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Port Vale 0-2 Wolverhampton - December 28, 1997 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Round 25

Vale Park - Stoke-on-Trent - England

December 28, 1997

Port Vale

0 - 2

Wolverhampton

45'

Kevin Muscat

87'

Dougie Freedman

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40' - Substitution Don Goodmanis substituted by Mixu Paatelainen

45' - Goal Kevin Muscat photo Carl Robinson

45' - Substitution Robbie Keaneis substituted by Carl Robinson

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87' - Goal Dougie Freedman

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Port Vale

0 - 2

Wolverhampton

Port Vale Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

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Wolverhampton

Stowell

Mike Stowell

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Muscat45

Kevin Muscat

Australia

B.date07/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Richards

Dean Richards

England

B.date09/06/1974

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Curle

Keith Curle

England

B.date14/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Atkins

Mark Atkins

England

B.date14/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

Osborn

Simon Osborn

England

B.date19/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Froggatt

Steve Froggatt

England

B.date09/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Goodman40

Don Goodman

England

B.date09/05/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Keane45

Robbie Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1980

Age17 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Freedman87

Dougie Freedman

Scotland

B.date25/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Simpson

Paul Simpson

England

B.date26/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Stowell		32	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Muscat	45	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Richards		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Curle		34	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Atkins		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Osborn		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Froggatt		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Goodman	40	31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Keane	45	17	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman	87	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Simpson		31	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Carl Robinson	45	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mixu Paatelainen	40	30	17	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

Kevin Muscat

Carl Robinson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Rudge

683

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Rudge vs Wolverhampton

4 victories

6 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Rudge vs McGhee

4 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark McGhee

111

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

McGhee vs Port Vale

5 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

McGhee vs Rudge

5 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

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Comments

Key figures

Port Vale keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 29/11/1997).

Port Vale keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded running (since 20/12/1997).

Wolverhampton keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 14/12/1997).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPort Vale 4-1 Huddersfield Town21/10/1997

DPort Vale 0-0 Reading01/11/1997

LPort Vale 1-2 West Bromwich Albion15/11/1997

DPort Vale 0-0 Sheffield United22/11/1997

LPort Vale 0-1 Birmingham City06/12/1997

LPort Vale 1-3 Ipswich Town20/12/1997

Overall

DPort Vale 0-0 Sheffield United22/11/1997

LOxford United 2-0 Port Vale29/11/1997

LPort Vale 0-1 Birmingham City06/12/1997

LCharlton 1-0 Port Vale13/12/1997

LPort Vale 1-3 Ipswich Town20/12/1997

LStockport 3-0 Port Vale26/12/1997

Current form

Away

LStockport 1-0 Wolverhampton25/10/1997

VCrewe Alexandra 0-2 Wolverhampton04/11/1997

LStoke City 3-0 Wolverhampton08/11/1997

VManchester City 0-1 Wolverhampton06/12/1997

LPortsmouth 3-2 Wolverhampton09/12/1997

DReading 0-0 Wolverhampton20/12/1997

Overall

VWolverhampton 3-2 Queens Park Rangers29/11/1997

VManchester City 0-1 Wolverhampton06/12/1997

LPortsmouth 3-2 Wolverhampton09/12/1997

VWolverhampton 2-1 Nottingham Forest14/12/1997

DReading 0-0 Wolverhampton20/12/1997

VWolverhampton 1-0 Oxford United26/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	5
Winless streak	5	7
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
7	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
12	Losses (Competition total)	7
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Robbie Keane
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Robbie Keane
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Don Goodman

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

3 v

7 d

11 l

24 gf

40 ga

Away

21 matches

5 v

4 d

12 l

22 gf

42 ga

Total

42 matches

8 v

11 d

23 l

46 gf

82 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

12 v

4 d

5 l

42 gf

22 ga

Away

21 matches

11 v

7 d

3 l

40 gf

24 ga

Total

42 matches

23 v

11 d

8 l

82 gf

46 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 05, 1925
Home	3 - 0	December 05, 1925

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 12, 1931
Away	7 - 1	December 12, 1931

Latest head to head

September 03, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Port Vale

April 27, 1997 - First Division 1996/1997

Port Vale

1 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 19, 1996 - First Division 1996/1997

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Port Vale

December 16, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Port Vale

September 30, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Port Vale

2 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

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Best historical scorers against Port Vale

Steve Bull

1 goal

1997 - 1997

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Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

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Players with most games played vs Port Vale

Jamie Smith	1 match	1997 - 1997
Carl Robinson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Mark Atkins	1 match	1997 - 1997
Steve Bull	1 match	1997 - 1997
Don Goodman	1 match	1997 - 1997
Glen Crowe	1 match	1997 - 1997