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Nottingham 1-0 Southampton - May 02, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 32

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

May 02, 1979

Nottingham

1 - 0

Southampton

Trevor Francis

90'

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46' - Substitution Oshor Williamsis substituted by Kevin Dawtry

90' - Goal Trevor Francis90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

1 - 0

Southampton

Nottingham Southampton

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Clark

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Francis90

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

Woodcock

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark		35	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		30	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		22	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer		27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern		29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	90	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock		23	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Southampton

Wells

Peter Wells

England

B.date13/08/1956

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Waldron

Malcolm Waldron

England

B.date06/09/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Holmes

Nick Holmes

England

B.date11/11/1954

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Andruszewski

Manny Andruszewski

England

B.date04/10/1955

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Peach

David Peach

England

B.date21/01/1951

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Williams46

Oshor Williams

England

B.date21/04/1958

Age21 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Baker

Graham Baker

England

B.date03/12/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hebberd

Trevor Hebberd

England

B.date19/06/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Ball

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age33 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Boyer

Philip Boyer

England

B.date25/01/1949

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Wells		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Waldron		22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nick Holmes		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Manny Andruszewski		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Peach		28	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Oshor Williams	46	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams		20	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Baker		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Hebberd		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball		33	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Philip Boyer		30	60	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Kevin Dawtry	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frank Clark

John O'Hare

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

233

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Clough vs Southampton

9 victories

8 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 02, 1979

Clough vs McMenemy

5 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Lawrie McMenemy

289

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McMenemy vs Nottingham

1 victory

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 02, 1979

McMenemy vs Clough

1 victory

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on May 02, 1979

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Key figures

No Nottingham Forest manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has done less than 0.87 goals conceded per game .

No Nottingham Forest manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has reached 1.65 goals scored per game .

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has reached 42% of clean sheets .

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Bolton Wanderers31/03/1979

VNottingham Forest 4-0 Aston Villa04/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 3-3 FC Köln11/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Leeds United16/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester United18/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool28/04/1979

Overall

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Leeds United16/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester United18/04/1979

VBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest21/04/1979

VFC Köln 0-1 Nottingham Forest25/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool28/04/1979

LWolverhampton 1-0 Nottingham Forest30/04/1979

Current form

Away

LArsenal 2-0 Southampton21/03/1979

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Southampton24/03/1979

DTottenham 0-0 Southampton28/03/1979

DBirmingham City 2-2 Southampton07/04/1979

VChelsea 1-2 Southampton14/04/1979

LCoventry 4-0 Southampton21/04/1979

Overall

VChelsea 1-2 Southampton14/04/1979

DSouthampton 3-3 Tottenham16/04/1979

LCoventry 4-0 Southampton21/04/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Liverpool24/04/1979

VSouthampton 1-0 Manchester City28/04/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester United30/04/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	39
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
17	Victories (Competition total)	12
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
17	Draws (Competition total)	16
10	Draws (Home / Away)	6
3	Losses (Competition total)	11
0	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	49
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.62	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.26
0.47	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.61

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 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

Garry Birtles	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Nick Holmes
Martin O'Neill	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Nick Holmes
John Robertson	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	David Peach
John Robertson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	David Peach
Garry Birtles	2 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Philip Boyer

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

18 v

8 d

5 l

65 gf

38 ga

Away

33 matches

7 v

7 d

19 l

41 gf

69 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Total

67 matches

27 v

16 d

24 l

112 gf

110 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

19 v

7 d

7 l

69 gf

41 ga

Away

31 matches

5 v

8 d

18 l

38 gf

65 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

67 matches

24 v

16 d

27 l

110 gf

112 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 18, 1947
Home	6 - 0	January 18, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 08, 1963
Away	5 - 0	September 28, 1929

Latest head to head

March 17, 1979 - League Cup 1978/1979

Nottingham

3 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

October 28, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Southampton

0 - 0

Nottingham

March 22, 1977 - Division 2 1976/1977

Nottingham

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

February 01, 1977 - FA Cup 1976/1977

Southampton

2 - 1

Nottingham

January 29, 1977 - FA Cup 1976/1977

Nottingham

3 - 3

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Ian Storey-Moore	8 goals	1967 - 1972
Barry Lyons	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Garry Birtles	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Graham Collier	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Henry Newton	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Paul Richardson	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Ron Davies	7 goals	1967 - 1972
Mick Channon	4 goals	1968 - 1977
Terry Paine	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Thomas Jenkins	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Bobby Stokes	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Brian O'Neil	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Peter Hindley	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Sammy Chapman	11 matches	1967 - 1972
John Winfield	11 matches	1967 - 1971
Ian Storey-Moore	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Barry Lyons	9 matches	1967 - 1971
William Hennessey	7 matches	1967 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Terry Paine	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Hugh Fisher	11 matches	1967 - 1977
Mick Channon	11 matches	1968 - 1977
Ron Davies	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Jimmy Gabriel	9 matches	1967 - 1972
Eric Martin	9 matches	1967 - 1972