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Chelsea 1-3 Man United - December 29, 1984 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 22

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 29, 1984

Chelsea

1 - 3

Man United

Gordon Davies

45'

Remi Moses

45'

Mark Hughes

90'

Frank Stapleton

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0' - Goal Gordon Davies0

45' - Goal Remi Moses photo Mark Hughes

45' - Goal Mark Hughes

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46' - Substitution Keith Jonesis substituted by David Speedie46

90' - Goal Frank Stapleton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 3

Man United

Chelsea Man United

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki

Wales

B.date03/05/1959

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

McLaughlin

Joe McLaughlin

Scotland

B.date02/06/1960

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Pates

Colin Pates

England

B.date10/08/1961

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Joey Jones

Wales

B.date04/03/1955

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Wood

Darren Wood

England

B.date09/06/1964

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Keith Jones46

Keith Jones

England

B.date14/10/1965

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Spackman

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age24 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age30 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Davies0

Gordon Davies

Wales

B.date03/08/1955

Age29 years

positionForward

Dixon

Kerry Dixon

England

B.date24/07/1961

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Nevin

Pat Nevin

Scotland

B.date06/09/1963

Age21 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eddie Niedzwiecki		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe McLaughlin		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Pates		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joey Jones		29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Wood		20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Jones	46	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Davies		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kerry Dixon		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pat Nevin		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Moses45

Remi Moses

England

B.date14/11/1960

Age24 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age27 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Mühren

Arnold Mühren

Netherlands

B.date02/06/1951

Age33 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Stapleton90

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Hughes45

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		26	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		32	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		27	370	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		25	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Remi Moses	45	24	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		27	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Mühren		33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	90	28	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	45	21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

162

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Speedie	46	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Pates

Colin Lee

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul McGrath

John Gidman

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

175

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neal vs Man United

1 victory

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

Neal vs Atkinson

4 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

194

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Atkinson vs Chelsea

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

Atkinson vs Neal

3 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 1984

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Key figures

End of streak for Chelsea after 8 consecutive matches without a loss (since 17/11/1984). It was the best streak for the club since 14/01/1984-27/08/1984 (19 matches).

The last time Man United has ended with the score 3-1 away from home, It was on the 20/03/1982 (vs )

Chelsea keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 27/10/1984). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/03/1984-27/08/1984 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 6-2 Coventry03/11/1984

VChelsea 3-0 Walsall06/11/1984

VChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion17/11/1984

VChelsea 4-1 Manchester City21/11/1984

VChelsea 3-1 Liverpool01/12/1984

DChelsea 1-1 Stoke City15/12/1984

Overall

DTottenham 1-1 Chelsea24/11/1984

VChelsea 3-1 Liverpool01/12/1984

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Chelsea08/12/1984

DChelsea 1-1 Stoke City15/12/1984

VEverton 3-4 Chelsea22/12/1984

DQueens Park Rangers 2-2 Chelsea26/12/1984

Current form

Away

LEverton 5-0 Manchester United27/10/1984

VLeicester 2-3 Manchester United10/11/1984

LSunderland 3-2 Manchester United24/11/1984

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester United08/12/1984

VDundee United 2-3 Manchester United12/12/1984

LStoke City 2-1 Manchester United26/12/1984

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Norwich City01/12/1984

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester United08/12/1984

VDundee United 2-3 Manchester United12/12/1984

VManchester United 3-0 Queens Park Rangers15/12/1984

VManchester United 3-0 Ipswich Town22/12/1984

LStoke City 2-1 Manchester United26/12/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	7	8
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	11	13
Conceding streak	4	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	5	13
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
8	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.4
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.24
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (2 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

Kerry Dixon	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Gordon Strachan
Kerry Dixon	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Gordon Strachan
Kerry Dixon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	Gordon Strachan
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Gordon Strachan
Kerry Dixon	15 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Gordon Strachan

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

13 v

10 d

21 l

67 gf

83 ga

Away

48 matches

10 v

14 d

24 l

41 gf

82 ga

Total

92 matches

23 v

24 d

45 l

108 gf

165 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

24 v

14 d

10 l

82 gf

41 ga

Away

44 matches

21 v

10 d

13 l

83 gf

67 ga

Total

92 matches

45 v

24 d

23 l

165 gf

108 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 24, 1968
Home	6 - 2	September 06, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 26, 1960
Away	4 - 0	November 29, 1947

Latest head to head

September 05, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Man United

1 - 1

Chelsea

May 16, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Man United

1 - 1

Chelsea

January 15, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Man United

3 - 0

Chelsea

November 25, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Chelsea

0 - 1

Man United

February 11, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Chelsea

2 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Robert Tambling	7 goals	1961 - 1969
Tommy Baldwin	6 goals	1967 - 1973
Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Ian Hutchinson	5 goals	1969 - 1970
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1959
Peter Sillett	3 goals	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1971
Denis Law	9 goals	1963 - 1969
Alex Dawson	6 goals	1958 - 1960
George Best	4 goals	1964 - 1970
Willie Morgan	4 goals	1970 - 1974
Tommy Taylor	3 goals	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ron Harris	26 matches	1963 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	26 matches	1960 - 1978
John Hollins	20 matches	1964 - 1974
Peter Houseman	15 matches	1964 - 1974
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1973
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1966 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	30 matches	1958 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	21 matches	1956 - 1967
Nobby Stiles	19 matches	1960 - 1971
George Best	18 matches	1964 - 1973
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1963 - 1972
Alex Stepney	17 matches	1966 - 1977