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Tottenham 3-0 Chelsea - April 15, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 40

White Hart Lane - London - England

April 15, 1972

Tottenham

3 - 0

Chelsea

Ralph Coates

Martin Chivers

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0' - Goal Ralph Coates photo Martin Chivers

0' - Goal Martin Chivers photo Martin Chivers

0' - Goal Martin Chivers0

46' - Substitution Cyril Knowlesis substituted by Jimmy Pearce46

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46' - Substitution Peter Osgoodis substituted by Steve Kember

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

3 - 0

Chelsea

Tottenham Chelsea

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Collins

Peter Collins

England

B.date29/11/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Knowles45+1

Cyril Knowles

England

B.date13/07/1944

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Kinnear

Joe Kinnear

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/12/1946

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Perryman

Steve Perryman

England

B.date21/12/1951

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Coates0

Ralph Coates

England

B.date26/04/1946

Age25 years

positionMidfield

England

Mike England

Wales

B.date02/12/1941

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Mullery

Alan Mullery

England

B.date23/11/1941

Age30 years

positionRight Midfielder

Peters

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age28 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Chivers00

Martin Chivers

England

B.date27/04/1945

Age26 years

positionForward

Gilzean

Alan Gilzean

Scotland

B.date22/10/1938

Age33 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		26	358	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Collins		23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cyril Knowles	45+1	27	375	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Kinnear		25	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Perryman		20	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ralph Coates		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike England		30	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Mullery		30	368	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Chivers		26	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gilzean		33	349	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

224

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

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age27 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

Osgood46

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age29 years

positionLeft Winger

Garland

Chris Garland

England

B.date24/04/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		30	505	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Dempsey		26	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb		26	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		25	413	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		27	448	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan		27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle		25	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		20	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood	46	25	297	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke		29	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Garland		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

251

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jimmy Pearce	45+1	24	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Steve Kember	46	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Collins

Terry Naylor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Nicholson

691

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Nicholson vs Chelsea

13 victories

6 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Nicholson vs Sexton

5 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

258

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Sexton vs Tottenham

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Sexton vs Nicholson

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

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Key figures

Tottenham keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 21/03/1972).

End of streak for Chelsea after 5 consecutive matches without a loss (since 25/03/1972).

Tottenham keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 21/03/1972).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 2-0 Manchester United04/03/1972

LTottenham 0-1 Derby County11/03/1972

DTottenham 1-1 UTA Arad21/03/1972

VTottenham 2-0 Sheffield United25/03/1972

VTottenham 1-0 Coventry31/03/1972

VTottenham 2-1 AC Milan05/04/1972

Overall

DHuddersfield Town 1-1 Tottenham28/03/1972

VTottenham 1-0 Coventry31/03/1972

LWest Ham 2-0 Tottenham01/04/1972

LIpswich Town 2-1 Tottenham03/04/1972

VTottenham 2-1 AC Milan05/04/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Tottenham08/04/1972

Current form

Away

VManchester United 0-1 Chelsea22/01/1972

LLeyton Orient 3-2 Chelsea26/02/1972

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Chelsea14/03/1972

LManchester City 1-0 Chelsea18/03/1972

VIpswich Town 1-2 Chelsea01/04/1972

VWolverhampton 0-2 Chelsea12/04/1972

Overall

LManchester City 1-0 Chelsea18/03/1972

VChelsea 3-1 West Ham25/03/1972

VChelsea 2-0 Sheffield United29/03/1972

VIpswich Town 1-2 Chelsea01/04/1972

VChelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace08/04/1972

VWolverhampton 0-2 Chelsea12/04/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	7	7
Scoring streak	2	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	36
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
16	Victories (Competition total)	17
14	Victories (Home / Away)	6
12	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	9
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
39	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.42
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.03	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.97
0.53	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (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

Martin Chivers	23 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Peter Osgood
Martin Chivers	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Peter Osgood
Martin Peters	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Martin Peters	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Martin Chivers	9 goals during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Peter Osgood

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

19 v

9 d

8 l

77 gf

47 ga

Away

36 matches

15 v

4 d

17 l

55 gf

49 ga

Total

72 matches

34 v

13 d

25 l

132 gf

96 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

17 v

4 d

15 l

49 gf

55 ga

Away

36 matches

8 v

9 d

19 l

47 gf

77 ga

Total

72 matches

25 v

13 d

34 l

96 gf

132 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 09, 1920
Home	5 - 0	October 09, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 26, 1966
Away	4 - 2	April 02, 1955

Latest head to head

January 05, 1972 - League Cup 1971/1972

Tottenham

2 - 2

Chelsea

December 22, 1971 - League Cup 1971/1972

Chelsea

3 - 2

Tottenham

November 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Chelsea

1 - 0

Tottenham

March 13, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Tottenham

2 - 1

Chelsea

November 14, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Chelsea

0 - 2

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Cliff Jones	11 goals	1961 - 1968
Alan Gilzean	4 goals	1965 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1961 - 1968
Bobby Smith	4 goals	1957 - 1963
Martin Chivers	3 goals	1971 - 1972
Terry Medwin	2 goals	1957 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Robert Tambling	6 goals	1964 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1957 - 1961
Tommy Baldwin	4 goals	1966 - 1970
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1958 - 1961
George Graham	3 goals	1964 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Cyril Knowles	19 matches	1964 - 1972
Pat Jennings	17 matches	1964 - 1972
Alan Gilzean	17 matches	1965 - 1972
Jimmy Greaves	17 matches	1961 - 1969
Cliff Jones	17 matches	1961 - 1968
Alan Mullery	16 matches	1964 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Peter Bonetti	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Ron Harris	20 matches	1963 - 1972
Eddie McCreadie	19 matches	1963 - 1971
John Hollins	19 matches	1964 - 1972
Marvin Hinton	16 matches	1964 - 1970
Robert Tambling	15 matches	1961 - 1969