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Nottingham 4-0 Middlesbrough - March 01, 1998 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Round 35

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

March 01, 1998

Nottingham

4 - 0

Middlesbrough

Pierre van Hooijdonk

53'

Kevin Campbell

55'

Colin Cooper

75'

(penalty) Pierre van Hooijdonk

85'

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53' - Goal Pierre van Hooijdonk53

55' - Goal Kevin Campbell55

66' - Substitution Vladimir Kinderis substituted by Anthony Ormerod photo Alun Armstrong

66' - Substitution Marco Brancais substituted by Alun Armstrong

75' - Goal Colin Cooper75

85' - Goal Pierre van Hooijdonk photo Thierry Bonalair

85' - Substitution Steve Stoneis substituted by Thierry Bonalair85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

4 - 0

Middlesbrough

Nottingham Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Beasant

Dave Beasant

England

B.date20/03/1959

Age38 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Cooper75

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Bart-Williams

Chris Bart-Williams

England

B.date16/06/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Chettle

Steve Chettle

England

B.date27/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Lyttle

Des Lyttle

England

B.date24/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Rogers

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Stone85

Steve Stone

England

B.date20/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Gemmill

Scot Gemmill

Scotland

B.date02/01/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Johnson

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Campbell55

Kevin Campbell

England

B.date04/02/1970

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

van Hooijdonk5385

Pierre van Hooijdonk

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Beasant		38	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Cooper	75	31	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Bart-Williams		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Chettle		29	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Lyttle		26	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Rogers		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Stone	85	26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scot Gemmill		27	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Johnson		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Campbell	55	28	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pierre van Hooijdonk	5385	28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

Middlesbrough

Dibble

Andy Dibble

Wales

B.date08/05/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Pearson

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Kinder66

Vladimir Kinder

Slovakia

B.date14/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Fleming

Curtis Fleming

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Maddison

Neil Maddison

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hignett

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age28 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Branca66

Marco Branca

Italy

B.date06/01/1965

Age33 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Dibble		32	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		34	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladimir Kinder	66	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Curtis Fleming		29	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Maddison		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		29	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett		28	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marco Branca	66	33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Thierry Bonalair	85	31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Anthony Ormerod	66	18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Alun Armstrong	66	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pierre van Hooijdonk

Ian Thomas-Moore

OUT

Steve Chettle

Jon-Olav Hjelde

OUT

Steve Stone

Thierry Bonalair

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Dibble

Mark Schwarzer

OUT

Nigel Pearson

Steve Vickers

OUT

Neil Maddison

Mikkel Beck

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Bassett

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Bassett vs Middlesbrough

5 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

Bassett vs Robson

1 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

196

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Robson vs Nottingham

0 victory

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

Robson vs Bassett

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

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Key figures

The last time Middlesbrough has conceded at least 4 goals away from home in Championship, It was on the 15/10/1994 (vs )

The last time Middlesbrough has lost with a difference of 4 goals in Championship, It was on the 15/10/1994 (vs )

Nottingham keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Middlesbrough in Championship running (since 02/02/1974). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/12/1972 (2 matches)

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Bradford06/12/1997

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Stockport20/12/1997

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Swindon Town26/12/1997

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Port Vale10/01/1998

LNottingham Forest 1-3 Oxford United31/01/1998

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Huddersfield Town17/02/1998

Overall

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Nottingham Forest24/01/1998

LNottingham Forest 1-3 Oxford United31/01/1998

VPortsmouth 0-1 Nottingham Forest07/02/1998

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Huddersfield Town17/02/1998

DStoke City 1-1 Nottingham Forest21/02/1998

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 Nottingham Forest24/02/1998

Current form

Away

DQueens Park Rangers 2-2 Middlesbrough03/01/1998

VReading 0-1 Middlesbrough06/01/1998

LCharlton 3-0 Middlesbrough10/01/1998

LLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough27/01/1998

VStoke City 1-2 Middlesbrough01/02/1998

DBirmingham City 1-1 Middlesbrough07/02/1998

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Tranmere Rovers04/02/1998

DBirmingham City 1-1 Middlesbrough07/02/1998

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Bradford14/02/1998

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Liverpool18/02/1998

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Sunderland21/02/1998

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Crewe Alexandra25/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	13	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	4
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	7
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	4
Scoring streak	3	11
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
19	Victories (Competition total)	20
12	Victories (Home / Away)	8
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
6	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	55
36	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.82
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

23	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Pierre van Hooijdonk	21 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Mikkel Beck
Pierre van Hooijdonk	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Paul Merson
Pierre van Hooijdonk	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Paul Merson
Pierre van Hooijdonk	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Pierre van Hooijdonk	8 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Neil Maddison

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

13 v

12 d

6 l

53 gf

44 ga

Away

31 matches

5 v

14 d

12 l

36 gf

52 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

63 matches

19 v

26 d

18 l

92 gf

96 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

12 v

14 d

5 l

52 gf

36 ga

Away

31 matches

6 v

12 d

13 l

44 gf

53 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

63 matches

18 v

26 d

19 l

96 gf

92 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 29, 1977
Home	4 - 0	October 29, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 10, 1956
Away	4 - 0	November 10, 1956

Latest head to head

November 26, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Nottingham

March 26, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Nottingham

August 24, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Nottingham

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 16, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Nottingham

December 30, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Nottingham

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Lee Chapman	4 goals	1988 - 1989
Martin O'Neill	3 goals	1978 - 1980
Garry Birtles	3 goals	1978 - 1979
Viv Anderson	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Neil Webb	2 goals	1989 - 1993
Stuart Pearce	2 goals	1995 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

David Mills	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Micky Burns	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Stuart Ripley	2 goals	1988 - 1989
Mark Brennan	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Bernie Slaven	1 goal	1989 - 1989
Mikkel Beck	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Peter Shilton	10 matches	1977 - 1982
Viv Anderson	9 matches	1977 - 1982
Steve Chettle	9 matches	1988 - 1997
John Robertson	9 matches	1977 - 1981
Mark Crossley	8 matches	1992 - 1997
Scot Gemmill	8 matches	1992 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Anthony McAndrew	9 matches	1977 - 1982
John Craggs	8 matches	1977 - 1981
David Armstrong	7 matches	1977 - 1981
Curtis Fleming	7 matches	1992 - 1997
Mark Proctor	7 matches	1979 - 1992
Billy Ashcroft	7 matches	1977 - 1981