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Wolverhampton 1-3 Middlesbrough - March 03, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 31

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

March 03, 1979

Wolverhampton

1 - 3

Middlesbrough

John Richards

Billy Ashcroft

Anthony McAndrew

90'

David Shearer

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0' - Goal John Richards0

0' - Goal Billy Ashcroft photo Anthony McAndrew

0' - Goal Anthony McAndrew

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46' - Substitution Kenny Hibbittis substituted by Steve Daley46

46' - Substitution Billy Ashcroftis substituted by David Shearer

90' - Goal David Shearer

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

1 - 3

Middlesbrough

Wolverhampton Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw

England

B.date28/04/1956

Age22 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Berry

George Berry

Wales

B.date19/11/1957

Age21 years

positionDefender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hibbitt46

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Daniel

Peter Daniel

England

B.date12/12/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Patching

Martin Patching

England

B.date01/11/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Clarke

Wayne Clarke

England

B.date28/02/1961

Age18 years

H1m83

positionForward

Richards0

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age28 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Bradshaw		22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		29	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		31	368	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Berry		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer		24	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt	46	28	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Daniel		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Patching		20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr		29	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Clarke		18	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards		28	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

151

Middlesbrough

Stewart

James Stewart

Scotland

B.date09/03/1954

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ashcroft046

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Peter Johnson

England

B.date05/10/1958

Age20 years

positionDefender

McAndrew0

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age22 years

positionDefender

Boam

Stuart Boam

England

B.date28/01/1948

Age31 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Proctor

Mark Proctor

England

B.date30/01/1961

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hodgson

David Hodgson

England

B.date06/08/1960

Age18 years

positionForward

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age32 years

positionForward

Burns

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age32 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	James Stewart		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft	46	26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Johnson		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew		22	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Boam		31	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs		30	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		24	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Proctor		18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hodgson		18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney		32	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns		32	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Steve Daley	46	25	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Shearer	9046	20	8	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

David Hodgson

Terry Cochrane

OUT

John Craggs

Stan Cummins

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Barnwell

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Barnwell vs Middlesbrough

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

Barnwell vs Neal

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Neal vs Wolverhampton

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

Neal vs Barnwell

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 03, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time David Shearer scores a goal in Premier League since the 04/04/1978 (with Middlesbrough vs Chelsea )

It's the first time Billy Ashcroft scores 1 goal vs Wolverhampton in his professional career

The last time Wolverhampton has lost with a difference of 2 goals vs Middlesbrough in Premier League, It was on the 27/03/1954

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWolverhampton 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1978

VWolverhampton 2-1 Birmingham City26/12/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Coventry30/12/1978

VWolverhampton 2-0 Southampton17/01/1979

VWolverhampton 1-0 Everton03/02/1979

VWolverhampton 1-0 Newcastle United22/02/1979

Overall

LWolverhampton 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1978

VWolverhampton 2-1 Birmingham City26/12/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Coventry30/12/1978

VWolverhampton 2-0 Southampton17/01/1979

VWolverhampton 1-0 Everton03/02/1979

VWolverhampton 1-0 Newcastle United22/02/1979

Current form

Overall

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Bristol City04/11/1978

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Southampton18/11/1978

VMiddlesbrough 7-2 Chelsea16/12/1978

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Bolton Wanderers26/12/1978

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Crystal Palace09/01/1979

LMiddlesbrough 1-3 Nottingham Forest03/02/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	5	5
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	5	5
Invincibility streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	0	1
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	5
Conceding streak	0	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	25
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
0.96	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.77	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.64

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Peter Daniel	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Micky Burns
Peter Daniel	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Daniel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Peter Daniel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Steve Daley	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Micky Burns

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

13 v

5 d

10 l

64 gf

43 ga

Away

28 matches

4 v

7 d

17 l

33 gf

61 ga

Total

56 matches

17 v

12 d

27 l

97 gf

104 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

17 v

7 d

4 l

61 gf

33 ga

Away

28 matches

10 v

5 d

13 l

43 gf

64 ga

Total

56 matches

27 v

12 d

17 l

104 gf

97 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 08, 1939
Home	6 - 1	March 08, 1939

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 3	February 09, 1929
Away	3 - 0	October 09, 1948

Latest head to head

October 21, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

April 15, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Wolverhampton

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 19, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

December 13, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Wolverhampton

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 23, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Kenny Hibbitt	3 goals	1975 - 1975
Derek Dougan	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Jimmy Mullen	1 goal	1946 - 1946
Jesse Pye	1 goal	1946 - 1946
Dennis Westcott	1 goal	1947 - 1947

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

John Hickton	2 goals	1974 - 1975
David Armstrong	2 goals	1975 - 1978
David Mills	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Micky Burns	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Alan Willey	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

John McAlle	7 matches	1974 - 1978
Derek Parkin	7 matches	1974 - 1978
Steve Daley	7 matches	1974 - 1978
Kenny Hibbitt	6 matches	1974 - 1978
John Richards	6 matches	1974 - 1978
John Farley	4 matches	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/11/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

David Armstrong	7 matches	1974 - 1978
John Craggs	7 matches	1974 - 1978
David Mills	6 matches	1974 - 1978
Stuart Boam	6 matches	1974 - 1978
Graeme Souness	4 matches	1974 - 1977
Willie Maddren	4 matches	1974 - 1975