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Watford 2-1 Derby County - February 23, 2013 / Championship 2012/2013

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Championship 2012/2013 - Round 34

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

February 23, 2013

14 425

Watford

2 - 1

Derby County

Matej Vydra

35'

Assist by Almen AbdiJoel Ekstrand

68'

73'

Jamie Ward (penalty)

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35' - Goal Matej Vydra35

45' - Substitution Manuel Almuniais substituted by Jonathan Bond45

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46' - Substitution Michael Hogansonis substituted by Jake Buxton photo Chris Martin

46' - Substitution Michael Jacobsis substituted by Chris Martin

68' - Goal Joel Ekstrand68

72' - Substitution Conor Sammonis substituted by Mason Bennett

73' - Goal Jamie Ward

75' - Substitution Álex Geijois substituted by Jonathan Hogg75

87' - Substitution Matej Vydrais substituted by Troy Deeney87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 1

Derby County

Watford Derby County

Team line-ups

Watford

1 Almunia45

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

40 Ekstrand68

Joel Ekstrand

Sweden

B.date04/02/1989

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

33 Nosworthy

Nyron Nosworthy

Jamaica

B.date11/10/1980

Age32 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

27 Cassetti

Marco Cassetti

Italy

B.date29/05/1977

Age35 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

12 Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age30 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

39 Chalobah

Nathaniel Chalobah

England

B.date12/12/1994

Age18 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

22 Abdi

Almen Abdi

Switzerland

B.date21/10/1986

Age26 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

21 Anya

Ikechi Anya

Scotland

B.date03/01/1988

Age25 years

H1m66

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

28 Battocchio

Cristian Battocchio

Italy

B.date10/02/1992

Age21 years

H1m69

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

36 Geijo75

Álex Geijo

Spain

B.date11/03/1982

Age30 years

H1m84

positionStriker

20 Vydra3587

Matej Vydra

Czech Republic

B.date01/05/1992

Age20 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia	45	35	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	D	Joel Ekstrand	68	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Nyron Nosworthy		32	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Marco Cassetti		35	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lloyd Doyley		30	394	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Nathaniel Chalobah		18	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Almen Abdi		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ikechi Anya		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Cristian Battocchio		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Álex Geijo	75	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Matej Vydra	3587	20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Derby County

13 Legzdins

Adam Legzdins

England

B.date28/11/1986

Age26 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

6 Keogh

Richard Keogh

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/08/1986

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

22 Hoganson46

Michael Hoganson

England

B.date03/10/1993

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

2 Brayford

John Brayford

England

B.date29/12/1987

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

18 Davies

Ben Davies

Wales

B.date27/05/1981

Age31 years

H1m68

positionRight full-back

8 Hendrick

Jeff Hendrick

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1992

Age21 years

H1m85

positionRight central midfielder

4 Bryson

Craig Bryson

Scotland

B.date06/11/1986

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

7 Coutts

Paul Coutts

Scotland

B.date22/07/1988

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

12 Jacobs46

Michael Jacobs

England

B.date04/11/1991

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

32 Sammon72

Conor Sammon

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/11/1986

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

10 Ward73

Jamie Ward

Northern Ireland

B.date12/05/1986

Age26 years

H1m65

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Adam Legzdins		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Richard Keogh		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Michael Hoganson	46	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	John Brayford		25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Ben Davies		31	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jeff Hendrick		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Craig Bryson		26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Paul Coutts		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Michael Jacobs	46	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Conor Sammon	72	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Jamie Ward	73	26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Jonathan Bond	45	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jonathan Hogg	75	24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Troy Deeney	87	24	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	D	Jake Buxton	46	27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Chris Martin	46	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Mason Bennett	72	16	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Álex Geijo

Fernando Forestieri

OUT

Matej Vydra

Troy Deeney

OUT

Cristian Battocchio

Jonathan Hogg

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ben Davies

Kieron Freeman

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianfranco Zola

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Zola vs Derby County

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2013

Zola vs Clough

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2013

Manager

Age

Match num

Nigel Clough

209

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Clough vs Watford

5 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2013

Clough vs Zola

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2013

Referee

Mark Haywood

5 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Watford9 matches	General total	Derby County12 matches	2 victories	6 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Watford2 matches	Season total	Derby County3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 13, 2014					Latest figure on December 29, 2015

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 16/02/2013).

