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Blackburn 7-2 S Wednesday - August 25, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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3' - Goal Kevin Gallacher3

7' - Goal Kevin Gallacher7

8' - Goal Benito Carbone

10' - Own goal Graham Hyde10

20' - Goal Jason Wilcox20

24' - Goal Chris Sutton24

32' - Substitution Andy Boothis substituted by Steve Nicol

44' - Substitution Billy McKinlayis substituted by Lars Bohinen44

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46' - Substitution Des Walkeris substituted by Wayne Collins photo David Hirst

46' - Substitution Guy Whittinghamis substituted by David Hirst

47' - Goal Benito Carbone

53' - Goal Lars Bohinen53

57' - Substitution Jason Wilcoxis substituted by Martin Dahlin57

60' - Red card Benito Carbone

64' - Substitution John Filanis substituted by Tim Flowers64

74' - Goal Chris Sutton74

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

7 - 2

S Wednesday

Blackburn S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Filan64

John Filan

Australia

B.date08/02/1970

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Pearce

Ian Pearce

England

B.date07/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Valéry

Patrick Valéry

France

B.date03/07/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

McKinlay44

Billy McKinlay

Scotland

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Ripley

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Wilcox2057

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Gallacher73

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Sutton7424

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Filan	64	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Pearce		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		31	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrick Valéry		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay	44	28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley		29	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox	2057	26	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher	73	30	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton	7424	24	104	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

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Walker46

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age27 years

positionDefender

Newsome

Jon Newsome

England

B.date06/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Blondeau

Patrick Blondeau

France

B.date27/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hyde10

Graham Hyde

England

B.date10/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Carbone47860

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whittingham46

Guy Whittingham

England

B.date10/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

Booth32

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Di Canio

Paolo Di Canio

Italy

B.date09/07/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		29	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker	46	31	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		27	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Newsome		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrick Blondeau		29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		27	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Hyde	10	26	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone	47860	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guy Whittingham	46	32	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth	32	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paolo Di Canio		29	4	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

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers	64	30	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lars Bohinen	5344	27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Dahlin	57	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Steve Nicol	32	35	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Collins	46	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst	46	29	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Pearce

Stéphane Henchoz

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Guy Whittingham

Mark Pembridge

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs S Wednesday

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1997

Hodgson vs Pleat

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Blackburn

7 victories

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on August 25, 1997

Pleat vs Hodgson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1997

Referee

Jeff Winter

8 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Blackburn18 matches	General total	S Wednesday14 matches	2 victories	5 draws	7 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Blackburn3 matches	Season total	S Wednesday3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 04, 2004					Latest figure on February 01, 2003

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 09/08/1997).

The last time S Wednesday has lost with a difference of 5 goals away from home, It was on the 16/03/1994 (vs )

The last time Blackburn has won with a difference of 5 goals , It was on the 18/11/1995 (vs )

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBlackburn 2-3 Manchester United12/04/1997

VBlackburn 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday22/04/1997

DBlackburn 0-0 Middlesbrough08/05/1997

LBlackburn 2-4 Leicester11/05/1997

VBlackburn 1-0 Derby County09/08/1997

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool23/08/1997

Overall

LSouthampton 2-0 Blackburn03/05/1997

DBlackburn 0-0 Middlesbrough08/05/1997

LBlackburn 2-4 Leicester11/05/1997

VBlackburn 1-0 Derby County09/08/1997

VAston Villa 0-4 Blackburn13/08/1997

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool23/08/1997

Current form

Away

LManchester United 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday15/03/1997

LBlackburn 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday22/04/1997

LWest Ham 5-1 Sheffield Wednesday03/05/1997

LLeicester 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/05/1997

LNewcastle United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday09/08/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/08/1997

Overall

LWest Ham 5-1 Sheffield Wednesday03/05/1997

LLeicester 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/05/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool11/05/1997

LNewcastle United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday09/08/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Leeds United13/08/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	6	7
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	6	14

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Chris Sutton	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Paolo Di Canio
Kevin Gallacher	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Paolo Di Canio
Martin Dahlin	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Paolo Di Canio

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

32 v

18 d

14 l

114 gf

72 ga

Away

60 matches

12 v

14 d

34 l

59 gf

121 ga

Total

124 matches

44 v

32 d

48 l

173 gf

193 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

34 v

14 d

12 l

121 gf

59 ga

Away

64 matches

14 v

18 d

32 l

72 gf

114 ga

Total

124 matches

48 v

32 d

44 l

193 gf

173 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 26, 1910
Home	6 - 1	November 26, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 28, 1896
Away	6 - 1	August 29, 1931

Latest head to head

April 22, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

4 - 1

S Wednesday

October 19, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Blackburn

January 20, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

3 - 0

S Wednesday

August 23, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Blackburn

February 12, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Blackburn

3 - 1

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Alan Shearer	5 goals	1993 - 1996
Andrew McEvoy	4 goals	1961 - 1966
Tim Sherwood	3 goals	1993 - 1997
Lars Bohinen	2 goals	1996 - 1996
John Byrom	2 goals	1963 - 1964
George Jones	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

David Layne	4 goals	1963 - 1964
John Fantham	4 goals	1960 - 1966
Bobby Craig	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Chris Waddle	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Colin Dobson	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Bobby Lodge	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Bryan Douglas	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Andrew McEvoy	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Keith Newton	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Colin Hendry	10 matches	1992 - 1997
Tim Sherwood	10 matches	1992 - 1997
Mike England	9 matches	1962 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Don Megson	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Ron Springett	11 matches	1960 - 1966
John Fantham	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Mark Bright	9 matches	1992 - 1996
Alan Finney	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Gerry Young	9 matches	1960 - 1966