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Aston Villa 1-1 Everton - September 16, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 6

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

September 16, 1978

1 - 1

Everton

Tommy Craig

43'

36'

Mickey Walsh

logo Aston Villa AV

36' - Goal Mickey Walsh

43' - Goal Tommy Craig43

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57' - Yellow card Allan Evans57

78' - Substitution Gary Sheltonis substituted by Gary Williams78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Everton

Aston Villa Everton

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Allan Evans57

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

David Evans

England

B.date20/05/1958

Age20 years

positionDefender

Shelton78

Gary Shelton

England

B.date21/03/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gregory

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age24 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age19 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Craig43

Tommy Craig

Scotland

B.date21/11/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age24 years

positionForward

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	57	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Evans		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Shelton	78	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		19	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Craig	43	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught		23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little		24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray		22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Everton

Wood

George Wood

Scotland

B.date26/09/1952

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Pejic

Mike Pejic

England

B.date25/01/1950

Age28 years

positionDefender

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date28/04/1958

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Michael

Lyons Michael

England

B.date12/12/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Thomas

Dave Thomas

England

B.date05/10/1950

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Darracott

Terry Darracott

England

B.date06/12/1950

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

King

Andy King

England

B.date14/08/1956

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Nulty

Geoff Nulty

England

B.date13/02/1949

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Dobson

Martin Dobson

England

B.date14/02/1948

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Latchford

Bob Latchford

England

B.date18/01/1951

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Walsh36

Mickey Walsh

England

B.date13/08/1954

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Wood		25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Pejic		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright		20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lyons Michael		26	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Thomas		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Darracott		27	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy King		22	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoff Nulty		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Dobson		30	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Latchford		27	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mickey Walsh	36	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Williams	78	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Evans

Gordon Smith

OUT

Gary Shelton

John Gidman

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

220

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Saunders vs Everton

6 victories

7 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1978

Saunders vs Lee

3 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Lee

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Lee vs Aston Villa

4 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1978

Lee vs Saunders

4 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1978

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Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Everton running (since 27/08/1977). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/01/1966-10/09/1974 time period (5 matches).

It's the first time Tommy Craig scores a goal in Premier League since the 17/12/1977 (with Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton )

The last time Aston Villa has ended with the score 1-1 vs Everton at home in Premier League, It was on the 16/12/1961

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United17/04/1978

VAston Villa 3-1 Leeds United26/04/1978

VAston Villa 6-1 Ipswich Town29/04/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton19/08/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday30/08/1978

DAston Villa 1-1 Southampton02/09/1978

Overall

VAston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton19/08/1978

VTottenham 1-4 Aston Villa23/08/1978

LBristol City 1-0 Aston Villa26/08/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday30/08/1978

DAston Villa 1-1 Southampton02/09/1978

VIpswich Town 0-2 Aston Villa09/09/1978

Current form

Away

LCoventry 3-2 Everton08/04/1978

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Everton22/04/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Everton25/04/1978

VChelsea 0-1 Everton19/08/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Everton02/09/1978

VFinn Harps 0-5 Everton13/09/1978

Overall

VEverton 2-1 Derby County22/08/1978

VEverton 1-0 Arsenal26/08/1978

VEverton 8-0 Wimbledon FC30/08/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Everton02/09/1978

VEverton 2-0 Middlesbrough09/09/1978

VFinn Harps 0-5 Everton13/09/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	8
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	9
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

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
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Andy Gray	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Andy King
Andy Gray	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Andy King
Andy Gray	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Andy Gray	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Andy King

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

32 v

13 d

21 l

131 gf

99 ga

Away

68 matches

19 v

14 d

35 l

92 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

137 matches

52 v

29 d

56 l

227 gf

233 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

35 v

14 d

19 l

131 gf

92 ga

Away

66 matches

21 v

13 d

32 l

99 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

137 matches

56 v

29 d

52 l

233 gf

227 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 12, 1957
Home	5 - 1	January 12, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 04, 1890
Away	5 - 1	February 10, 1915

Latest head to head

January 14, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Everton

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 07, 1978 - FA Cup 1977/1978

Everton

4 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Everton

April 13, 1977 - League Cup 1976/1977

Aston Villa

3 - 2

Everton

March 16, 1977 - League Cup 1976/1977

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Everton

Best historical scorers against Everton

Andy Gray	4 goals	1975 - 1977
Bobby Thomson	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Brian Little	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Barry Stobart	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Gerald Hitchens	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Dixie Dean	19 goals	1925 - 1936
Royston Vernon	6 goals	1960 - 1965
Alex Stevenson	5 goals	1934 - 1938
Alex Young	4 goals	1961 - 1967
Frederick Pickering	4 goals	1965 - 1967
Jimmy Gabriel	3 goals	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Charlie Aitken	13 matches	1961 - 1975
Ron Wylie	9 matches	1960 - 1965
John Sleeuwenhoek	9 matches	1961 - 1967
Alan Deakin	8 matches	1961 - 1967
Victor Crowe	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Gordon Lee	7 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Dixie Dean	17 matches	1925 - 1936
Brian Labone	14 matches	1960 - 1967
Warneford Cresswell	12 matches	1927 - 1934
Edward Sagar	12 matches	1930 - 1939
Jimmy Gabriel	11 matches	1960 - 1967
Jack O'Donnell	10 matches	1925 - 1930