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S Wednesday 2-1 Watford - February 16, 2002 / First Division 2001/2002

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First Division 2001/2002 - Round 34

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

February 16, 2002

18 244

2 - 1

Watford

(penalty) Efan Ekoku

58'

Shefki Kuqi

78'

43'

Gifton Noel-Williams

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43' - Goal Gifton Noel-Williams

45' - Substitution Tony Craneis substituted by Matthew Hamshaw photo Simon Donnelly

45' - Substitution Danny Maddixis substituted by Simon Donnelly45

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52' - Substitution Ashley Westwoodis substituted by Gerald Sibon52

58' - Goal Efan Ekoku58

78' - Goal Shefki Kuqi78

79' - Substitution Stephen Glassis substituted by Lee Cook photo Marcus Gayle

79' - Substitution Tommy Smithis substituted by Marcus Gayle

82' - Substitution Filippo Galliis substituted by Jamie Hand

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Watford

S Wednesday Watford

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Heald

Paul Heald

England

B.date20/09/1968

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Crane45

Tony Crane

England

B.date08/09/1982

Age19 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Westwood52

Ashley Westwood

England

B.date31/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Maddix45

Danny Maddix

Jamaica

B.date11/10/1967

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Haslam

Steve Haslam

England

B.date06/09/1979

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Armstrong

Craig Armstrong

England

B.date23/05/1975

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Soltvedt

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Norway

B.date15/02/1967

Age35 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

McLaren

Paul McLaren

England

B.date07/11/1976

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Johnson

David Johnson

Jamaica

B.date15/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m68

positionStriker

Kuqi78

Shefki Kuqi

Finland

B.date10/11/1976

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Ekoku58

Efan Ekoku

Nigeria

B.date08/06/1967

Age34 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Heald		33	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Crane	45	19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Westwood	52	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Maddix	45	34	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Haslam		22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Armstrong		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt		35	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul McLaren		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	78	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Efan Ekoku	58	34	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Chamberlain

Alec Chamberlain

England

B.date20/06/1964

Age37 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Okon

Paul Okon

Australia

B.date05/04/1972

Age29 years

H1m77

positionSweeper

Galli82

Filippo Galli

Italy

B.date19/05/1963

Age38 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Brown

Wayne Brown

England

B.date20/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Glass79

Stephen Glass

Scotland

B.date23/05/1976

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Smith79

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age21 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Hyde

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Nielsen

Allan Nielsen

Denmark

B.date13/03/1971

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Noel-Williams43

Gifton Noel-Williams

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alec Chamberlain		37	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Okon		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Filippo Galli	82	38	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Brown		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Glass	79	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	79	21	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde		27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Nielsen		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gifton Noel-Williams	43	22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Simon Donnelly	45	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Hamshaw	45	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Sibon	52	27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jamie Hand	82	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cook	79	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle	79	31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Armstrong

Derek Geary

OUT

Ashley Westwood

Alan Quinn

OUT

Paul McLaren

Matthew Hamshaw

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stephen Glass

Patrick Blondeau

OUT

Tommy Smith

Lee Cook

OUT

Allan Nielsen

Marcus Gayle

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Yorath

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Yorath vs Watford

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 16, 2002

Yorath vs Vialli

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 16, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Vialli vs S Wednesday

4 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 16, 2002

Vialli vs Yorath

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 16, 2002

Referee

Andy Hall

7 victories	1 draw	3 losses	S Wednesday11 matches	General total	Watford13 matches	5 victories	3 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	S Wednesday1 match	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 19, 2010					Latest figure on January 16, 2010

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Key figures

End of streak for Watford after 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home in Championship (since 30/10/2001). It was the best streak for the club since 10/11/1979-14/03/1980 (10 matches).

It's the first time Shefki Kuqi scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career with Sheffield Wednesday

S Wednesday keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 05/02/2002).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 4-0 Watford19/12/2001

LSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Birmingham City26/12/2001

LSheffield Wednesday 0-5 Norwich City29/12/2001

LSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Blackburn08/01/2002

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Crewe Alexandra12/01/2002

LSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Crystal Palace02/02/2002

Overall

VBurnley 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday19/01/2002

LBlackburn 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday22/01/2002

DSheffield United 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday29/01/2002

LSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Crystal Palace02/02/2002

LPreston North End 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday05/02/2002

VWalsall 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday09/02/2002

Current form

Away

VCoventry 0-2 Watford09/12/2001

LSheffield Wednesday 4-0 Watford19/12/2001

VWalsall 0-3 Watford29/12/2001

DRotherham United 1-1 Watford12/01/2002

LMillwall 1-0 Watford15/01/2002

DPreston North End 1-1 Watford31/01/2002

Overall

DRotherham United 1-1 Watford12/01/2002

LMillwall 1-0 Watford15/01/2002

LWatford 1-2 Manchester City20/01/2002

DPreston North End 1-1 Watford31/01/2002

LWatford 1-2 Burnley06/02/2002

VWatford 2-0 Grimsby Town10/02/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
8	Victories (Competition total)	12
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
15	Losses (Competition total)	12
7	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
27	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.07
1.61	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.07

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

65	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
28	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
4	Red cards (Competition total)	7
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	5

Key players

Gerald Sibon	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Tommy Smith
Gerald Sibon	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Tommy Smith
Gerald Sibon	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Stephen Glass
Gerald Sibon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Stephen Glass
Efan Ekoku	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Gifton Noel-Williams

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

8 v

3 d

4 l

27 gf

17 ga

Away

13 matches

3 v

3 d

7 l

14 gf

22 ga

Total

28 matches

11 v

6 d

11 l

41 gf

39 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

7 v

3 d

3 l

22 gf

14 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

3 d

8 l

17 gf

27 ga

Total

28 matches

11 v

6 d

11 l

39 gf

41 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 19, 2001
Home	4 - 0	December 19, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 24, 1982
Away	3 - 2	February 03, 2001

Latest head to head

December 19, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002

S Wednesday

4 - 0

Watford

October 13, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Watford

3 - 1

S Wednesday

February 03, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

S Wednesday

2 - 3

Watford

November 07, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

Watford

1 - 3

S Wednesday

March 18, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Watford

1 - 0

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against Watford

Lee Chapman	3 goals	1985 - 1987
Colin West	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Gilles De Bilde	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Phil O'Donnell	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Gerald Sibon	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Niclas Alexandersson	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Luther Blissett	2 goals	1985 - 1987
John Barnes	2 goals	1984 - 1986
Robert Page	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Gary Porter	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Heidar Helguson	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Trevor Senior	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Lee Chapman	8 matches	1984 - 1987
Brian Marwood	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Mel Sterland	7 matches	1985 - 1987
Martin Hodge	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Kevin Pressman	7 matches	1987 - 2001
Nigel Worthington	6 matches	1984 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Wilf Rostron	8 matches	1984 - 1987
John McClelland	8 matches	1984 - 1987
Nigel Gibbs	7 matches	1985 - 1999
Kenny Jackett	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Tony Coton	7 matches	1984 - 1987
Steve Terry	6 matches	1984 - 1987