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Aston Villa 3-1 Chelsea - April 26, 1986 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 41

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

April 26, 1986

3 - 1

Chelsea

David Norton

Steve Hunt

Simon Stainrod

Nigel Spackman (penalty)

logo Aston Villa AV

0' - Goal David Norton photo Steve Hunt

0' - Goal Steve Hunt photo Simon Stainrod

0' - Goal Simon Stainrod0

0' - Goal Nigel Spackman

logo Aston Villa AV

46' - Substitution Micky Hazardis substituted by Pat Nevin

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Chelsea

Aston Villa Chelsea

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Poole

Kevin Poole

England

B.date21/07/1963

Age22 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Gary Williams

England

B.date17/06/1960

Age25 years

positionDefender

Elliott

Paul Elliott

England

B.date18/03/1964

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Walters

Mark Walters

England

B.date02/06/1964

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Birch

Paul Birch

England

B.date06/11/1962

Age23 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

Norton0

David Norton

England

B.date03/03/1965

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hunt0

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age29 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Blair

Andy Blair

Scotland

B.date18/12/1959

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age30 years

positionForward

Stainrod0

Simon Stainrod

England

B.date01/02/1959

Age27 years

H1m78

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Poole	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Williams	25	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Elliott	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	29	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Walters	21	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Birch	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Norton	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt	29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Blair	26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	30	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Simon Stainrod	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

McLaughlin

Joe McLaughlin

Scotland

B.date02/06/1960

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Pates

Colin Pates

England

B.date10/08/1961

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Millar

John Millar

Scotland

B.date08/12/1966

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

2 Wood

Darren Wood

England

B.date09/06/1964

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Murphy

Jerry Murphy

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/09/1959

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Hazard46

Micky Hazard

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Spackman0

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age25 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Bumstead

John Bumstead

England

B.date27/11/1958

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

9 Dixon

Kerry Dixon

England

B.date24/07/1961

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age26 years

H1m68

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Tony Godden		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Joe McLaughlin		25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Colin Pates		24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	John Millar		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Darren Wood		21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Jerry Murphy		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Micky Hazard	46	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Nigel Spackman		25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	John Bumstead		27	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kerry Dixon		24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	David Speedie		26	71	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Pat Nevin	46	22	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Birch

Steve Hodge

OUT

Kevin Poole

Nigel Spink

OUT

Gary Williams

Tony Dorigo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Speedie

Pat Nevin

OUT

Jerry Murphy

Doug Rougvie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Turner

100

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Turner vs Chelsea

7 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

Turner vs Hollins

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

Manager

Age

Match num

John Hollins

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Hollins vs Aston Villa

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

Hollins vs Turner

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 26, 1986

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Comments

Key figures

No Chelsea manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before John Hollins has done less than 20% of losses .

It's the first time Simon Stainrod scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in Premier League

Aston Villa keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 08/03/1986). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/02/1984-10/10/1984 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 1-4 Arsenal08/03/1986

VAston Villa 2-1 West Ham19/03/1986

LAston Villa 0-3 Birmingham City22/03/1986

VAston Villa 1-0 Leicester31/03/1986

VAston Villa 4-1 Watford12/04/1986

VAston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town16/04/1986

Overall

VAston Villa 1-0 Leicester31/03/1986

DOxford United 1-1 Aston Villa05/04/1986

DNewcastle United 2-2 Aston Villa09/04/1986

VAston Villa 4-1 Watford12/04/1986

VAston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town16/04/1986

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa19/04/1986

Current form

Away

DEverton 1-1 Chelsea16/03/1986

VSouthampton 0-1 Chelsea22/03/1986

LQueens Park Rangers 6-0 Chelsea31/03/1986

VManchester United 1-2 Chelsea09/04/1986

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Chelsea12/04/1986

VWest Ham 1-2 Chelsea15/04/1986

Overall

LQueens Park Rangers 6-0 Chelsea31/03/1986

DChelsea 1-1 Ipswich Town05/04/1986

VManchester United 1-2 Chelsea09/04/1986

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Chelsea12/04/1986

VWest Ham 1-2 Chelsea15/04/1986

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United19/04/1986

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	38
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
9	Victories (Competition total)	20
6	Victories (Home / Away)	8
14	Draws (Competition total)	11
6	Draws (Home / Away)	7
17	Losses (Competition total)	7
8	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	55
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
62	Goals conceded (Competition total)	45
27	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.45
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.26
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.26

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
23	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-2 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 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

Mark Walters	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Kerry Dixon
Steve Hodge	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Kerry Dixon
Allan Evans	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Nigel Spackman
Allan Evans	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Simon Stainrod	4 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Pat Nevin

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

23 v

10 d

9 l

93 gf

63 ga

Away

45 matches

16 v

9 d

20 l

59 gf

67 ga

Total

87 matches

39 v

19 d

29 l

152 gf

130 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

20 v

9 d

16 l

67 gf

59 ga

Away

42 matches

9 v

10 d

23 l

63 gf

93 ga

Total

87 matches

29 v

19 d

39 l

130 gf

152 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 15, 1952
Home	7 - 1	April 15, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 17, 1966
Away	6 - 2	September 17, 1966

Latest head to head

November 23, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Chelsea

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 16, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Chelsea

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 08, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Aston Villa

4 - 2

Chelsea

April 28, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Chelsea

December 09, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Chelsea

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Hateley	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Ron Wylie	2 goals	1960 - 1964
Peter McParland	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Peter Withe	2 goals	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
John Bumstead	3 goals	1984 - 1985
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1957 - 1958
George Graham	2 goals	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

John Sleeuwenhoek	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Alan Deakin	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Charlie Aitken	10 matches	1961 - 1967
Tony Hateley	9 matches	1963 - 1966
Phillip Woosnam	8 matches	1963 - 1966
Mick Wright	8 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Ron Harris	12 matches	1963 - 1979
Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1961
Marvin Hinton	9 matches	1964 - 1967
Terry Venables	9 matches	1960 - 1965