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Derby County 3-1 Blackburn - January 11, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Journée 22

Pride Park Stadium - Derby - England

January 11, 1998

27 823

Derby County

3 - 1

Blackburn

Dean Sturridge

15'

Dean Sturridge

40'

Paulo Wanchope

88'

87'

Chris Sutton

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15' - Goal Dean Sturridge15

40' - Goal Dean Sturridge40

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46' - Substitution Steve Elliottis substituted by Ron Willems46

61' - Substitution Gary Croftis substituted by Jason Wilcox

87' - Goal Chris Sutton

88' - Goal Paulo Wanchope88

89' - Substitution Dean Sturridgeis substituted by Deon Burton89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Derby County

3 - 1

Blackburn

Derby County Blackburn

Team line-ups

Derby County

Poom

Mart Poom

Estonia

B.date03/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Elliott46

Steve Elliott

England

B.date29/10/1978

Age19 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Rowett

Gary Rowett

England

B.date06/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Yates

Dean Yates

England

B.date26/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Laursen

Jacob Laursen

Denmark

B.date06/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Stimac

Igor Stimac

Croatia

B.date06/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Powell

Chris Powell

England

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Hunt

Jonathan Hunt

England

B.date02/11/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Sturridge401589

Dean Sturridge

England

B.date27/07/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Wanchope88

Paulo Wanchope

Costa Rica

B.date31/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionStriker

Baiano

Francesco Baiano

Italy

B.date24/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mart Poom		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Elliott	46	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Rowett		23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Yates		30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jacob Laursen		26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Stimac		30	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Powell		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Hunt		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Sturridge	401589	24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paulo Wanchope	88	21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francesco Baiano		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Croft61

Gary Croft

England

B.date17/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age18 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Ripley

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Sutton87

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Gallacher

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		30	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		32	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Croft	61	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff		18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		28	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley		30	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton	87	24	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher		31	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Ron Willems	46	31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Deon Burton	89	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jason Wilcox	61	26	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jonathan Hunt

Lee Carsley

OUT

Dean Sturridge

Deon Burton

OUT

Steve Elliott

Robert Kozluk

OUT

Jacob Laursen

Darryl Powell

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Croft

Patrick Valéry

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

121

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Smith vs Blackburn

9 victories

7 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 11, 1998

Smith vs Hodgson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs Derby County

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1998

Hodgson vs Smith

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1998

Referee

Graham Poll

5 victories	5 draws	4 losses	Derby County14 matches	General total	Blackburn29 matches	12 victories	8 draws	9 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Derby County2 matches	Season total	Blackburn3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on May 28, 2007					Latest figure on April 21, 2007

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Key figures

Derby County keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 26/12/1997).

It's the first time Dean Sturridge scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Blackburn in Premier League

End of streak for Derby County after 4 matches without conceding any goal at home (since 06/12/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 05/05/1993-11/09/1993 (5 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LDerby County 0-1 Newcastle United18/11/1997

VDerby County 3-1 Coventry22/11/1997

VDerby County 2-0 West Ham06/12/1997

DDerby County 0-0 Crystal Palace20/12/1997

VDerby County 1-0 Newcastle United26/12/1997

VDerby County 2-0 Southampton03/01/1998

Overall

DBolton Wanderers 3-3 Derby County14/12/1997

DNewcastle United 0-0 Derby County17/12/1997

DDerby County 0-0 Crystal Palace20/12/1997

VDerby County 1-0 Newcastle United26/12/1997

LBarnsley 1-0 Derby County28/12/1997

VDerby County 2-0 Southampton03/01/1998

Current form

Away

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn15/10/1997

DNewcastle United 1-1 Blackburn25/10/1997

DBarnsley 1-1 Blackburn01/11/1997

LManchester United 4-0 Blackburn30/11/1997

VArsenal 1-3 Blackburn13/12/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Blackburn26/12/1997

Overall

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/1997

VArsenal 1-3 Blackburn13/12/1997

VBlackburn 3-0 West Ham20/12/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Blackburn26/12/1997

DBlackburn 2-2 Crystal Palace28/12/1997

VBlackburn 4-2 Wigan03/01/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.81
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.9

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

47	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Francesco Baiano	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Chris Sutton
Paulo Wanchope	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Chris Sutton
Stefano Eranio	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Chris Sutton
Stefano Eranio	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Francesco Baiano	3 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	Kevin Gallacher

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

21 v

19 d

14 l

107 gf

76 ga

Away

52 matches

10 v

10 d

32 l

65 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

107 matches

32 v

29 d

46 l

174 gf

195 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

32 v

10 d

10 l

118 gf

65 ga

Away

54 matches

14 v

19 d

21 l

76 gf

107 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

107 matches

46 v

29 d

32 l

195 gf

174 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 10, 1927
Home	6 - 0	December 10, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	January 03, 1891
Away	3 - 0	February 01, 1958

Latest head to head

August 09, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Blackburn

1 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

December 28, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Derby County

0 - 0

Blackburn

September 09, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

1 - 2

Derby County logo Derby County

May 13, 1992 - Barrages Premier League 1992

Derby County

2 - 1

Blackburn

May 10, 1992 - Barrages Premier League 1992

Blackburn

4 - 2

Derby County logo Derby County

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

	Sean Flynn	1 goal	1996 - 1996
	Ron Willems	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Derby County

	Chris Sutton	1 goal	1996 - 1996
	Kevin Gallacher	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Igor Stimac	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Darryl Powell	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Marco Gabbiadini	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Christian Dailly	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Chris Powell	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Jacob Laursen	3 matches	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Jeff Kenna	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Chris Sutton	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Colin Hendry	3 matches	1996 - 1997
Ian Pearce	2 matches	1996 - 1997
Jason Wilcox	2 matches	1996 - 1997
Billy McKinlay	2 matches	1996 - 1997