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Norwich City 2-1 Crystal Palace - March 30, 2002 / First Division 2001/2002

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First Division 2001/2002 - Round 42

Carrow Road - Norwich - England

March 30, 2002

21 251

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

David Nielsen

42'

Paul McVeigh

45'

50'

Clinton Morrison

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42' - Goal David Nielsen42

45' - Goal Paul McVeigh45

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50' - Goal Clinton Morrison

57' - Substitution Danny Granvilleis substituted by Julian Gray photo Jovan Kirovski

57' - Substitution Ade Akinbiyiis substituted by Jovan Kirovski

69' - Substitution Shaun Murphyis substituted by Tommy Black

81' - Substitution David Nielsenis substituted by Mark Rivers81

85' - Substitution Clint Eastonis substituted by Alex Notman85

89' - Substitution Paul McVeighis substituted by Daryl Sutch89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Norwich City

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

Norwich City Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Norwich City

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Fleming

Craig Fleming

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Mackay

Malky Mackay

Scotland

B.date19/02/1972

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Kenton

Darren Kenton

England

B.date13/09/1978

Age23 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Defender

Easton85

Clint Easton

England

B.date01/10/1977

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Drury

Adam Drury

England

B.date29/08/1978

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Nedergaard

Steen Nedergaard

Denmark

B.date25/02/1970

Age32 years

positionFull-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

Nielsen4281

David Nielsen

Denmark

B.date01/12/1976

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

McVeigh4589

Paul McVeigh

Northern Ireland

B.date06/12/1977

Age24 years

H1m68

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Fleming		30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malky Mackay		30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Kenton		23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clint Easton	85	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam Drury		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steen Nedergaard		32	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Holt		29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Philip Mulryne		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Nielsen	4281	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul McVeigh	4589	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crystal Palace

Clarke

Matt Clarke

England

B.date03/11/1973

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Murphy69

Shaun Murphy

Australia

B.date05/11/1970

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Granville57

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Austin

Dean Austin

England

B.date26/04/1970

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Fleming

Curtis Fleming

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/10/1968

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Riihilahti

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Thomson

Steven Thomson

Scotland

B.date23/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Mullins

Hayden Mullins

England

B.date27/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Akinbiyi57

Ade Akinbiyi

Nigeria

B.date10/10/1974

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Freedman

Dougie Freedman

Scotland

B.date25/05/1974

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Morrison50

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Matt Clarke		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Murphy	69	31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville	57	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Austin		31	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Curtis Fleming		33	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Thomson		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hayden Mullins		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ade Akinbiyi	57	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman		27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clinton Morrison	50	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Daryl Sutch	89	30	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Rivers	81	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Notman	85	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Tommy Black	69	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julian Gray	57	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jovan Kirovski	57	26	38	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

Dougie Freedman

Jovan Kirovski

OUT

Steven Thomson

Julian Gray

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Worthington

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Worthington vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 30, 2002

Worthington vs Francis

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 30, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Trevor Francis

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Francis vs Norwich City

6 victories

8 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on March 30, 2002

Francis vs Worthington

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 30, 2002

Referee

David Pugh

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Norwich City3 matches	General total	Crystal Palace4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Norwich City2 matches	Season total	Crystal Palace1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 04, 2004					Latest figure on May 17, 2004

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Key figures

Norwich City keeps its 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 24/11/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/05/1995-02/12/1995 time period (14 matches).

Crystal Palace keeps its 14 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 21/11/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/01/1997-16/09/1997 time period (15 matches).

No Crystal Palace manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Trevor Francis has reached 45% of losses in Championship.

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNorwich City 0-0 Millwall20/01/2002

VNorwich City 2-1 Sheffield United03/02/2002

VNorwich City 3-0 Preston North End22/02/2002

DNorwich City 0-0 Rotherham United05/03/2002

LNorwich City 0-1 Birmingham City15/03/2002

VNorwich City 2-1 Gillingham19/03/2002

Overall

DBurnley 1-1 Norwich City02/03/2002

DNorwich City 0-0 Rotherham United05/03/2002

LCoventry 2-1 Norwich City09/03/2002

LNorwich City 0-1 Birmingham City15/03/2002

VNorwich City 2-1 Gillingham19/03/2002

DWolverhampton 0-0 Norwich City23/03/2002

Current form

Away

VStockport 0-1 Crystal Palace13/01/2002

VSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Crystal Palace02/02/2002

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Crystal Palace16/02/2002

VBarnsley 1-4 Crystal Palace26/02/2002

LGrimsby Town 5-2 Crystal Palace02/03/2002

LManchester City 1-0 Crystal Palace16/03/2002

Overall

VBarnsley 1-4 Crystal Palace26/02/2002

LGrimsby Town 5-2 Crystal Palace02/03/2002

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Portsmouth05/03/2002

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Watford09/03/2002

LManchester City 1-0 Crystal Palace16/03/2002

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Walsall23/03/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
18	Victories (Competition total)	19
13	Victories (Home / Away)	7
8	Draws (Competition total)	4
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
15	Losses (Competition total)	18
2	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	67
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	58
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	36
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.35
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	23
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

60	Yellow cards (Competition total)	52
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Iwan Roberts	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	21 goals	Clinton Morrison
Iwan Roberts	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Dougie Freedman
Iwan Roberts	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Dougie Freedman
Iwan Roberts	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Dougie Freedman
Darren Kenton	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Clinton Morrison

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

11 v

6 d

5 l

32 gf

26 ga

Away

24 matches

7 v

5 d

12 l

21 gf

40 ga

Total

46 matches

18 v

11 d

17 l

53 gf

66 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

12 v

5 d

7 l

40 gf

21 ga

Away

22 matches

5 v

6 d

11 l

26 gf

32 ga

Total

46 matches

17 v

11 d

18 l

66 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	January 27, 1993
Home	4 - 2	January 27, 1993

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 16, 1968
Away	3 - 0	September 08, 1990

Latest head to head

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

March 11, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Norwich City

0 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

November 23, 1999 - First Division 1999/2000

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Justin Fashanu	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Lee Power	3 goals	1992 - 1993
Jeremy Goss	3 goals	1991 - 1993
Robert Fleck	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Chris Sutton	2 goals	1992 - 1993
Rob Newman	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 Norwich City

Mark Bright	3 goals	1991 - 1992
Clinton Morrison	3 goals	2000 - 2001
Gerry Francis	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Eddie McGoldrick	2 goals	1991 - 1992
Ian Wright	2 goals	1989 - 1990
Clive Allen	2 goals	1980 - 1980

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

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

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
Andy Thorn	7 matches	1989 - 1993
Richard Shaw	7 matches	1990 - 1994
Geoffrey Thomas	6 matches	1990 - 1993
John Salako	6 matches	1990 - 1994
Mark Bright	6 matches	1989 - 1992