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Walsall 3-2 Nottingham - August 09, 2005 / League One 2005/2006

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League One 2005/2006 - Round 2

Bescot Stadium - Walsall - England

August 09, 2005

8 703

Walsall

3 - 2

Nottingham

Mark Wright

50'

Chris Westwood

52'

(penalty) Matty Fryatt

61'

36'

Kris Commons

85'

David Friio

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36' - Goal Kris Commons

45' - Substitution Michael Standingis substituted by Mark Wright45

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50' - Goal Mark Wright50

52' - Goal Chris Westwood52

58' - Red card Rune Pedersen

59' - Substitution Ross Gardneris substituted by Paul Gerrard

61' - Goal Matty Fryatt61

70' - Substitution Nicky Eadenis substituted by David Friio

81' - Substitution Gareth Tayloris substituted by David Johnson

85' - Goal David Friio

86' - Substitution Simon Osbornis substituted by Mark Kinsella photo Rubén Dario Larrosa

86' - Substitution Jorge Leitãois substituted by Rubén Dario Larrosa86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Walsall

3 - 2

Nottingham

Walsall Nottingham

Team line-ups

Walsall

Oakes

Andy Oakes

England

B.date11/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Pead

Craig Pead

England

B.date15/09/1981

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight central defender

Westwood52

Chris Westwood

England

B.date13/02/1977

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Taylor

Kris Taylor

England

B.date12/01/1984

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft central defender

Bennett

Julian Bennett

England

B.date17/12/1984

Age20 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Fox

Danny Fox

Scotland

B.date29/05/1986

Age19 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Osborn86

Simon Osborn

England

B.date19/01/1972

Age33 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Standing45

Michael Standing

England

B.date20/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Wrack

Darren Wrack

England

B.date05/05/1976

Age29 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

Leitão86

Jorge Leitão

Portugal

B.date14/01/1974

Age31 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Fryatt61

Matty Fryatt

England

B.date05/06/1986

Age19 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Oakes		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Pead		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Westwood	52	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kris Taylor		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Bennett		20	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Fox		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Osborn	86	33	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Standing	45	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Wrack		29	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão	86	31	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matty Fryatt	61	19	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Nottingham

Pedersen58

Rune Pedersen

Denmark

B.date09/10/1979

Age25 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Breckin

Ian Breckin

England

B.date24/02/1975

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Curtis

John Curtis

England

B.date03/09/1978

Age26 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

Cullip

Danny Cullip

England

B.date17/09/1976

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Eaden70

Nicky Eaden

England

B.date12/12/1972

Age32 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Holt

Gary Holt

Scotland

B.date09/03/1973

Age32 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Southall

Nicky Southall

England

B.date28/01/1972

Age33 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Commons36

Kris Commons

Scotland

B.date30/08/1983

Age21 years

H1m68

positionVersatile Midfielder

Gardner59

Ross Gardner

England

B.date05/12/1985

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Taylor81

Gareth Taylor

Wales

B.date25/02/1973

Age32 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Dobie

Scott Dobie

Scotland

B.date10/10/1978

Age26 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Rune Pedersen	58	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Breckin		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Curtis		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Cullip		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Eaden	70	32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Holt		32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Southall		33	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kris Commons	36	21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ross Gardner	59	19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gareth Taylor	81	32	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Dobie		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mark Kinsella	86	32	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rubén Dario Larrosa	86	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Wright	5045	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Gerrard	59	32	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Friio	8570	32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	81	28	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Westwood

Anthony Gerrard

OUT

Jorge Leitão

Mark Wright

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Paul Merson

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Merson vs Nottingham

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 09, 2005

Merson vs Megson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 09, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Megson

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Megson vs Walsall

3 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 09, 2005

Megson vs Merson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 09, 2005

Referee

Andy Woolmer

5 victories	5 draws	5 losses	Walsall15 matches	General total	Nottingham21 matches	9 victories	3 draws	9 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Walsall2 matches	Season total	Nottingham2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 29, 2023					Latest figure on November 20, 2021

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Key figures

It's the first time Matty Fryatt scores 1 goal vs Nottingham Forest in his professional career

It's the first time Kris Commons scores 1 goal in League One with Nottingham Forest

End of streak for Walsall after 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 02/04/2005). It was the best streak for the club since 12/09/2000-17/10/2000 (9 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWalsall 1-1 Bradford26/02/2005

LWalsall 1-2 Bournemouth12/03/2005

LWalsall 0-1 Oldham Athletic26/03/2005

DWalsall 1-1 Torquay United02/04/2005

VWalsall 3-0 Hull City23/04/2005

VWalsall 3-0 Stockport07/05/2005

Overall

VSwindon Town 1-2 Walsall09/04/2005

VPeterborough United 0-2 Walsall16/04/2005

VWalsall 3-0 Hull City23/04/2005

VHartlepool United 1-3 Walsall30/04/2005

VWalsall 3-0 Stockport07/05/2005

VRotherham United 1-2 Walsall06/08/2005

Current form

Away

VWatford 0-2 Nottingham Forest08/03/2005

LIpswich Town 6-0 Nottingham Forest12/03/2005

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Nottingham Forest02/04/2005

LCoventry 2-0 Nottingham Forest06/04/2005

LReading 1-0 Nottingham Forest16/04/2005

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Nottingham Forest30/04/2005

Overall

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Sheffield United12/04/2005

LReading 1-0 Nottingham Forest16/04/2005

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Burnley23/04/2005

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Nottingham Forest30/04/2005

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Gillingham08/05/2005

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Huddersfield Town06/08/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	6
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Kris Taylor	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Scott Dobie
	Kris Taylor	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Scott Dobie

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

12 gf

10 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

11 gf

11 ga

Total

12 matches

6 v

3 d

3 l

23 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

11 gf

11 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

10 gf

12 ga

Total

12 matches

3 v

3 d

6 l

21 gf

23 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 04, 2003
Home	4 - 1	November 04, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 04, 1999
Away	2 - 0	February 12, 2000

Latest head to head

February 14, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Nottingham

3 - 3

Walsall

November 04, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Walsall

4 - 1

Nottingham

January 01, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Nottingham

1 - 1

Walsall

October 02, 2002 - League Cup 2002/2003

Nottingham

1 - 2

Walsall

August 24, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Walsall

2 - 1

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Darren Wrack	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Pedro Matías	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Andy Watson	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Jorge Leitão	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Gary Birch	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Fitzroy Simpson	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Walsall

Marlon Harewood	2 goals	2002 - 2002
John Thompson	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Andy Impey	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Gareth Taylor	1 goal	2004 - 2004
David Johnson	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Craig Armstrong	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Ian Roper	9 matches	1997 - 2004
Jimmy Walker	9 matches	1997 - 2004
Zigor Aranalde	7 matches	2001 - 2004
Darren Wrack	6 matches	2001 - 2003
Fitzroy Simpson	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Pedro Matías	5 matches	2001 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Walsall

Gareth Williams	7 matches	2001 - 2004
Darren Ward	7 matches	2001 - 2004
Andy Reid	6 matches	2002 - 2004
Marlon Harewood	6 matches	2001 - 2003
Matthieu Louis-Jean	5 matches	2001 - 2004
Jim Brennan	4 matches	2001 - 2003