It's the first time Joel Ekstrand scores 1 goal in Championship

Watford keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw vs Derby County running (since 20/12/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/03/2004 (4 matches)

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWatford 1-2 Hull City08/12/2012

VWatford 2-0 Nottingham Forest22/12/2012

LWatford 3-4 Charlton01/01/2013

VWatford 4-0 Huddersfield Town19/01/2013

VWatford 2-1 Bolton Wanderers02/02/2013

DWatford 2-2 Crystal Palace08/02/2013

Overall

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Watford26/01/2013

LBristol City 2-0 Watford29/01/2013

VWatford 2-1 Bolton Wanderers02/02/2013

DWatford 2-2 Crystal Palace08/02/2013

VBirmingham City 0-4 Watford16/02/2013

VIpswich Town 0-2 Watford19/02/2013

Current form

Away

VBristol City 0-2 Derby County15/12/2012

LBurnley 2-0 Derby County26/12/2012

DCharlton 1-1 Derby County29/12/2012

LBrighton & Hove 2-1 Derby County12/01/2013

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Derby County09/02/2013

LHull City 2-1 Derby County12/02/2013

Overall

LDerby County 0-3 Blackburn26/01/2013

VDerby County 3-0 Huddersfield Town02/02/2013

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Derby County09/02/2013

LHull City 2-1 Derby County12/02/2013

DDerby County 0-0 Wolverhampton16/02/2013

DDerby County 1-1 Bolton Wanderers19/02/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	8	4
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
18	Victories (Competition total)	11
8	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	11
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	11
5	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

66	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	28
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.48
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.94
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.39
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

65	Yellow cards (Competition total)	42
29	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
4	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Matej Vydra	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Jamie Ward
Matej Vydra	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Theo Robinson
Almen Abdi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Jamie Ward
Almen Abdi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Jamie Ward
Marco Cassetti	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Paul Coutts
Marco Cassetti	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Craig Bryson
Troy Deeney	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 3 assists during the last 9 matches	Jamie Ward

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

7 v

7 d

5 l

32 gf

24 ga

Away

18 matches

4 v

5 d

9 l

21 gf

36 ga

Total

37 matches

11 v

12 d

14 l

53 gf

60 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

9 v

5 d

4 l

36 gf

21 ga

Away

19 matches

5 v

7 d

7 l

24 gf

32 ga

Total

37 matches

14 v

12 d

11 l

60 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 26, 1982
Home	6 - 1	January 26, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 01, 2012
Away	5 - 2	October 11, 1960

Latest head to head

September 01, 2012 - Championship 2012/2013

Derby County

5 - 1

Watford

March 10, 2012 - Championship 2011/2012

Derby County

1 - 2

Watford

August 13, 2011 - Championship 2011/2012

Watford

0 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

January 15, 2011 - Championship 2010/2011

Watford

3 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

October 30, 2010 - Championship 2010/2011

Derby County

4 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Heidar Helguson	4 goals	2004 - 2004
Grzegorz Rasiak	2 goals	2009 - 2009
Al Bangura	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Ashley Young	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Danny Graham	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Brynjar Gunnarsson	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Paul Williams	3 goals	1992 - 1992
Tomasz Cywka	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Paul Peschisolido	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Branko Strupar	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Ian Taylor	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Ian Ormondroyd	2 goals	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Lloyd Doyley	15 matches	2002 - 2012
Adrian Mariappa	8 matches	2008 - 2012
Scott Loach	7 matches	2008 - 2011
Heidar Helguson	7 matches	2000 - 2010
Neal Ardley	6 matches	2002 - 2004
Ashley Young	5 matches	2003 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Adam Bolder	6 matches	2002 - 2006
Steve Davies	5 matches	2009 - 2012
Michael Forsyth	5 matches	1987 - 1992
Stephen Bywater	5 matches	2008 - 2011
Richard Jackson	5 matches	2003 - 2005
Robbie Savage	5 matches	2009 - 2011