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Aston Villa 4-0 WBA - May 23, 1977 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 37

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

May 23, 1977

Aston Villa

4 - 0

WBA

Chris Nicholl

Andy Gray

45'

Andy Gray

75'

Andy Gray

75'

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0' - Goal Chris Nicholl0

45' - Goal Andy Gray45

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46' - Substitution Ally Robertsonis substituted by Wayne Hughes

75' - Goal Andy Gray photo Andy Gray

75' - Goal Andy Gray photo Ivor Linton

75' - Substitution Andy Grayis substituted by Ivor Linton75

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

4 - 0

WBA

Aston Villa WBA

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Burridge

John Burridge

England

B.date03/12/1951

Age25 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Phillips

Leighton Phillips

Wales

B.date25/09/1949

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Smith

Gordon Smith

Scotland

B.date03/07/1954

Age22 years

positionDefender

Nicholl0

Chris Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date12/10/1946

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Robson

John Robson

England

B.date15/07/1950

Age26 years

positionDefender

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age18 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gray75754575

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age21 years

positionForward

Cropley

Alexander Cropley

Scotland

B.date16/01/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age19 years

positionForward

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Burridge		25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leighton Phillips		27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Smith		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Nicholl		30	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Robson		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	75754575	21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexander Cropley		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan		19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little		23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age36 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson46

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Giles

Johnny Giles

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/11/1940

Age36 years

positionMidfield

Martin

Mick Martin

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1951

Age25 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age30 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age26 years

positionForward

Johnston

Willie Johnston

Scotland

B.date19/12/1946

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Treacy

Raymond Treacy

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1946

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne		36	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	46	24	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan		32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Giles		36	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mick Martin		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile		30	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		31	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Johnston		30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Raymond Treacy		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

106

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ivor Linton	75	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Wayne Hughes	46	19	1	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

Raymond Treacy

Laurie Cunningham

OUT

Paddy Mulligan

Derek Statham

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

159

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs WBA

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 1977

Saunders vs Giles

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Johnny Giles

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Giles vs Aston Villa

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 1977

Giles vs Saunders

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 1977

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Chris Nicholl scores a goal in Premier League since the 23/10/1976 (with Aston Villa vs )

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 1.09 goals conceded per game .

It's the first time Chris Nicholl scores 1 goal vs West Bromwich Albion in Premier League

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 2-1 Tottenham20/04/1977

VAston Villa 1-0 Norwich City23/04/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City04/05/1977

VAston Villa 2-1 Leeds United07/05/1977

VAston Villa 1-0 Stoke City16/05/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Queens Park Rangers20/05/1977

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City04/05/1977

VAston Villa 2-1 Leeds United07/05/1977

LBirmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa10/05/1977

LNewcastle United 3-2 Aston Villa14/05/1977

VAston Villa 1-0 Stoke City16/05/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Queens Park Rangers20/05/1977

Current form

Away

VTottenham 0-2 West Bromwich Albion12/03/1977

DManchester United 2-2 West Bromwich Albion23/03/1977

VBristol City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion05/04/1977

DCoventry 1-1 West Bromwich Albion19/04/1977

VLeicester 0-5 West Bromwich Albion07/05/1977

DEverton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion16/05/1977

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Manchester City16/04/1977

DCoventry 1-1 West Bromwich Albion19/04/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Sunderland30/04/1977

VLeicester 0-5 West Bromwich Albion07/05/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Stoke City14/05/1977

DEverton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion16/05/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	24	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	30	7
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	8	5
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
21	Victories (Competition total)	16
16	Victories (Home / Away)	6
7	Draws (Competition total)	13
3	Draws (Home / Away)	7
13	Losses (Competition total)	12
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

72	Goals scored (Competition total)	62
51	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
50	Goals conceded (Competition total)	52
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.51
2.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 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

Andy Gray	22 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	David Cross
Andy Gray	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	David Cross
Andy Gray	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Tony Brown
Andy Gray	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Brian Little	7 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	David Cross

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

35 v

7 d

15 l

106 gf

71 ga

Away

56 matches

15 v

13 d

28 l

77 gf

105 ga

Total

113 matches

50 v

20 d

43 l

183 gf

176 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

28 v

13 d

15 l

105 gf

77 ga

Away

57 matches

15 v

7 d

35 l

71 gf

106 ga

Total

113 matches

43 v

20 d

50 l

176 gf

183 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 24, 1899
Home	7 - 1	April 24, 1899

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 19, 1935
Away	7 - 0	October 19, 1935

Latest head to head

November 10, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

WBA

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 29, 1975 - Division 2 1974/1975

Aston Villa

3 - 1

WBA

December 21, 1974 - Division 2 1974/1975

WBA

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 02, 1974 - Division 2 1973/1974

Aston Villa

1 - 3

WBA

December 26, 1973 - Division 2 1973/1974

WBA

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against WBA

Tony Hateley	3 goals	1963 - 1966
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1962 - 1962
John MacLeod	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Barry Stobart	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Phillip Woosnam	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Bobby Park	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Jeff Astle	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Alec Jackson	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Bobby Cram	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Tony Brown	2 goals	1963 - 1966
John Kaye	2 goals	1966 - 1966
John Wile	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Charlie Aitken	11 matches	1961 - 1966
John Sleeuwenhoek	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Ron Wylie	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Alan Deakin	8 matches	1961 - 1966
Harry Burrows	7 matches	1961 - 1965
Mick Wright	7 matches	1963 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Clive Clark	13 matches	1961 - 1966
Stan Jones	12 matches	1961 - 1966
Graham Williams	9 matches	1960 - 1966
Ray Potter	9 matches	1960 - 1966
Bobby Hope	8 matches	1962 - 1966
Bobby Cram	7 matches	1962 - 1966