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Stoke City 0-1 Chelsea - January 20, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 27

Victoria Ground - Stoke-on-Trent - England

January 20, 1968

0 - 1

Chelsea

82'

Alan Birchenall

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75' - Substitution George Easthamis substituted by Bill Bentley75

82' - Goal Alan Birchenall

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

0 - 1

Chelsea

Stoke City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age30 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Allen

Anthony Allen

England

B.date27/11/1939

Age28 years

positionDefender

Skeels

Eric Skeels

England

B.date27/10/1939

Age28 years

positionDefender

Elder

Alex Elder

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1941

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Eastham75

George Eastham

England

B.date23/09/1936

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Palmer

Calvin Palmer

England

B.date21/10/1940

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Bloor

Alan Bloor

England

B.date16/03/1943

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Stevenson

Willie Stevenson

Scotland

B.date26/10/1939

Age28 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Burrows

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age26 years

positionWinger

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age21 years

positionForward

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Allen		28	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Skeels		28	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Elder		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Eastham	75	31	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Calvin Palmer		27	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Bloor		24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		29	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age26 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age23 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age27 years

positionDefender

Hinton

Marvin Hinton

England

B.date02/02/1940

Age27 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Boyle

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Birchenall82

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Baldwin

Tommy Baldwin

England

B.date10/06/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age20 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age26 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		26	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		23	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie		27	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marvin Hinton		27	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		21	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle		21	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall	82	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Baldwin		22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood		20	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke		25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling		26	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

155

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Bill Bentley	75	20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Eastham

Gerry Bridgwood

OUT

Alan Bloor

Bill Bentley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Hollins

Joe Kirkup

OUT

Peter Bonetti

Tommy Hughes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

371

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Waddington vs Chelsea

3 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1968

Waddington vs Sexton

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 20, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

23 %

Sexton vs Stoke City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 20, 1968

Sexton vs Waddington

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 20, 1968

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Ron Harris played his game number 10 vs Stoke City in Premier League

Stoke City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Chelsea at home running (since 25/08/1965). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/11/1951-01/09/1962 time period (3 matches).

It's the first time Alan Birchenall scores a goal vs Chelsea in Premier League since the 21/01/1967 (with vs )

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

+1	13	Leicester	24 pts	26 rd
+1	14	Chelsea	24 pts	25 rd
-2	15	Stoke City	23 pts	26 rd
	16	West Ham	22 pts	26 rd
	17	Wolverhampton	20 pts	26 rd

General ranking

	12	Burnley	25 pts	25 rd
+1	13	Leicester	24 pts	26 rd
+1	14	Chelsea	24 pts	25 rd
-2	15	Stoke City	23 pts	26 rd
	16	West Ham	22 pts	26 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VStoke City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/11/1967

LStoke City 0-1 Fulham25/11/1967

VStoke City 1-0 Everton09/12/1967

LStoke City 0-1 Arsenal16/12/1967

LStoke City 1-3 Nottingham Forest30/12/1967

VStoke City 2-1 Newcastle United06/01/1968

Overall

LLeeds United 2-0 Stoke City13/12/1967

LStoke City 0-1 Arsenal16/12/1967

LManchester City 4-2 Stoke City23/12/1967

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Stoke City26/12/1967

LStoke City 1-3 Nottingham Forest30/12/1967

VStoke City 2-1 Newcastle United06/01/1968

Current form

Away

DBurnley 1-1 Chelsea04/11/1967

LTottenham 2-0 Chelsea18/11/1967

VSunderland 2-3 Chelsea02/12/1967

DFulham 2-2 Chelsea23/12/1967

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea30/12/1967

VSouthampton 3-5 Chelsea06/01/1968

Overall

VSunderland 2-3 Chelsea02/12/1967

LChelsea 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1967

DFulham 2-2 Chelsea23/12/1967

VChelsea 2-1 Arsenal26/12/1967

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea30/12/1967

VSouthampton 3-5 Chelsea06/01/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	12	13
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	12	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	General ranking (Competition total)	15
13	General ranking (Home / Away)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	24
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
9	Victories (Competition total)	6
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	10
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
11	Losses (Competition total)	8
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
40	Goals conceded (Competition total)	53
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.42
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.21
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.58

