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Manchester City 3-0 Walsall - September 25, 2001 / First Division 2001/2002

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First Division 2001/2002 - Round 10

City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester - England

September 25, 2001

31 525

3 - 0

Walsall

Ali Benarbia

24'

Shaun Goater

41'

(penalty) Paulo Wanchope

60'

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24' - Goal Ali Benarbia24

41' - Goal Shaun Goater41

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60' - Goal Paulo Wanchope60

69' - Substitution Tony Barrasis substituted by Andy Tillson

71' - Substitution Danny Granvilleis substituted by Chris Shuker photo Darren Huckerby

71' - Substitution Shaun Goateris substituted by Darren Huckerby71

78' - Substitution Ali Benarbiais substituted by Kevin Horlock78

79' - Substitution Julian Bennettis substituted by Jorge Leitão

88' - Substitution Zigor Aranaldeis substituted by Pedro Matías

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

3 - 0

Walsall

Manchester City Walsall

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Weaver

Nicky Weaver

England

B.date02/03/1979

Age22 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Wiekens

Gerard Wiekens

Netherlands

B.date25/02/1973

Age28 years

H1m86

positionDefender

Tiatto

Danny Tiatto

Australia

B.date22/05/1973

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Howey

Steve Howey

England

B.date26/10/1971

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Granville71

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age39 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Benarbia2478

Ali Benarbia

Algeria

B.date08/10/1968

Age32 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Etuhu

Dickson Etuhu

Nigeria

B.date08/06/1982

Age19 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

Goater4171

Shaun Goater

Bermuda

B.date25/02/1970

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Wanchope60

Paulo Wanchope

Costa Rica

B.date31/07/1976

Age25 years

H1m92

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nicky Weaver		22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerard Wiekens		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Tiatto		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Howey		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville	71	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Pearce		39	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ali Benarbia	2478	32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dickson Etuhu		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shaun Goater	4171	31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paulo Wanchope	60	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Walsall

Harper

Lee Harper

England

B.date30/10/1971

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Barras69

Tony Barras

England

B.date29/03/1971

Age30 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Bennett79

Julian Bennett

England

B.date17/12/1984

Age16 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Gadsby

Matt Gadsby

England

B.date06/09/1979

Age22 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Chettle

Steve Chettle

England

B.date27/09/1968

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Aranalde88

Zigor Aranalde

Spain

B.date28/02/1973

Age28 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Brightwell

Ian Brightwell

England

B.date09/04/1968

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Curtis

Tom Curtis

England

B.date01/03/1973

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wrack

Darren Wrack

England

B.date05/05/1976

Age25 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

Simpson

Fitzroy Simpson

Jamaica

B.date26/02/1970

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Byfield

Darren Byfield

Jamaica

B.date29/09/1976

Age24 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lee Harper		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Barras	69	30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Bennett	79	16	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Gadsby		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Chettle		32	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zigor Aranalde	88	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Brightwell		33	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Curtis		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Wrack		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fitzroy Simpson		31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Byfield		24	16	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

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Kevin Horlock	78	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	71	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Shuker	71	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Andy Tillson	69	35	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pedro Matías	88	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão	79	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Dunne

Richard Edghill

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Byfield

Don Goodman

OUT

Julian Bennett

Andy Tillson

OUT

Matt Gadsby

Pedro Matías

OUT

Steve Chettle

Herivelto

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Keegan vs Walsall

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 2001

Keegan vs Graydon

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Graydon

175

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Graydon vs Manchester City

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 25, 2001

Graydon vs Keegan

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 25, 2001

Referee

Rob Harris

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Manchester City4 matches	General total	Walsall1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Manchester City1 match	Season total	Walsall1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 25, 2001					Latest figure on September 25, 2001

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Key figures

It's the first time Paulo Wanchope scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Walsall keeps its 5 consecutive losses away from home running (since 27/08/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/09/1997-19/11/1997 time period (5 matches).

Manchester City keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Championship running (since 07/12/1999). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/05/1984-20/04/1985 time period (20 matches).

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 0-4 Arsenal11/04/2001

VManchester City 1-0 West Ham28/04/2001

LManchester City 1-2 Chelsea19/05/2001

VManchester City 3-0 Watford11/08/2001

VManchester City 5-2 Crewe Alexandra25/08/2001

VManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City15/09/2001

Overall

VBurnley 2-4 Manchester City27/08/2001

LWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester City08/09/2001

VNotts County 2-4 Manchester City11/09/2001

VManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City15/09/2001

LCoventry 4-3 Manchester City19/09/2001

VSheffield Wednesday 2-6 Manchester City22/09/2001

Current form

Away

DPreston North End 1-1 Walsall18/08/2001

VExeter City 0-1 Walsall21/08/2001

LWatford 2-1 Walsall27/08/2001

LCrewe Alexandra 2-1 Walsall08/09/2001

LBolton Wanderers 4-3 Walsall11/09/2001

LBurnley 5-2 Walsall15/09/2001

Overall

LWatford 2-1 Walsall27/08/2001

LCrewe Alexandra 2-1 Walsall08/09/2001

LBolton Wanderers 4-3 Walsall11/09/2001

LBurnley 5-2 Walsall15/09/2001

DWalsall 0-0 Portsmouth18/09/2001

LWalsall 0-3 Wolverhampton21/09/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	9	12
Scoring streak	5	4
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	1
Winless streak	4	7
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
5	Victories (Competition total)	1
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
3.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Shaun Goater	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Jorge Leitão
Shaun Goater	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Fitzroy Simpson
Paulo Wanchope	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Stuart Pearce	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Shaun Goater	10 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Darren Wrack