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Walsall 2-1 Crewe Alexandra - December 26, 2001 / First Division 2001/2002

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First Division 2001/2002 - Round 26

Bescot Stadium - Walsall - England

December 26, 2001

7 325

Walsall

2 - 1

Crewe Alexandra

Zigor Aranalde

17'

Frédéric Biancalani

41'

60'

Rodney Jack

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17' - Goal Zigor Aranalde17

41' - Goal Frédéric Biancalani41

45' - Substitution Phil Charnockis substituted by David Vaughan

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60' - Goal Rodney Jack

80' - Substitution Frédéric Biancalaniis substituted by Dean Keates80

84' - Substitution Jorge Leitãois substituted by Darren Byfield84

89' - Substitution Wayne Collinsis substituted by Ben Rix

90' - Substitution Brett Angellis substituted by Matt Gadsby90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Walsall

2 - 1

Crewe Alexandra

Walsall Crewe Alexandra

Team line-ups

Walsall

Walker

Jimmy Walker

England

B.date09/07/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Roper

Ian Roper

England

B.date20/06/1977

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Bennett

Julian Bennett

England

B.date17/12/1984

Age17 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Carbon

Matt Carbon

England

B.date08/06/1975

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Biancalani4180

Frédéric Biancalani

France

B.date21/07/1974

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Aranalde17

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

Wrack

Darren Wrack

England

B.date05/05/1976

Age25 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

Pedro Matías

Spain

B.date11/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Leitão84

Jorge Leitão

Portugal

B.date14/01/1974

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

Angell90

Brett Angell

England

B.date20/08/1968

Age33 years

H1m87

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Walker		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Roper		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Bennett		17	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Carbon		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frédéric Biancalani	4180	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zigor Aranalde	17	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Brightwell		33	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Wrack		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pedro Matías		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão	84	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brett Angell	90	33	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crewe Alexandra

Ince

Clayton Ince

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date12/07/1972

Age29 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Foster

Stephen Foster

England

B.date18/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Sodje

Efe Sodje

Nigeria

B.date05/10/1972

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Wright

David Wright

England

B.date01/05/1980

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Brammer

Dave Brammer

England

B.date28/02/1975

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charnock45

Phil Charnock

England

B.date14/02/1975

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Collins89

Wayne Collins

England

B.date04/03/1969

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Thomas

Geoffrey Thomas

England

B.date05/08/1964

Age37 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Lunt

Kenny Lunt

England

B.date20/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Jack60

Rodney Jack

Saint Vincent

B.date28/09/1972

Age29 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Ashton

Dean Ashton

England

B.date24/11/1983

Age18 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Clayton Ince		29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Foster		21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Efe Sodje		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wright		21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Brammer		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Charnock	45	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Collins	89	32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Thomas		37	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Lunt		22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodney Jack	60	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Ashton		18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Matt Gadsby	90	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Keates	80	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Byfield	84	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Vaughan	45	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Ben Rix	89	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rodney Jack

Rob Hulse

OUT

Wayne Collins

Shaun Smith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Graydon

192

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Graydon vs Crewe Alexandra

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Graydon vs Gradi

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Dario Gradi

558

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Gradi vs Walsall

7 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Gradi vs Graydon

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Referee

P. R. Richards

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Walsall1 match	General total	Crewe Alexandra1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Walsall1 match	Season total	Crewe Alexandra1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 26, 2001					Latest figure on December 26, 2001

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Key figures

End of streak for Crewe Alexandra after 3 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 20/11/2001).

The last time Crewe Alexandra has ended with the score 1-2 away from home, It was on the 10/11/2000 (vs )

Walsall keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 15/12/2001).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWalsall 0-1 Coventry14/10/2001

VWalsall 3-2 Rotherham United23/10/2001

DWalsall 2-2 Crystal Palace03/11/2001

VWalsall 2-0 Nottingham Forest11/11/2001

LWalsall 1-2 Sheffield United24/11/2001

VWalsall 4-0 Grimsby Town15/12/2001

Overall

DWimbledon FC 2-2 Walsall20/11/2001

LWalsall 1-2 Sheffield United24/11/2001

LRotherham United 2-0 Walsall01/12/2001

LBarnsley 4-1 Walsall08/12/2001

VWalsall 4-0 Grimsby Town15/12/2001

LBirmingham City 1-0 Walsall22/12/2001

Current form

Away

LSheffield United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra27/10/2001

DRotherham United 2-2 Crewe Alexandra30/10/2001

LCrystal Palace 4-1 Crewe Alexandra17/11/2001

DNorwich City 2-2 Crewe Alexandra20/11/2001

VStockport 0-1 Crewe Alexandra01/12/2001

VPortsmouth 2-4 Crewe Alexandra08/12/2001

Overall

LCrystal Palace 4-1 Crewe Alexandra17/11/2001

DNorwich City 2-2 Crewe Alexandra20/11/2001

LCrewe Alexandra 0-3 Nottingham Forest24/11/2001

VStockport 0-1 Crewe Alexandra01/12/2001

VPortsmouth 2-4 Crewe Alexandra08/12/2001

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 West Bromwich Albion15/12/2001

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
6	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
14	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.04
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.64	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.92

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	18
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jorge Leitão	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Rob Hulse
Tony Barras	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Rob Hulse
Jorge Leitão	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Rob Hulse

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

5 v

2 d

2 l

23 gf

15 ga

Away

9 matches

3 v

1 d

5 l

16 gf

22 ga

Total

18 matches

8 v

3 d

7 l

39 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

5 v

1 d

3 l

22 gf

16 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

2 d

5 l

15 gf

23 ga

Total

18 matches

7 v

3 d

8 l

37 gf

39 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 26, 1895
Home	4 - 0	January 26, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	May 16, 1993
Away	4 - 1	August 21, 1999

Latest head to head

September 08, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 1

Walsall

January 22, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 3

Walsall

August 21, 1999 - First Division 1999/2000

Walsall

1 - 4

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

February 15, 1997 - Second Division 1996/1997

Crewe Alexandra

1 - 0

Walsall

November 23, 1996 - Second Division 1996/1997

Walsall

1 - 0

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

Best historical scorers against Crewe Alexandra

Fitzroy Simpson

1 goal

2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Walsall

	Kenny Lunt	1 goal	2001 - 2001
	Rodney Jack	1 goal	2001 - 2001

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Players with most games played vs Crewe Alexandra

Don Goodman	1 match	2001 - 2001
Jorge Leitão	1 match	2001 - 2001
Jimmy Walker	1 match	2001 - 2001
Zigor Aranalde	1 match	2001 - 2001
Tony Barras	1 match	2001 - 2001
Darren Wrack	1 match	2001 - 2001

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Players with most games played vs Walsall

Wayne Collins	1 match	2001 - 2001
Colin Little	1 match	2001 - 2001
Rob Hulse	1 match	2001 - 2001
Ademola Bankole	1 match	2001 - 2001
Efe Sodje	1 match	2001 - 2001
Steve Macauley	1 match	2001 - 2001