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Manchester City 1-2 Watford - April 18, 1987 / Division 1 1986/1987

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Division 1 1986/1987 - Round 37

Maine Road - Manchester - England

April 18, 1987

Manchester City

1 - 2

Watford

Neil McNab

90'

David Bardsley

90'

Worrell Sterling

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0' - Goal Neil McNab0

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46' - Substitution Peter Barnesis substituted by Paul Moulden46

46' - Substitution Lee Sinnottis substituted by Worrell Sterling

90' - Goal David Bardsley photo Worrell Sterling

90' - Goal Worrell Sterling

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

1 - 2

Watford

Manchester City Watford

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Suckling

Perry Suckling

England

B.date12/10/1965

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Clements

Kenny Clements

England

B.date09/04/1955

Age32 years

positionDefender

McCarthy

Mick McCarthy

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/02/1959

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Wilson

Clive Wilson

England

B.date13/11/1961

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

May

Andy May

England

B.date26/02/1964

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Langley

Kevin Langley

England

B.date24/05/1964

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Stewart

Paul Stewart

England

B.date07/10/1964

Age22 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

McNab0

Neil McNab

Scotland

B.date04/06/1957

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Barnes46

Peter Barnes

England

B.date10/06/1957

Age29 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Varadi

Imre Varadi

England

B.date08/07/1959

Age27 years

H1m75

positionForward

Simpson

Paul Simpson

England

B.date26/07/1966

Age20 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Perry Suckling		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Clements		32	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick McCarthy		28	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clive Wilson		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy May		23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Langley		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Stewart		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil McNab		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Barnes	46	29	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Imre Varadi		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Simpson		20	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Sinnott46

Lee Sinnott

England

B.date12/07/1965

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

McClelland

John McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1955

Age31 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age30 years

positionDefender

Gibbs

Nigel Gibbs

England

B.date20/11/1965

Age21 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Bardsley90

David Bardsley

England

B.date11/09/1964

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Porter

Gary Porter

England

B.date06/03/1966

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age18 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age24 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Allen

Malcolm Allen

Wales

B.date21/03/1967

Age20 years

H1m73

positionCentre forward

Falco

Mark Falco

England

B.date22/10/1960

Age26 years

positionForward

Blissett

Luther Blissett

England

B.date01/02/1958

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Lee Sinnott	46	21	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McClelland		31	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		30	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Gibbs		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Bardsley	90	22	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Porter		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Allen		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Falco		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luther Blissett		29	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Moulden	46	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Worrell Sterling	9046	21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy May

John Gidman

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Malcolm Allen

John Barnes

OUT

Lee Sinnott

Steve Terry

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Frizzell

Success rate in this team:

22 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Frizzell vs Watford

2 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1987

Frizzell vs Taylor

2 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

427

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Taylor vs Manchester City

5 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1987

Taylor vs Frizzell

3 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1987

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Comments

Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win vs Watford in Premier League running (since 03/01/1983). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time David Bardsley scores 1 goal vs Watford in Premier League

Manchester City keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Watford running (since 26/11/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/01/1986 (2 matches)

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 2-3 Ipswich Town31/01/1987

DManchester City 1-1 Luton Town21/02/1987

LManchester City 1-2 Chelsea14/03/1987

DManchester City 0-0 Newcastle United21/03/1987

LManchester City 2-4 Southampton11/04/1987

DManchester City 1-1 Tottenham15/04/1987

Overall

LManchester City 1-2 Chelsea14/03/1987

DManchester City 0-0 Newcastle United21/03/1987

LLeicester 4-0 Manchester City28/03/1987

DAston Villa 0-0 Manchester City04/04/1987

LManchester City 2-4 Southampton11/04/1987

DManchester City 1-1 Tottenham15/04/1987

Current form

Away

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Watford28/02/1987

VWalsall 0-1 Watford02/03/1987

DAston Villa 1-1 Watford25/03/1987

LWest Ham 1-0 Watford28/03/1987

LCharlton 4-3 Watford04/04/1987

LTottenham 4-1 Watford11/04/1987

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Watford25/03/1987

LWest Ham 1-0 Watford28/03/1987

LCharlton 4-3 Watford04/04/1987

LWatford 0-3 Queens Park Rangers06/04/1987

LTottenham 4-1 Watford11/04/1987

VWatford 3-1 Chelsea14/04/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	7	14
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	35
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
6	Victories (Competition total)	14
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
14	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	4
16	Losses (Competition total)	13
6	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	57
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	47
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
0.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.39
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.34
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.72

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
16	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Imre Varadi	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Mark Falco
Paul Moulden	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Luther Blissett
Neil McNab	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Kenny Jackett
Neil McNab	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Kenny Jackett
Neil McNab	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Luther Blissett

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

5 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

9 matches

2 v

3 d

4 l

7 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

5 gf

4 ga

Total

9 matches

4 v

3 d

2 l

11 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	November 26, 1986
Home	1 - 0	November 26, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 06, 1986
Away	3 - 1	February 06, 1986

Latest head to head

January 01, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Watford

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 26, 1986 - Full Members Cup 1986/1987

Manchester City

1 - 0

Watford

March 15, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Manchester City

0 - 1

Watford

February 06, 1986 - FA Cup 1985/1986

Manchester City

1 - 3

Watford

February 03, 1986 - FA Cup 1985/1986

Watford

0 - 0

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Best historical scorers against Watford

Imre Varadi	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Mark Lillis	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Dennis Tueart	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Neil McNab	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Jimmy Gilligan	2 goals	1983 - 1983
John Barnes	2 goals	1985 - 1987
Luther Blissett	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Nigel Callaghan	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Steve Terry	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Paul Power	4 matches	1982 - 1986
Kenny Clements	3 matches	1985 - 1987
Neil McNab	3 matches	1985 - 1987
Mick McCarthy	3 matches	1985 - 1987
Paul Simpson	3 matches	1985 - 1987
Kevin Bond	2 matches	1982 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Wilf Rostron	5 matches	1982 - 1987
Kenny Jackett	5 matches	1982 - 1987
John Barnes	5 matches	1982 - 1987
Nigel Callaghan	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Luther Blissett	3 matches	1982 - 1985
Tony Coton	3 matches	1985 - 1987