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Chelsea 4-1 WBA - January 30, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 26

Stamford Bridge - London - England

January 30, 1971

26 874

4 - 1

WBA

John Hollins

Derek Smethurst

Ian Hutchinson

Jeff Astle

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0' - Goal John Hollins photo John Hollins

0' - Goal John Hollins photo Derek Smethurst

0' - Goal Derek Smethurst photo Ian Hutchinson

0' - Goal Ian Hutchinson0

0' - Goal Jeff Astle

logo Chelsea CHE

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age29 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age26 years

positionDefender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age24 years

positionDefender

Hollins00

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age30 years

positionDefender

Dempsey

John Dempsey

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/03/1946

Age24 years

positionDefender

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Smethurst0

Derek Smethurst

South Africa

B.date24/10/1947

Age23 years

positionForward

Hutchinson0

Ian Hutchinson

England

B.date04/08/1948

Age22 years

positionForward

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti	29	457	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	26	379	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb	24	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	24	342	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	30	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Dempsey	24	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson	19	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Smethurst	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Hutchinson	22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman	25	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

189

WBA

Cumbes

James Cumbes

England

B.date04/05/1944

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Kaye

John Kaye

England

B.date03/03/1940

Age30 years

positionDefender

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age22 years

positionDefender

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Brown

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Lovett

Graham Lovett

England

B.date05/08/1947

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

McVitie

George McVitie

England

B.date07/09/1948

Age22 years

positionWinger

Astle0

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age28 years

positionForward

Hope

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	James Cumbes	26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kaye	30	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford	20	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	25	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Lovett	23	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George McVitie	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle	28	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope	27	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

133

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Derek Smethurst

Peter Osgood

OUT

Eddie McCreadie

Marvin Hinton

OUT

Alan Hudson

John Boyle

OUT

John Dempsey

Charlie Cooke

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

183

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Sexton vs WBA

4 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 30, 1971

Sexton vs Ashman

5 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 30, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

194

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Ashman vs Chelsea

3 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on January 30, 1971

Ashman vs Sexton

3 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on January 30, 1971

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 matches without scoring any goal (since 13/01/1971). It was the best streak for the club since 08/04/1950-22/04/1950 (4 matches).

The last time Chelsea has ended with the score 4-1 at home, It was on the 16/03/1968 (vs )

WBA keeps its 22 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Premier League running (since 27/12/1969). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/11/1890-24/09/1892 time period (22 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

	2	Arsenal	38 pts	26 rd
+1	3	Tottenham	32 pts	25 rd
+2	4	Chelsea	32 pts	26 rd
	5	Wolverhampton	32 pts	26 rd
+1	6	Southampton	31 pts	26 rd

General ranking

+2	16	Ipswich Town	21 pts	25 rd
-1	17	Derby County	21 pts	25 rd
-1	18	West Bromwich Albion	21 pts	26 rd
	19	Nottingham Forest	17 pts	24 rd
	20	West Ham	15 pts	24 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 2-1 Stoke City21/11/1970

VChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United05/12/1970

VChelsea 2-1 West Ham19/12/1970

VChelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace06/01/1971

LChelsea 1-2 Manchester United09/01/1971

LChelsea 0-3 Manchester City23/01/1971

Overall

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Chelsea02/01/1971

VChelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace06/01/1971

LChelsea 1-2 Manchester United09/01/1971

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea13/01/1971

LEverton 3-0 Chelsea16/01/1971

LChelsea 0-3 Manchester City23/01/1971

Current form

Away

LHuddersfield Town 2-1 West Bromwich Albion21/11/1970

DBurnley 1-1 West Bromwich Albion05/12/1970

DCoventry 1-1 West Bromwich Albion26/12/1970

VScunthorpe United 1-3 West Bromwich Albion11/01/1971

LStoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion16/01/1971

LIpswich Town 3-0 West Bromwich Albion26/01/1971

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Scunthorpe United02/01/1971

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Nottingham Forest09/01/1971

VScunthorpe United 1-3 West Bromwich Albion11/01/1971

LStoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion16/01/1971

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Ipswich Town23/01/1971

LIpswich Town 3-0 West Bromwich Albion26/01/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	8	2
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	3	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	10	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	General ranking (Competition total)	17
13	General ranking (Home / Away)	22

