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Chelsea 2-0 Luton Town - May 08, 1985 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 37

Stamford Bridge - London - England

May 08, 1985

Chelsea

2 - 0

Luton Town

Kerry Dixon

Pat Nevin

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0' - Goal Kerry Dixon photo Pat Nevin

0' - Goal Pat Nevin0

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46' - Substitution John Bumsteadis substituted by Paul Canoville46

46' - Substitution Frankie Bunnis substituted by Mark Stein

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 0

Luton Town

Chelsea Luton Town

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki

Wales

B.date03/05/1959

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

McLaughlin

Joe McLaughlin

Scotland

B.date02/06/1960

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Rougvie

Doug Rougvie

Scotland

B.date24/05/1956

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

Jones

Joey Jones

Wales

B.date04/03/1955

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Bumstead46

John Bumstead

England

B.date27/11/1958

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Lee

Colin Lee

England

B.date12/06/1956

Age28 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

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age25 years

H1m68

positionForward

Dixon0

Kerry Dixon

England

B.date24/07/1961

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Nevin0

Pat Nevin

Scotland

B.date06/09/1963

Age21 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eddie Niedzwiecki		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe McLaughlin		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Rougvie		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joey Jones		30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Bumstead	46	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Lee		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman		24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Speedie		25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kerry Dixon		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pat Nevin		21	44	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

Luton Town

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Foster

Steve Foster

England

B.date24/09/1957

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

England

B.date02/10/1964

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age25 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Turner

Wayne Turner

England

B.date09/03/1961

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Parker

Garry Parker

England

B.date07/09/1965

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Bunn46

Frankie Bunn

England

B.date06/11/1962

Age22 years

positionStriker

Harford

Mick Harford

England

B.date12/02/1959

Age26 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Stein

Brian Stein

South Africa

B.date19/10/1957

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy		27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Foster		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mitchell Thomas		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker		19	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Turner		24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garry Parker		19	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frankie Bunn	46	22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Harford		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Stein		27	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Canoville	46	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mark Stein	46	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joey Jones

Keith Jones

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wayne Turner

David Preece

OUT

Frankie Bunn

Emeka Nwajiobi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

201

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neal vs Luton Town

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 08, 1985

Neal vs Pleat

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 08, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

347

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Pleat vs Chelsea

3 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 08, 1985

Pleat vs Neal

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 08, 1985

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Chelsea after 7 consecutive matches without a win vs Luton Town (since 01/01/1980). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/12/1976 (4 matches)

Chelsea keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss vs Luton Town in Premier League running (since 07/03/1959). It's a record streak. The first of history

Chelsea keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 06/04/1985).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChelsea 2-3 Sunderland04/03/1985

LChelsea 0-2 Southampton09/03/1985

VChelsea 1-0 Queens Park Rangers06/04/1985

VChelsea 3-1 Aston Villa16/04/1985

DChelsea 1-1 Tottenham27/04/1985

VChelsea 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday06/05/1985

Overall

DWest Ham 1-1 Chelsea13/04/1985

VChelsea 3-1 Aston Villa16/04/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Chelsea20/04/1985

DChelsea 1-1 Tottenham27/04/1985

LLiverpool 4-3 Chelsea04/05/1985

VChelsea 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday06/05/1985

Current form

Away

LWatford 3-0 Luton Town19/03/1985

LSouthampton 1-0 Luton Town02/04/1985

VStoke City 0-4 Luton Town08/04/1985

LEverton 2-1 Luton Town13/04/1985

DWest Ham 0-0 Luton Town27/04/1985

VAston Villa 0-1 Luton Town06/05/1985

Overall

VLuton Town 3-1 Norwich City16/04/1985

VLuton Town 2-1 Manchester United21/04/1985

LLuton Town 1-2 Nottingham Forest24/04/1985

DWest Ham 0-0 Luton Town27/04/1985

VLuton Town 3-1 Arsenal04/05/1985

VAston Villa 0-1 Luton Town06/05/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	38
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
16	Victories (Competition total)	13
12	Victories (Home / Away)	3
12	Draws (Competition total)	9
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
11	Losses (Competition total)	16
4	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	58
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	36
1.51	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.34
1.84	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.89

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	24
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 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	23 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Mick Harford
Kerry Dixon	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Mick Harford
Kerry Dixon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Mick Harford
Kerry Dixon	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	13 goals during the last 16 matches	Mick Harford

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

6 v

5 d

3 l

27 gf

16 ga

Away

14 matches

4 v

5 d

5 l

19 gf

22 ga

Total

28 matches

10 v

10 d

8 l

46 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

5 v

5 d

4 l

22 gf

19 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

5 d

6 l

16 gf

27 ga

Total

28 matches

8 v

10 d

10 l

38 gf

46 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 30, 1957
Home	4 - 0	January 08, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 29, 1976
Away	2 - 0	April 20, 1981

Latest head to head

September 22, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Luton Town

0 - 0

Chelsea

May 08, 1982 - Division 2 1981/1982

Chelsea

1 - 2

Luton Town logo Luton Town

April 20, 1982 - Division 2 1981/1982

Luton Town

2 - 2

Chelsea

April 20, 1981 - Division 2 1980/1981

Chelsea

0 - 2

Luton Town logo Luton Town

December 26, 1980 - Division 2 1980/1981

Luton Town

2 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Ron Tindall	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Peter Brabrook	2 goals	1958 - 1959
Steve Kember	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Jimmy Greaves	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Ian Hutchinson	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Micky Block	1 goal	1957 - 1957

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

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Allan Brown	2 goals	1958 - 1959
Gordon Turner	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Alwyn McGuffie	1 goal	1959 - 1959
George Cummins	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Jimmy Husband	1 goal	1975 - 1975

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

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Peter Brabrook	6 matches	1957 - 1960
Reginald Matthews	6 matches	1957 - 1960
John Mortimore	6 matches	1957 - 1960
John Sillett	5 matches	1957 - 1960
Ron Tindall	5 matches	1957 - 1960
Jimmy Greaves	5 matches	1957 - 1960

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

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Billy Bingham	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Gordon Turner	4 matches	1958 - 1960
David Pacey	4 matches	1958 - 1960
John Groves	3 matches	1959 - 1960
Ken Hawkes	3 matches	1958 - 1959
Bob Morton	3 matches	1958 - 1959