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Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea - March 18, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 33

Maine Road - Manchester - England

March 18, 1972

1 - 0

Chelsea

Tommy Booth

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0' - Goal Tommy Booth0

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46' - Substitution Rodney Marshis substituted by Tony Towers46

46' - Substitution Peter Housemanis substituted by Steve Kember

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

1 - 0

Chelsea

Manchester City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age37 years

positionCentral defender

Booth0

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age25 years

positionRight Midfielder

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age29 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age26 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Marsh46

Rodney Marsh

England

B.date11/10/1944

Age27 years

positionForward

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Lee

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age27 years

positionStriker

Davies

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan		23	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book		37	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth		22	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle		25	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes		29	342	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell		26	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodney Marsh	46	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee		29	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee		27	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

169

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age30 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Dempsey

John Dempsey

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/03/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Boyle

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Houseman46

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age26 years

positionForward

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Garland

Chris Garland

England

B.date24/04/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		30	499	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Dempsey		26	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		25	407	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb		25	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle		25	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		20	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman	46	26	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke		29	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood		25	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Garland		22	16	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

228

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tony Towers	46	19	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Steve Kember	46	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rodney Marsh

Frederick Hill

OUT

Tommy Booth

Tony Towers

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Osgood

Tommy Baldwin

OUT

Alan Hudson

Steve Kember

OUT

Paddy Mulligan

Ron Harris

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Allison vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1972

Allison vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

252

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Sexton vs Manchester City

5 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1972

Sexton vs Allison

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1972

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Peter Osgood played his game number 10 vs Manchester City in Premier League

David Webb played his game number 10 vs Manchester City in Premier League with Chelsea

Manchester City keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Chelsea running (since 10/10/1970). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/01/1921-05/04/1924 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester City 2-2 Nottingham Forest01/01/1972

DManchester City 1-1 Middlesbrough15/01/1972

VManchester City 5-2 Wolverhampton29/01/1972

VManchester City 1-0 Huddersfield Town19/02/1972

VManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion01/03/1972

VManchester City 2-0 Arsenal04/03/1972

Overall

DSheffield United 3-3 Manchester City12/02/1972

VManchester City 1-0 Huddersfield Town19/02/1972

LLiverpool 3-0 Manchester City26/02/1972

VManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion01/03/1972

VManchester City 2-0 Arsenal04/03/1972

VEverton 1-2 Manchester City11/03/1972

Current form

Away

LDerby County 1-0 Chelsea01/01/1972

DTottenham 2-2 Chelsea05/01/1972

VBlackpool 0-1 Chelsea15/01/1972

VManchester United 0-1 Chelsea22/01/1972

LLeyton Orient 3-2 Chelsea26/02/1972

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Chelsea14/03/1972

Overall

VChelsea 3-0 Bolton Wanderers05/02/1972

VChelsea 2-1 Leicester19/02/1972

LLeyton Orient 3-2 Chelsea26/02/1972

LStoke City 2-1 Chelsea04/03/1972

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool11/03/1972

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Chelsea14/03/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	3
Unbeaten streak	18	3
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	18	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	30
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
19	Victories (Competition total)	12
13	Victories (Home / Away)	4
9	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

65	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.97	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.41	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.79
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.03
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.14

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
4-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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

Francis Lee	29 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Peter Osgood
Francis Lee	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Peter Osgood
Francis Lee	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 6 matches	John Hollins

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

23 v

12 d

7 l

69 gf

41 ga

Away

42 matches

8 v

13 d

21 l

50 gf

73 ga

Total

84 matches

31 v

25 d

28 l

119 gf

114 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

21 v

13 d

8 l

73 gf

50 ga

Away

42 matches

7 v

12 d

23 l

41 gf

69 ga

Total

84 matches

28 v

25 d

31 l

114 gf

119 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 15, 1958
Home	5 - 1	November 15, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 01, 1966
Away	4 - 1	October 01, 1966

Latest head to head

August 21, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Chelsea

2 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 28, 1971 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1970/1971

Manchester City

0 - 1

Chelsea

April 17, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Manchester City

1 - 1

Chelsea

April 14, 1971 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1970/1971

Chelsea

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 23, 1971 - FA Cup 1970/1971

Chelsea

0 - 3

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Francis Lee	4 goals	1969 - 1971
Denis Law	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Neil Young	2 goals	1966 - 1969
Bobby Owen	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Joe Hayes	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Colin Bell	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1960
Keith Weller	4 goals	1970 - 1971
Robert Tambling	4 goals	1960 - 1966
Tommy Baldwin	3 goals	1966 - 1971
Ron Tindall	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Peter Osgood	2 goals	1966 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Alan Oakes	15 matches	1959 - 1971
Tony Book	12 matches	1966 - 1971
Neil Young	11 matches	1962 - 1971
Francis Lee	10 matches	1968 - 1971
Michael Doyle	9 matches	1966 - 1971
Mike Summerbee	9 matches	1966 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Ron Harris	14 matches	1966 - 1971
Peter Bonetti	14 matches	1960 - 1971
John Hollins	12 matches	1966 - 1971
Peter Houseman	12 matches	1967 - 1971
David Webb	12 matches	1968 - 1971
Charlie Cooke	11 matches	1966 - 1971