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Gillingham 1-0 Watford - December 26, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 25

Priestfield Stadium - Gillingham - England

December 26, 2003

8 971

1 - 0

Watford

(penalty) John Hills

56'

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56' - Goal John Hills56

63' - Substitution Paolo Vernazzais substituted by Lee Cook

76' - Substitution David Perpetuiniis substituted by Mark Saunders76

76' - Substitution Danny Webberis substituted by Bruce Dyer

79' - Substitution Kevin Jamesis substituted by Danny Spiller79

86' - Substitution Jamie Handis substituted by Micah Hyde

87' - Substitution Paul Shawis substituted by Tommy Johnson87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Gillingham

1 - 0

Watford

Gillingham Watford

Team line-ups

Gillingham

Vaesen

Nico Vaesen

Belgium

B.date28/09/1969

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Hope

Chris Hope

England

B.date14/11/1972

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Nosworthy

Nyron Nosworthy

Jamaica

B.date11/10/1980

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Cox

Ian Cox

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date25/03/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Perpetuini76

David Perpetuini

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hills56

John Hills

England

B.date21/04/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Smith

Paul Smith

England

B.date18/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

James79

Kevin James

England

B.date03/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Shaw87

Paul Shaw

England

B.date04/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Hessenthaler

Andy Hessenthaler

England

B.date17/08/1965

Age38 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Sidibé

Mamady Sidibé

Mali

B.date18/12/1979

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nico Vaesen		34	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Hope		31	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nyron Nosworthy		23	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Cox		32	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Perpetuini	76	24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hills	56	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Smith		32	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin James	79	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Shaw	87	30	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hessenthaler		38	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mamady Sidibé		24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Pidgeley

Lenny Pidgeley

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Cox

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Brown

Wayne Brown

England

B.date20/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Hand86

Jamie Hand

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mahon

Gavin Mahon

England

B.date02/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Vernazza63

Paolo Vernazza

England

B.date01/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

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

Webber76

Danny Webber

England

B.date28/12/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age33 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Helguson

Heidar Helguson

Iceland

B.date22/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lenny Pidgeley		19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox		32	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Brown		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Hand	86	19	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Mahon		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paolo Vernazza	63	24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin		31	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Webber	76	21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle		33	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson		26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mark Saunders	76	32	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Spiller	79	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Johnson	87	32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Micah Hyde	86	29	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cook	63	21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer	76	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nico Vaesen

Jason Brown

OUT

Andy Hessenthaler

Nicky Southall

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Danny Webber

Scott Fitzgerald

OUT

Gavin Mahon

Stephen Kelly

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Andy Hessenthaler

183

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Hessenthaler vs Watford

4 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Hessenthaler vs Lewington

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Lewington vs Gillingham

1 victory

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Lewington vs Hessenthaler

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Referee

Iain Williamson

7 victories	6 draws	4 losses	Gillingham17 matches	General total	Watford12 matches	5 victories	3 draws	4 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Gillingham2 matches	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 28, 2015					Latest figure on January 02, 2012

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 25/10/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/09/2002-14/12/2002 time period (8 matches).

It's the first time John Hills scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career with Gillingham

End of streak for Watford after 5 matches with at least one goal scored away from home (since 04/11/2003). It was the best streak for the club since 05/09/2000-28/10/2000 (7 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VGillingham 1-0 Crystal Palace25/10/2003

LGillingham 1-3 Sunderland04/11/2003

VGillingham 2-0 Crewe Alexandra08/11/2003

LGillingham 1-2 Wimbledon FC15/11/2003

VGillingham 3-1 Stoke City29/11/2003

LGillingham 0-1 Preston North End13/12/2003

Overall

VGillingham 2-0 Crewe Alexandra08/11/2003

LGillingham 1-2 Wimbledon FC15/11/2003

DCoventry 2-2 Gillingham22/11/2003

VGillingham 3-1 Stoke City29/11/2003

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Gillingham06/12/2003

LGillingham 0-1 Preston North End13/12/2003

Current form

Away

LCardiff City 3-0 Watford28/10/2003

LPreston North End 2-1 Watford04/11/2003

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Watford08/11/2003

VNorwich City 1-2 Watford15/11/2003

LReading 2-1 Watford29/11/2003

DSheffield United 2-2 Watford13/12/2003

Overall

VNorwich City 1-2 Watford15/11/2003

DWatford 0-0 West Ham22/11/2003

LReading 2-1 Watford29/11/2003

DWatford 1-1 Nottingham Forest06/12/2003

DSheffield United 2-2 Watford13/12/2003

LWatford 1-3 Stoke City20/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	11	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	4
Conceding streak	7	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
7	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	8
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
10	Losses (Competition total)	10
6	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.08
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.58

Betting aid

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

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
1	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Paul Shaw	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Scott Fitzgerald
Paul Shaw	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Danny Webber
Wayne Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Neil Cox
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Neil Cox
Paul Shaw	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Heidar Helguson

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

2 d

2 l

8 gf

7 ga

Away

7 matches

3 v

3 d

1 l

9 gf

6 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

5 d

3 l

17 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

1 v

3 d

3 l

6 gf

9 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

2 d

2 l

7 gf

8 ga

Total

13 matches

3 v

5 d

5 l

13 gf

17 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 19, 2002
Home	3 - 0	October 19, 2002

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 01, 2001
Away	3 - 0	May 01, 2001

Latest head to head

August 30, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Watford

2 - 2

Gillingham logo Gillingham

March 18, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Watford

0 - 1

Gillingham logo Gillingham

October 19, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Gillingham

3 - 0

Watford

April 21, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Watford

2 - 3

Gillingham logo Gillingham

November 18, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Gillingham

0 - 0

Watford

Best historical scorers against Watford

Paul Shaw	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Danny Spiller	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Mamady Sidibé	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Kevin James	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Iffy Onuora	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Guy Ipoua	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/04/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Gillingham

Danny Webber	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Anthony McNamee	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Heidar Helguson	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Allan Nielsen	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/04/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Chris Hope	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Barry Ashby	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Jason Brown	4 matches	2002 - 2003
Guy Ipoua	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Paul Shaw	4 matches	2002 - 2003
Paul Smith	4 matches	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Gillingham

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