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Ipswich Town 4-2 Watford - December 14, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 23

Portman Road - Ipswich - England

December 14, 2002

22 985

Ipswich Town

4 - 2

Watford

Tommy Miller

23'

Richard Naylor

40'

Pablo Couñago

67'

Marcus Bent

87'

50'

Tommy Smith

75'

Neil Cox

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23' - Goal Tommy Miller23

40' - Goal Richard Naylor40

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50' - Goal Tommy Smith

64' - Substitution Richard Nayloris substituted by Marcus Bent64

67' - Goal Pablo Couñago67

75' - Goal Neil Cox

76' - Substitution Paul Robinsonis substituted by Paolo Vernazza

77' - Substitution Pablo Couñagois substituted by Darren Bent77

78' - Substitution Jermaine Pennantis substituted by Dominic Foley

83' - Substitution Allan Nielsenis substituted by Gavin Mahon

87' - Goal Marcus Bent87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ipswich Town

4 - 2

Watford

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Team line-ups

Ipswich Town

Marshall

Andy Marshall

England

B.date14/04/1975

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Naylor4064

Richard Naylor

England

B.date28/02/1977

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Gaardsoe

Thomas Gaardsoe

Denmark

B.date23/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Wright

Jermaine Wright

England

B.date21/10/1975

Age27 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Defender

Wilnis

Fabian Wilnis

Netherlands

B.date23/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Clapham

Jamie Clapham

England

B.date07/12/1975

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Magilton

Jim Magilton

Northern Ireland

B.date06/05/1969

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Holland

Matt Holland

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/04/1974

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Miller23

Tommy Miller

England

B.date08/01/1979

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Couñago6777

Pablo Couñago

Spain

B.date09/08/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Marshall		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Naylor	4064	25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Gaardsoe		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jermaine Wright		27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fabian Wilnis		32	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Clapham		27	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Magilton		33	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Holland		28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Miller	23	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pablo Couñago	6777	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

Chamberlain

Alec Chamberlain

England

B.date20/06/1964

Age38 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Cox75

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Robinson76

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Nielsen83

Allan Nielsen

Denmark

B.date13/03/1971

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Pennant78

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Hyde

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Glass

Stephen Glass

Scotland

B.date23/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Smith50

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age22 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Helguson

Heidar Helguson

Iceland

B.date22/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Gayle

Marcus Gayle

Jamaica

B.date27/09/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alec Chamberlain		38	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox	75	31	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson	76	24	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Nielsen	83	31	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant	78	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Glass		26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	50	22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson		25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Gayle		32	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Darren Bent	77	18	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Marcus Bent	8764	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Gavin Mahon	83	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paolo Vernazza	76	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dominic Foley	78	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Marshall

Paul Gerrard

OUT

Pablo Couñago

Alun Armstrong

OUT

Richard Naylor

John McGreal

OUT

Tommy Miller

Darren Bent

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Allan Nielsen

Jamie Hand

OUT

Stephen Glass

Lloyd Doyley

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Royle

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Royle vs Watford

4 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Royle vs Lewington

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Lewington vs Ipswich Town

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Lewington vs Royle

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Referee

Uriah Rennie

3 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Ipswich Town7 matches	General total	Watford13 matches	4 victories	3 draws	6 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Ipswich Town2 matches	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 23, 2006					Latest figure on March 29, 2008

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Key figures

The last time Ipswich Town has ended with the score 4-2 in Championship, It was on the 19/10/1999 (vs )

It's the first time Neil Cox scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

End of streak for Ipswich Town after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 30/11/2002). It was the best streak for the club since 09/02/2002-21/04/2002 (10 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LIpswich Town 0-1 Gillingham26/10/2002

VIpswich Town 1-0 Slovan Liberec31/10/2002

LIpswich Town 1-2 Crystal Palace03/11/2002

VIpswich Town 3-1 Middlesbrough06/11/2002

VIpswich Town 2-1 Coventry23/11/2002

LIpswich Town 1-2 Rotherham United07/12/2002

Overall

VWatford 0-2 Ipswich Town17/11/2002

VIpswich Town 2-1 Coventry23/11/2002

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Ipswich Town30/11/2002

DLiverpool 1-1 Ipswich Town04/12/2002

LIpswich Town 1-2 Rotherham United07/12/2002

DBrighton & Hove 1-1 Ipswich Town10/12/2002

Current form

Away

VSheffield United 1-2 Watford28/09/2002

LGillingham 3-0 Watford19/10/2002

VStoke City 1-2 Watford30/10/2002

LRotherham United 2-1 Watford09/11/2002

LReading 1-0 Watford23/11/2002

LDerby County 3-0 Watford07/12/2002

Overall

DWatford 1-1 Wolverhampton02/11/2002

LRotherham United 2-1 Watford09/11/2002

LWatford 0-2 Ipswich Town17/11/2002

LReading 1-0 Watford23/11/2002

VWatford 2-1 Burnley30/11/2002

LDerby County 3-0 Watford07/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	5	6
Conceding streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	6	5
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	7	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	22
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
6	Victories (Competition total)	10
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
9	Losses (Competition total)	8
5	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.23
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.64
1.24	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.45
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	31
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
1	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Darren Ambrose	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Heidar Helguson
Pablo Couñago	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Neil Cox
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Neil Cox
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Neil Cox
Jim Magilton	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Heidar Helguson

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

9 v

4 d

1 l

32 gf

18 ga

Away

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

19 gf

18 ga

Total

26 matches

13 v

8 d

5 l

51 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

18 gf

19 ga

Away

14 matches

1 v

4 d

9 l

18 gf

32 ga

Total

26 matches

5 v

8 d

13 l

36 gf

51 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 21, 1989
Home	4 - 1	November 21, 1989

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	April 16, 1985
Away	2 - 1	March 17, 1992

Latest head to head

November 17, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Watford

0 - 2

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

March 02, 1999 - First Division 1998/1999

Ipswich Town

3 - 2

Watford

September 26, 1998 - First Division 1998/1999

Watford

1 - 0

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

February 24, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Watford

2 - 3

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

September 16, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Ipswich Town

4 - 2

Watford

Best historical scorers against Watford

Paul Mariner	2 goals	1982 - 1983
John Wark	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Alan Sunderland	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Terry Butcher	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Alun Armstrong	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Mich d'Avray	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/12/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ipswich Town

John Barnes	2 goals	1984 - 1985
Wilf Rostron	2 goals	1983 - 1985
Luther Blissett	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Nigel Callaghan	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Ross Jenkins	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Colin West	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/12/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Terry Butcher	8 matches	1982 - 1986
Steve McCall	7 matches	1982 - 1986
Paul Cooper	7 matches	1982 - 1986
Mark Brennan	5 matches	1984 - 1986
Russell Osman	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Eric Gates	5 matches	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/12/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ipswich Town

Nigel Callaghan	8 matches	1982 - 1986
Wilf Rostron	8 matches	1982 - 1986
John Barnes	8 matches	1982 - 1986
Kenny Jackett	7 matches	1982 - 1986
Les Taylor	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Steve Terry	5 matches	1984 - 1986