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Sunderland 2-0 Derby County - December 26, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Journée 19

Roker Park - Sunderland - England

December 26, 1996

22 512

Sunderland

2 - 0

Derby County

Richard Ord

73'

Craig Russell

87'

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46' - Substitution Kevin Ballis substituted by Steve Agnew46

73' - Goal Richard Ord73

75' - Substitution Igor Stimacis substituted by Dean Yates

79' - Substitution Ashley Wardis substituted by Marco Gabbiadini

86' - Substitution Gareth Hallis substituted by Michael Gray86

86' - Substitution Sean Flynnis substituted by Lee Carsley

87' - Goal Craig Russell87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

2 - 0

Derby County

Sunderland Derby County

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Perez

Lionel Perez

France

B.date24/04/1967

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hall86

Gareth Hall

Wales

B.date20/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Ord73

Richard Ord

England

B.date03/03/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Melville

Andy Melville

Wales

B.date29/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Kubicki

Dariusz Kubicki

Poland

B.date06/06/1963

Age33 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Ball46

Kevin Ball

England

B.date12/11/1964

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Smith

Martin Smith

England

B.date13/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m81

positionLeft Midfielder

Bracewell

Paul Bracewell

England

B.date19/07/1962

Age34 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Rae

Alex Rae

Scotland

B.date30/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Kelly

David Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1965

Age31 years

positionForward

Russell87

Craig Russell

England

B.date04/02/1974

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lionel Perez		29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Hall	86	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Ord	73	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Melville		28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dariusz Kubicki		33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Ball	46	32	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Smith		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Bracewell		34	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex Rae		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Kelly		31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Russell	87	22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Derby County

Hoult

Russell Hoult

England

B.date22/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Stimac75

Igor Stimac

Croatia

B.date06/09/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Rowett

Gary Rowett

England

B.date06/03/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Dailly

Christian Dailly

Scotland

B.date23/10/1973

Age23 years

H1m82

positionVersatile Defender

Laursen

Jacob Laursen

Denmark

B.date06/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age37 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

C. Powell

Chris Powell

England

B.date08/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Flynn86

Sean Flynn

England

B.date13/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

D. Powell

Darryl Powell

Jamaica

B.date15/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Ward79

Ashley Ward

England

B.date24/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Sturridge

Dean Sturridge

England

B.date27/07/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Russell Hoult		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Stimac	75	29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Rowett		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christian Dailly		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jacob Laursen		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		37	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Powell		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Flynn	86	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darryl Powell		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ashley Ward	79	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Sturridge		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Michael Gray	86	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Steve Agnew	46	31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Dean Yates	75	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Carsley	86	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marco Gabbiadini	79	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Smith

Michael Gray

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul McGrath

Dean Yates

OUT

Dean Sturridge

Aljosa Asanovic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Reid

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Reid vs Derby County

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

Reid vs Smith

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Smith vs Sunderland

10 victories

6 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

Smith vs Reid

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

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Key figures

Derby County keeps its 3 consecutive losses running (since 16/12/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/02/1995-21/02/1995 time period (3 matches).

Derby County keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 16/12/1996).

Derby County keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 17/11/1996).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSunderland 1-0 Watford24/09/1996

DSunderland 2-2 Middlesbrough14/10/1996

VSunderland 1-0 Aston Villa26/10/1996

DSunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1996

LSunderland 1-3 Wimbledon FC07/12/1996

VSunderland 3-0 Chelsea15/12/1996

Overall

LTottenham 2-0 Sunderland16/11/1996

DSunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1996

VEverton 1-3 Sunderland30/11/1996

LSunderland 1-3 Wimbledon FC07/12/1996

VSunderland 3-0 Chelsea15/12/1996

LManchester United 5-0 Sunderland21/12/1996

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Derby County21/09/1996

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Derby County19/10/1996

LLiverpool 2-1 Derby County27/10/1996

DWest Ham 1-1 Derby County23/11/1996

DArsenal 2-2 Derby County07/12/1996

LSouthampton 3-1 Derby County21/12/1996

Overall

VDerby County 2-1 Middlesbrough17/11/1996

DWest Ham 1-1 Derby County23/11/1996

VDerby County 2-1 Coventry30/11/1996

DArsenal 2-2 Derby County07/12/1996

LDerby County 0-1 Everton16/12/1996

LSouthampton 3-1 Derby County21/12/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
8	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
0.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.11
1.11	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

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

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
5	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Craig Russell	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Dean Sturridge
Andy Melville	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Christian Dailly
Alex Rae	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Aljosa Asanovic
Alex Rae	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Craig Russell	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Christian Dailly

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

37 v

9 d

13 l

119 gf

53 ga

Away

59 matches

11 v

15 d

33 l

72 gf

128 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

6 ga

Total

119 matches

48 v

24 d

47 l

191 gf

187 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

33 v

15 d

11 l

128 gf

72 ga

Away

59 matches

13 v

9 d

37 l

53 gf

119 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Total

119 matches

47 v

24 d

48 l

187 gf

191 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	September 01, 1894
Home	8 - 0	September 01, 1894

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 31, 1990
Away	4 - 1	September 22, 1934

Latest head to head

September 14, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Derby County

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

March 09, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Sunderland

3 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

December 23, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Derby County

3 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 08, 1995 - First Division 1994/1995

Derby County

0 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

December 31, 1994 - First Division 1994/1995

Sunderland

1 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Gordon Armstrong	2 goals	1990 - 1991
Marco Gabbiadini	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Tony Towers	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Kevin Ball	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Gordon Harris	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Mick Harford	5 goals	1990 - 1991
Dean Saunders	4 goals	1990 - 1991
Alan Durban	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Craig Ramage	2 goals	1990 - 1990
John McGovern	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Geraint Williams	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Billy Hughes	3 matches	1969 - 1976
Kevin Ball	3 matches	1990 - 1996
Bobby Kerr	3 matches	1969 - 1976
Paul Bracewell	3 matches	1990 - 1996
Colin Pascoe	2 matches	1990 - 1991
Barry Siddall	2 matches	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Peter Shilton	5 matches	1990 - 1992
Michael Forsyth	5 matches	1990 - 1992
Geraint Williams	4 matches	1990 - 1992
Kevin Hector	4 matches	1969 - 1977
Mick Harford	4 matches	1990 - 1991
Gary Micklewhite	4 matches	1990 - 1992