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Newcastle United 0-1 Chelsea - December 20, 2006 / League Cup 2006/2007

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League Cup 2006/2007 - Quarter-finals

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

December 20, 2006

37 406

0 - 1

Chelsea

79'

Didier Drogba

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46' - Substitution Claude Makéléléis substituted by Frank Lampard

66' - Substitution John Obi Mikelis substituted by Michael Ballack

73' - Substitution Andriy Shevchenkois substituted by Didier Drogba

79' - Goal Didier Drogba

86' - Substitution James Milneris substituted by Antoine Sibierski86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

0 - 1

Chelsea

Newcastle United Chelsea

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

32 Huntington

Paul Huntington

England

B.date17/09/1987

Age19 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

27 Taylor

Steven Taylor

England

B.date23/01/1986

Age20 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

4 Solano

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

26 Ramage

Peter Ramage

England

B.date22/11/1983

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

17 Parker

Scott Parker

England

B.date13/10/1980

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

5 Emre

Belözoglu Emre

Turkey

B.date07/09/1980

Age26 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

22 Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age31 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

16 Milner86

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age20 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8 Dyer

Kieron Dyer

England

B.date29/12/1978

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Martins

Obafemi Martins

Nigeria

B.date28/10/1984

Age22 years

H1m70

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		30	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Paul Huntington		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Steven Taylor		20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nolberto Solano		32	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Peter Ramage		23	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Scott Parker		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Belözoglu Emre		26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nicky Butt		31	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	James Milner	86	20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kieron Dyer		27	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Obafemi Martins		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Chelsea

Hilario

Portugal

B.date21/10/1975

Age31 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Boulahrouz

Khalid Boulahrouz

Netherlands

B.date28/12/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Makélélé46

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age33 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Obi Mikel66

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age19 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Shevchenko73

Andriy Shevchenko

Ukraine

B.date29/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age21 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

Robben

Arjen Robben

Netherlands

B.date23/01/1984

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Hilario		31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Khalid Boulahrouz		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho		28	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Essien		24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paulo Ferreira		27	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Bridge		26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Claude Makélélé	46	33	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Obi Mikel	66	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andriy Shevchenko	73	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salomon Kalou		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arjen Robben		22	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
20	M		Antoine Sibierski	86	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Frank Lampard	46	28	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Ballack	66	30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	7973	28	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nolberto Solano

Celestine Babayaro

OUT

Scott Parker

Antoine Sibierski

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andriy Shevchenko

Didier Drogba

OUT

Paulo Ferreira

Ashley Cole

OUT

Wayne Bridge

Geremi

OUT

John Obi Mikel

Frank Lampard

OUT

Salomon Kalou

Michael Ballack

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Roeder

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Roeder vs Chelsea

3 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2006

Roeder vs Mourinho

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

141

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

69 %

Mourinho vs Newcastle United

6 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2006

Mourinho vs Roeder

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 2006

Referee

Christopher Foy

16 victories	7 draws	16 losses	Newcastle United39 matches	General total	Chelsea31 matches	20 victories	7 draws	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Newcastle United1 match	Season total	Chelsea1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 09, 2015					Latest figure on December 13, 2014

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Key figures

No Chelsea manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before José Mourinho has reached 54% of clean sheets .

Chelsea keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored away from home in League Cup running (since 03/12/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/09/1996-23/01/2002 time period (10 matches).

Newcastle United keeps its 3 matches without scoring any goal vs Chelsea in League Cup running (since 12/12/2001). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNewcastle United 0-0 Charlton28/10/2006

LNewcastle United 0-1 Sheffield United04/11/2006

VNewcastle United 2-1 Celta Vigo23/11/2006

VNewcastle United 1-0 Portsmouth26/11/2006

VNewcastle United 3-2 Reading06/12/2006

VNewcastle United 2-1 Watford16/12/2006

Overall

VNewcastle United 1-0 Portsmouth26/11/2006

DEintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Newcastle United30/11/2006

VNewcastle United 3-2 Reading06/12/2006

VBlackburn 1-3 Newcastle United09/12/2006

LChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United13/12/2006

VNewcastle United 2-1 Watford16/12/2006

Current form

Away

DFC Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea31/10/2006

LTottenham 2-1 Chelsea05/11/2006

LWerder Bremen 1-0 Chelsea22/11/2006

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea26/11/2006

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Chelsea29/11/2006

VEverton 2-3 Chelsea17/12/2006

Overall

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea26/11/2006

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Chelsea29/11/2006

VChelsea 2-0 Levski Sofia05/12/2006

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal10/12/2006

VChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United13/12/2006

VEverton 2-3 Chelsea17/12/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

24	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nolberto Solano	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Andriy Shevchenko
Nolberto Solano	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Joe Cole
Nolberto Solano	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Andriy Shevchenko

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

35 v

16 d

16 l

102 gf

72 ga

Away

71 matches

11 v

19 d

41 l

72 gf

136 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

139 matches

46 v

35 d

58 l

175 gf

210 ga

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

41 v

19 d

11 l

136 gf

72 ga

Away

67 matches

16 v

16 d

35 l

72 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

139 matches

58 v

35 d

46 l

210 gf

175 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 16, 1974
Home	5 - 0	November 16, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 25, 1980
Away	6 - 1	March 25, 1961

Latest head to head

December 13, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Chelsea

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 07, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Chelsea

March 22, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Chelsea

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

November 19, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Chelsea

3 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 15, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1972 - 1975
Alan Shearer	5 goals	1996 - 2004
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Les Ferdinand	3 goals	1995 - 1996
Rob Lee	3 goals	1994 - 2000
Albert Bennett	3 goals	1965 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Jimmy Greaves	10 goals	1958 - 1961
Ron Tindall	9 goals	1957 - 1961
Eidur Gudjohnsen	6 goals	2001 - 2004
Gustavo Poyet	5 goals	1997 - 2001
Tommy Baldwin	5 goals	1966 - 1972
Robert Tambling	4 goals	1966 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Shay Given	23 matches	1997 - 2006
Alan Shearer	18 matches	1996 - 2006
Frank Clark	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Rob Lee	17 matches	1993 - 2001
Aaron Hughes	15 matches	1999 - 2004
Nolberto Solano	14 matches	1998 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Ron Harris	22 matches	1965 - 1978
John Hollins	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1960 - 1978
Gianfranco Zola	15 matches	1996 - 2003
Dennis Wise	15 matches	1993 - 2001
Frank Lampard	14 matches	2001 - 2006