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Bradford 0-4 Sunderland - August 30, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 5

Valley Parade - Bradford - England

August 30, 2003

14 116

Bradford

0 - 4

Sunderland

10'

Gary Breen

15'

Marcus Stewart

31'

Julio Arca

76'

Sean Thornton

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10' - Goal Gary Breen

15' - Goal Marcus Stewart

31' - Goal Julio Arca

45' - Substitution Michael Standingis substituted by Lewis Emanuel45

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63' - Substitution John Osteris substituted by Colin Healy

76' - Goal Sean Thornton

80' - Substitution Kevin Kilbaneis substituted by Thomas Butler

81' - Substitution Dean Windassis substituted by Rob Wolleaston81

87' - Substitution Kevin Kyleis substituted by Michael Proctor

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bradford

0 - 4

Sunderland

Bradford Sunderland

Team line-ups

Bradford

Paston

Mark Paston

New Zealand

B.date13/12/1976

Age26 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Edds

Gareth Edds

Australia

B.date03/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

Gavin

Jason Gavin

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Wetherall

David Wetherall

England

B.date14/03/1971

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Jacobs

Wayne Jacobs

England

B.date03/02/1969

Age34 years

positionLeft full-back

Francis

Simon Francis

England

B.date16/02/1985

Age18 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Heckingbottom

Paul Heckingbottom

England

B.date17/07/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Standing45

Michael Standing

England

B.date20/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Windass81

Dean Windass

England

B.date01/04/1969

Age34 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Branch

Michael Branch

England

B.date18/10/1978

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date15/11/1977

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Paston		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Edds		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Gavin		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wetherall		32	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Jacobs		34	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Francis		18	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Heckingbottom		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Standing	45	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Windass	81	34	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Branch		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray		25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sunderland

Poom

Mart Poom

Estonia

B.date03/02/1972

Age31 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Breen10

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kilbane80

Kevin Kilbane

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/02/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Wright

Stephen Wright

England

B.date08/02/1980

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Thirlwell

Paul Thirlwell

England

B.date13/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Thornton76

Sean Thornton

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/05/1983

Age20 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Arca31

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Oster63

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kyle87

Kevin Kyle

Scotland

B.date07/06/1981

Age22 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Stewart15

Marcus Stewart

England

B.date07/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mart Poom		31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen	10	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Kilbane	80	26	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Wright		23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Thirlwell		24	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Thornton	76	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Arca	31	22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	63	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Kyle	87	22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Stewart	15	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Lewis Emanuel	45	19	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Rob Wolleaston	81	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Colin Healy	63	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thomas Butler	80	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Proctor	87	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Standing

Paul Evans

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Nicky Law

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Law vs Sunderland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Law vs McCarthy

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

McCarthy vs Bradford

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

McCarthy vs Law

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Referee

Philip Dowd

1 victory	1 draw	4 losses	Bradford6 matches	General total	Sunderland39 matches	8 victories	9 draws	22 losses
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Bradford2 matches	Season total	Sunderland2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 22, 2013					Latest figure on February 07, 2015

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Key figures

It's the first time Julio Arca scores 1 goal in Championship

It's the first time Julio Arca scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

The last time Bradford has ended with the score 0-4 at home in Championship, It was on the 05/09/1997 (vs )

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBradford 0-1 Millwall05/04/2003

VBradford 2-1 Watford19/04/2003

LBradford 0-5 Portsmouth04/05/2003

DBradford 2-2 Norwich City09/08/2003

DBradford 0-0 Darlington 1883-201212/08/2003

LBradford 0-1 Gillingham23/08/2003

Overall

LBradford 0-5 Portsmouth04/05/2003

DBradford 2-2 Norwich City09/08/2003

DBradford 0-0 Darlington 1883-201212/08/2003

VCardiff City 0-2 Bradford16/08/2003

LBradford 0-1 Gillingham23/08/2003

LWest Ham 1-0 Bradford26/08/2003

Current form

Away

LBirmingham City 2-0 Sunderland12/04/2003

LManchester City 3-0 Sunderland21/04/2003

LAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland03/05/2003

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Sunderland09/08/2003

VMansfield Town 1-2 Sunderland13/08/2003

VPreston North End 0-2 Sunderland23/08/2003

Overall

LSunderland 0-4 Arsenal11/05/2003

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Sunderland09/08/2003

VMansfield Town 1-2 Sunderland13/08/2003

LSunderland 0-1 Millwall16/08/2003

VPreston North End 0-2 Sunderland23/08/2003

VSunderland 2-0 Watford25/08/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	9	18
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Andy Gray	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Marcus Stewart
Michael Branch	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Marcus Stewart
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Marcus Stewart
Andy Gray	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Marcus Stewart

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

9 v

2 d

8 l

26 gf

32 ga

Away

19 matches

4 v

9 d

6 l

12 gf

18 ga

Total

38 matches

13 v

11 d

14 l

38 gf

50 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

6 v

9 d

4 l

18 gf

12 ga

Away

19 matches

8 v

2 d

9 l

32 gf

26 ga

Total

38 matches

14 v

11 d

13 l

50 gf

38 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 11, 1911
Home	3 - 0	April 11, 1911

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 02, 1999
Away	4 - 0	October 02, 1999

Latest head to head

January 21, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Sunderland

0 - 0

Bradford

December 26, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Bradford

1 - 4

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 24, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Sunderland

0 - 1

Bradford

October 02, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Bradford

0 - 4

Sunderland logo Sunderland

March 09, 1999 - First Division 1998/1999

Bradford

0 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

	Robbie Blake	1 goal	2000 - 2000
	John Dreyer	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bradford

Kevin Phillips	5 goals	1999 - 2000
Niall Quinn	2 goals	1999 - 2000
Alex Rae	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Stuart McCall	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Peter Beagrie	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Robbie Blake	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Dean Windass	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Andy O'Brien	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Wayne Jacobs	3 matches	2000 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bradford

Danny Dichio	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Thomas Sorensen	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Michael Gray	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Alex Rae	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Niall Quinn	4 matches	1999 - 2001
Kevin Phillips	4 matches	1999 - 2001