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Walsall 2-1 Gillingham - September 29, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Journée 11

Bescot Stadium - Walsall - England

September 29, 2003

6 395

Walsall

2 - 1

Gillingham

Pedro Matías

35'

(o.g) Andy Hessenthaler

84'

48'

Wayne Brown (penalty)

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35' - Goal Pedro Matías35

45' - Substitution Danny Spilleris substituted by Andy Hessenthaler

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48' - Goal Wayne Brown

72' - Substitution Pedro Matíasis substituted by Darren Bazeley72

79' - Substitution Trevor Benjaminis substituted by Tommy Johnson

80' - Substitution Vinny Samwaysis substituted by Simon Osborn80

84' - Own goal Andy Hessenthaler84

88' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Gary Birch88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Walsall

2 - 1

Gillingham

Walsall Gillingham

Team line-ups

Walsall

Walker

Jimmy Walker

England

B.date09/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Ritchie

Paul Ritchie

Scotland

B.date21/08/1975

Age28 years

positionDefender

Emblen

Neil Emblen

England

B.date19/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Aranalde

Zigor Aranalde

Spain

B.date28/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Baird

Chris Baird

Northern Ireland

B.date25/02/1982

Age21 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Samways80

Vinny Samways

England

B.date27/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lawrence

James Lawrence

Jamaica

B.date08/03/1970

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

O'Neil

Gary O'Neil

England

B.date18/05/1983

Age20 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Pedro Matías3572

Pedro Matías

Spain

B.date11/10/1973

Age29 years

H1m87

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Merson88

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age35 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Leitão

Jorge Leitão

Portugal

B.date14/01/1974

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Walker		30	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Ritchie		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Emblen		32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zigor Aranalde		30	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Baird		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vinny Samways	80	34	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Lawrence		33	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary O'Neil		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pedro Matías	3572	29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	88	35	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão		29	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Gillingham

Bossu

Bertrand Bossu

France

B.date14/10/1980

Age22 years

H2m101

positionGoalkeeper

Cox

Ian Cox

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date25/03/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Brown48

Wayne Brown

England

B.date20/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Nosworthy

Nyron Nosworthy

Jamaica

B.date11/10/1980

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Hope

Chris Hope

England

B.date14/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Perpetuini

David Perpetuini

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Smith

Paul Smith

England

B.date18/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Saunders

Mark Saunders

England

B.date23/07/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Spiller45

Danny Spiller

England

B.date10/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Benjamin79

Trevor Benjamin

Jamaica

B.date08/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Sidibé

Mamady Sidibé

Mali

B.date18/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bertrand Bossu		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Cox		32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Brown	48	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nyron Nosworthy		22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Hope		30	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Perpetuini		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Smith		32	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Saunders		32	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Spiller	45	21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Benjamin	79	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mamady Sidibé		23	46	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
D	Darren Bazeley	72	30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Osborn	80	31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Birch	88	21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Andy Hessenthaler	8445	38	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Tommy Johnson	79	32	37	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

Trevor Benjamin

Marlon King

OUT

Bertrand Bossu

Jason Brown

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Lee

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lee vs Gillingham

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 29, 2003

Lee vs Hessenthaler

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 29, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Andy Hessenthaler

169

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Hessenthaler vs Walsall

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 29, 2003

Hessenthaler vs Lee

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 29, 2003

Referee

Guy Stretton

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Walsall3 matches	General total	Gillingham4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Walsall1 match	Season total	Gillingham1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 29, 2003					Latest figure on September 29, 2003

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Key figures

Walsall keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Gillingham in Championship running (since 30/03/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

Walsall keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Gillingham in Championship running (since 23/11/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

Walsall keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 09/08/2003).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWalsall 4-1 West Bromwich Albion09/08/2003

VWalsall 2-1 Carlisle United12/08/2003

DWalsall 1-1 Stoke City23/08/2003

DWalsall 1-1 Cardiff City30/08/2003

LWalsall 0-1 Derby County13/09/2003

VWalsall 2-1 Preston North End27/09/2003

Overall

DWalsall 1-1 Cardiff City30/08/2003

LWalsall 0-1 Derby County13/09/2003

LIpswich Town 2-1 Walsall16/09/2003

LMillwall 2-1 Walsall20/09/2003

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Walsall24/09/2003

VWalsall 2-1 Preston North End27/09/2003

Current form

Away

VCambridge United 1-2 Gillingham12/08/2003

VBradford 0-1 Gillingham23/08/2003

DWatford 2-2 Gillingham30/08/2003

LCardiff City 5-0 Gillingham13/09/2003

VStoke City 0-2 Gillingham23/09/2003

DRotherham United 1-1 Gillingham27/09/2003

Overall

VGillingham 4-3 Millwall06/09/2003

LCardiff City 5-0 Gillingham13/09/2003

LGillingham 1-2 Norwich City16/09/2003

VGillingham 2-0 West Ham20/09/2003

VStoke City 0-2 Gillingham23/09/2003

DRotherham United 1-1 Gillingham27/09/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	7	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.6
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
3	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Paul Merson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Marlon King
Paul Merson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Danny Spiller
Steve Corica	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Vinny Samways	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Danny Spiller

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

8 v

4 d

1 l

18 gf

7 ga

Away

13 matches

4 v

0 d

9 l

11 gf

26 ga

Total

26 matches

12 v

4 d

10 l

29 gf

33 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

9 v

0 d

4 l

26 gf

11 ga

Away

13 matches

1 v

4 d

8 l

7 gf

18 ga

Total

26 matches

10 v

4 d

12 l

33 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	April 12, 1986
Home	4 - 1	April 12, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 01, 1987
Away	1 - 0	April 16, 1985

Latest head to head

April 12, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Gillingham

0 - 1

Walsall

November 23, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Walsall

1 - 0

Gillingham logo Gillingham

March 30, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Walsall

1 - 1

Gillingham logo Gillingham

October 27, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Gillingham

2 - 0

Walsall

January 08, 2000 - FA Cup 1999/2000

Gillingham

2 - 1

Walsall

Best historical scorers against Gillingham

Mark Robins	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Júnior Pipoca	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Herivelto	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Bjarnolfur Larusson	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Jorge Leitão	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Walsall

Andrew Thomson	1 goal	2000 - 2000
David Perpetuini	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Nicky Southall	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Guy Ipoua	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Mark Saunders	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Gillingham

Jimmy Walker	5 matches	1999 - 2002
Darren Wrack	5 matches	1999 - 2003
Ian Roper	5 matches	1999 - 2003
Martin O'Connor	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Jorge Leitão	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Zigor Aranalde	3 matches	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Walsall

Nyron Nosworthy	6 matches	1999 - 2003
Paul Smith	5 matches	1999 - 2002
Roland Edge	4 matches	1999 - 2003
Barry Ashby	4 matches	1999 - 2003
Mark Saunders	4 matches	1999 - 2002
Chris Hope	4 matches	2001 - 2003