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Bradford 1-2 Sheffield United - December 26, 2001 / First Division 2001/2002

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First Division 2001/2002 - Journée 26

Bradford & Bingley - Bradford - England

December 26, 2001

18 869

Bradford

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Ashley Ward

60'

12'

Carl Asaba

54'

Carl Asaba

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12' - Goal Carl Asaba

45' - Substitution Gary Lockeis substituted by Lee Makel45

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54' - Goal Carl Asaba

60' - Goal Ashley Ward60

78' - Substitution Patrick Suffois substituted by Nick Montgomery

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bradford

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Bradford Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Bradford

Walsh

Gary Walsh

England

B.date21/03/1968

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Molenaar

Robert Molenaar

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1969

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Caldwell

Steven Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Tod

Andy Tod

Scotland

B.date04/11/1971

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Jacobs

Wayne Jacobs

England

B.date03/02/1969

Age32 years

positionLeft full-back

Locke45

Gary Locke

Scotland

B.date16/06/1975

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Jess

Eoin Jess

Scotland

B.date13/12/1970

Age31 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McCall

Stuart McCall

Scotland

B.date10/06/1964

Age37 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Etherington

Matthew Etherington

England

B.date14/08/1981

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Ward60

Ashley Ward

England

B.date24/11/1970

Age31 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Blake

Robbie Blake

England

B.date04/03/1976

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Walsh		33	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Molenaar		32	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Caldwell		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Tod		30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Jacobs		32	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Locke	45	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eoin Jess		31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart McCall		37	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Etherington		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ashley Ward	60	31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Blake		25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sheffield United

Tracey

Simon Tracey

England

B.date09/12/1967

Age34 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Santos

Georges Santos

Cape Verde

B.date15/08/1970

Age31 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Murphy

Shaun Murphy

Australia

B.date05/11/1970

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Nicholson

Shane Nicholson

England

B.date03/06/1970

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Tonge

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age18 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Brown

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Devlin

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age29 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Suffo78

Patrick Suffo

Cameroon

B.date17/01/1978

Age23 years

H1m80

positionForward

Uhlenbeek

Gus Uhlenbeek

Netherlands

B.date20/08/1970

Age31 years

H1m76

positionRight Winger

Asaba1254

Carl Asaba

England

B.date28/01/1973

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Simon Tracey		34	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georges Santos		31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Murphy		31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shane Nicholson		31	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge		18	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin		29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Patrick Suffo	78	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gus Uhlenbeek		31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Asaba	1254	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Lee Makel	45	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Nick Montgomery	78	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Walsh

Aidan Davison

OUT

Robert Molenaar

Gunnar Halle

OUT

Stuart McCall

Lee Sharpe

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carl Asaba

Paul Peschisolido

OUT

Shane Nicholson

Nick Montgomery

OUT

Michael Tonge

Peter Ndlovu

OUT

Paul Devlin

Keith Curle

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

108

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Warnock vs Bradford

2 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Referee

Matt Messias

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Bradford2 matches	General total	Sheffield United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bradford1 match	Season total	Sheffield United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 08, 2003					Latest figure on December 26, 2001

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Key figures

No Bradford manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Jim Jefferies has reached 1.43 goals scored per game .

Bradford keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 24/11/2001).

Ashley Ward played his game number 50 in his professional career with Bradford

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBradford 0-3 Wolverhampton13/10/2001

VBradford 4-3 Watford27/10/2001

DBradford 3-3 Wimbledon FC30/10/2001

VBradford 2-0 Walsall17/11/2001

LBradford 1-2 Millwall01/12/2001

VBradford 3-1 Rotherham United08/12/2001

Overall

DPreston North End 1-1 Bradford20/11/2001

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Bradford24/11/2001

LBradford 1-2 Millwall01/12/2001

VBradford 3-1 Rotherham United08/12/2001

LManchester City 3-1 Bradford16/12/2001

LCoventry 4-0 Bradford23/12/2001

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 1-0 Sheffield United20/10/2001

LPreston North End 3-0 Sheffield United23/10/2001

LBurnley 2-0 Sheffield United04/11/2001

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Sheffield United09/11/2001

VWalsall 1-2 Sheffield United24/11/2001

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Sheffield United08/12/2001

Overall

VSheffield United 4-0 Birmingham City17/11/2001

VWalsall 1-2 Sheffield United24/11/2001

DSheffield United 2-2 Preston North End01/12/2001

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Sheffield United08/12/2001

DSheffield United 1-1 Barnsley14/12/2001

DSheffield United 2-2 Rotherham United22/12/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
9	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	11
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
11	Losses (Competition total)	7
4	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.12
2.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.92	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.08

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	46
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Eoin Jess	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Patrick Suffo
Eoin Jess	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Shane Nicholson
Robbie Blake	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Laurent Djaffo
Ashley Ward	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Shane Nicholson
Robbie Blake	7 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Patrick Suffo

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

11 v

5 d

8 l

39 gf

34 ga

Away

25 matches

4 v

8 d

13 l

27 gf

52 ga

Total

49 matches

15 v

13 d

21 l

66 gf

86 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

13 v

8 d

4 l

52 gf

27 ga

Away

24 matches

8 v

5 d

11 l

34 gf

39 ga

Total

49 matches

21 v

13 d

15 l

86 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 30, 1920
Home	4 - 0	August 30, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 3	March 04, 1912
Away	4 - 1	March 03, 1990

Latest head to head

September 08, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Sheffield United

2 - 2

Bradford

February 19, 1999 - First Division 1998/1999

Sheffield United

2 - 2

Bradford

September 12, 1998 - First Division 1998/1999

Bradford

2 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

February 28, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Bradford

November 18, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Bradford

1 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Andy Tod	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Wayne Jacobs	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Eoin Jess	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bradford

	Keith Curle	1 goal	2001 - 2001
	Carl Asaba	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Wayne Jacobs	2 matches	1996 - 2001
Gary Walsh	1 match	2001 - 2001
Mark Stallard	1 match	1996 - 1996
Gunnar Halle	1 match	2001 - 2001
Rob Steiner	1 match	1996 - 1996
David Wetherall	1 match	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bradford

Simon Tracey	1 match	2001 - 2001
Shaun Murphy	1 match	2001 - 2001
Terry Phelan	1 match	2001 - 2001
Bobby Ford	1 match	2001 - 2001
Peter Ndlovu	1 match	2001 - 2001
Carl Asaba	1 match	2001 - 2001