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Watford 2-0 Derby County - April 21, 2003 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 44

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

April 21, 2003

11 909

Watford

2 - 0

Derby County

Michael Chopra

18'

Neal Ardley

85'

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18' - Goal Michael Chopra18

45' - Substitution Warren Bartonis substituted by Tommy Mooney

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54' - Substitution Adam Bolderis substituted by Adam Murray

73' - Substitution Simo Valakariis substituted by Rob Lee

81' - Substitution Michael Choprais substituted by Scott Fitzgerald81

82' - Substitution Stephen Glassis substituted by Anthony McNamee82

85' - Goal Neal Ardley85

86' - Substitution Paolo Vernazzais substituted by Sam Swonnell86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 0

Derby County

Watford Derby County

Team line-ups

Watford

Lee

Richard Lee

England

B.date05/10/1982

Age20 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Ifil

Jerel Ifil

Saint Lucia

B.date27/06/1982

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age20 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hand

Jamie Hand

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Glass82

Stephen Glass

Scotland

B.date23/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Vernazza86

Paolo Vernazza

England

B.date01/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Norville

Jason Norville

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date09/09/1983

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Ardley85

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Chopra1881

Michael Chopra

England

B.date23/12/1983

Age19 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Richard Lee		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jerel Ifil		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lloyd Doyley		20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson		24	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Hand		19	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Glass	82	26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paolo Vernazza	86	23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Norville		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley	85	30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Chopra	1881	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle		32	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Derby County

Grant

Lee Grant

England

B.date27/01/1983

Age20 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Barton45

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Ritchie

Paul Ritchie

Scotland

B.date21/08/1975

Age27 years

positionDefender

Mills

Pablo Mills

England

B.date27/05/1984

Age18 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Jackson

Richard Jackson

England

B.date18/04/1980

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Boertien

Paul Boertien

England

B.date20/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Burley

Craig Burley

Scotland

B.date24/09/1971

Age31 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bolder54

Adam Bolder

England

B.date25/10/1980

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Valakari73

Simo Valakari

Finland

B.date28/04/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Kinkladze

Giorgi Kinkladze

Georgia

B.date06/07/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Ravanelli

Fabrizio Ravanelli

Italy

B.date11/12/1968

Age34 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lee Grant		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Warren Barton	45	34	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Ritchie		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pablo Mills		18	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Jackson		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Boertien		24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Burley		31	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Bolder	54	22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simo Valakari	73	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giorgi Kinkladze		29	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fabrizio Ravanelli		34	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Anthony McNamee	82	19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sam Swonnell	86	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Fitzgerald	81	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Rob Lee	73	37	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Murray	54	21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Mooney	45	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Lee

Alec Chamberlain

OUT

Neal Ardley

Lee Cook

OUT

Stephen Glass

Allan Nielsen

OUT

Paolo Vernazza

Micah Hyde

OUT

Michael Chopra

Tommy Smith

OUT

Jamie Hand

Gavin Mahon

OUT

Marcus Gayle

Heidar Helguson

OUT

Jerel Ifil

Sean Dyche

OUT

Jason Norville

Richard Johnson

OUT

Lloyd Doyley

Wayne Brown

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Adam Bolder

Tommy Mooney

OUT

Simo Valakari

Rob Lee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lewington vs Derby County

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Lewington vs Burley

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

George Burley

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Burley vs Watford

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Burley vs Lewington

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Referee

Matt Messias

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Watford4 matches	General total	Derby County4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Derby County1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 20, 2005					Latest figure on December 06, 2003

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Key figures

End of streak for Watford after 3 matches without scoring any goal vs Derby County (since 03/01/2000). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Derby County after 4 matches with at least one goal scored (since 05/04/2003).

It's the first time Neal Ardley scores 1 goal vs Derby County in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWatford 1-2 Rotherham United08/02/2003

DWatford 1-1 Nottingham Forest01/03/2003

LWatford 0-1 Preston North End04/03/2003

VWatford 2-0 Burnley09/03/2003

LWatford 0-1 Gillingham18/03/2003

LWatford 1-2 Stoke City22/03/2003

Overall

LWatford 1-2 Stoke City22/03/2003

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Watford29/03/2003

VBurnley 4-7 Watford05/04/2003

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Watford08/04/2003

LWatford 1-2 Southampton13/04/2003

LBradford 2-1 Watford19/04/2003

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 6-2 Derby County08/02/2003

LBurnley 2-0 Derby County22/02/2003

LPreston North End 4-2 Derby County08/03/2003

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Derby County19/03/2003

LSheffield United 2-0 Derby County22/03/2003

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Derby County12/04/2003

Overall

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Derby County19/03/2003

LSheffield United 2-0 Derby County22/03/2003

VDerby County 2-1 Norwich City05/04/2003

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Derby County12/04/2003

LDerby County 1-2 Millwall16/04/2003

VDerby County 1-0 Coventry19/04/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	1	6
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	8	9
Scoring streak	1	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

42	Number of games (Competition total)	43
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	21
15	Victories (Competition total)	15
9	Victories (Home / Away)	6
9	Draws (Competition total)	7
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
18	Losses (Competition total)	21
6	Losses (Home / Away)	13

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
63	Goals conceded (Competition total)	65
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
1.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.95
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.51
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.76

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	25
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

58	Yellow cards (Competition total)	84
28	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	51
5	Red cards (Competition total)	6
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Heidar Helguson	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Malcolm Christie
Heidar Helguson	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Lee Morris
Neil Cox	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Danny Higginbotham
Neil Cox	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Craig Burley
Heidar Helguson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Fabrizio Ravanelli

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

3 v

5 d

3 l

18 gf

16 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

4 d

4 l

11 gf

17 ga

Total

21 matches

5 v

9 d

7 l

29 gf

33 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

4 v

4 d

2 l

17 gf

11 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

5 d

3 l

16 gf

18 ga

Total

21 matches

7 v

9 d

5 l

33 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 26, 1982
Home	6 - 1	January 26, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 07, 2002
Away	5 - 2	October 11, 1960

Latest head to head

December 07, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Derby County

3 - 0

Watford

April 08, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Watford

0 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

January 03, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Derby County

2 - 0

Watford

March 16, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Derby County

1 - 1

Watford

March 05, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Watford

0 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

Best historical scorers against Derby County

	Iwan Roberts	1 goal	1988 - 1988
	Glyn Hodges	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Paul Williams	3 goals	1992 - 1992
Ian Ormondroyd	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Branko Strupar	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Mark Wright	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Chris Riggott	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Lee Morris	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Tommy Smith	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Micah Hyde	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Alec Chamberlain	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Paul Robinson	2 matches	2000 - 2002
John McClelland	2 matches	1987 - 1988
Dominic Foley	2 matches	2000 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Michael Forsyth	5 matches	1987 - 1992
Peter Shilton	5 matches	1987 - 1992
Geraint Williams	5 matches	1987 - 1992
Phil Gee	4 matches	1987 - 1991
Gary Micklewhite	3 matches	1988 - 1991
Craig Burley	3 matches	2000 - 2002