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Crystal Palace 2-0 Chelsea - March 31, 1973 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 36

Selhurst Park - London - England

March 31, 1973

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Chelsea

Jim Cannon

Iain Phillip

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0' - Goal Jim Cannon photo Iain Phillip

0' - Goal Iain Phillip0

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46' - Substitution Bill Garneris substituted by John Dempsey

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Chelsea

Crystal Palace Chelsea

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Jackson

John Jackson

England

B.date05/09/1942

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Cannon0

Jim Cannon

Scotland

B.date02/10/1953

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Phillip0

Iain Phillip

Scotland

B.date14/02/1951

Age22 years

positionDefender

Possee

Derek Possee

England

B.date14/02/1946

Age27 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Whittle

Alan Whittle

England

B.date10/03/1950

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Hinshelwood

Martin Hinshelwood

England

B.date16/06/1953

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Rogers

Don Rogers

England

B.date25/10/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Jackson	30	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth	28	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne	25	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Cannon	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iain Phillip	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Possee	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor	26	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Whittle	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hinshelwood	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Rogers	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age31 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Hinton

Marvin Hinton

England

B.date02/02/1940

Age33 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age32 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age28 years

positionDefender

Bason

Brian Bason

England

B.date03/09/1955

Age17 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Britton

Ian Britton

Scotland

B.date19/05/1954

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Garner46

Bill Garner

England

B.date14/12/1947

Age25 years

positionStriker

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age26 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		31	531	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		26	465	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marvin Hinton		33	319	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie		32	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		28	498	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Bason		17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		21	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Britton		18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bill Garner	46	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood		26	340	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

253

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Dempsey	46	27	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jim Cannon

Bill Roffey

OUT

Paddy Mulligan

Charlie Cooke

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian Bason

Chris Garland

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Allison vs Chelsea

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1973

Allison vs Sexton

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

310

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Sexton vs Crystal Palace

5 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1973

Sexton vs Allison

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1973

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Key figures

It's the first time Iain Phillip scores 1 goal in Premier League

Crystal Palace keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 13/03/1973).

It's the first time Iain Phillip scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday06/02/1973

VCrystal Palace 3-2 Stoke City17/02/1973

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Birmingham City06/03/1973

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton10/03/1973

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Sheffield United13/03/1973

LCrystal Palace 1-3 West Ham24/03/1973

Overall

LCoventry 2-0 Crystal Palace02/03/1973

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Birmingham City06/03/1973

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton10/03/1973

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Sheffield United13/03/1973

LCrystal Palace 1-3 West Ham24/03/1973

LArsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace26/03/1973

Current form

Away

DLeeds United 1-1 Chelsea17/02/1973

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Chelsea24/02/1973

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Chelsea10/03/1973

LArsenal 2-1 Chelsea20/03/1973

DNewcastle United 1-1 Chelsea24/03/1973

VManchester City 0-1 Chelsea27/03/1973

Overall

LChelsea 0-2 Wolverhampton06/03/1973

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Chelsea10/03/1973

DChelsea 2-2 Arsenal17/03/1973

LArsenal 2-1 Chelsea20/03/1973

DNewcastle United 1-1 Chelsea24/03/1973

VManchester City 0-1 Chelsea27/03/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	4	7
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	8	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
7	Victories (Competition total)	10
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
11	Draws (Competition total)	14
6	Draws (Home / Away)	8
16	Losses (Competition total)	10
6	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.26
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.06
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.24
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.39

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
0-0 (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

Don Rogers	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Chris Garland
Don Rogers	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Peter Osgood
Derek Possee	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Peter Osgood

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

2 v

2 d

3 l

9 gf

15 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

4 d

2 l

5 gf

8 ga

Total

13 matches

2 v

6 d

5 l

14 gf

23 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

4 d

0 l

8 gf

5 ga

Away

7 matches

3 v

2 d

2 l

15 gf

9 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

6 d

2 l

23 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	January 30, 1926
Home	2 - 1	January 30, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 27, 1969
Away	5 - 1	December 27, 1969

Latest head to head

November 25, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Chelsea

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

April 08, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Chelsea

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

November 20, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Crystal Palace

2 - 3

Chelsea

April 10, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Chelsea

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 13, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

0 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Roger Hoy	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Gerald Queen	2 goals	1969 - 1971
John Hughes	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Mel Blyth	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Jim Scott	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Peter Osgood	9 goals	1969 - 1972
Tommy Baldwin	3 goals	1971 - 1971
Peter Houseman	3 goals	1969 - 1971
John Hollins	1 goal	1972 - 1972
David Webb	1 goal	1971 - 1971
John Dempsey	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

John Jackson	8 matches	1969 - 1972
Mel Blyth	7 matches	1969 - 1972
Anthony Taylor	7 matches	1969 - 1972
John McCormick	6 matches	1969 - 1972
John Sewell	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Phil Hoadley	5 matches	1969 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Ron Harris	10 matches	1969 - 1972
John Hollins	10 matches	1969 - 1972
Peter Osgood	10 matches	1969 - 1972
David Webb	9 matches	1969 - 1972
Peter Houseman	9 matches	1969 - 1972
Alan Hudson	8 matches	1969 - 1972