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Middlesbrough 4-2 S Wednesday - January 18, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 24

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

January 18, 1997

29 485

Middlesbrough

4 - 2

S Wednesday

(penalty) Fabrizio Ravanelli

14'

Gianluca Festa

23'

(penalty) Emerson

72'

Juninho Paulista

90'

29'

Mark Pembridge

80'

Mark Pembridge

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14' - Goal Fabrizio Ravanelli14

23' - Goal Gianluca Festa23

29' - Goal Mark Pembridge

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46' - Substitution Steve Nicolis substituted by Regi Blinker

69' - Substitution Ritchie Humphreysis substituted by Wayne Collins

70' - Red card Fabrizio Ravanelli70

72' - Goal Emerson72

77' - Substitution Guy Whittinghamis substituted by David Hirst

80' - Goal Mark Pembridge

85' - Substitution Mikkel Beckis substituted by Jan Age Fjortoft85

90' - Goal Juninho Paulista90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

4 - 2

S Wednesday

Middlesbrough S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Roberts

Ben Roberts

England

B.date22/06/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Vickers

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Festa23

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Whyte

Derek Whyte

Scotland

B.date31/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Fleming

Curtis Fleming

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Emerson72

Emerson

Brazil

B.date12/04/1972

Age24 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Moore

Alan Moore

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1974

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Juninho Paulista90

Juninho Paulista

Brazil

B.date22/02/1973

Age23 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

Beck85

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age23 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Ravanelli1470

Fabrizio Ravanelli

Italy

B.date11/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Roberts		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers		29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa	23	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Whyte		28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Curtis Fleming		28	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emerson	72	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Moore		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		28	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juninho Paulista	90	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck	85	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fabrizio Ravanelli	1470	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Nicol46

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age35 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Stefanovic

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hyde

Graham Hyde

England

B.date10/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Humphreys69

Ritchie Humphreys

England

B.date30/11/1977

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Pembridge2980

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whittingham77

Guy Whittingham

England

B.date10/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

Booth

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		29	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol	46	35	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		31	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		26	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Hyde		26	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ritchie Humphreys	69	19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge	2980	26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guy Whittingham	77	32	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth		23	24	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jan Age Fjortoft	85	30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Wayne Collins	69	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst	77	29	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Regi Blinker	46	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikkel Beck

Craig Hignett

OUT

Gianluca Festa

Neil Cox

OUT

Ben Roberts

Gary Walsh

OUT

Alan Moore

Clayton Blackmore

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

127

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Robson vs S Wednesday

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

Robson vs Pleat

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Middlesbrough

3 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

Pleat vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

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Key figures

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 04/01/1997).

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 3 consecutive losses in Premier League (since 28/12/1996).

Middlesbrough keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 14/12/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/12/1995-04/02/1996 time period (11 matches).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Leicester03/12/1996

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Leeds United07/12/1996

VMiddlesbrough 4-2 Everton26/12/1996

VMiddlesbrough 6-0 Chester City04/01/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool08/01/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Southampton11/01/1997

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 4-2 Everton26/12/1996

LCoventry 3-0 Middlesbrough28/12/1996

LArsenal 2-0 Middlesbrough01/01/1997

VMiddlesbrough 6-0 Chester City04/01/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool08/01/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Southampton11/01/1997

Current form

Away

LWimbledon FC 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday12/10/1996

DCoventry 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/10/1996

DSunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1996

VLiverpool 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday07/12/1996

DTottenham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/12/1996

DChelsea 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/1996

Overall

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester United18/12/1996

DTottenham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/12/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Arsenal26/12/1996

DChelsea 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/1996

VSheffield Wednesday 7-1 Grimsby Town04/01/1997

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Everton11/01/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	5	13
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
4	Victories (Competition total)	7
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	10
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	4
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
1.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

13	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
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

49	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Fabrizio Ravanelli	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Andy Booth
Fabrizio Ravanelli	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Andy Booth
Fabrizio Ravanelli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Fabrizio Ravanelli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Juninho Paulista	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Mark Pembridge

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

23 v

9 d

9 l

97 gf

47 ga

Away

45 matches

10 v

5 d

30 l

49 gf

91 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Total

88 matches

34 v

15 d

39 l

151 gf

140 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

30 v

5 d

10 l

91 gf

49 ga

Away

41 matches

9 v

9 d

23 l

47 gf

97 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

88 matches

39 v

15 d

34 l

140 gf

151 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 20, 1974
Home	8 - 0	April 20, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 31, 1904
Away	2 - 0	January 01, 1991

Latest head to head

April 05, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Middlesbrough

3 - 1

S Wednesday

October 15, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 10, 1993 - League Cup 1993/1994

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

October 27, 1993 - League Cup 1993/1994

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

S Wednesday

May 01, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

S Wednesday

2 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

John Hendrie	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Jan Age Fjortoft	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Willie Falconer	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Craig Hignett	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Chris Freestone	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Paul Wilkinson	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Carlton Palmer	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Steve Whitton	1 goal	1989 - 1989
Gordon Watson	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Chris Bart-Williams	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Mel Sterland	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Mark Pembridge	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Craig Hignett	5 matches	1993 - 1996
Curtis Fleming	5 matches	1992 - 1996
Derek Whyte	4 matches	1993 - 1996
Chris Morris	4 matches	1992 - 1995
Steve Pears	4 matches	1988 - 1993
Robbie Mustoe	4 matches	1993 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Nigel Worthington	5 matches	1988 - 1993
Carlton Palmer	5 matches	1989 - 1993
Mark Bright	4 matches	1992 - 1995
Kevin Pressman	4 matches	1993 - 1996
David Hirst	4 matches	1988 - 1996
Des Walker	4 matches	1993 - 1996