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Watford 3-1 Crewe Alexandra - January 15, 2005 / Championship 2004/2005

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Championship 2004/2005 - Round 29

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

January 15, 2005

11 223

Watford

3 - 1

Crewe Alexandra

Heidar Helguson

29'

Jay DeMerit

46'

68'

Luke Varney

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9' - Goal Heidar Helguson9

29' - Goal Heidar Helguson29

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46' - Goal Jay DeMerit46

68' - Goal Luke Varney

69' - Substitution Brynjar Gunnarssonis substituted by Dominic Blizzard69

76' - Substitution Hamer Bouazzais substituted by Anthony McNamee76

78' - Substitution Mark Riversis substituted by Michael Higdon

84' - Substitution Gavin Mahonis substituted by Johnnie Jackson84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

3 - 1

Crewe Alexandra

Watford Crewe Alexandra

Team line-ups

Watford

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age37 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Gunnarsson69

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Cox

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Chambers

James Chambers

England

B.date20/11/1980

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

DeMerit46

Jay DeMerit

United States

B.date04/12/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Darlington

Jermaine Darlington

England

B.date11/04/1974

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Mahon84

Gavin Mahon

England

B.date02/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bouazza76

Hamer Bouazza

Algeria

B.date22/02/1985

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age32 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Devlin

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age32 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Helguson929

Heidar Helguson

Iceland

B.date22/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		37	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	69	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox		33	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Chambers		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jay DeMerit	46	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jermaine Darlington		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Mahon	84	28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hamer Bouazza	76	19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		32	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin		32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heidar Helguson	929	27	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crewe Alexandra

Ince

Clayton Ince

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date12/07/1972

Age32 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Walker

Richard Walker

England

B.date17/09/1980

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Moses

Adie Moses

England

B.date04/05/1975

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

McCready

Chris McCready

England

B.date05/09/1981

Age23 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Defender

Bignot

Paul Bignot

England

B.date14/02/1986

Age18 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Sorvel

Neil Sorvel

England

B.date02/03/1973

Age31 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Rivers78

Mark Rivers

England

B.date26/11/1975

Age29 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Bell

Lee Bell

England

B.date26/01/1983

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Vaughan

David Vaughan

Wales

B.date18/02/1983

Age21 years

H1m71

positionLeft central midfielder

Lunt

Kenny Lunt

England

B.date20/11/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Varney68

Luke Varney

England

B.date28/09/1982

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Clayton Ince		32	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Walker		24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adie Moses		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris McCready		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Bignot		18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Sorvel		31	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Rivers	78	29	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Bell		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Vaughan		21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Lunt		25	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luke Varney	68	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Dominic Blizzard	69	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnnie Jackson	84	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anthony McNamee	76	21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Michael Higdon	78	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris McCready

Stephen Foster

OUT

Paul Bignot

Steve Jones

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

138

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Lewington vs Crewe Alexandra

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 15, 2005

Lewington vs Gradi

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 15, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Dario Gradi

721

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Gradi vs Watford

5 victories

0 draw

9 losses

Latest figure on January 15, 2005

Gradi vs Lewington

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 15, 2005

Referee

Carl Boyeson

3 victories	0 draw	6 losses	Watford9 matches	General total	Crewe Alexandra23 matches	10 victories	5 draws	8 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Crewe Alexandra1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 09, 2014					Latest figure on April 15, 2023

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Colin Lee head of Watford (01/03/1990-27/11/1990), you can see a manager go over Ray Lewington with 1.4 goals conceded per game in Championship (1.48).

It's the first time Luke Varney scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career

Watford keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw in Championship running (since 01/01/2005).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 3-0 Portsmouth30/11/2004

LWatford 0-1 Stoke City04/12/2004

DWatford 1-1 Wolverhampton11/12/2004

DWatford 0-0 Cardiff City28/12/2004

VWatford 1-0 Millwall01/01/2005

DWatford 1-1 Fulham08/01/2005

Overall

LReading 3-0 Watford26/12/2004

DWatford 0-0 Cardiff City28/12/2004

VWatford 1-0 Millwall01/01/2005

LBrighton & Hove 2-1 Watford03/01/2005

DWatford 1-1 Fulham08/01/2005

LLiverpool 1-0 Watford11/01/2005

Current form

Away

VBrighton & Hove 1-3 Crewe Alexandra06/11/2004

LStoke City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra13/11/2004

VCoventry 0-1 Crewe Alexandra27/11/2004

DWolverhampton 1-1 Crewe Alexandra18/12/2004

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Crewe Alexandra28/12/2004

VLeeds United 0-2 Crewe Alexandra01/01/2005

Overall

VCrewe Alexandra 3-0 Plymouth11/12/2004

DWolverhampton 1-1 Crewe Alexandra18/12/2004

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Crewe Alexandra28/12/2004

VLeeds United 0-2 Crewe Alexandra01/01/2005

LCrewe Alexandra 1-2 Preston North End03/01/2005

LCoventry 3-0 Crewe Alexandra08/01/2005

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	27
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
7	Victories (Competition total)	11
3	Victories (Home / Away)	6
12	Draws (Competition total)	6
8	Draws (Home / Away)	2
9	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.43
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.7
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.79

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Heidar Helguson	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	18 goals	Dean Ashton
Danny Webber	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Dean Ashton
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Dean Ashton
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Dean Ashton
Heidar Helguson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 11 matches	Dean Ashton

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

12 gf

7 ga

Away

7 matches

4 v

0 d

3 l

7 gf

7 ga

Total

13 matches

8 v

0 d

5 l

19 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

7 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

12 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

0 d

8 l

14 gf

19 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 16, 2000
Home	3 - 0	September 16, 2000

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 02, 2004
Away	1 - 0	March 02, 2002

Latest head to head

October 02, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Crewe Alexandra

3 - 0

Watford

April 10, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Watford

2 - 1

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

October 04, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Crewe Alexandra

0 - 1

Watford

March 02, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Watford

0 - 1

Crewe Alexandra logo Crewe Alexandra

September 22, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Crewe Alexandra

1 - 0

Watford

Best historical scorers against Crewe Alexandra

	Micah Hyde	1 goal	2004 - 2004
	Danny Webber	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Dean Ashton	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Neil Sorvel	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Steve Jones	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Rob Hulse	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crewe Alexandra

Marcus Gayle	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Heidar Helguson	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Neil Cox	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Paul Robinson	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Micah Hyde	3 matches	2001 - 2004
Gavin Mahon	3 matches	2003 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Neil Sorvel	5 matches	2001 - 2004
Kenny Lunt	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Dean Ashton	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Stephen Foster	4 matches	2001 - 2004
Justin Cochrane	3 matches	2003 - 2004
David Vaughan	3 matches	2003 - 2004