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Sheffield United 2-1 Watford - September 27, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 8

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

September 27, 2008

24 427

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Watford

Assist by Billy Sharp (left foot) Gary Speed

Assist by Billy Sharp (header) James Beattie

66'

56'

John-Joe O'Toole (header) Assist by Tommy Smith

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1' - Goal Gary Speed1

16' - Substitution Scott Loachis substituted by Richard Lee

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53' - Substitution Lionel Ainsworthis substituted by Liam Henderson

56' - Goal John-Joe O'Toole

66' - Goal James Beattie66

71' - Substitution John Eustaceis substituted by Jobi McAnuff

86' - Substitution Kyle Naughtonis substituted by Nathan Dyer photo Darius Henderson

86' - Substitution James Beattieis substituted by Darius Henderson86

90' - Substitution Danny Webberis substituted by Ugo Ehiogu90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Watford

Sheffield United Watford

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Morgan

Chris Morgan

England

B.date09/11/1977

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Halford

Greg Halford

England

B.date08/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

Kilgallon

Matthew Kilgallon

England

B.date08/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Naughton86

Kyle Naughton

England

B.date11/11/1988

Age19 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Naysmith

Gary Naysmith

Scotland

B.date16/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Speed1

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age39 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Quinn

Stephen Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft central midfielder

Webber90

Danny Webber

England

B.date28/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Beattie6686

James Beattie

England

B.date27/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Sharp

Billy Sharp

England

B.date05/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		30	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morgan		30	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Halford		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Kilgallon		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kyle Naughton	86	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Naysmith		29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Speed	1	39	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Quinn		22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Webber	90	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Beattie	6686	30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Sharp		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Loach16

Scott Loach

England

B.date27/05/1988

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Bromby

Leigh Bromby

England

B.date02/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Sodje

Sam Sodje

Nigeria

B.date25/05/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Harley

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Mariappa

Adrian Mariappa

Jamaica

B.date03/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Eustace71

John Eustace

England

B.date03/11/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Ainsworth53

Lionel Ainsworth

England

B.date01/10/1987

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

O'Toole56

John-Joe O'Toole

England

B.date30/09/1988

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Williamson

Lee Williamson

Jamaica

B.date07/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Hoskins

Will Hoskins

England

B.date06/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Loach	16	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leigh Bromby		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sam Sodje		29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adrian Mariappa		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Eustace	71	28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lionel Ainsworth	53	20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith		28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John-Joe O'Toole	56	19	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Williamson		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Will Hoskins		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ugo Ehiogu	90	35	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nathan Dyer	86	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Henderson	86	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Richard Lee	16	25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jobi McAnuff	71	26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Liam Henderson	53	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Billy Sharp

David Cotterill

OUT

Kyle Naughton

Nick Montgomery

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sam Sodje

Jay DeMerit

OUT

Jon Harley

Jordan Parkes

OUT

John Eustace

Ross Jenkins

OUT

John-Joe O'Toole

Al Bangura

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Blackwell

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Blackwell vs Watford

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 2008

Blackwell vs Boothroyd

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Adrian Boothroyd

169

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Boothroyd vs Sheffield United

2 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on September 27, 2008

Boothroyd vs Blackwell

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 27, 2008

Referee

Mark Halsey

6 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Sheffield United17 matches	General total	Watford6 matches	1 victory	2 draws	3 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Sheffield United3 matches	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 26, 2012					Latest figure on April 06, 2013

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Key figures

The last time Sheffield United has ended with the score 2-1 vs Watford in Championship, It was on the 30/08/1969

Watford keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 23/08/2008).

It's the first time James Beattie scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 2-0 Hull City19/04/2008

VSheffield United 2-1 Bristol City26/04/2008

VSheffield United 3-1 Port Vale13/08/2008

VSheffield United 3-0 Queens Park Rangers16/08/2008

DSheffield United 0-0 Cardiff City30/08/2008

DSheffield United 1-1 Coventry16/09/2008

Overall

VHuddersfield Town 1-2 Sheffield United27/08/2008

DSheffield United 0-0 Cardiff City30/08/2008

LDerby County 2-1 Sheffield United13/09/2008

DSheffield United 1-1 Coventry16/09/2008

LNorwich City 1-0 Sheffield United20/09/2008

LArsenal 6-0 Sheffield United23/09/2008

Current form

Away

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Watford12/04/2008

DBlackpool 1-1 Watford04/05/2008

LHull City 4-1 Watford14/05/2008

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Watford09/08/2008

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Watford23/08/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Watford13/09/2008

Overall

VWatford 2-1 Darlington 1883-201226/08/2008

VWatford 2-1 Ipswich Town30/08/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Watford13/09/2008

LWatford 1-2 Plymouth16/09/2008

DWatford 2-2 Reading20/09/2008

VWatford 1-0 West Ham23/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	11	0
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.43
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Billy Sharp	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Tommy Smith
Billy Sharp	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Tommy Smith
Gary Speed	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gary Speed	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Tommy Smith
Gary Speed	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Leigh Bromby
Billy Sharp	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	John-Joe O'Toole

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

7 v

7 d

4 l

30 gf

19 ga

Away

19 matches

9 v

5 d

5 l

22 gf

21 ga

Total

37 matches

16 v

12 d

9 l

52 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

5 v

5 d

9 l

21 gf

22 ga

Away

18 matches

4 v

7 d

7 l

19 gf

30 ga

Total

37 matches

9 v

12 d

16 l

40 gf

52 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 23, 1997
Home	4 - 0	September 23, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 05, 1985
Away	4 - 1	February 06, 2006

Latest head to head

January 29, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Watford

August 18, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Watford

1 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

April 28, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Watford

November 28, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Watford

0 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

February 06, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Sheffield United

1 - 4

Watford

Best historical scorers against Watford

Phil Jagielka	3 goals	2002 - 2005
Dane Whitehouse	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Jack Lester	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Paul Ifill	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Andy Gray	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Steve Lovell	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/01/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Heidar Helguson	3 goals	2001 - 2003
Neil Cox	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Darius Henderson	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Marlon King	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Peter Kennedy	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Lee Williamson	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/01/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Phil Jagielka	12 matches	2001 - 2007
Michael Tonge	12 matches	2001 - 2008
Paddy Kenny	11 matches	2002 - 2008
Chris Morgan	10 matches	2004 - 2008
Nick Montgomery	9 matches	2001 - 2007
Leigh Bromby	8 matches	2004 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/01/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Lloyd Doyley	13 matches	2001 - 2008
Gavin Mahon	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Neil Cox	7 matches	2001 - 2005
James Chambers	7 matches	2004 - 2007
Micah Hyde	6 matches	1997 - 2004
Alec Chamberlain	6 matches	1997 - 2005