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Watford 1-2 Manchester City - January 20, 2002 / First Division 2001/2002

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First Division 2001/2002 - Round 30

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

January 20, 2002

17 074

Watford

1 - 2

Manchester City

Tommy Smith

26'

30'

Paulo Wanchope

80'

Heidar Helguson (o.g)

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16' - Substitution Neil Coxis substituted by Heidar Helguson16

26' - Goal Tommy Smith26

30' - Goal Paulo Wanchope

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80' - Own goal Heidar Helguson

82' - Substitution Ali Benarbiais substituted by Niclas Jensen

86' - Substitution Filippo Galliis substituted by David Noble86

89' - Substitution Stephen Glassis substituted by Gifton Noel-Williams89

89' - Substitution Shaun Goateris substituted by Darren Huckerby

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

1 - 2

Manchester City

Watford Manchester City

Team line-ups

Watford

Chamberlain

Alec Chamberlain

England

B.date20/06/1964

Age37 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Okon

Paul Okon

Australia

B.date05/04/1972

Age29 years

H1m77

positionSweeper

Cox16

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Galli86

Filippo Galli

Italy

B.date19/05/1963

Age38 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Vega

Ramon Vega

Switzerland

B.date14/06/1971

Age30 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age19 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

Glass89

Stephen Glass

Scotland

B.date23/05/1976

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Nielsen

Allan Nielsen

Denmark

B.date13/03/1971

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Smith26

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age21 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Hyde

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alec Chamberlain		37	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Okon		29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox	16	30	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Filippo Galli	86	38	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ramon Vega		30	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lloyd Doyley		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Glass	89	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Nielsen		30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	26	21	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde		27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Nash

Carlo Nash

England

B.date13/09/1973

Age28 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Wiekens

Gerard Wiekens

Netherlands

B.date25/02/1973

Age28 years

H1m86

positionDefender

Horlock

Kevin Horlock

Northern Ireland

B.date01/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Tiatto

Danny Tiatto

Australia

B.date22/05/1973

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age39 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Benarbia82

Ali Benarbia

Algeria

B.date08/10/1968

Age33 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age20 years

H1m66

positionOffensive Midfielder

Berkovic

Eyal Berkovic

Israel

B.date02/04/1972

Age29 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Goater89

Shaun Goater

Bermuda

B.date25/02/1970

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Wanchope30

Paulo Wanchope

Costa Rica

B.date31/07/1976

Age25 years

H1m92

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Nash		28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne		22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerard Wiekens		28	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Horlock		29	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Tiatto		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Pearce		39	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ali Benarbia	82	33	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips		20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyal Berkovic		29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shaun Goater	89	31	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paulo Wanchope	30	25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	David Noble	86	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson	8016	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gifton Noel-Williams	89	21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Niclas Jensen	82	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Darren Huckerby	89	25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Okon

Patrick Blondeau

OUT

Ramon Vega

Gifton Noel-Williams

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gerard Wiekens

Steve Howey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Vialli vs Manchester City

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 2002

Vialli vs Keegan

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Keegan vs Watford

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 20, 2002

Keegan vs Vialli

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 20, 2002

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

4 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Watford6 matches	General total	Manchester City18 matches	2 victories	6 draws	10 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Manchester City2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 05, 2007					Latest figure on August 23, 2006

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Heidar Helguson scores an own goal vs %comp

Watford keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Manchester City running (since 05/02/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/11/1988 (2 matches)

Watford keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 01/01/2002).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 3-0 Portsmouth25/11/2001

VWatford 3-2 Charlton27/11/2001

VWatford 1-0 Crystal Palace15/12/2001

DWatford 1-1 Wolverhampton22/12/2001

LWatford 1-4 Millwall01/01/2002

LWatford 2-4 Arsenal05/01/2002

Overall

DWatford 1-1 Wolverhampton22/12/2001

VWalsall 0-3 Watford29/12/2001

LWatford 1-4 Millwall01/01/2002

LWatford 2-4 Arsenal05/01/2002

DRotherham United 1-1 Watford12/01/2002

LMillwall 1-0 Watford15/01/2002

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 2-1 Manchester City17/11/2001

LBlackburn 2-0 Manchester City28/11/2001

VGrimsby Town 0-2 Manchester City01/12/2001

VMillwall 2-3 Manchester City04/12/2001

LCrystal Palace 2-1 Manchester City08/12/2001

VSheffield United 1-3 Manchester City01/01/2002

Overall

VManchester City 3-1 Bradford16/12/2001

DManchester City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion26/12/2001

VManchester City 5-1 Burnley29/12/2001

VSheffield United 1-3 Manchester City01/01/2002

VManchester City 2-0 Swindon Town05/01/2002

VManchester City 3-1 Norwich City13/01/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	22	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	7
Drawless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
11	Victories (Competition total)	17
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
10	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	66
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	28
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.36
1.93	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.15
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.32
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.85

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	53
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
6	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Tommy Smith	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	22 goals	Shaun Goater
Tommy Smith	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	11 goals	Shaun Goater
Stephen Glass	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Paulo Wanchope
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Paulo Wanchope
Tommy Smith	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	Eyal Berkovic

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

7 gf

3 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

1 d

6 l

10 gf

17 ga

Total

15 matches

6 v

3 d

6 l

17 gf

20 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

1 d

3 l

17 gf

10 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

3 gf

7 ga

Total

15 matches

6 v

3 d

6 l

20 gf

17 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 06, 1986
Home	2 - 0	January 03, 1983

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 11, 2001
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

August 11, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Manchester City

3 - 0

Watford

February 05, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Manchester City

3 - 1

Watford

March 04, 1989 - Division 2 1988/1989

Watford

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 12, 1988 - Division 2 1988/1989

Manchester City

3 - 1

Watford

November 17, 1987 - League Cup 1987/1988

Manchester City

3 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

John Barnes	2 goals	1985 - 1987
Jimmy Gilligan	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Worrell Sterling	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Luther Blissett	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Steve Terry	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Gifton Noel-Williams	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Neil McNab	2 goals	1985 - 1987
Dennis Tueart	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Nicky Summerbee	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Uwe Rösler	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Stuart Pearce	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Shaun Goater	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Wilf Rostron	6 matches	1982 - 1987
John Barnes	5 matches	1982 - 1987
Kenny Jackett	5 matches	1982 - 1987
Nigel Callaghan	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Nigel Gibbs	4 matches	1985 - 1997
Luther Blissett	4 matches	1982 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Mick McCarthy	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Paul Simpson	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Paul Power	4 matches	1982 - 1986
Kenny Clements	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Neil McNab	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Paul Moulden	3 matches	1986 - 1987