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Crystal Palace 0-2 Wolverhampton - February 23, 2008 / Championship 2007/2008

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Championship 2007/2008 - Round 34

Selhurst Park - London - England

February 23, 2008

15 679

0 - 2

Wolverhampton

76'

Michael Gray (left foot)

89'

Kevin Kyle (right foot)

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57' - Substitution Lee Hillsis substituted by Clinton Morrison57

58' - Substitution Tom Soaresis substituted by Paul Ifill58

69' - Substitution Shefki Kuqiis substituted by James Scowcroft69

76' - Goal Michael Gray

81' - Substitution Sylvan Ebanks-Blakeis substituted by Kevin Kyle

87' - Substitution Wayne Hennesseyis substituted by Graham Stack photo Kevin Foley

87' - Substitution Stephen Elliottis substituted by Kevin Foley

89' - Goal Kevin Kyle

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Wolverhampton

Crystal Palace Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Speroni

Julián Speroni

Argentina

B.date18/05/1979

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hudson

Mark Hudson

England

B.date30/03/1982

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Hill

Clint Hill

England

B.date19/10/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Lawrence

Matt Lawrence

England

B.date19/06/1974

Age33 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Defender

Hills57

Lee Hills

England

B.date03/04/1990

Age17 years

positionLeft full-back

Butterfield

Danny Butterfield

England

B.date21/11/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Derry

Shaun Derry

England

B.date06/12/1977

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Soares58

Tom Soares

England

B.date10/07/1986

Age21 years

H1m83

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Fletcher

Carl Fletcher

Wales

B.date07/04/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Watson

Ben Watson

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Kuqi69

Shefki Kuqi

Finland

B.date10/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Julián Speroni		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Hudson		25	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clint Hill		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Lawrence		33	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Hills	57	17	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield		28	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Derry		30	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Soares	58	21	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Fletcher		27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ben Watson		22	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	69	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wolverhampton

Hennessey87

Wayne Hennessey

Wales

B.date24/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

Collins

Neill Collins

Scotland

B.date02/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Craddock

Jody Craddock

England

B.date25/07/1975

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Elokobi

George Elokobi

Cameroon

B.date31/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Gray76

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age33 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Henry

Karl Henry

England

B.date26/11/1982

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Potter

Darren Potter

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Edwards

David Edwards

Wales

B.date03/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Ebanks-Blake81

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

England

B.date29/03/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Elliott87

Stephen Elliott

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Wayne Hennessey	87	21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neill Collins		24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		34	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jody Craddock		32	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Elokobi		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray	76	33	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karl Henry		25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Potter		23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Edwards		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	81	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stephen Elliott	87	24	25	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

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Paul Ifill	58	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Scowcroft	69	32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clinton Morrison	57	28	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Graham Stack	87	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Foley	87	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Kyle	8981	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Jay Bothroyd

OUT

Stephen Elliott

Kevin Kyle

OUT

George Elokobi

Kevin Foley

OUT

Neill Collins

Seyi Olofinjana

OUT

David Edwards

Andy Keogh

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Warnock vs Wolverhampton

8 victories

9 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Warnock vs McCarthy

2 victories

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McCarthy vs Crystal Palace

6 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

McCarthy vs Warnock

7 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Referee

Andy Woolmer

4 victories	4 draws	2 losses	Crystal Palace10 matches	General total	Wolverhampton11 matches	6 victories	3 draws	2 losses
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Crystal Palace2 matches	Season total	Wolverhampton2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 27, 2019					Latest figure on September 20, 2016

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Key figures

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 02/02/2008).

End of streak for Crystal Palace after 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Wolverhampton in Championship (since 10/12/2005). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 28/09/1999

It's the first time Michael Gray scores 1 goal in his professional career with Wolverhampton

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/12/2007

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Plymouth22/12/2007

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Norwich City01/01/2008

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Bristol City19/01/2008

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Southampton02/02/2008

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Ipswich Town12/02/2008

Overall

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Bristol City19/01/2008

LLeicester 1-0 Crystal Palace28/01/2008

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Southampton02/02/2008

LCharlton 2-0 Crystal Palace08/02/2008

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Ipswich Town12/02/2008

DBristol City 1-1 Crystal Palace18/02/2008

Current form

Away

DNorwich City 1-1 Wolverhampton29/12/2007

VScunthorpe United 0-2 Wolverhampton19/01/2008

VWatford 1-4 Wolverhampton26/01/2008

LWatford 3-0 Wolverhampton02/02/2008

DBlackpool 0-0 Wolverhampton12/02/2008

LCardiff City 2-0 Wolverhampton16/02/2008

Overall

VWatford 1-4 Wolverhampton26/01/2008

VWolverhampton 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday29/01/2008

LWatford 3-0 Wolverhampton02/02/2008

LWolverhampton 2-4 Stoke City09/02/2008

DBlackpool 0-0 Wolverhampton12/02/2008

LCardiff City 2-0 Wolverhampton16/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
11	Victories (Competition total)	11
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
13	Draws (Competition total)	11
7	Draws (Home / Away)	8
9	Losses (Competition total)	10
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.69
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (6 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (6 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Clinton Morrison	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Stephen Elliott
Clinton Morrison	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Michael Kightly
Ben Watson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Stephen Elliott
Ben Watson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ben Watson	8 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Andy Keogh
Clinton Morrison	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Andy Keogh
Ben Watson	1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals, 2 assists during the last 10 matches	Andy Keogh

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

9 v

10 d

8 l

42 gf

36 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

6 d

14 l

28 gf

33 ga

Total

54 matches

16 v

16 d

22 l

70 gf

69 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

14 v

6 d

7 l

33 gf

28 ga

Away

27 matches

8 v

10 d

9 l

36 gf

42 ga

Total

54 matches

22 v

16 d

16 l

69 gf

70 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 28, 1923
Home	5 - 0	April 28, 1923

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 01, 2003
Away	2 - 0	February 07, 2002

Latest head to head

January 12, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Wolverhampton

0 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

April 14, 2007 - Championship 2006/2007

Crystal Palace

2 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

November 28, 2006 - Championship 2006/2007

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

December 10, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

August 09, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Dougie Freedman	5 goals	1997 - 2006
Trevor Dawkins	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Iain Dowie	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Chris Armstrong	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Jobi McAnuff	2 goals	2005 - 2007
Steve Kember	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Derek Dougan	4 goals	1971 - 1972
Kenny Miller	3 goals	2003 - 2003
Jay Bothroyd	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Steve Sedgley	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Dean Sturridge	2 goals	2002 - 2003
David Kelly	2 goals	1994 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Mel Blyth	7 matches	1970 - 1973
David Payne	7 matches	1969 - 1973
Anthony Taylor	7 matches	1970 - 1973
Dougie Freedman	7 matches	1997 - 2006
John Jackson	7 matches	1969 - 1973
Steve Kember	6 matches	1969 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

John McAlle	9 matches	1969 - 1981
John Richards	9 matches	1970 - 1981
Derek Parkin	8 matches	1969 - 1981
Kenny Hibbitt	7 matches	1971 - 1981
Mike Stowell	7 matches	1994 - 1999
David Wagstaffe	7 matches	1969 - 1972