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Sunderland 2-1 Derby County - March 27, 2004 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 39

Stadium of Light - Sunderland - England

March 27, 2004

30 838

Sunderland

2 - 1

Derby County

John Oster

31'

Tommy Smith

50'

64'

Ian Taylor (penalty)

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31' - Goal John Oster31

45' - Substitution Rob Edwardsis substituted by Adam Bolder

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50' - Goal Tommy Smith50

64' - Goal Ian Taylor

75' - Substitution Darren Byfieldis substituted by Marcus Stewart75

76' - Substitution Julio Arcais substituted by Colin Cooper76

81' - Substitution Tommy Smithis substituted by Matthew Piper81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

2 - 1

Derby County

Sunderland Derby County

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Poom

Mart Poom

Estonia

B.date03/02/1972

Age32 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Babb

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

McAteer

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Williams

Darren Williams

England

B.date28/04/1977

Age26 years

H1m72

positionCentral defender

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Thirlwell

Paul Thirlwell

England

B.date13/02/1979

Age25 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Arca76

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age23 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Smith5081

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age23 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Oster31

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Byfield75

Darren Byfield

Jamaica

B.date29/09/1976

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mart Poom		32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Babb		33	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason McAteer		32	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Williams		26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Thirlwell		25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Arca	76	23	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	5081	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	31	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Byfield	75	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Derby County

Grant

Lee Grant

England

B.date27/01/1983

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Edwards45

Rob Edwards

Wales

B.date25/12/1982

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Michael Johnson

Jamaica

B.date04/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Mawéné

Youl Mawéné

France

B.date16/07/1979

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Boertien

Paul Boertien

England

B.date20/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Taylor64

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age35 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Huddlestone

Tom Huddlestone

England

B.date28/12/1986

Age17 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Osman

Leon Osman

England

B.date17/05/1981

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Peschisolido

Paul Peschisolido

Canada

B.date25/05/1971

Age32 years

H1m71

positionStriker

Manel

Spain

B.date03/11/1973

Age30 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lee Grant		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rob Edwards	45	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Johnson		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Youl Mawéné		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Boertien		25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	64	35	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Huddlestone		17	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leon Osman		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Peschisolido		32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Manel		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Colin Cooper	76	37	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Piper	81	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Stewart	75	31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Adam Bolder	45	23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Julio Arca

Sean Thornton

OUT

Jason McAteer

Stephen Wright

OUT

Darren Williams

Kevin Kyle

OUT

Tommy Smith

Jeff Whitley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Peschisolido

Marcus Tudgay

OUT

Jeff Kenna

Adam Bolder

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McCarthy vs Derby County

4 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 2004

McCarthy vs Burley

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 27, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

George Burley

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Burley vs Sunderland

4 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 2004

Burley vs McCarthy

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 2004

Referee

Graham Salisbury

8 victories	0 draw	3 losses	Sunderland11 matches	General total	Derby County16 matches	3 victories	3 draws	10 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Sunderland2 matches	Season total	Derby County1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 10, 2020					Latest figure on November 08, 2014

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Key figures

Sunderland keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 20/03/2004).

Sunderland keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored vs Derby County at home running (since 21/03/1891). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Tommy Smith scores 1 goal vs Derby County in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSunderland 1-1 Birmingham City14/02/2004

VSunderland 1-0 Sheffield United07/03/2004

DSunderland 3-3 Preston North End10/03/2004

VSunderland 2-0 West Ham13/03/2004

DSunderland 1-1 Stoke City16/03/2004

VSunderland 2-1 Gillingham23/03/2004

Overall

VSunderland 1-0 Sheffield United07/03/2004

DSunderland 3-3 Preston North End10/03/2004

VSunderland 2-0 West Ham13/03/2004

DSunderland 1-1 Stoke City16/03/2004

VReading 0-2 Sunderland20/03/2004

VSunderland 2-1 Gillingham23/03/2004

Current form

Away

LStoke City 2-1 Derby County10/01/2004

LReading 3-1 Derby County31/01/2004

LWigan 2-0 Derby County14/02/2004

LCoventry 2-0 Derby County28/02/2004

LWatford 2-1 Derby County16/03/2004

DSheffield United 1-1 Derby County23/03/2004

Overall

LCoventry 2-0 Derby County28/02/2004

DDerby County 0-0 Crewe Alexandra03/03/2004

VDerby County 1-0 Rotherham United13/03/2004

LWatford 2-1 Derby County16/03/2004

VDerby County 4-2 Nottingham Forest20/03/2004

DSheffield United 1-1 Derby County23/03/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	18	8
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	12	8
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	15	1
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	8	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	38
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
17	Victories (Competition total)	10
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
11	Draws (Competition total)	12
7	Draws (Home / Away)	7
8	Losses (Competition total)	16
1	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

51	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.11
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.68
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.55
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.58

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

61	Yellow cards (Competition total)	69
27	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	39
8	Red cards (Competition total)	3
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Marcus Stewart	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Ian Taylor
Kevin Kyle	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Lee Morris
Marcus Stewart	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Ian Taylor
Marcus Stewart	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Ian Taylor
Darren Byfield	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Ian Taylor

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

39 v

11 d

13 l

125 gf

56 ga

Away

63 matches

13 v

16 d

34 l

79 gf

130 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

6 ga

Total

127 matches

52 v

27 d

48 l

204 gf

192 ga

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

34 v

16 d

13 l

130 gf

79 ga

Away

63 matches

13 v

11 d

39 l

56 gf

125 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Total

127 matches

48 v

27 d

52 l

192 gf

204 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	September 01, 1894
Home	8 - 0	September 01, 1894

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 31, 1990
Away	4 - 1	September 22, 1934

Latest head to head

September 20, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Derby County

1 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

May 11, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Sunderland

1 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

February 09, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Derby County

0 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

February 03, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Derby County

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

September 16, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Sunderland

2 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Kevin Phillips	5 goals	1999 - 2002
Gordon Armstrong	2 goals	1990 - 1991
Niall Quinn	2 goals	1999 - 2002
Kevin Kilbane	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Gordon Harris	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Alex Rae	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Mick Harford	5 goals	1990 - 1991
Dean Saunders	4 goals	1990 - 1991
Craig Ramage	2 goals	1990 - 1990
Alan Durban	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Malcolm Christie	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Leighton James	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Michael Gray	8 matches	1996 - 2002
Darren Williams	7 matches	1999 - 2003
Niall Quinn	6 matches	1996 - 2002
Kevin Phillips	6 matches	1999 - 2002
Thomas Sorensen	6 matches	1999 - 2002
Kevin Ball	6 matches	1990 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Darryl Powell	6 matches	1996 - 2002
Michael Forsyth	5 matches	1990 - 1992
Peter Shilton	5 matches	1990 - 1992
Malcolm Christie	5 matches	2000 - 2002
Jacob Laursen	4 matches	1996 - 2000
Geraint Williams	4 matches	1990 - 1992