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Blackburn 5-1 Wolverhampton - August 16, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 1

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

August 16, 2003

26 270

5 - 1

Wolverhampton

(right foot) Lorenzo Amoruso

16'

(right foot) David Thompson

28'

(right foot) Brett Emerton

51'

(right foot) Andy Cole

78'

(right foot) Andy Cole

87'

70'

Steffen Iversen (right foot)

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16' - Goal Lorenzo Amoruso16

28' - Goal David Thompson28

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51' - Goal Brett Emerton51

58' - Substitution Silasis substituted by Nathan Blake

70' - Goal Steffen Iversen

72' - Substitution Dean Sturridgeis substituted by Oleg Luzhny

73' - Substitution Matt Jansenis substituted by Andy Cole73

78' - Goal Andy Cole78

79' - Substitution David Thompsonis substituted by Corrado Grabbi79

85' - Substitution Shaun Newtonis substituted by Henri Camara

87' - Goal Andy Cole87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

5 - 1

Wolverhampton

Blackburn Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Blackburn

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

4 Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

2 Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

5 Amoruso16

Lorenzo Amoruso

Italy

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

7 Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

3 Gresko

Vratislav Gresko

Slovakia

B.date24/07/1977

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

20 Thompson2879

David Thompson

England

B.date12/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

8 Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

23 Emerton51

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

10 Jansen73

Matt Jansen

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

19 Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		32	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Martin Taylor		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lucas Neill		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lorenzo Amoruso	16	32	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Garry Flitcroft		30	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Vratislav Gresko		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	David Thompson	2879	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kerimoglu Tugay		32	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Brett Emerton	51	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Matt Jansen	73	25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Dwight Yorke		31	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wolverhampton

Murray

Matt Murray

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age22 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

6 Butler

Paul Butler

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12 Craddock

Jody Craddock

England

B.date25/07/1975

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2 Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age37 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

3 Naylor

Lee Naylor

England

B.date19/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

8 Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age35 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

14 Silas58

Silas

Portugal

B.date01/09/1976

Age26 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

10 Cameron

Colin Cameron

Scotland

B.date23/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

7 Newton85

Shaun Newton

England

B.date20/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

29 Sturridge72

Dean Sturridge

England

B.date27/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

19 Iversen70

Steffen Iversen

Norway

B.date10/11/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Matt Murray		22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Paul Butler		30	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Jody Craddock		28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Denis Irwin		37	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Lee Naylor		23	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Paul Ince		35	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Silas	58	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Colin Cameron		30	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Shaun Newton	85	27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Dean Sturridge	72	30	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Steffen Iversen	70	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
9	F		Andy Cole	877873	31	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Corrado Grabbi	79	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	D	Oleg Luzhny	72	35	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Henri Camara	85	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Nathan Blake	58	31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matt Jansen

Andy Cole

OUT

Lorenzo Amoruso

Andy Todd

OUT

Vratislav Gresko

James McEveley

OUT

David Thompson

Damien Duff

OUT

Brett Emerton

Craig Hignett

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dean Sturridge

Nathan Blake

OUT

Steffen Iversen

Kenny Miller

OUT

Jody Craddock

Joleon Lescott

OUT

Silas

Mark Kennedy

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

167

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Souness vs Wolverhampton

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2003

Souness vs Jones

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

127

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Jones vs Blackburn

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2003

Jones vs Souness

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2003

Referee

Jeff Winter

8 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Blackburn18 matches	General total	Wolverhampton9 matches	4 victories	4 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Blackburn2 matches	Season total	Wolverhampton4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on April 04, 2004					Latest figure on April 10, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Brett Emerton scores 1 goal in Premier League

Blackburn keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Premier League running (since 30/11/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/11/1994-18/03/1995 time period (12 matches).

It's the first time David Thompson scores a goal in his professional career with Blackburn since the 08/02/2003 (with Blackburn vs Southampton )

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 1-0 Southampton08/02/2003

VBlackburn 1-0 Manchester City01/03/2003

VBlackburn 2-0 Arsenal15/03/2003

VBlackburn 1-0 Charlton12/04/2003

DBlackburn 0-0 Bolton Wanderers21/04/2003

DBlackburn 1-1 West Bromwich Albion03/05/2003

Overall

VBlackburn 1-0 Charlton12/04/2003

LManchester United 3-1 Blackburn19/04/2003

DBlackburn 0-0 Bolton Wanderers21/04/2003

VLeeds United 2-3 Blackburn26/04/2003

DBlackburn 1-1 West Bromwich Albion03/05/2003

VTottenham 0-4 Blackburn11/05/2003

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 1-0 Wolverhampton15/03/2003

VGrimsby Town 0-1 Wolverhampton08/04/2003

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Wolverhampton11/04/2003

VNorwich City 0-3 Wolverhampton21/04/2003

DSheffield United 3-3 Wolverhampton26/04/2003

VReading 0-1 Wolverhampton14/05/2003

Overall

VNorwich City 0-3 Wolverhampton21/04/2003

DSheffield United 3-3 Wolverhampton26/04/2003

DWolverhampton 1-1 Leicester04/05/2003

VWolverhampton 2-1 Reading10/05/2003

VReading 0-1 Wolverhampton14/05/2003

VSheffield United 0-3 Wolverhampton26/05/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	7	4
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	5	12
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	9
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

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Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

24 v

9 d

8 l

86 gf

45 ga

Away

42 matches

8 v

9 d

25 l

61 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

84 matches

32 v

18 d

34 l

147 gf

156 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

25 v

9 d

8 l

108 gf

61 ga

Away

41 matches

8 v

9 d

24 l

45 gf

86 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

84 matches

34 v

18 d

32 l

156 gf

147 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	November 04, 1933
Home	7 - 1	November 04, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	November 30, 1935
Away	2 - 0	April 16, 1977

Latest head to head

April 21, 2001 - First Division 2000/2001

Wolverhampton

0 - 0

Blackburn

November 18, 2000 - First Division 2000/2001

Blackburn

1 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

April 08, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Blackburn

January 03, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Blackburn

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

April 14, 1992 - Division 2 1991/1992

Blackburn

1 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

John Byrom	5 goals	1962 - 1965
Frederick Pickering	5 goals	1963 - 1964
Andrew McEvoy	4 goals	1963 - 1965
Mike Ferguson	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Mike England	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Mike Harrison	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Dennis Westcott	3 goals	1946 - 1947
Ted Farmer	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Norman Deeley	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Christopher Crowe	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Alan Hinton	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Bobby Woodruff	2 goals	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Ronnie Clayton	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Michael McGrath	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Bryan Douglas	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Fred Else	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Keith Newton	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Matt Woods	7 matches	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Ronald Flowers	10 matches	1960 - 1965
George Showell	7 matches	1960 - 1964
Robert Thomson	6 matches	1962 - 1965
Peter Broadbent	6 matches	1960 - 1964
Terry Wharton	6 matches	1962 - 1964
Ted Farmer	5 matches	1961 - 1963