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Middlesbrough 2-5 Aston Villa - January 28, 2003 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 25

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

January 28, 2003

27 546

Middlesbrough

2 - 5

Aston Villa

Massimo Maccarone

33'

Jonathan Greening

35'

24'

Darius Vassell

31'

Joey Gudjonsson

48'

Gareth Barry

81'

Darius Vassell

90'

Dion Dublin

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24' - Goal Darius Vassell

31' - Goal Joey Gudjonsson

33' - Goal Massimo Maccarone33

35' - Goal Jonathan Greening35

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48' - Goal Gareth Barry

69' - Substitution Joseph-Désiré Jobis substituted by David Murphy69

78' - Substitution Stefan Mooreis substituted by Steve Staunton

81' - Goal Darius Vassell

89' - Substitution Joey Gudjonssonis substituted by Lee Hendrie

90' - Goal Dion Dublin

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

2 - 5

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Davies

Andrew Davies

England

B.date17/12/1984

Age18 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Vidmar

Tony Vidmar

Australia

B.date04/07/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Geremi

Cameroon

B.date20/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Parnaby

Stuart Parnaby

England

B.date19/07/1982

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age27 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Greening35

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Job69

Joseph-Désiré Job

Cameroon

B.date01/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Maccarone33

Massimo Maccarone

Italy

B.date06/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Nemeth

Szilard Nemeth

Slovakia

B.date08/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		30	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrew Davies		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Vidmar		32	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geremi		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Parnaby		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening	35	24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joseph-Désiré Job	69	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Massimo Maccarone	33	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Szilard Nemeth		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Enckelman

Peter Enckelman

Finland

B.date10/03/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age33 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Delaney

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Samuel

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Gudjonsson3189

Joey Gudjonsson

Iceland

B.date25/05/1980

Age22 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hitzlsperger

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Germany

B.date05/04/1982

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Barry48

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Moore78

Stefan Moore

England

B.date28/09/1983

Age19 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Vassell2481

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Dublin90

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age33 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Enckelman		25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Olof Mellberg		25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		33	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Delaney		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jlloyd Samuel		21	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joey Gudjonsson	3189	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thomas Hitzlsperger		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry	48	21	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stefan Moore	78	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Vassell	2481	22	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	90	33	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Murphy	69	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Staunton	78	34	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Lee Hendrie	89	25	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrew Davies

Gareth Southgate

OUT

Joseph-Désiré Job

Noel Whelan

OUT

George Boateng

Luke Wilkshire

OUT

Szilard Nemeth

Mark Wilson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joey Gudjonsson

Ian Taylor

OUT

Darius Vassell

Lee Hendrie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

McClaren vs Aston Villa

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

McClaren vs Taylor

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

197

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Taylor vs Middlesbrough

4 victories

3 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

Taylor vs McClaren

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

7 victories	5 draws	8 losses	Middlesbrough20 matches	General total	Aston Villa21 matches	10 victories	3 draws	8 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Middlesbrough1 match	Season total	Aston Villa2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 14, 2007					Latest figure on April 14, 2007

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Key figures

No Middlesbrough manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve McClaren has done less than 1.09 goals scored per game .

The last time Middlesbrough has ended with the score 2-5 at home in Premier League, It was on the 22/12/1951 (vs )

It's the first time Joey Gudjonsson scores 1 goal in his professional career with Aston Villa

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool09/11/2002

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Manchester City23/11/2002

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 West Ham07/12/2002

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Chelsea14/12/2002

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Manchester United26/12/2002

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Southampton11/01/2003

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Manchester United26/12/2002

LAston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough28/12/2002

LBlackburn 1-0 Middlesbrough01/01/2003

LChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough04/01/2003

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Southampton11/01/2003

LFulham 1-0 Middlesbrough19/01/2003

Current form

Away

VOxford United 0-3 Aston Villa06/11/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa16/11/2002

LArsenal 3-1 Aston Villa30/11/2002

LChelsea 2-0 Aston Villa21/12/2002

LManchester City 3-1 Aston Villa26/12/2002

DLiverpool 1-1 Aston Villa11/01/2003

Overall

LManchester City 3-1 Aston Villa26/12/2002

VAston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough28/12/2002

VAston Villa 2-0 Bolton Wanderers01/01/2003

LAston Villa 1-4 Blackburn04/01/2003

DLiverpool 1-1 Aston Villa11/01/2003

LAston Villa 0-1 Tottenham18/01/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	0
Winless streak	1	5
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	12	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	12

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	5	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
8	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	0
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	11
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.92	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.36
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.04
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.45

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-2 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
4	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Szilard Nemeth	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Dion Dublin
Szilard Nemeth	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dion Dublin
Massimo Maccarone	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Massimo Maccarone	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Massimo Maccarone	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Dion Dublin

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

22 v

17 d

20 l

86 gf

79 ga

Away

65 matches

15 v

13 d

37 l

71 gf

140 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

126 matches

38 v

30 d

58 l

159 gf

221 ga

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

37 v

13 d

15 l

140 gf

71 ga

Away

59 matches

20 v

17 d

22 l

79 gf

86 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

126 matches

58 v

30 d

38 l

221 gf

159 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 11, 1948
Home	6 - 0	December 11, 1948

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	January 31, 1931
Away	4 - 0	February 14, 2000

Latest head to head

December 28, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 06, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 17, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

February 10, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 23, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

David Mills	3 goals	1976 - 1976
Billy Ashcroft	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Mikkel Beck	2 goals	1997 - 1998
Fabrizio Ravanelli	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Ugo Ehiogu	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Micky Burns	2 goals	1978 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Julian Joachim	4 goals	1998 - 2000
Dean Saunders	3 goals	1992 - 1993
Gary Shaw	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Alan McInally	2 goals	1988 - 1988
Peter Withe	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Allan Evans	2 goals	1981 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David Armstrong	12 matches	1975 - 1981
Anthony McAndrew	11 matches	1976 - 1982
Jim Platt	10 matches	1975 - 1982
John Craggs	10 matches	1976 - 1981
Curtis Fleming	10 matches	1994 - 2001
Robbie Mustoe	9 matches	1992 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Alan Wright	12 matches	1996 - 2002
Ian Taylor	10 matches	1996 - 2002
Jimmy Rimmer	10 matches	1977 - 1982
Allan Evans	10 matches	1978 - 1989
Gordon Cowans	10 matches	1977 - 1988
Dennis Mortimer	9 matches	1976 - 1981