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Sunderland 3-2 Chelsea - December 07, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 22

Roker Park - Sunderland - England

December 07, 1968

Sunderland

3 - 2

Chelsea

(penalty) Calvin Palmer

23'

Colin Suggett

36'

George Mulhall

72'

Alan Birchenall

Tommy Baldwin

logo Sunderland SUN

0' - Goal Alan Birchenall photo Tommy Baldwin

0' - Goal Tommy Baldwin

23' - Goal Calvin Palmer23

36' - Goal Colin Suggett36

logo Sunderland SUN

46' - Substitution John Boyleis substituted by Robert Tambling

72' - Goal George Mulhall72

80' - Substitution Colin Suggettis substituted by Len Ashurst80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

3 - 2

Chelsea

Sunderland Chelsea

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Suggett3680

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age19 years

positionDefender

Hurley

Charles Hurley

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/10/1936

Age32 years

positionDefender

Irwin

Cecil Irwin

England

B.date08/04/1942

Age26 years

positionDefender

Todd

Colin Todd

England

B.date12/12/1948

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Harvey

Martin Harvey

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/1941

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Palmer23

Calvin Palmer

England

B.date21/10/1940

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Porterfield

Ian Porterfield

Scotland

B.date11/02/1946

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Kerr

Bobby Kerr

Scotland

B.date16/11/1947

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hughes

Billy Hughes

Scotland

B.date30/12/1948

Age19 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Mulhall72

George Mulhall

Scotland

B.date08/05/1936

Age32 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery		25	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	3680	19	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Charles Hurley		32	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cecil Irwin		26	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Todd		19	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Harvey		27	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Calvin Palmer	23	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Porterfield		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Kerr		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Hughes		19	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Mulhall	72	32	167	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

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age27 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age24 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Boyle46

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Birchenall0

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Baldwin0

Tommy Baldwin

England

B.date10/06/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Lloyd

Barry Lloyd

England

B.date19/02/1949

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age22 years

positionForward

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		27	348	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb		22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		22	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		24	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie		28	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle	46	21	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall		23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Baldwin		23	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Lloyd		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood		21	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

154

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Len Ashurst	80	29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Robert Tambling	46	27	296	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Harvey

Len Ashurst

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Barry Lloyd

Charlie Cooke

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Brown

372

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Brown vs Chelsea

5 victories

12 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 1968

Brown vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Sexton vs Sunderland

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 1968

Sexton vs Brown

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 1968

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Comments

Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 02/11/1968).

Sunderland keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 16/11/1968).

The last time Sunderland has ended with the score 3-2 in Premier League, It was on the 16/10/1965 (vs )

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSunderland 0-4 Manchester City21/09/1968

LSunderland 0-1 Leeds United09/10/1968

VSunderland 3-1 Nottingham Forest12/10/1968

VSunderland 3-0 Coventry26/10/1968

DSunderland 1-1 Manchester United09/11/1968

VSunderland 2-0 Burnley23/11/1968

Overall

VSunderland 3-0 Coventry26/10/1968

LEverton 2-0 Sunderland02/11/1968

DSunderland 1-1 Manchester United09/11/1968

LTottenham 5-1 Sunderland16/11/1968

VSunderland 2-0 Burnley23/11/1968

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Sunderland30/11/1968

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Chelsea09/10/1968

DWolverhampton 1-1 Chelsea12/10/1968

LStoke City 2-0 Chelsea26/10/1968

DFC Amsterdam 0-0 Chelsea30/10/1968

LLiverpool 2-1 Chelsea09/11/1968

VArsenal 0-1 Chelsea23/11/1968

Overall

DFC Amsterdam 0-0 Chelsea30/10/1968

VChelsea 2-0 Manchester City02/11/1968

LLiverpool 2-1 Chelsea09/11/1968

LChelsea 2-3 Southampton16/11/1968

VArsenal 0-1 Chelsea23/11/1968

DChelsea 1-1 Leeds United30/11/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
6	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.6
1.76	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.05
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.1

Betting aid

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

Gordon Harris	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Tommy Baldwin
George Mulhall	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Tommy Baldwin
Gordon Harris	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Peter Osgood
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Osgood
Gordon Harris	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Peter Osgood

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

21 v

7 d

8 l

79 gf

43 ga

Away

38 matches

6 v

9 d

23 l

40 gf

75 ga

Total

74 matches

27 v

16 d

31 l

119 gf

118 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

23 v

9 d

6 l

75 gf

40 ga

Away

36 matches

8 v

7 d

21 l

43 gf

79 ga

Total

74 matches

31 v

16 d

27 l

118 gf

119 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 08, 1934
Home	4 - 0	September 08, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 13, 1930
Away	3 - 1	November 10, 1956

Latest head to head

April 27, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Chelsea

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

December 02, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Sunderland

2 - 3

Chelsea

January 14, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Sunderland

2 - 0

Chelsea

September 10, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Chelsea

1 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 16, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Sunderland

2 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Nick Sharkey	2 goals	1964 - 1966
George Herd	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Neil Martin	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Mike Hellawell	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Colin Todd	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Bobby Kerr	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

George Graham	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Peter Osgood	2 goals	1966 - 1968
Barry Bridges	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Ken Shellito	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Charlie Cooke	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Leslie Stubbs	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

George Mulhall	7 matches	1964 - 1968
Martin Harvey	7 matches	1964 - 1968
Len Ashurst	6 matches	1964 - 1968
Jimmy Montgomery	6 matches	1966 - 1968
George Herd	6 matches	1964 - 1968
Neil Martin	5 matches	1966 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Peter Bonetti	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Eddie McCreadie	8 matches	1964 - 1968
John Hollins	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Ron Harris	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Marvin Hinton	6 matches	1964 - 1967
Peter Osgood	5 matches	1966 - 1968