This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Nottingham 2-0 Aston Villa - September 17, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 6

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

September 17, 1977

2 - 0

Aston Villa

John Robertson

45'

Tony Woodcock

45'

logo Nottingham Forest NF

45' - Goal John Robertson photo Tony Woodcock

45' - Goal Tony Woodcock45

logo Nottingham Forest NF

logo Aston Villa AV

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Nottingham Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Barrett

Colin Barrett

England

B.date03/08/1952

Age25 years

positionDefender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

O'Neill

Martin O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date01/03/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Withe

Peter Withe

England

B.date30/08/1951

Age26 years

H1m85

positionForward

Robertson45

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Woodcock45

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Barrett		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin O'Neill		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Withe		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson	45	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock	45	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Phillips

Leighton Phillips

Wales

B.date25/09/1949

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Robson

John Robson

England

B.date15/07/1950

Age27 years

positionDefender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age18 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Carrodus

Frank Carrodus

England

B.date31/05/1949

Age28 years

positionWinger

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age23 years

positionForward

Cropley

Alexander Cropley

Scotland

B.date16/01/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leighton Phillips	27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Robson	27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	23	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan	20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Carrodus	28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexander Cropley	26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Shilton

John Middleton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

126

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Clough vs Aston Villa

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 1977

Clough vs Saunders

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

167

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Nottingham

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 1977

Saunders vs Clough

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 17, 1977

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Nottingham keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 27/04/1977). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/09/1976-29/01/1977 time period (11 matches).

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 1.11 goals conceded per game .

Nottingham keeps its 6 matches without conceding any goal at home running (since 27/04/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/03/1967 (5 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNottingham Forest 0-1 Cardiff City23/04/1977

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Oldham Athletic27/04/1977

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Millwall07/05/1977

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Bristol City23/08/1977

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Derby County27/08/1977

VNottingham Forest 5-0 West Ham30/08/1977

Overall

VEverton 1-3 Nottingham Forest20/08/1977

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Bristol City23/08/1977

VNottingham Forest 3-0 Derby County27/08/1977

VNottingham Forest 5-0 West Ham30/08/1977

LArsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest03/09/1977

VWolverhampton 2-3 Nottingham Forest10/09/1977

Current form

Away

LTottenham 3-1 Aston Villa30/04/1977

LBirmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa10/05/1977

LNewcastle United 3-2 Aston Villa14/05/1977

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Aston Villa20/08/1977

VExeter City 1-3 Aston Villa30/08/1977

DBristol City 1-1 Aston Villa03/09/1977

Overall

LAston Villa 1-4 Manchester City24/08/1977

LAston Villa 1-2 Everton27/08/1977

VExeter City 1-3 Aston Villa30/08/1977

DBristol City 1-1 Aston Villa03/09/1977

VAston Villa 1-0 Arsenal10/09/1977

VAston Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe14/09/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Drawless streak	13	8
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	5	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	6	15
Conceding streak	9	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.6
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Peter Withe	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	John Deehan
Peter Withe	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Brian Little
Peter Withe	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alexander Cropley

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

15 v

8 d

15 l

64 gf

60 ga

Away

37 matches

5 v

7 d

25 l

33 gf

87 ga

Total

75 matches

20 v

15 d

40 l

97 gf

147 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

25 v

7 d

5 l

87 gf

33 ga

Away

38 matches

15 v

8 d

15 l

60 gf

64 ga

Total

75 matches

40 v

15 d

20 l

147 gf

97 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 15, 1967
Home	3 - 0	April 15, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 23, 1962
Away	7 - 3	December 19, 1903

Latest head to head

March 08, 1975 - Division 2 1974/1975

Nottingham

2 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 02, 1974 - Division 2 1974/1975

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Nottingham

April 24, 1974 - Division 2 1973/1974

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Nottingham

October 27, 1973 - Division 2 1973/1974

Nottingham

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 26, 1972 - Division 2 1972/1973

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Frank Wignall	3 goals	1964 - 1964
Colin Addison	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Johnny Quigley	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Geoff Vowden	2 goals	1960 - 1962
Len Julians	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Ian Storey-Moore	2 goals	1967 - 1967

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 Nottingham

Harry Burrows	5 goals	1962 - 1964
Tony Hateley	5 goals	1963 - 1965
Phillip Woosnam	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Jimmy MacEwan	1 goal	1963 - 1963
John MacLeod	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	1 goal	1962 - 1962

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 Aston Villa

Peter Grummitt	14 matches	1960 - 1967
Bob McKinlay	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Frank Wignall	8 matches	1963 - 1967
Dick Le Flem	8 matches	1960 - 1963
Colin Addison	8 matches	1962 - 1966
Johnny Quigley	7 matches	1960 - 1963

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 Nottingham

Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1962 - 1967
Alan Deakin	10 matches	1961 - 1966
John Sleeuwenhoek	10 matches	1962 - 1967
Gordon Lee	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Harry Burrows	7 matches	1962 - 1964
Bobby Thomson	7 matches	1960 - 1963