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Aston Villa 3-0 Middlesbrough - April 25, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 41

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

April 25, 1981

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Gary Shaw

23'

Peter Withe

51'

Allan Evans

80'

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23' - Goal Gary Shaw23

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51' - Goal Peter Withe51

80' - Goal Allan Evans80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Aston Villa Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans80

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age22 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age29 years

positionCentre Midfield

Bremner

Des Bremner

Scotland

B.date07/09/1952

Age28 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Shaw23

Gary Shaw

England

B.date21/01/1961

Age20 years

H1m75

positionForward

Morley

Tony Morley

England

B.date26/08/1954

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Withe51

Peter Withe

England

B.date30/08/1951

Age29 years

H1m85

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		33	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	80	24	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson		21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain		29	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		22	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught		26	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		29	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Des Bremner		28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Shaw	23	20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Morley		26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Withe	51	29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ashcroft

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age24 years

positionDefender

McAndrew

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age25 years

positionDefender

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Ross

Colin Ross

Scotland

B.date29/08/1962

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Jankovic

Bosko Jankovic

Serbia

B.date22/05/1951

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Proctor

Mark Proctor

England

B.date30/01/1961

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Shearer

David Shearer

Scotland

B.date16/10/1958

Age22 years

positionForward

Cochrane

Terry Cochrane

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1953

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt	29	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft	28	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey	24	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew	25	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs	32	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Ross	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bosko Jankovic	29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong	26	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Proctor	20	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Shearer	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Cochrane	28	72	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

141

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Ross

Michael Angus

OUT

Bosko Jankovic

Charlie Bell

OUT

Billy Ashcroft

Keith Nobbs

OUT

John Craggs

Micky Burns

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

358

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Saunders vs Middlesbrough

5 victories

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1981

Saunders vs Neal

3 victories

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

192

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Neal vs Aston Villa

6 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1981

Neal vs Saunders

7 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1981

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Aston Villa after 3 consecutive losses vs Middlesbrough at home (since 12/11/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/09/1935 (2 matches)

End of streak for Aston Villa after 3 matches without scoring any goal vs Middlesbrough at home (since 12/11/1977). It's a record streak. The first of history

No Middlesbrough manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before John Neal has done less than 1.23 goals scored per game .

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace21/02/1981

DAston Villa 3-3 Manchester United14/03/1981

VAston Villa 2-1 Southampton28/03/1981

VAston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1981

LAston Villa 1-2 Ipswich Town14/04/1981

VAston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest18/04/1981

Overall

VAston Villa 2-1 Southampton28/03/1981

VLeicester 2-4 Aston Villa04/04/1981

VAston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1981

LAston Villa 1-2 Ipswich Town14/04/1981

VAston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest18/04/1981

DStoke City 1-1 Aston Villa20/04/1981

Current form

Away

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Middlesbrough03/03/1981

LWolverhampton 3-1 Middlesbrough10/03/1981

LNorwich City 2-0 Middlesbrough17/03/1981

LSouthampton 1-0 Middlesbrough21/03/1981

LBirmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough04/04/1981

LEverton 4-1 Middlesbrough18/04/1981

Overall

LSouthampton 1-0 Middlesbrough21/03/1981

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 West Bromwich Albion28/03/1981

LBirmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough04/04/1981

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove11/04/1981

LEverton 4-1 Middlesbrough18/04/1981

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Coventry21/04/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	17	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	6	2
Winless streak	10	2
Drawless streak	6	8
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	10	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	39
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
25	Victories (Competition total)	15
15	Victories (Home / Away)	2
8	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	19
2	Losses (Home / Away)	17

Goals

69	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	42
1.73	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.85	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.1

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (6 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Peter Withe	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Craig Johnston
Peter Withe	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Craig Johnston
Gordon Cowans	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Bosko Jankovic
Peter Withe	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Withe	13 goals during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	David Shearer

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

27 v

9 d

13 l

117 gf

62 ga

Away

49 matches

17 v

13 d

19 l

59 gf

70 ga

Total

98 matches

44 v

22 d

32 l

176 gf

132 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

19 v

13 d

17 l

70 gf

59 ga

Away

49 matches

13 v

9 d

27 l

62 gf

117 ga

Total

98 matches

32 v

22 d

44 l

132 gf

176 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	January 31, 1931
Home	8 - 1	January 31, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 11, 1948
Away	7 - 2	September 09, 1935

Latest head to head

December 06, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 19, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 29, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 10, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 27, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

John Deehan	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Frank Carrodus	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Andy Gray	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Gary Shaw	1 goal	1980 - 1980
David Hughes	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

David Mills	3 goals	1976 - 1976
Micky Burns	2 goals	1978 - 1979
David Shearer	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Billy Ashcroft	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Mark Proctor	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Graeme Hedley	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Andy Gray	8 matches	1975 - 1979
Brian Little	8 matches	1975 - 1979
Dennis Mortimer	8 matches	1976 - 1980
Jimmy Rimmer	7 matches	1977 - 1980
John Gidman	7 matches	1975 - 1979
Leighton Phillips	6 matches	1975 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David Armstrong	11 matches	1975 - 1980
John Craggs	9 matches	1976 - 1980
Stuart Boam	8 matches	1975 - 1979
Anthony McAndrew	8 matches	1976 - 1980
Jim Platt	7 matches	1975 - 1980
Ian Bailey	7 matches	1976 - 1980