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WBA 2-1 Middlesbrough - April 04, 1998 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Round 41

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

April 04, 1998

WBA

2 - 1

Middlesbrough

75'

Marco Branca

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

19' - Substitution Andy Townsendis substituted by Neil Maddison

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Mikkel Beckis substituted by Curtis Fleming

68' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Ricard Hamilton

75' - Goal Marco Branca

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

2 - 1

Middlesbrough

WBA Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Vickers

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Pearson

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kinder

Vladimir Kinder

Slovakia

B.date14/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Townsend19

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Merson68

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age30 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

England

B.date27/05/1967

Age30 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

Beck46

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Branca75

Marco Branca

Italy

B.date06/01/1965

Age33 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers		30	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		34	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladimir Kinder		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend	19	34	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	68	30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Gascoigne		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck	46	24	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marco Branca	75	33	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Curtis Fleming	46	29	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Maddison	19	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricard Hamilton	68	24	2	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

Mikkel Beck

Ricard Hamilton

OUT

Paul Gascoigne

Neil Maddison

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Denis Smith

Success rate in this team:

22 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Smith vs Middlesbrough

4 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 04, 1998

Smith vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

202

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Robson vs WBA

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 1998

Robson vs Smith

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 1998

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Raich Carter head of Middlesbrough (01/01/1963-01/02/1966), you can see a manager go over Bryan Robson with 1.45 goals scored per game (1.64).

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 3 matches without scoring any goal away from home (since 01/03/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 04/02/1996-19/03/1996 (5 matches).

The last time WBA has ended with the score 2-1 vs Middlesbrough in Championship, It was on the 12/10/1901

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Ipswich Town27/01/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Queens Park Rangers14/02/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Bury21/02/1998

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Portsmouth24/02/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Bradford07/03/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Port Vale21/03/1998

Overall

LManchester City 1-0 West Bromwich Albion28/02/1998

LCharlton 5-0 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Bradford07/03/1998

DNorwich City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion14/03/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Port Vale21/03/1998

LBirmingham City 1-0 West Bromwich Albion28/03/1998

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough27/01/1998

VStoke City 1-2 Middlesbrough01/02/1998

DBirmingham City 1-1 Middlesbrough07/02/1998

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Middlesbrough01/03/1998

LQueens Park Rangers 5-0 Middlesbrough04/03/1998

DPortsmouth 0-0 Middlesbrough14/03/1998

Overall

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Middlesbrough01/03/1998

LQueens Park Rangers 5-0 Middlesbrough04/03/1998

VMiddlesbrough 6-0 Swindon Town11/03/1998

DPortsmouth 0-0 Middlesbrough14/03/1998

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Norwich City22/03/1998

LChelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough29/03/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	7	10
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	12	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Goalless streak	3	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	38
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
14	Victories (Competition total)	22
8	Victories (Home / Away)	8
11	Draws (Competition total)	9
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
15	Losses (Competition total)	7
6	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	64
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
0.98	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.68
1.05	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.95
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.37

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Mikkel Beck
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Paul Merson
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Paul Merson
-	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Marco Branca

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

21 v

9 d

9 l

63 gf

38 ga

Away

39 matches

6 v

9 d

24 l

28 gf

63 ga

Total

78 matches

27 v

18 d

33 l

91 gf

101 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

24 v

9 d

6 l

63 gf

28 ga

Away

39 matches

9 v

9 d

21 l

38 gf

63 ga

Total

78 matches

33 v

18 d

27 l

101 gf

91 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 25, 1980
Home	3 - 0	October 25, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 16, 1974
Away	4 - 0	March 16, 1974

Latest head to head

November 29, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

WBA

April 01, 1995 - First Division 1994/1995

WBA

1 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 14, 1994 - First Division 1994/1995

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

WBA

March 19, 1994 - First Division 1993/1994

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

WBA

September 25, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

WBA

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Cyrille Regis	5 goals	1977 - 1981
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1977 - 1981
Ally Brown	2 goals	1979 - 1980
Len Cantello	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Willie Johnston	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Gary Owen	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

David Mills	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Micky Burns	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Stuart Boam	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Craig Hignett	1 goal	1994 - 1994
David Hodgson	1 goal	1982 - 1982
David Shearer	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

John Wile	12 matches	1976 - 1982
Ally Robertson	11 matches	1976 - 1982
Tony Godden	10 matches	1977 - 1981
Derek Statham	10 matches	1977 - 1982
Cyrille Regis	9 matches	1977 - 1982
Bryan Robson	8 matches	1977 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Anthony McAndrew	12 matches	1976 - 1982
Billy Ashcroft	10 matches	1977 - 1982
Jim Platt	10 matches	1976 - 1982
David Armstrong	10 matches	1976 - 1981
John Craggs	10 matches	1976 - 1981
Terry Cochrane	7 matches	1978 - 1982