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Crystal Palace 2-0 Norwich City - December 14, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 23

Selhurst Park - London - England

December 14, 2002

16 791

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Norwich City

Dele Adebola

Tommy Black

27'

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6' - Goal Dele Adebola6

15' - Substitution Tony Popovicis substituted by Shaun Derry15

27' - Goal Tommy Black27

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63' - Substitution Paul McVeighis substituted by David Nielsen photo Zema Abbey

63' - Substitution Iwan Robertsis substituted by Zema Abbey

72' - Substitution Clint Eastonis substituted by Ian Henderson

76' - Substitution Dele Adebolais substituted by Julian Gray76

89' - Substitution Tommy Blackis substituted by Gareth Williams89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Norwich City

Crystal Palace Norwich City

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Kolinko

Aleksandrs Kolinko

Latvia

B.date18/06/1975

Age27 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Popovic15

Tony Popovic

Australia

B.date04/07/1973

Age29 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Powell

Darren Powell

England

B.date10/03/1976

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Symons

Kit Symons

Wales

B.date08/03/1971

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Granville

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Butterfield

Danny Butterfield

England

B.date21/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Riihilahti

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Black2789

Tommy Black

England

B.date26/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Mullins

Hayden Mullins

England

B.date27/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Adebola676

Dele Adebola

Nigeria

B.date23/06/1975

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Johnson

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aleksandrs Kolinko		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Popovic	15	29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Powell		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kit Symons		31	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Black	2789	23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hayden Mullins		23	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dele Adebola	676	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Kenton

Darren Kenton

England

B.date13/09/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Defender

Mackay

Malky Mackay

Scotland

B.date19/02/1972

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Fleming

Craig Fleming

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Easton72

Clint Easton

England

B.date01/10/1977

Age25 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Drury

Adam Drury

England

B.date29/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Holt

Gary Holt

Scotland

B.date09/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mulryne

Philip Mulryne

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Rivers

Mark Rivers

England

B.date26/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

McVeigh63

Paul McVeigh

Northern Ireland

B.date06/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m68

positionStriker

Roberts63

Iwan Roberts

Wales

B.date26/06/1968

Age34 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Kenton		24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malky Mackay		30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Fleming		31	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clint Easton	72	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam Drury		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Holt		29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Philip Mulryne		24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Rivers		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul McVeigh	63	25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Iwan Roberts	63	34	79	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

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Shaun Derry	15	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julian Gray	76	23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gareth Williams	89	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ian Henderson	72	17	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Nielsen	63	26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zema Abbey	63	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Johnson

Julian Gray

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clint Easton

Paul Heckingbottom

OUT

Mark Rivers

Steen Nedergaard

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Francis vs Norwich City

7 victories

8 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Francis vs Worthington

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Worthington

103

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Worthington vs Crystal Palace

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Worthington vs Francis

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Referee

Paul Armstrong

2 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Crystal Palace6 matches	General total	Norwich City4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Crystal Palace2 matches	Season total	Norwich City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 10, 2007					Latest figure on January 12, 2008

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Key figures

It's the first time Dele Adebola scores 1 goal vs Norwich City in his professional career with Crystal Palace

Norwich City keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 02/11/2002).

Norwich City keeps its 5 consecutive losses away from home running (since 26/10/2002).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Coventry06/11/2002

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Nottingham Forest09/11/2002

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Grimsby Town23/11/2002

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Reading26/11/2002

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Oldham Athletic03/12/2002

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Millwall07/12/2002

Overall

LNorwich City 2-0 Crystal Palace16/11/2002

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Grimsby Town23/11/2002

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Reading26/11/2002

LSheffield United 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2002

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Oldham Athletic03/12/2002

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Millwall07/12/2002

Current form

Away

VPreston North End 1-2 Norwich City28/09/2002

DCoventry 1-1 Norwich City23/10/2002

LBradford 2-1 Norwich City26/10/2002

LWimbledon FC 4-2 Norwich City02/11/2002

LBurnley 2-0 Norwich City23/11/2002

LWolverhampton 1-0 Norwich City07/12/2002

Overall

LWimbledon FC 4-2 Norwich City02/11/2002

VNorwich City 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday09/11/2002

VNorwich City 2-0 Crystal Palace16/11/2002

LBurnley 2-0 Norwich City23/11/2002

VNorwich City 1-0 Derby County30/11/2002

LWolverhampton 1-0 Norwich City07/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	2	3
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	1
Winless streak	5	1
Drawless streak	4	6
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
7	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.18
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.82
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.27

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Andy Johnson	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Paul McVeigh
Dougie Freedman	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Paul McVeigh
Dougie Freedman	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Iwan Roberts
Dougie Freedman	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Andy Johnson	8 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	Paul McVeigh

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

12 v

5 d

7 l

40 gf

21 ga

Away

24 matches

5 v

6 d

13 l

27 gf

36 ga

Total

48 matches

17 v

11 d

20 l

67 gf

57 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

13 v

6 d

5 l

36 gf

27 ga

Away

24 matches

7 v

5 d

12 l

21 gf

40 ga

Total

48 matches

20 v

11 d

17 l

57 gf

67 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 16, 1968
Home	6 - 0	April 16, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 16, 2002
Away	3 - 1	January 19, 1991

Latest head to head

November 16, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Norwich City

2 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

March 30, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Norwich City

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

October 28, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Crystal Palace

3 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

February 17, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

September 16, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

Norwich City

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Clinton Morrison	4 goals	2000 - 2002
Gerry Francis	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Mark Bright	3 goals	1991 - 1992
Clive Allen	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Simon Osborn	2 goals	1991 - 1992
Eddie McGoldrick	2 goals	1991 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Jeremy Goss	3 goals	1991 - 1993
Justin Fashanu	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Lee Power	3 goals	1992 - 1993
Rob Newman	2 goals	1991 - 1992
Iwan Roberts	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Robert Fleck	2 goals	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Nigel Martyn	10 matches	1989 - 1994
Richard Shaw	7 matches	1990 - 1994
Andy Thorn	7 matches	1989 - 1993
Eddie McGoldrick	6 matches	1989 - 1993
John Humphrey	6 matches	1990 - 1994
Chris Coleman	6 matches	1991 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Bryan Gunn	9 matches	1989 - 1994
Mark Bowen	9 matches	1989 - 1994
David Phillips	8 matches	1989 - 1993
Ian Crook	7 matches	1989 - 1994
Jeremy Goss	7 matches	1990 - 1994
John Polston	6 matches	1990 - 1994