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	0
10	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	10
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	45
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.48
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.8
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.58

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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

Keith Weller	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Tony Brown
Peter Osgood	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Tony Brown
Keith Weller	3 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 17 matches	Tony Brown

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

17 v

15 d

13 l

83 gf

66 ga

Away

47 matches

15 v

12 d

20 l

53 gf

82 ga

Total

92 matches

32 v

27 d

33 l

136 gf

148 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

20 v

12 d

15 l

82 gf

53 ga

Away

45 matches

13 v

15 d

17 l

66 gf

83 ga

Total

92 matches

33 v

27 d

32 l

148 gf

136 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 03, 1960
Home	7 - 1	December 03, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 14, 1962
Away	3 - 0	December 16, 1967

Latest head to head

November 28, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

WBA

2 - 2

Chelsea

March 30, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

WBA

3 - 1

Chelsea

October 18, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Chelsea

2 - 0

WBA

March 08, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

WBA

0 - 3

Chelsea

March 01, 1969 - FA Cup 1968/1969

Chelsea

1 - 2

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1960
Robert Tambling	7 goals	1961 - 1968
Barry Bridges	5 goals	1961 - 1965
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1957 - 1960
Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Tommy Baldwin	2 goals	1968 - 1968

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 Chelsea

Jeff Astle	6 goals	1966 - 1970
Derek Kevan	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Tony Brown	4 goals	1968 - 1970
Keith Smith	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Dennis Clarke	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Alec Jackson	2 goals	1959 - 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 WBA

Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1960 - 1970
Ron Harris	14 matches	1964 - 1970
John Hollins	13 matches	1964 - 1970
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1970
John Mortimore	11 matches	1957 - 1965
Eddie McCreadie	10 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 Chelsea

Bobby Hope	15 matches	1961 - 1970
Jeff Astle	14 matches	1964 - 1970
Graham Williams	14 matches	1960 - 1969
Doug Fraser	13 matches	1963 - 1970
Tony Brown	13 matches	1964 - 1970
John Kaye	12 matches	1964 - 1970

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

Competition info

The other matches

January 30, 1971

Wolverhampton

2 1

Crystal Palace

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February 08, 1971

Coventry

0 1

West Ham

Line-ups available

March 31, 1971

Derby County

1 2

Nottingham

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leeds United	43	27	18	7	2	47	19	+28
2	Arsenal	38	26	16	6	4	47	21	+26
+13	Tottenham	32	25	12	8	5	38	22	+16
+24	Chelsea	32	26	11	10	5	36	31	+5
5	Wolverhampton	32	26	13	6	7	45	41	+4
+16	Southampton	31	26	12	7	7	36	23	+13
-47	Manchester City	31	26	11	9	6	36	24	+12
8	Liverpool	30	26	9	12	5	27	16	+11
9	Crystal Palace	27	26	9	9	8	25	23	+2
10	Stoke City	26	27	8	10	9	32	32	0
11	Coventry	26	25	10	6	9	22	24	-2
+112	Newcastle United	25	26	9	7	10	28	32	-4
-113	Everton	24	26	8	8	10	36	38	-2
14	Manchester United	24	26	7	10	9	33	41	-8
15	Huddersfield Town	22	26	6	10	10	24	33	-9
+216	Ipswich Town	21	25	8	5	12	23	24	-1
-117	Derby County	21	25	7	7	11	33	38	-5
-118	West Bromwich Albion	21	26	6	9	11	38	49	-11
19	Nottingham Forest	17	24	5	7	12	22	35	-13
20	West Ham	15	24	3	9	12	31	43	-12
21	Blackpool	14	26	3	8	15	24	47	-23
22	Burnley	14	26	2	10	14	19	46	-27

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Chelsea 4-1 WBA - January 30, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

Chelsea

4 - 1

WBA

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Sexton vs WBA

Sexton vs Ashman

Manager

Ashman vs Chelsea

Ashman vs Sexton

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against WBA

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Players with most games played vs WBA

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking