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S Wednesday 2-1 Sunderland - March 12, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Journée 26

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

March 12, 1997

20 294

2 - 1

Sunderland

David Hirst

42'

Dejan Stefanovic

63'

28'

Kevin Ball

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28' - Goal Kevin Ball

42' - Goal David Hirst42

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63' - Goal Dejan Stefanovic63

77' - Substitution Michael Bridgesis substituted by Paul Stewart

81' - Substitution Michael Grayis substituted by Lee Howey

89' - Substitution Benito Carboneis substituted by Ritchie Humphreys89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Sunderland

S Wednesday Sunderland

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Stefanovic63

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Briscoe

Lee Briscoe

England

B.date30/09/1975

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Carbone89

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whittingham

Guy Whittingham

England

B.date10/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

Hirst42

David Hirst

England

B.date07/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Booth

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		29	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		31	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic	63	22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Briscoe		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		26	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone	89	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guy Whittingham		32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst	42	29	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

104

Sunderland

Perez

Lionel Perez

France

B.date24/04/1967

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Melville

Andy Melville

Wales

B.date29/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Hall

Gareth Hall

Wales

B.date20/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Ord

Richard Ord

England

B.date03/03/1970

Age27 years

positionDefender

Kubicki

Dariusz Kubicki

Poland

B.date06/06/1963

Age33 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Gray81

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Bracewell

Paul Bracewell

England

B.date19/07/1962

Age34 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Ball28

Kevin Ball

England

B.date12/11/1964

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Bridges77

Michael Bridges

England

B.date05/08/1978

Age18 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Kelly

David Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1965

Age31 years

positionForward

Russell

Craig Russell

England

B.date04/02/1974

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lionel Perez		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Melville		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Hall		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Ord		27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dariusz Kubicki		33	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray	81	22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Bracewell		34	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Ball	28	32	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Bridges	77	18	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Kelly		31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Russell		23	39	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ritchie Humphreys	89	19	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Lee Howey	81	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Paul Stewart	77	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dejan Stefanovic

Jon Newsome

OUT

Lee Briscoe

Graham Hyde

OUT

David Hirst

Steve Nicol

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Russell

John Mullin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Sunderland

7 victories

7 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

Pleat vs Reid

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Reid

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Reid vs S Wednesday

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

Reid vs Pleat

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

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Key figures

It's the first time Kevin Ball scores 1 goal vs Sheffield Wednesday in Premier League

Sunderland keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 28/09/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/11/1991-15/08/1992 time period (18 matches).

S Wednesday keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 22/02/1997).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Arsenal26/12/1996

VSheffield Wednesday 7-1 Grimsby Town04/01/1997

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Everton11/01/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Coventry01/02/1997

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Middlesbrough01/03/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wimbledon FC09/03/1997

Overall

VBradford 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday16/02/1997

DDerby County 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday19/02/1997

VSouthampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday22/02/1997

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Middlesbrough01/03/1997

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday05/03/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wimbledon FC09/03/1997

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 2-0 Sunderland28/12/1996

DCoventry 2-2 Sunderland01/01/1997

DArsenal 1-1 Sunderland04/01/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Sunderland29/01/1997

LAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland01/02/1997

LBlackburn 1-0 Sunderland01/03/1997

Overall

DLeicester 1-1 Sunderland29/01/1997

LAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland01/02/1997

LSunderland 0-1 Leeds United22/02/1997

LBlackburn 1-0 Sunderland01/03/1997

LSunderland 0-4 Tottenham04/03/1997

VSunderland 2-1 Manchester United08/03/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	7	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	13	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	29
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
11	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
12	Draws (Competition total)	8
7	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	13
1	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.86
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.71
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.34
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.79

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	15
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	46
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
1	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Andy Booth	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Craig Russell
Andy Booth	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Michael Bridges
Mark Pembridge	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alex Rae
Mark Pembridge	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Benito Carbone	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Michael Gray

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

26 v

15 d

13 l

105 gf

59 ga

Away

56 matches

15 v

11 d

30 l

65 gf

112 ga

Total

110 matches

41 v

26 d

43 l

170 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

30 v

11 d

15 l

112 gf

65 ga

Away

54 matches

13 v

15 d

26 l

59 gf

105 ga

Total

110 matches

43 v

26 d

41 l

171 gf

170 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 26, 1911
Home	8 - 0	December 26, 1911

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 04, 1950
Away	5 - 2	March 29, 1909

Latest head to head

November 23, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Sunderland

1 - 1

S Wednesday

January 24, 1993 - FA Cup 1992/1993

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 16, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Sunderland

0 - 0

S Wednesday

October 06, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

S Wednesday

2 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

October 15, 1974 - Division 2 1974/1975

Sunderland

3 - 0

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

John Ritchie	3 goals	1967 - 1967
Jim McCalliog	2 goals	1966 - 1967
John Hickton	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Peter Eustace	2 goals	1965 - 1969
Brian Marwood	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Colin Symm	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Neil Martin	2 goals	1965 - 1967
Ralph Brand	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Andy Melville	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Clive Walker	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Colin Todd	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Len Ashurst	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Wilf Smith	11 matches	1965 - 1969
Vic Mobley	10 matches	1965 - 1968
Don Megson	10 matches	1965 - 1969
Peter Eustace	8 matches	1965 - 1969
Gerry Young	8 matches	1965 - 1969
Sam Ellis	7 matches	1967 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Martin Harvey	10 matches	1965 - 1969
George Mulhall	9 matches	1965 - 1968
Cecil Irwin	9 matches	1965 - 1969
Jimmy Montgomery	9 matches	1966 - 1969
George Herd	8 matches	1965 - 1968
Colin Todd	8 matches	1967 - 1969