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Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Wigan - December 20, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Journée 24

Alexandra Stadium - Crewe - England

December 20, 2003

7 873

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 3

Wigan

Billy Jones

10'

Steve Jones

17'

Lee McCulloch

20'

Jason de Vos

80'

Jimmy Bullard

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8' - Goal Lee McCulloch

10' - Goal Billy Jones10

17' - Goal Steve Jones17

20' - Goal Jason de Vos

27' - Substitution Alan Rogersis substituted by Leighton Baines

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67' - Substitution Andy Liddellis substituted by James Lawrence

80' - Goal Jimmy Bullard

81' - Substitution Luke Varneyis substituted by James Robinson81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crewe Alexandra

2 - 3

Wigan

Crewe Alexandra Wigan

Team line-ups

Crewe Alexandra

Ince

Clayton Ince

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date12/07/1972

Age31 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Foster

Stephen Foster

England

B.date18/09/1980

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Wright

David Wright

England

B.date01/05/1980

Age23 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Billy Jones10

Billy Jones

England

B.date24/03/1987

Age16 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Tonkin

Anthony Tonkin

England

B.date17/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Cochrane

Justin Cochrane

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date26/01/1982

Age21 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Steve Jones17

Steve Jones

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1976

Age27 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Lunt

Kenny Lunt

England

B.date20/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Varney81

Luke Varney

England

B.date28/09/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Ashton

Dean Ashton

England

B.date24/11/1983

Age20 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Higdon

Michael Higdon

England

B.date02/09/1983

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Clayton Ince		31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Foster		23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wright		23	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Jones	10	16	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Tonkin		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Justin Cochrane		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Jones	17	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Lunt		24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luke Varney	81	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Ashton		20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Higdon		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wigan

Filan

John Filan

Australia

B.date08/02/1970

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

de Vos20

Jason de Vos

Canada

B.date02/01/1974

Age29 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Rogers27

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Eaden

Nicky Eaden

England

B.date12/12/1972

Age31 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

McCulloch8

Lee McCulloch

Scotland

B.date14/05/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mitchell

Paul Mitchell

England

B.date26/08/1981

Age22 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Liddell67

Andy Liddell

Scotland

B.date28/06/1973

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Teale

Gary Teale

Scotland

B.date21/07/1978

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Bullard80

Jimmy Bullard

England

B.date23/10/1978

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Jarrett

Jason Jarrett

England

B.date14/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Ellington

Nathan Ellington

England

B.date02/07/1981

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Filan		33	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason de Vos	20	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Rogers	27	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Eaden		31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee McCulloch	8	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Mitchell		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Liddell	67	30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Teale		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bullard	80	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Jarrett		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nathan Ellington		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		James Robinson	81	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Leighton Baines	27	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		James Lawrence	67	33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Higdon

Chris McCready

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lee McCulloch

Geoff Horsfield

OUT

Paul Mitchell

Ian Breckin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dario Gradi

666

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Gradi vs Wigan

3 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Gradi vs Jewell

3 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Paul Jewell

131

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Jewell vs Crewe Alexandra

5 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Jewell vs Gradi

5 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Referee

Lee Cable

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crewe Alexandra1 match	General total	Wigan3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crewe Alexandra1 match	Season total	Wigan2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 20, 2003					Latest figure on March 20, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Steve Jones scores 1 goal vs Wigan in Championship

Crewe Alexandra keeps its 3 consecutive losses vs Wigan running (since 23/08/1994). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Lee McCulloch scores 1 goal vs Crewe Alexandra in Championship

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCrewe Alexandra 2-2 Bradford14/10/2003

VCrewe Alexandra 3-0 Derby County18/10/2003

VCrewe Alexandra 2-1 Preston North End21/10/2003

VCrewe Alexandra 1-0 Reading01/11/2003

VCrewe Alexandra 3-0 Sunderland22/11/2003

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Gillingham06/12/2003

Overall

LGillingham 2-0 Crewe Alexandra08/11/2003

VCrewe Alexandra 3-0 Sunderland22/11/2003

LNorwich City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra29/11/2003

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Gillingham06/12/2003

VCrystal Palace 1-3 Crewe Alexandra09/12/2003

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Crewe Alexandra13/12/2003

Current form

Away

DCardiff City 0-0 Wigan30/09/2003

DDerby County 2-2 Wigan11/10/2003

LWalsall 2-0 Wigan25/10/2003

LReading 1-0 Wigan08/11/2003

LWest Ham 4-0 Wigan29/11/2003

DSunderland 1-1 Wigan02/12/2003

Overall

LReading 1-0 Wigan08/11/2003

DWigan 2-2 Nottingham Forest22/11/2003

LWest Ham 4-0 Wigan29/11/2003

DSunderland 1-1 Wigan02/12/2003

LWigan 0-2 Reading06/12/2003

VWigan 1-0 Bradford13/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	7	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	10
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
9	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.3
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.18
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
1	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	5

Key players

Steve Jones	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Andy Liddell
Steve Jones	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Nathan Ellington
Dean Ashton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Andy Liddell
Steve Jones	7 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Geoff Horsfield