

25 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	August 31, 2002
Home	2 - 1	September 07, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 01, 1986
Away	1 - 0	February 06, 1999

Latest head to head

January 14, 2003 - FA Cup 2002/2003

Reading

1 - 1

Walsall

January 04, 2003 - FA Cup 2002/2003

Walsall

0 - 0

Reading

August 31, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Walsall

0 - 2

Reading

May 27, 2001 - Barrages Championship 2001

Reading

2 - 3

Walsall

April 21, 2001 - Second Division 2000/2001

Reading

2 - 2

Walsall

Best historical scorers against Walsall

Andy Hughes	2 goals	2002 - 2002
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.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Darren Wrack	1 goal	2003 - 2003
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.

Players with most games played vs Walsall

Nicky Forster	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Martin Butler	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Jamie Cureton	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Graeme Murty	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Sammy Igoe	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Marcus Hahnemann	3 matches	2002 - 2003

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

Jimmy Walker	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Zigor Aranalde	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Jorge Leitão	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Pedro Matías	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Ian Roper	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Steve Corica	3 matches	2002 - 2003