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Watford 2-1 Norwich City - December 10, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 22

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

December 10, 2008

13 268

2 - 1

Norwich City

Assist by Liam Bridcutt (right foot) Tamás Priskin

16'

(right foot) Tommy Smith

64'

61'

Lee Croft (header) Assist by Matthew Pattison

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16' - Goal Tamás Priskin16

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57' - Substitution Liam Bridcuttis substituted by John-Joe O'Toole57

61' - Goal Lee Croft

64' - Goal Tommy Smith64

75' - Substitution Mat Sadleris substituted by John Eustace75

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 1

Norwich City

Watford Norwich City

Team line-ups

Watford

Loach

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

Sadler75

Mat Sadler

England

B.date26/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Mariappa

Adrian Mariappa

Jamaica

B.date03/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Harley

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

Bridcutt57

Liam Bridcutt

Scotland

B.date08/05/1989

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Williamson

Lee Williamson

Jamaica

B.date07/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Jenkins

Ross Jenkins

England

B.date09/11/1990

Age18 years

H1m91

positionLeft central midfielder

Smith64

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Priskin16

Tamás Priskin

Hungary

B.date27/09/1986

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Loach		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leigh Bromby		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mat Sadler	75	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adrian Mariappa		22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley		29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lloyd Doyley		26	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Bridcutt	57	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Williamson		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ross Jenkins		18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	64	28	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tamás Priskin	16	22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

Marshall

David Marshall

Scotland

B.date05/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Omozusi

Elliot Omozusi

England

B.date15/12/1988

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Doherty

Gary Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Otsemobor

Jon Otsemobor

England

B.date23/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Bertrand

Ryan Bertrand

England

B.date05/08/1989

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Clingan

Sammy Clingan

Northern Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Bell

David Bell

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Russell

Darel Russell

England

B.date22/10/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Pattison

Matthew Pattison

South Africa

B.date27/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Croft61

Lee Croft

England

B.date26/06/1985

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Lita

Leroy Lita

England

B.date28/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Marshall		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elliot Omozusi		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Doherty		28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Otsemobor		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Bertrand		19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Clingan		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bell		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darel Russell		28	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Pattison		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Croft	61	23	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John-Joe O'Toole	57	20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		John Eustace	75	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lee Williamson

John Eustace

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darel Russell

Wes Hoolahan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brendan Rodgers

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Rodgers vs Norwich City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Rodgers vs Roeder

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Roeder

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Roeder vs Watford

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Roeder vs Rodgers

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Referee

Phil Crossley

4 victories	0 draw	6 losses	Watford10 matches	General total	Norwich City8 matches	5 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Norwich City2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 24, 2010					Latest figure on December 28, 2010

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Key figures

It's the first time Tamás Priskin scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Watford keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored vs Norwich City in Championship running (since 19/01/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/02/2002 (7 matches)

Watford keeps its 15 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 12/08/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/04/2001-26/02/2002 time period (26 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWatford 2-2 Cardiff City21/10/2008

LWatford 2-3 Wolverhampton25/10/2008

LWatford 3-4 Blackpool01/11/2008

VWatford 3-0 Queens Park Rangers22/11/2008

DWatford 1-1 Doncaster Rovers29/11/2008

LWatford 1-2 Tottenham03/12/2008

Overall

LBarnsley 2-1 Watford15/11/2008

VWatford 3-0 Queens Park Rangers22/11/2008

DBristol City 1-1 Watford25/11/2008

DWatford 1-1 Doncaster Rovers29/11/2008

LWatford 1-2 Tottenham03/12/2008

LBirmingham City 3-2 Watford06/12/2008

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 2-0 Norwich City30/09/2008

LBristol City 1-0 Norwich City18/10/2008

LDerby County 3-1 Norwich City28/10/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Norwich City01/11/2008

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Norwich City22/11/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Norwich City29/11/2008

Overall

DNorwich City 2-2 Preston North End08/11/2008

LNorwich City 2-3 Swansea15/11/2008

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Norwich City22/11/2008

LNorwich City 1-2 Crystal Palace25/11/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Norwich City29/11/2008

VNorwich City 2-0 Ipswich Town07/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	14	9
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	6	5
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.52	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.9
1.76	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.52
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.7

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

30	Yellow cards (Competition total)	24
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
1	Red cards (Competition total)	4
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Tommy Smith	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Leroy Lita
Tommy Smith	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Arturo Lupoli
Tommy Smith	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Sammy Clingan
Tommy Smith	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Sammy Clingan
Tommy Smith	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	David Bell
Tommy Smith	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Lee Croft
Tommy Smith	10 goals, 5 assists during the last 20 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	Matthew Pattison

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

7 v

6 d

5 l

26 gf

22 ga

Away

19 matches

5 v

4 d

10 l

24 gf

40 ga

Total

37 matches

12 v

10 d

15 l

50 gf

62 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

10 v

4 d

5 l

40 gf

24 ga

Away

18 matches

5 v

6 d

7 l

22 gf

26 ga

Total

37 matches

15 v

10 d

12 l

62 gf

50 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	March 10, 2001
Home	4 - 1	March 10, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 07, 1984
Away	3 - 0	October 09, 1990

Latest head to head

March 04, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Watford

1 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

November 06, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Norwich City

1 - 3

Watford

January 21, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Norwich City

2 - 3

Watford

September 13, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Watford

2 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

April 24, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Watford

1 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Darius Henderson	3 goals	2006 - 2007
Steve Terry	3 goals	1982 - 1984
Mo Johnston	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Marlon King	2 goals	2005 - 2007
John Barnes	2 goals	1985 - 1986
Allan Nielsen	2 goals	2002 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

John Deehan	9 goals	1982 - 1984
Iwan Roberts	3 goals	2001 - 2002
Jeremy Goss	2 goals	1990 - 1990
John Devine	2 goals	1983 - 1984
Paul McVeigh	2 goals	2002 - 2006
Dennis Van Wijk	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Kenny Jackett	10 matches	1982 - 1988
Wilf Rostron	8 matches	1982 - 1988
Nigel Callaghan	8 matches	1982 - 1986
Luther Blissett	7 matches	1982 - 1988
John Barnes	7 matches	1982 - 1986
Steve Terry	7 matches	1982 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Robert Green	8 matches	2001 - 2006
Craig Fleming	8 matches	2001 - 2006
Paul McVeigh	7 matches	2001 - 2006
Gary Holt	6 matches	2001 - 2004
Dale Gordon	6 matches	1984 - 1990
Paul Haylock	6 matches	1982 - 1985