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Watford 1-5 Crystal Palace - January 17, 2004 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 28

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

January 17, 2004

15 017

Watford

1 - 5

Crystal Palace

(penalty) Heidar Helguson

58'

Andy Johnson

39'

Wayne Routledge

45'

Andy Johnson (penalty)

73'

Julian Gray

90'

Dougie Freedman

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9' - Goal Andy Johnson

39' - Goal Wayne Routledge

45' - Substitution Jamie Handis substituted by Micah Hyde photo Lloyd Doyley

45' - Substitution Lee Cookis substituted by Lloyd Doyley photo Neil Cox

45' - Red card Neil Cox45

45' - Goal Andy Johnson

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58' - Goal Heidar Helguson58

68' - Substitution Ben Watsonis substituted by Shaun Derry

73' - Goal Julian Gray

75' - Substitution Andy Johnsonis substituted by Dougie Freedman

80' - Substitution Wayne Routledgeis substituted by Tommy Black

81' - Substitution Scott Fitzgeraldis substituted by Bruce Dyer81

90' - Goal Dougie Freedman

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

1 - 5

Crystal Palace

Watford Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Watford

Pidgeley

Lenny Pidgeley

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Cox45

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Smith

Jack Smith

England

B.date14/10/1983

Age20 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Hand45

Jamie Hand

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mahon

Gavin Mahon

England

B.date02/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cook45

Lee Cook

England

B.date03/08/1982

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Devlin

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age31 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Fitzgerald81

Scott Fitzgerald

England

B.date18/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age33 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Helguson58

Heidar Helguson

Iceland

B.date22/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lenny Pidgeley		19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox	45	32	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Smith		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Hand	45	19	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Mahon		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cook	45	21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		31	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Fitzgerald	81	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle		33	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson	58	26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crystal Palace

Myhre

Thomas Myhre

Norway

B.date16/10/1973

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hudson

Mark Hudson

England

B.date30/03/1982

Age21 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Butterfield

Danny Butterfield

England

B.date21/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Borrowdale

Gary Borrowdale

England

B.date16/07/1985

Age18 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Granville

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Riihilahti

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Watson68

Ben Watson

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age18 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Gray73

Julian Gray

England

B.date21/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

Routledge3980

Wayne Routledge

England

B.date07/01/1985

Age19 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Johnson45975

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Shipperley

Neil Shipperley

England

B.date30/10/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Myhre		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Hudson		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield		24	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Borrowdale		18	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville		28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti		27	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ben Watson	68	18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julian Gray	73	24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Routledge	3980	19	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson	45975	22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Shipperley		29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Lloyd Doyley	45	21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde	45	29	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer	81	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Shaun Derry	68	26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Black	80	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman	9075	29	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Scott Fitzgerald

Bruce Dyer

OUT

Heidar Helguson

Micah Hyde

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Borrowdale

Curtis Fleming

OUT

Mark Hudson

Tony Popovic

OUT

Aki Riihilahti

Jamie Smith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Lewington vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 2004

Lewington vs Dowie

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Iain Dowie

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Dowie vs Watford

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 2004

Dowie vs Lewington

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 2004

Referee

Howard Webb

3 victories	0 draw	5 losses	Watford8 matches	General total	Crystal Palace14 matches	5 victories	2 draws	7 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Crystal Palace3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 19, 2008					Latest figure on April 27, 2014

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Key figures

It's the first time Wayne Routledge scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career

Only back at the time of Colin Lee head of Watford (01/03/1990-27/11/1990), you can see a manager go over Ray Lewington with 43% of losses in Championship (48%).

It's the first time Andy Johnson scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Watford in his professional career with Crystal Palace

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 1-0 Rotherham United01/11/2003

DWatford 0-0 West Ham22/11/2003

DWatford 1-1 Nottingham Forest06/12/2003

LWatford 1-3 Stoke City20/12/2003

VWatford 2-1 Cardiff City28/12/2003

DWatford 2-2 Chelsea03/01/2004

Overall

LWatford 1-3 Stoke City20/12/2003

LGillingham 1-0 Watford26/12/2003

VWatford 2-1 Cardiff City28/12/2003

DWatford 2-2 Chelsea03/01/2004

DCoventry 0-0 Watford10/01/2004

LChelsea 4-0 Watford14/01/2004

Current form

Away

VStoke City 0-1 Crystal Palace25/11/2003

LAston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace03/12/2003

LPreston North End 4-1 Crystal Palace06/12/2003

VReading 0-3 Crystal Palace20/12/2003

VIpswich Town 1-3 Crystal Palace28/12/2003

LTottenham 3-0 Crystal Palace03/01/2004

Overall

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Nottingham Forest13/12/2003

VReading 0-3 Crystal Palace20/12/2003

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Millwall26/12/2003

VIpswich Town 1-3 Crystal Palace28/12/2003

LTottenham 3-0 Crystal Palace03/01/2004

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Burnley10/01/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	0
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
7	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	5
9	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	11
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.04	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
1.26	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.48
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.69

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (2 times)

Bookings

41	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
5	Red cards (Competition total)	6
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Scott Fitzgerald	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Andy Johnson
Scott Fitzgerald	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Andy Johnson
Neil Cox	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Dougie Freedman
Neil Cox	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Dougie Freedman
Scott Fitzgerald	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Andy Johnson

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

3 v

6 d

2 l

12 gf

12 ga

Away

13 matches

6 v

2 d

5 l

16 gf

15 ga

Total

24 matches

9 v

8 d

7 l

28 gf

27 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

5 v

2 d

6 l

15 gf

16 ga

Away

11 matches

2 v

6 d

3 l

12 gf

12 ga

Total

24 matches

7 v

8 d

9 l

27 gf

28 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 27, 1982
Home	1 - 0	December 15, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 17, 1996
Away	3 - 1	November 28, 1993

Latest head to head

August 16, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Watford

April 08, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Watford

September 21, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Watford

3 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

March 09, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Watford

December 15, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Watford

1 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Allan Nielsen	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Micah Hyde	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Gifton Noel-Williams	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Marcus Gayle	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Neal Ardley	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Heidar Helguson	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Hayden Mullins	2 goals	2002 - 2002
George Ndah	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Neil Shipperley	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Danny Granville	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Lloyd Doyley	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Paul Robinson	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Alec Chamberlain	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Marcus Gayle	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Micah Hyde	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Heidar Helguson	4 matches	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Dougie Freedman	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Hayden Mullins	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Steven Thomson	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Aleksandrs Kolinko	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Julian Gray	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Tony Popovic	3 matches	2002 - 2003