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Stoke City 2-3 Cardiff City - December 06, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 22

Britannia Stadium - Stoke-on-Trent - England

December 06, 2003

12 208

Stoke City

2 - 3

Cardiff City

John Eustace

38'

Ade Akinbiyi

74'

34'

Peter Thorne

40'

Peter Thorne

72'

Peter Thorne

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34' - Goal Peter Thorne

38' - Goal John Eustace38

40' - Goal Peter Thorne

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56' - Substitution Richard Johnsonis substituted by Kris Commons56

66' - Substitution Gifton Noel-Williamsis substituted by Ade Akinbiyi66

68' - Substitution Robert Earnshawis substituted by Andy Campbell

72' - Goal Peter Thorne

74' - Goal Ade Akinbiyi74

76' - Substitution John Robinsonis substituted by Mark Bonner

87' - Substitution Frazer Richardsonis substituted by Chris Greenacre87

89' - Substitution Julian Grayis substituted by Spencer Prior

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

2 - 3

Cardiff City

Stoke City Cardiff City

Team line-ups

Stoke City

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age36 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Thomas

Wayne Thomas

England

B.date17/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Richardson87

Frazer Richardson

England

B.date29/10/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Halls

John Halls

England

B.date14/02/1982

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Clarke

Clive Clarke

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Johnson56

Richard Johnson

Australia

B.date27/04/1974

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Russell

Darel Russell

England

B.date22/10/1980

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Eustace38

John Eustace

England

B.date03/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Noel-Williams66

Gifton Noel-Williams

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Hoekstra

Peter Hoekstra

Netherlands

B.date04/04/1973

Age30 years

H1m89

positionLeft Winger

Asaba

Carl Asaba

England

B.date28/01/1973

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		36	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Thomas		24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frazer Richardson	87	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Halls		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clive Clarke		23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Johnson	56	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darel Russell		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Eustace	38	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gifton Noel-Williams	66	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Hoekstra		30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Asaba		30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cardiff City

Alexander

Neil Alexander

Scotland

B.date10/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Gabbidon

Danny Gabbidon

Wales

B.date08/08/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Vidmar

Tony Vidmar

Australia

B.date04/07/1970

Age33 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Barker

Chris Barker

England

B.date02/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Croft

Gary Croft

England

B.date17/02/1974

Age29 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Gray89

Julian Gray

England

B.date21/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

Robinson76

John Robinson

Wales

B.date29/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Boland

Willie Boland

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/08/1975

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Langley

Richard Langley

Jamaica

B.date27/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Earnshaw68

Robert Earnshaw

Wales

B.date06/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Thorne723440

Peter Thorne

England

B.date21/06/1973

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Alexander		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Gabbidon		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Vidmar		33	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Barker		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Croft		29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julian Gray	89	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Robinson	76	32	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Boland		28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Langley		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Earnshaw	68	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thorne	723440	30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kris Commons	56	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Greenacre	87	25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ade Akinbiyi	7466	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Spencer Prior	89	32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Bonner	76	29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Campbell	68	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gifton Noel-Williams

Chris Iwelumo

OUT

Wayne Thomas

Clint Hill

OUT

Richard Johnson

Marcus Hall

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Willie Boland

Mark Bonner

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pulis vs Cardiff City

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Pulis vs Lawrence

2 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Lennie Lawrence

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lawrence vs Stoke City

5 victories

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Lawrence vs Pulis

5 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 06, 2003

Referee

Anthony Leake

1 victory	1 draw	3 losses	Stoke City5 matches	General total	Cardiff City4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Stoke City1 match	Season total	Cardiff City2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 13, 2006					Latest figure on April 08, 2006

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Lennie Lawrence has reached 52% of wins .

Cardiff City keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 28/10/2003).

It's the first time Ade Akinbiyi scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LStoke City 0-2 Gillingham23/09/2003

VStoke City 2-1 Nottingham Forest04/10/2003

DStoke City 1-1 Crewe Alexandra25/10/2003

DStoke City 2-2 Sheffield United01/11/2003

VStoke City 1-0 Bradford22/11/2003

LStoke City 0-1 Crystal Palace25/11/2003

Overall

DStoke City 1-1 Crewe Alexandra25/10/2003

DStoke City 2-2 Sheffield United01/11/2003

LCardiff City 3-1 Stoke City08/11/2003

VStoke City 1-0 Bradford22/11/2003

LStoke City 0-1 Crystal Palace25/11/2003

LGillingham 3-1 Stoke City29/11/2003

Current form

Away

LSheffield United 5-3 Cardiff City20/09/2003

LCrystal Palace 2-1 Cardiff City04/10/2003

DSunderland 0-0 Cardiff City14/10/2003

VCoventry 1-3 Cardiff City18/10/2003

DBurnley 1-1 Cardiff City01/11/2003

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Cardiff City22/11/2003

Overall

VCardiff City 3-0 Watford28/10/2003

DBurnley 1-1 Cardiff City01/11/2003

VCardiff City 3-1 Stoke City08/11/2003

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Cardiff City22/11/2003

DCardiff City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion25/11/2003

LCardiff City 2-3 Ipswich Town29/11/2003

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
5	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.7
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.3

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	31
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Carl Asaba	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Robert Earnshaw
Carl Asaba	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Robert Earnshaw
Carl Asaba	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Robert Earnshaw
Carl Asaba	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robert Earnshaw
John Eustace	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 8 matches	Robert Earnshaw

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

8 v

4 d

3 l

21 gf

9 ga

Away

15 matches

5 v

2 d

8 l

22 gf

29 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

31 matches

14 v

6 d

11 l

45 gf

39 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

8 v

2 d

5 l

29 gf

22 ga

Away

15 matches

3 v

4 d

8 l

9 gf

21 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

31 matches

11 v

6 d

14 l

39 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	January 27, 1968
Home	4 - 1	January 27, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	December 26, 1957
Away	2 - 1	April 28, 2002

Latest head to head

November 08, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Cardiff City

3 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

May 01, 2002 - Barrages Championship 2002

Cardiff City

0 - 2

Stoke City logo Stoke City

April 28, 2002 - Barrages Championship 2002

Stoke City

1 - 2

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

January 22, 2002 - Second Division 2001/2002

Cardiff City

2 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

December 19, 2001 - Second Division 2001/2002

Stoke City

1 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Kris Commons

1 goal

2003 - 2003

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Best historical scorers against Stoke City

	Robert Earnshaw	2 goals	2003 - 2003
	Danny Gabbidon	1 goal	2003 - 2003

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Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Keith Andrews	1 match	2003 - 2003
Darel Russell	1 match	2003 - 2003
Gifton Noel-Williams	1 match	2003 - 2003
Ed de Goeij	1 match	2003 - 2003
Wayne Thomas	1 match	2003 - 2003
Marcus Hall	1 match	2003 - 2003

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Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Danny Gabbidon	1 match	2003 - 2003
Julian Gray	1 match	2003 - 2003
Graham Kavanagh	1 match	2003 - 2003
Willie Boland	1 match	2003 - 2003
Robert Earnshaw	1 match	2003 - 2003
Neil Alexander	1 match	2003 - 2003