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Walsall 1-1 Cardiff City - August 30, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 5

Bescot Stadium - Walsall - England

August 30, 2003

8 974

Walsall

1 - 1

Cardiff City

Jorge Leitão

52'

90'

Gareth Whalley

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52' - Goal Jorge Leitão52

64' - Red card Alan Lee

65' - Red card Zigor Aranalde65

70' - Substitution Jorge Leitãois substituted by Gary Birch70

74' - Substitution Willie Bolandis substituted by Peter Thorne

81' - Substitution John Robinsonis substituted by Gareth Whalley

90' - Goal Gareth Whalley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Walsall

1 - 1

Cardiff City

Walsall Cardiff City

Team line-ups

Walsall

Walker

Jimmy Walker

England

B.date09/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Ritchie

Paul Ritchie

Scotland

B.date21/08/1975

Age28 years

positionDefender

Hay

Danny Hay

New Zealand

B.date15/05/1975

Age28 years

H1m93

positionDefender

Roper

Ian Roper

England

B.date20/06/1977

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Bazeley

Darren Bazeley

England

B.date05/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Aranalde65

Zigor Aranalde

Spain

B.date28/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Samways

Vinny Samways

England

B.date27/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Osborn

Simon Osborn

England

B.date19/01/1972

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age35 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Corica

Steve Corica

Australia

B.date24/03/1973

Age30 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Leitão5270

Jorge Leitão

Portugal

B.date14/01/1974

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Walker		30	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Ritchie		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Hay		28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Roper		26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Bazeley		30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zigor Aranalde	65	30	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vinny Samways		34	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Osborn		31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		35	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Corica		30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Leitão	5270	29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cardiff City

Alexander

Neil Alexander

Scotland

B.date10/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Collins

James Collins

Wales

B.date23/08/1983

Age20 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Weston

Rhys Weston

Wales

B.date27/10/1980

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Vidmar

Tony Vidmar

Australia

B.date04/07/1970

Age33 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Barker

Chris Barker

England

B.date02/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Kavanagh

Graham Kavanagh

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/12/1973

Age29 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Boland74

Willie Boland

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/08/1975

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Robinson81

John Robinson

Wales

B.date29/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Langley

Richard Langley

Jamaica

B.date27/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Earnshaw

Robert Earnshaw

Wales

B.date06/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Lee64

Alan Lee

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/08/1978

Age25 years

H1m89

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Alexander		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Collins		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rhys Weston		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Vidmar		33	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Barker		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Kavanagh		29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Boland	74	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Robinson	81	32	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Langley		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Earnshaw		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Lee	64	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gary Birch	70	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Gareth Whalley	9081	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Peter Thorne	74	30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Corica

Pedro Matías

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Lee

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lee vs Cardiff City

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Lee vs Lawrence

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Lennie Lawrence

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Lawrence vs Walsall

4 victories

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Lawrence vs Lee

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 2003

Referee

Philip Joslin

2 victories	6 draws	0 loss	Walsall8 matches	General total	Cardiff City5 matches	1 victory	1 draw	3 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Walsall1 match	Season total	Cardiff City1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 26, 2007					Latest figure on April 19, 2008

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Key figures

No Cardiff City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Lennie Lawrence has done less than 0.94 goals conceded per game .

Walsall keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Cardiff City in Championship running (since 15/04/1963). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Gareth Whalley scores 1 goal in Championship with Cardiff City

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWalsall 0-0 Coventry15/04/2003

DWalsall 0-0 Norwich City19/04/2003

VWalsall 3-2 Derby County26/04/2003

VWalsall 4-1 West Bromwich Albion09/08/2003

VWalsall 2-1 Carlisle United12/08/2003

DWalsall 1-1 Stoke City23/08/2003

Overall

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Walsall04/05/2003

VWalsall 4-1 West Bromwich Albion09/08/2003

VWalsall 2-1 Carlisle United12/08/2003

DCoventry 0-0 Walsall16/08/2003

DWalsall 1-1 Stoke City23/08/2003

LCrewe Alexandra 1-0 Walsall25/08/2003

Current form

Away

LPeterborough United 2-0 Cardiff City16/04/2003

LBristol City 2-0 Cardiff City22/04/2003

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Cardiff City03/05/2003

DBristol City 0-0 Cardiff City13/05/2003

DRotherham United 0-0 Cardiff City09/08/2003

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City23/08/2003

Overall

VCardiff City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers25/05/2003

DRotherham United 0-0 Cardiff City09/08/2003

VCardiff City 4-1 Leyton Orient12/08/2003

LCardiff City 0-2 Bradford16/08/2003

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City23/08/2003

VCardiff City 4-1 Derby County25/08/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	4

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
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Paul Merson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Robert Earnshaw
Paul Merson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Robert Earnshaw
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Graham Kavanagh
Paul Merson	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Robert Earnshaw