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Watford 1-3 Chelsea - February 14, 2009 / FA Cup 2008/2009

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FA Cup 2008/2009 - Round of 16

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

February 14, 2009

Watford

1 - 3

Chelsea

Tamás Priskin

69'

75'

Nicolas Anelka

77'

Nicolas Anelka

90'

Nicolas Anelka

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66' - Substitution Grzegorz Rasiakis substituted by Tamás Priskin66

67' - Substitution Lee Williamsonis substituted by Don Cowie67

69' - Goal Tamás Priskin69

73' - Substitution John Obi Mikelis substituted by Miroslav Stoch

75' - Goal Nicolas Anelka

76' - Substitution Will Hoskinsis substituted by John-Joe O'Toole76

77' - Goal Nicolas Anelka

83' - Substitution Michael Ballackis substituted by Belletti

90' - Goal Nicolas Anelka

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

1 - 3

Chelsea

Watford Chelsea

Team line-ups

Watford

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Rasiak66

Grzegorz Rasiak

Poland

B.date12/01/1979

Age30 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Hoskins76

Will Hoskins

England

B.date06/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

McAnuff

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaica

B.date09/11/1981

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

Jenkins

Ross Jenkins

England

B.date09/11/1990

Age18 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

Williamson67

Lee Williamson

Jamaica

B.date07/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

DeMerit

Jay DeMerit

United States

B.date04/12/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Mariappa

Adrian Mariappa

Jamaica

B.date03/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hoyte

Gavin Hoyte

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date06/06/1990

Age18 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Loach

Scott Loach

England

B.date27/05/1988

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Loach		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jay DeMerit		29	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gavin Hoyte		18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lloyd Doyley		26	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adrian Mariappa		22	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Williamson	67	26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith		28	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ross Jenkins		18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jobi McAnuff		27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Will Hoskins	76	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Grzegorz Rasiak	66	30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Anelka907577

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Drogba

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m89

positionStriker

Ballack83

Michael Ballack

Germany

B.date26/09/1976

Age32 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

Obi Mikel73

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age30 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Ivanovic

Branislav Ivanovic

Serbia

B.date22/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Alex

Brazil

B.date17/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Mancienne

Michael Mancienne

Seychelles

B.date08/01/1988

Age21 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech		26	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Mancienne		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Branislav Ivanovic		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		28	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Obi Mikel	73	21	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Ballack	83	32	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		30	405	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	907577	29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Salomon Kalou		23	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba		30	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Don Cowie	67	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John-Joe O'Toole	76	20	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tamás Priskin	6966	22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Belletti	83	32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Miroslav Stoch	73	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Grzegorz Rasiak

Tamás Priskin

OUT

Jay DeMerit

Mike Williamson

OUT

Lee Williamson

Jack Cork

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Branislav Ivanovic

John Terry

OUT

Michael Mancienne

José Bosingwa

OUT

Petr Cech

Hilario

OUT

Didier Drogba

Ricardo Quaresma

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brendan Rodgers

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Rodgers vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 2009

Rodgers vs Hiddink

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Guus Hiddink

Ray Wilkins

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Hiddink vs Watford

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 2009

Hiddink vs Rodgers

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 2009

Referee

Michael Dean

7 victories	10 draws	12 losses	Watford29 matches	General total	Chelsea76 matches	48 victories	17 draws	11 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Chelsea1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 22, 2022					Latest figure on May 22, 2022

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Chelsea in FA Cup running (since 03/01/2004). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Tamás Priskin scores 1 goal in FA Cup

Watford keeps its 4 consecutive losses vs Chelsea running (since 14/01/2004). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 2-1 Coventry13/12/2008

LWatford 2-4 Bristol City26/12/2008

VWatford 1-0 Scunthorpe United03/01/2009

LWatford 0-2 Sheffield United17/01/2009

VWatford 4-3 Crystal Palace24/01/2009

VWatford 3-0 Burnley27/01/2009

Overall

VWatford 1-0 Scunthorpe United03/01/2009

LReading 4-0 Watford09/01/2009

LWatford 0-2 Sheffield United17/01/2009

VWatford 4-3 Crystal Palace24/01/2009

VWatford 3-0 Burnley27/01/2009

LWolverhampton 3-1 Watford31/01/2009

Current form

Away

VBolton Wanderers 0-2 Chelsea06/12/2008

DEverton 0-0 Chelsea22/12/2008

DFulham 2-2 Chelsea28/12/2008

LManchester United 3-0 Chelsea11/01/2009

VSouthend 1-4 Chelsea14/01/2009

LLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea01/02/2009

Overall

VSouthend 1-4 Chelsea14/01/2009

VChelsea 2-1 Stoke City17/01/2009

VChelsea 3-1 Ipswich Town24/01/2009

VChelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough28/01/2009

LLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea01/02/2009

DChelsea 0-0 Hull City07/02/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	6
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	0
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

0	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
0	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Grzegorz Rasiak	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Michael Ballack
Grzegorz Rasiak	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Nicolas Anelka
Grzegorz Rasiak	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Michael Ballack

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

1 d

6 l

17 gf

19 ga

Away

12 matches

4 v

3 d

5 l

17 gf

24 ga

Total

24 matches

9 v

4 d

11 l

34 gf

43 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

3 d

4 l

24 gf

17 ga

Away

12 matches

6 v

1 d

5 l

19 gf

17 ga

Total

24 matches

11 v

4 d

9 l

43 gf

34 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	May 05, 1986
Home	3 - 1	April 14, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 11, 2006
Away	3 - 0	September 26, 1987

Latest head to head

March 31, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Watford

0 - 1

Chelsea

November 11, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Chelsea

4 - 0

Watford

January 14, 2004 - FA Cup 2003/2004

Chelsea

4 - 0

Watford

January 03, 2004 - FA Cup 2003/2004

Watford

2 - 2

Chelsea

February 26, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Chelsea

2 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

David Bardsley	3 goals	1986 - 1987
Luther Blissett	3 goals	1985 - 1987
Brian Talbot	2 goals	1986 - 1986
John Barnes	2 goals	1984 - 1985
Allan Smart	2 goals	1999 - 2000
Kenny Jackett	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/03/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Kerry Dixon	4 goals	1984 - 1987
Didier Drogba	3 goals	2006 - 2006
Peter Houseman	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Adrian Mutu	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Gordon Durie	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Eidur Gudjohnsen	2 goals	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/03/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Wilf Rostron	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Nigel Gibbs	7 matches	1985 - 2000
Luther Blissett	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Tony Coton	6 matches	1984 - 1988
John McClelland	6 matches	1985 - 1988
John Barnes	6 matches	1984 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/03/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Kerry Dixon	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Joe McLaughlin	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Pat Nevin	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Darren Wood	7 matches	1985 - 1988
John Bumstead	6 matches	1984 - 1988
Doug Rougvie	4 matches	1984 - 1986