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WBA 0-1 Chelsea - April 20, 1985 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 38

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

April 20, 1985

WBA

0 - 1

Chelsea

Kerry Dixon

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Kerry Dixon

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Gary Robsonis substituted by Steve MacKenzie46

46' - Substitution Joe McLaughlinis substituted by Paul Canoville

logo Chelsea CHE

Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bennett

Martyn Bennett

England

B.date04/08/1961

Age23 years

positionDefender

Cowdrill

Barry Cowdrill

England

B.date03/01/1957

Age28 years

positionDefender

Forsyth

Michael Forsyth

England

B.date20/03/1966

Age19 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Robson46

Gary Robson

England

B.date06/07/1965

Age19 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age28 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Owen

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Grealish

Tony Grealish

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1956

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

Valentine

Carl Valentine

Canada

B.date04/07/1958

Age26 years

positionForward

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age25 years

H1m85

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		29	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martyn Bennett		23	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Cowdrill		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Forsyth		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Robson	46	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt		28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen		26	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Grealish		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Valentine		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson		25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki

Wales

B.date03/05/1959

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

McLaughlin46

Joe McLaughlin

Scotland

B.date02/06/1960

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Howard

Terry Howard

England

B.date26/02/1966

Age19 years

positionVersatile Defender

Dublin

Keith Dublin

England

B.date29/01/1966

Age19 years

positionDefender

Pates

Colin Pates

England

B.date10/08/1961

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

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

Bumstead

John Bumstead

England

B.date27/11/1958

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age25 years

H1m68

positionForward

Nevin

Pat Nevin

Scotland

B.date06/09/1963

Age21 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Dixon0

Kerry Dixon

England

B.date24/07/1961

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eddie Niedzwiecki		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe McLaughlin	46	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Howard		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Dublin		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Pates		23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Bumstead		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Speedie		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pat Nevin		21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kerry Dixon		23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Steve MacKenzie	46	23	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Canoville	46	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Forsyth

Steve MacKenzie

OUT

Gary Owen

Ally Robertson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Johnny Giles

153

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Giles vs Chelsea

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1985

Giles vs Neal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

197

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neal vs WBA

6 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1985

Neal vs Giles

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1985

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Comments

Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 13/04/1985).

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 10/04/1985).

No Chelsea manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Johnny Giles has reached 44% of losses .

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Queens Park Rangers26/01/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Tottenham23/02/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool23/03/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Leicester30/03/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Ipswich Town03/04/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Aston Villa08/04/1985

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool23/03/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Leicester30/03/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Ipswich Town03/04/1985

LNewcastle United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion06/04/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Aston Villa08/04/1985

LEverton 4-1 West Bromwich Albion16/04/1985

Current form

Away

LCoventry 1-0 Chelsea23/02/1985

LIpswich Town 2-0 Chelsea02/03/1985

VWatford 1-3 Chelsea16/03/1985

VSunderland 0-2 Chelsea30/03/1985

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Chelsea10/04/1985

DWest Ham 1-1 Chelsea13/04/1985

Overall

VWatford 1-3 Chelsea16/03/1985

VSunderland 0-2 Chelsea30/03/1985

VChelsea 1-0 Queens Park Rangers06/04/1985

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Chelsea10/04/1985

DWest Ham 1-1 Chelsea13/04/1985

VChelsea 3-1 Aston Villa16/04/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	7
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	35
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
13	Victories (Competition total)	14
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	11
3	Draws (Home / Away)	9
17	Losses (Competition total)	10
5	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
56	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.49
1.65	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
1.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.12	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (6 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

Garry Thompson	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Kerry Dixon
Garry Thompson	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Kerry Dixon
Derek Statham	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Kerry Dixon
Garry Thompson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Kerry Dixon
Tony Grealish	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Mickey Thomas

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

23 v

14 d

15 l

91 gf

54 ga

Away

53 matches

16 v

16 d

21 l

77 gf

98 ga

Total

105 matches

39 v

30 d

36 l

168 gf

152 ga

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

21 v

16 d

16 l

98 gf

77 ga

Away

52 matches

15 v

14 d

23 l

54 gf

91 ga

Total

105 matches

36 v

30 d

39 l

152 gf

168 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 27, 1972
Home	4 - 0	April 27, 1972

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 03, 1960
Away	4 - 0	February 11, 1953

Latest head to head

November 17, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Chelsea

3 - 1

WBA

November 08, 1983 - League Cup 1983/1984

Chelsea

0 - 1

WBA

March 14, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

WBA

1 - 0

Chelsea

September 30, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Chelsea

1 - 3

WBA

January 02, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Chelsea

2 - 2

WBA

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Brown	11 goals	1968 - 1978
Jeff Astle	7 goals	1966 - 1971
Derek Kevan	6 goals	1958 - 1962
Ally Brown	3 goals	1972 - 1979
Tony Forrester	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Keith Smith	2 goals	1961 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1960
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1961 - 1968
Barry Bridges	5 goals	1961 - 1965
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1969 - 1971
John Hollins	3 goals	1971 - 1971
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1957 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Tony Brown	22 matches	1964 - 1979
Bobby Hope	18 matches	1961 - 1972
Jeff Astle	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Graham Williams	15 matches	1959 - 1969
John Kaye	14 matches	1964 - 1971
Doug Fraser	13 matches	1963 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Peter Bonetti	25 matches	1960 - 1979
Ron Harris	23 matches	1964 - 1979
John Hollins	19 matches	1964 - 1983
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1970
Eddie McCreadie	12 matches	1963 - 1972
Peter Houseman	12 matches	1964 - 1972