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
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (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

Harry Burrows	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Peter Osgood
Harry Burrows	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Peter Osgood
Harry Burrows	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Robert Tambling
Harry Burrows	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Osgood
Harry Burrows	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Peter Osgood

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

13 v

5 d

6 l

45 gf

25 ga

Away

26 matches

5 v

8 d

13 l

35 gf

47 ga

Total

50 matches

18 v

13 d

19 l

80 gf

72 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

13 v

8 d

5 l

47 gf

35 ga

Away

24 matches

6 v

5 d

13 l

25 gf

45 ga

Total

50 matches

19 v

13 d

18 l

72 gf

80 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 15, 1947
Home	6 - 1	February 15, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 17, 1964
Away	3 - 1	April 17, 1926

Latest head to head

September 16, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Chelsea

2 - 2

Stoke City logo Stoke City

April 22, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Chelsea

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

November 26, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Stoke City

1 - 1

Chelsea

September 01, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Chelsea

1 - 2

Stoke City logo Stoke City

August 25, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Stoke City

2 - 2

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Peter Dobing	3 goals	1964 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Calvin Palmer	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Harry Burrows	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Maurice Setters	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Jackie Mudie	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

George Graham	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Robert Tambling	3 goals	1964 - 1967
Bert Murray	2 goals	1964 - 1965
John Mortimore	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Frank Blunstone	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Peter Osgood	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Eric Skeels	9 matches	1963 - 1967
Calvin Palmer	8 matches	1963 - 1967
Peter Dobing	7 matches	1963 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	7 matches	1964 - 1967
Jimmy McIlroy	6 matches	1963 - 1965
Anthony Allen	6 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Ron Harris	9 matches	1963 - 1967
Peter Bonetti	8 matches	1963 - 1967
John Hollins	8 matches	1964 - 1967
Marvin Hinton	7 matches	1964 - 1967
Robert Tambling	7 matches	1963 - 1967
Terry Venables	6 matches	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 20, 1968

Fulham

0 1

Leicester

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	39	26	16	7	3	54	30	+24
2	Leeds United	37	27	16	5	6	48	21	+27
3	Liverpool	36	26	14	8	4	41	19	+22
4	Manchester City	34	26	15	4	7	58	31	+27
+25	Newcastle United	30	27	10	10	7	42	40	+2
6	Tottenham	30	26	12	6	8	40	40	0
-27	Everton	28	26	12	4	10	37	27	+10
8	Arsenal	27	26	10	7	9	40	32	+8
9	West Bromwich Albion	27	25	11	5	9	48	39	+9
10	Nottingham Forest	27	26	11	5	10	38	31	+7
11	Sheffield Wednesday	25	26	9	7	10	39	40	-1
12	Burnley	25	25	9	7	9	43	47	-4
+113	Leicester	24	26	8	8	10	41	44	-3
+114	Chelsea	24	25	7	10	8	37	53	-16
-215	Stoke City	23	26	9	5	12	33	41	-8
16	West Ham	22	26	9	4	13	49	51	-2
17	Wolverhampton	20	26	8	4	14	43	57	-14
18	Sheffield United	20	26	6	8	12	30	46	-16
+119	Sunderland	19	25	6	7	12	32	46	-14
-120	Southampton	19	26	7	5	14	41	59	-18
21	Fulham	16	24	6	4	14	32	50	-18
22	Coventry	16	26	3	10	13	31	53	-22

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Stoke City 0-1 Chelsea - January 20, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

Stoke City

0 - 1

Chelsea

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

Waddington vs Chelsea

Waddington vs Sexton

Manager

Sexton vs Stoke City

Sexton vs Waddington

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 Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking