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Middlesbrough 2-0 Crystal Palace - January 31, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 28

Ayresome Park - Middlesbrough - England

January 31, 1981

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Crystal Palace

(penalty) Anthony McAndrew

David Armstrong

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0' - Goal Anthony McAndrew photo David Armstrong

0' - Goal David Armstrong0

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46' - Substitution Billy Ashcroftis substituted by David Shearer46

46' - Substitution Shaun Brooksis substituted by Gary Goodchild

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Crystal Palace

Middlesbrough Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ashcroft46

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

McAndrew0

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age24 years

positionDefender

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age24 years

positionDefender

Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Armstrong0

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Proctor

Mark Proctor

England

B.date30/01/1961

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Jankovic

Bosko Jankovic

Serbia

B.date22/05/1951

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Hedley

Graeme Hedley

England

B.date01/03/1957

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Cochrane

Terry Cochrane

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1953

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Hodgson

David Hodgson

England

B.date06/08/1960

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt		29	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft	46	28	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew		24	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey		24	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		26	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Proctor		20	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bosko Jankovic		29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Hedley		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Cochrane		28	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hodgson		20	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Crystal Palace

Gennoe

Terry Gennoe

England

B.date16/03/1953

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hinshelwood

Paul Hinshelwood

England

B.date14/08/1956

Age24 years

positionDefender

Lovell

Steve Lovell

Wales

B.date16/07/1960

Age20 years

positionDefender

Boyle

Terry Boyle

Wales

B.date29/10/1958

Age22 years

positionDefender

Cannon

Jim Cannon

Scotland

B.date02/10/1953

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

England

B.date10/11/1959

Age21 years

positionDefender

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Brooks46

Shaun Brooks

England

B.date09/10/1962

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Smillie

Neil Smillie

England

B.date19/07/1958

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Allen

Clive Allen

England

B.date20/05/1961

Age19 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Walsh

Ian Walsh

Wales

B.date04/09/1958

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Terry Gennoe		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hinshelwood		24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Lovell		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Boyle		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Cannon		27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Gilbert		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Brooks	46	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Smillie		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Allen		19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Walsh		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Shearer	46	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gary Goodchild	46	23	2	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

Shaun Brooks

Gerry Francis

OUT

Ian Walsh

Tony Sealy

OUT

Steve Lovell

Jerry Murphy

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

176

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Neal vs Crystal Palace

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 1981

Neal vs Allison

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 31, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Allison vs Middlesbrough

3 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 1981

Allison vs Neal

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 1981

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Crystal Palace in Premier League running (since 29/12/1979). It's a record streak. The first of history

John Neal has registered 50 clean sheet in Premier League since the 01/07/1977 as the manager of next after this match..

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Crystal Palace in Premier League running (since 29/12/1979). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Manchester United15/11/1980

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Wolverhampton22/11/1980

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Aston Villa06/12/1980

VMiddlesbrough 4-1 Tottenham20/12/1980

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Everton27/12/1980

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion24/01/1981

Overall

LCoventry 1-0 Middlesbrough26/12/1980

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Everton27/12/1980

VSwansea 0-5 Middlesbrough03/01/1981

LWolverhampton 3-0 Middlesbrough10/01/1981

LManchester City 3-2 Middlesbrough17/01/1981

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion24/01/1981

Current form

Away

LTottenham 4-2 Crystal Palace12/11/1980

LStoke City 1-0 Crystal Palace22/11/1980

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Crystal Palace06/12/1980

LSouthampton 4-2 Crystal Palace20/12/1980

LBrighton & Hove 3-2 Crystal Palace27/12/1980

LManchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace03/01/1981

Overall

LSouthampton 4-2 Crystal Palace20/12/1980

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Arsenal26/12/1980

LBrighton & Hove 3-2 Crystal Palace27/12/1980

LManchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace03/01/1981

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Stoke City10/01/1981

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Wolverhampton17/01/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	11	2
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	7	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	21	6
Drawless streak	7	0
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	10	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
10	Victories (Competition total)	5
8	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
12	Losses (Competition total)	17
1	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
39	Goals conceded (Competition total)	54
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.26
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.62
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0.77	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.46

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Craig Johnston	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Clive Allen
Craig Johnston	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Clive Allen
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Clive Allen
David Hodgson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	Tony Sealy

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

5 d

0 l

13 gf

4 ga

Away

9 matches

3 v

3 d

3 l

14 gf

16 ga

Total

17 matches

6 v

8 d

3 l

27 gf

20 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

3 v

3 d

3 l

16 gf

14 ga

Away

8 matches

0 v

5 d

3 l

4 gf

13 ga

Total

17 matches

3 v

8 d

6 l

20 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 20, 1968
Home	4 - 0	August 20, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	August 23, 1980
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

August 23, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Crystal Palace

5 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 29, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 25, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 15, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

January 09, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Billy Ashcroft	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Stan Cummins	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Graeme Hedley	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Craig Johnston	1 goal	1980 - 1980
David Hodgson	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Clive Allen	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Gerry Francis	2 goals	1979 - 1980
Tony Sealy	1 goal	1980 - 1980
David Swindlehurst	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

David Hodgson	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Billy Ashcroft	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Anthony McAndrew	3 matches	1979 - 1980
David Armstrong	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Jim Platt	3 matches	1979 - 1980
John Craggs	3 matches	1979 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Terry Fenwick	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Billy Gilbert	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Jerry Murphy	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Gerry Francis	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Jim Cannon	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Peter Nicholas	3 matches	1979 - 1980