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WBA 2-1 Manchester City - December 21, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 18

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

December 21, 2008

WBA

2 - 1

Manchester City

Luke Moore

69'

Roman Bednár

90'

86'

Scott Carson (o.g)

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56' - Substitution Benjaniis substituted by Felipe Caicedo

64' - Substitution Do-heon Kimis substituted by Graham Dorrans64

69' - Goal Luke Moore69

73' - Substitution Luke Mooreis substituted by Craig Beattie73

83' - Substitution Jonathan Greeningis substituted by Chris Brunt83

86' - Own goal Scott Carson

90' - Goal Roman Bednár90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

2 - 1

Manchester City

WBA Manchester City

Team line-ups

WBA

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Moore6973

Luke Moore

England

B.date13/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Bednár90

Roman Bednár

Czech Republic

B.date26/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Kim64

Do-heon Kim

South Korea

B.date14/07/1982

Age26 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

Greening83

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Koren

Robert Koren

Slovenia

B.date20/09/1980

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

Morrison

James Morrison

Scotland

B.date25/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Olsson

Jonas Olsson

Sweden

B.date10/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m95

positionLeft central defender

Meïté

Abdoulaye Meïté

Ivory Coast

B.date06/10/1980

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Zuiverloon

Gianni Zuiverloon

Netherlands

B.date30/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Carson86

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Carson	86	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abdoulaye Meïté		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianni Zuiverloon		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonas Olsson		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson		30	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening	83	29	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robert Koren		28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Morrison		22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Do-heon Kim	64	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luke Moore	6973	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roman Bednár	90	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Vassell

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Benjani56

Benjani

Zimbabwe

B.date13/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Fernandes

Gelson Fernandes

Switzerland

B.date02/09/1986

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m66

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kompany

Vincent Kompany

Belgium

B.date10/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Ireland

Stephen Ireland

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Ball

Michael Ball

England

B.date02/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionFull-back

Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Richards

Micah Richards

England

B.date24/06/1988

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Zabaleta

Pablo Zabaleta

Argentina

B.date16/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Hart

Joe Hart

England

B.date19/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Hart		21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne		29	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vincent Kompany		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Ball		29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Micah Richards		20	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pablo Zabaleta		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Ireland		22	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gelson Fernandes		22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips		27	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benjani	56	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Vassell		28	122	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

101

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Craig Beattie	73	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Brunt	83	24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Dorrans	64	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Felipe Caicedo	56	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Do-heon Kim

Chris Brunt

OUT

Roman Bednár

Borja Valero

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Dunne

Tal Ben Haïm

OUT

Stephen Ireland

Dietmar Hamann

OUT

Michael Ball

Javier Garrido

OUT

Joe Hart

Kasper Schmeichel

OUT

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Robinho

OUT

Vincent Kompany

Elano

OUT

Benjani

Ched Evans

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Mowbray

116

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Mowbray vs Manchester City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2008

Mowbray vs Hughes

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hughes vs WBA

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2008

Hughes vs Mowbray

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2008

Referee

Christopher Foy

11 victories	7 draws	14 losses	WBA32 matches	General total	Manchester City40 matches	26 victories	7 draws	7 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	WBA3 matches	Season total	Manchester City4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 09, 2015					Latest figure on May 24, 2015

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Key figures

It's the first time Luke Moore scores 1 goal vs Manchester City in his professional career

It's the first time Luke Moore scores a goal in Premier League since the 28/10/2007 (with Aston Villa vs Bolton Wanderers )

The last time WBA has ended with the score 2-1 in Premier League, It was on the 15/10/2005 (vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa21/09/2008

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Fulham04/10/2008

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Hull City25/10/2008

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Blackburn01/11/2008

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Chelsea15/11/2008

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Portsmouth07/12/2008

Overall

LLiverpool 3-0 West Bromwich Albion08/11/2008

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Chelsea15/11/2008

LStoke City 1-0 West Bromwich Albion22/11/2008

LWigan 2-1 West Bromwich Albion29/11/2008

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Portsmouth07/12/2008

LSunderland 4-0 West Bromwich Albion13/12/2008

Current form

Away

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Manchester City29/10/2008

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester City02/11/2008

DHull City 2-2 Manchester City16/11/2008

VSchalke 04 0-2 Manchester City27/11/2008

DFulham 1-1 Manchester City06/12/2008

LRacing Santander 3-1 Manchester City18/12/2008

Overall

VSchalke 04 0-2 Manchester City27/11/2008

LManchester City 0-1 Manchester United30/11/2008

DManchester City 0-0 Paris SG03/12/2008

DFulham 1-1 Manchester City06/12/2008

LManchester City 0-1 Everton13/12/2008

LRacing Santander 3-1 Manchester City18/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	4	10
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

725	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	89
20	FBDB index ranking (National)	9

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
3	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
0.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.76
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.38
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.88

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Roman Bednár	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Robinho
Roman Bednár	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Stephen Ireland
Roman Bednár	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robinho
Roman Bednár	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robinho
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Shaun Wright-Phillips
Ishmael Miller	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 14 matches	Robinho

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

36 v

16 d

15 l

131 gf

70 ga

Away

66 matches

16 v

12 d

38 l

95 gf

151 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

134 matches

52 v

28 d

54 l

227 gf

223 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

38 v

12 d

16 l

151 gf

95 ga

Away

67 matches

15 v

16 d

36 l

70 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

134 matches

54 v

28 d

52 l

223 gf

227 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	September 21, 1957
Home	9 - 2	September 21, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 16, 1938
Away	4 - 0	March 10, 1956

Latest head to head

December 10, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

WBA

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

August 13, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Manchester City

0 - 0

WBA

January 22, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

WBA

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 28, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Manchester City

1 - 1

WBA

February 01, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Manchester City

1 - 2

WBA

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Derek Kevan	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Tony Brown	5 goals	1967 - 1972
Bryan Robson	5 goals	1978 - 1981
Cyrille Regis	5 goals	1978 - 1980
Neil Clement	4 goals	2001 - 2003
Jeff Astle	4 goals	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Colin Bell	7 goals	1968 - 1972
Francis Lee	7 goals	1967 - 1973
Neil Young	5 goals	1962 - 1969
Dennis Tueart	4 goals	1976 - 1981
Colin Barlow	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Brian Kidd	2 goals	1977 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Tony Brown	20 matches	1966 - 1979
John Wile	18 matches	1971 - 1983
Ally Robertson	17 matches	1970 - 1983
Derek Statham	14 matches	1977 - 1986
Bobby Hope	14 matches	1961 - 1971
Graham Williams	12 matches	1960 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Alan Oakes	19 matches	1960 - 1973
Tommy Booth	17 matches	1968 - 1980
Joe Corrigan	17 matches	1969 - 1982
Neil Young	14 matches	1962 - 1971
Paul Power	13 matches	1976 - 1986
Francis Lee	13 matches	1967 - 1973