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Luton Town 3-2 Watford - April 26, 1986 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 41

Kenilworth Road Stadium - Luton - England

April 26, 1986

Luton Town

3 - 2

Watford

Mick Harford

90'

Lee Sinnott

90'

Kenny Jackett (penalty)

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0' - Goal Mick Harford photo Mick Harford

0' - Goal Mick Harford0

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46' - Substitution Colin Westis substituted by David Bardsley

90' - Goal Lee Sinnott photo Kenny Jackett

90' - Goal Kenny Jackett

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Luton Town

3 - 2

Watford

Luton Town Watford

Team line-ups

Luton Town

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Foster

Steve Foster

England

B.date24/09/1957

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

England

B.date02/10/1964

Age21 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age26 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hill

Ricky Hill

England

B.date05/03/1959

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Preece

David Preece

England

B.date28/05/1963

Age22 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Nwajiobi

Emeka Nwajiobi

Nigeria

B.date25/05/1959

Age26 years

positionForward

Harford000

Mick Harford

England

B.date12/02/1959

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Stein

Brian Stein

South Africa

B.date19/10/1957

Age28 years

H1m76

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey	28	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Foster	28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy	28	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker	20	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mitchell Thomas	21	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas	26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricky Hill	27	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Preece	22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emeka Nwajiobi	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Harford	27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Stein	28	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Terry

Steve Terry

England

B.date14/06/1962

Age23 years

positionDefender

Sinnott90

Lee Sinnott

England

B.date12/07/1965

Age20 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Jackett90

Kenny Jackett

Wales

B.date05/01/1962

Age24 years

positionDefender

McClelland

John McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1955

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Gibbs

Nigel Gibbs

England

B.date20/11/1965

Age20 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

West46

Colin West

England

B.date13/11/1962

Age23 years

positionForward

Sterling

Worrell Sterling

England

B.date08/06/1965

Age20 years

positionRight Winger

Allen

Malcolm Allen

Wales

B.date21/03/1967

Age19 years

H1m73

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Terry		23	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Sinnott	90	20	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Jackett	90	24	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McClelland		30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Gibbs		20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		32	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		22	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin West	46	23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Worrell Sterling		20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Allen		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Bardsley	46	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emeka Nwajiobi

Mike Newell

OUT

Brian Stein

Rob Johnson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Worrell Sterling

Nigel Callaghan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

401

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Pleat vs Watford

11 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

Pleat vs Taylor

11 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

377

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Taylor vs Luton Town

4 victories

4 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

Taylor vs Pleat

4 victories

4 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Lee Sinnott scores 1 goal vs Luton Town in Premier League

End of streak for Luton Town after 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 22/03/1986).

Luton Town keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 16/04/1986).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLuton Town 2-2 Everton08/03/1986

LLuton Town 1-2 Oxford United15/03/1986

VLuton Town 2-1 Everton22/03/1986

VLuton Town 3-0 West Bromwich Albion01/04/1986

DLuton Town 1-1 Tottenham12/04/1986

LLuton Town 0-1 Liverpool16/04/1986

Overall

DLeicester 0-0 Luton Town29/03/1986

VLuton Town 3-0 West Bromwich Albion01/04/1986

VBirmingham City 0-2 Luton Town06/04/1986

DLuton Town 1-1 Tottenham12/04/1986

LLuton Town 0-1 Liverpool16/04/1986

LCoventry 1-0 Luton Town19/04/1986

Current form

Away

DLiverpool 0-0 Watford11/03/1986

VManchester City 0-1 Watford15/03/1986

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Watford22/03/1986

VArsenal 0-2 Watford31/03/1986

DOxford United 1-1 Watford09/04/1986

LAston Villa 4-1 Watford12/04/1986

Overall

VWatford 4-1 Newcastle United05/04/1986

DOxford United 1-1 Watford09/04/1986

LAston Villa 4-1 Watford12/04/1986

LWatford 0-2 Everton15/04/1986

LWatford 0-2 West Ham19/04/1986

DWatford 1-1 Nottingham Forest21/04/1986

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	2	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	38
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
17	Victories (Competition total)	15
11	Victories (Home / Away)	4
11	Draws (Competition total)	9
6	Draws (Home / Away)	5
12	Losses (Competition total)	14
3	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	56
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	36
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.7	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.16
1.03	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.89

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	24
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	25
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	14
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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

Mick Harford	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Colin West
Brian Stein	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Barnes
Mick Harford	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Kenny Jackett
Brian Stein	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Kenny Jackett
Mick Harford	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Barnes

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

8 v

3 d

1 l

18 gf

7 ga

Away

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

17 gf

22 ga

Total

24 matches

13 v

5 d

6 l

35 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

22 gf

17 ga

Away

12 matches

1 v

3 d

8 l

7 gf

18 ga

Total

24 matches

6 v

5 d

13 l

29 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 26, 1981
Home	4 - 1	September 26, 1981

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 19, 1985
Away	2 - 1	April 28, 1984

Latest head to head

November 23, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Watford

1 - 2

Luton Town logo Luton Town

March 19, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Watford

3 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

March 09, 1985 - FA Cup 1984/1985

Luton Town

1 - 0

Watford

March 06, 1985 - FA Cup 1984/1985

Watford

2 - 2

Luton Town logo Luton Town

March 04, 1985 - FA Cup 1984/1985

Luton Town

0 - 0

Watford

Best historical scorers against Watford

Frankie Bunn	2 goals	1983 - 1984
Brian Stein	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Brian Horton	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Steve Elliott	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Paul Walsh	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Clive Goodyear	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Luther Blissett	5 goals	1983 - 1985
Nigel Callaghan	4 goals	1983 - 1985
Mo Johnston	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Richard Jobson	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Brian Talbot	1 goal	1985 - 1985
John Barnes	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Mal Donaghy	6 matches	1982 - 1985
Ricky Hill	6 matches	1982 - 1985
Brian Stein	5 matches	1983 - 1985
Paul Walsh	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Paul Elliott	4 matches	1983 - 1984
Kirk Stephens	4 matches	1982 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Wilf Rostron	7 matches	1982 - 1985
John Barnes	7 matches	1982 - 1985
Nigel Callaghan	6 matches	1982 - 1985
Les Taylor	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Kenny Jackett	5 matches	1982 - 1985
David Bardsley	5 matches	1983 - 1985