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Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea - April 08, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 39

Maine Road - Manchester - England

April 08, 1961

Manchester City

2 - 1

Chelsea

Denis Law

(o.g) Peter Bonetti

10'

76'

Robert Tambling

logo Manchester City MC

4' - Goal Denis Law4

10' - Own goal Peter Bonetti10

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76' - Goal Robert Tambling

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

2 - 1

Chelsea

Manchester City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Trautmann

Bert Trautmann

Germany

B.date22/10/1923

Age37 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Betts

Barrie Betts

England

B.date18/09/1932

Age28 years

positionDefender

Ewing

Dave Ewing

Scotland

B.date10/05/1929

Age31 years

positionDefender

Sear

Cliff Sear

Wales

B.date22/09/1936

Age24 years

positionDefender

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age18 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Barlow

Colin Barlow

England

B.date14/11/1935

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Hayes

Joe Hayes

England

B.date20/01/1936

Age25 years

positionForward

Law4

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age21 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age18 years

positionWinger

Baker

Gerry Baker

United States

B.date11/04/1938

Age22 years

H1m70

positionForward

Cheetham

Roy Cheetham

England

B.date21/12/1939

Age21 years

H1m80

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bert Trautmann		37	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barrie Betts		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Ewing		31	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cliff Sear		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes		18	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Barlow		25	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Hayes		25	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	4	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe		18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerry Baker		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roy Cheetham		21	45	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

Bonetti10

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age19 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Mortimore

John Mortimore

England

B.date23/09/1934

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Sillett

John Sillett

England

B.date20/07/1936

Age24 years

positionFull-back

Harris

Allan Harris

England

B.date28/12/1942

Age18 years

positionLeft full-back

Anderton

Sylvan Anderton

England

B.date23/11/1934

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Venables

Terry Venables

England

B.date06/01/1943

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Harrison

Mike Harrison

England

B.date18/04/1940

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

Tindall

Ron Tindall

England

B.date23/09/1935

Age25 years

positionForward

Blunstone

Frank Blunstone

England

B.date17/10/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Tambling76

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age19 years

positionStriker

Greaves

Jimmy Greaves

England

B.date20/02/1940

Age21 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti	10	19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Mortimore		26	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sillett		24	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Harris		18	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sylvan Anderton		26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Venables		18	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Harrison		20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Tindall		25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Blunstone		26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	76	19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greaves		21	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Barlow

George Hannah

OUT

Denis Law

Ray Sambrook

OUT

David Wagstaffe

John Hart

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ron Tindall

Peter Brabrook

OUT

John Mortimore

Mel Scott

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Les McDowall

491

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McDowall vs Chelsea

10 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

McDowall vs Drake

8 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Drake

411

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Drake vs Manchester City

6 victories

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

Drake vs McDowall

6 victories

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1961

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Peter Bonetti scores an own goal %comp

Manchester City keeps its 18 consecutive matches without a loss vs Chelsea at home running (since 21/04/1934). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/12/1926 (6 matches)

Ted Drake has registered 700 goal(s) conceded since the 01/07/1952 as the manager of Chelsea next after this match..

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

17	Bolton Wanderers	31 pts	38 rd
18	Fulham	31 pts	39 rd
19	Manchester City	30 pts	37 rd
20	Newcastle United	28 pts	39 rd
21	Preston North End	28 pts	38 rd

General ranking

+1	13	Cardiff City	35 pts	38 rd
-1	14	Birmingham City	34 pts	38 rd
	15	Chelsea	33 pts	38 rd
	16	West Ham	33 pts	38 rd
	17	Bolton Wanderers	31 pts	38 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion11/02/1961

LManchester City 0-1 Tottenham25/02/1961

LManchester City 1-3 Manchester United04/03/1961

VManchester City 2-1 Everton11/03/1961

DManchester City 0-0 Bolton Wanderers25/03/1961

LManchester City 2-3 Preston North End31/03/1961

Overall

LBlackburn 4-1 Manchester City18/03/1961

LBirmingham City 3-2 Manchester City22/03/1961

DManchester City 0-0 Bolton Wanderers25/03/1961

LManchester City 2-3 Preston North End31/03/1961

LWolverhampton 1-0 Manchester City01/04/1961

DPreston North End 1-1 Manchester City03/04/1961

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 3-1 Chelsea21/01/1961

DEverton 1-1 Chelsea18/02/1961

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Chelsea25/02/1961

DBurnley 4-4 Chelsea11/03/1961

VNewcastle United 1-6 Chelsea25/03/1961

LTottenham 4-2 Chelsea31/03/1961

Overall

DBurnley 4-4 Chelsea11/03/1961

DChelsea 1-1 Preston North End18/03/1961

VNewcastle United 1-6 Chelsea25/03/1961

LTottenham 4-2 Chelsea31/03/1961

VChelsea 6-1 Cardiff City01/04/1961

LChelsea 2-3 Tottenham03/04/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	11	23

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

19	General ranking (Competition total)	15
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
10	Victories (Competition total)	13
8	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
18	Losses (Competition total)	17
6	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

66	Goals scored (Competition total)	90
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	36
82	Goals conceded (Competition total)	89
27	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	47
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.43
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.89
2.28	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.41
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.47

Betting aid

28	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	31
14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	15
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
29	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	33
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	15
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (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

Joe Hayes	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	37 goals	Jimmy Greaves
Colin Barlow	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	13 goals	Jimmy Greaves
Barrie Betts	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Barrie Betts	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Denis Law	4 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	12 goals during the last 11 matches	Jimmy Greaves

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

20 v

9 d

5 l

58 gf

31 ga

Away

33 matches

7 v

9 d

17 l

42 gf

62 ga

Total

67 matches

27 v

18 d

22 l

100 gf

93 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

17 v

9 d

7 l

62 gf

42 ga

Away

34 matches

5 v

9 d

20 l

31 gf

58 ga

Total

67 matches

22 v

18 d

27 l

93 gf

100 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	November 19, 1960
Away	4 - 1	May 03, 1933

Latest head to head

November 19, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Chelsea

6 - 3

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 02, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Chelsea

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 14, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Manchester City

1 - 1

Chelsea

April 04, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Chelsea

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 15, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Manchester City

5 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Colin Barlow	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Joe Hayes	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Barrie Betts	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Gerry Baker	1 goal	1960 - 1960
William Leivers	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Fionan Fagan	1 goal	1958 - 1958

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
Jim Lewis	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Ron Tindall	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Frank Blunstone	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Johnny Brooks	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Peter Brabrook	1 goal	1957 - 1957

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

Bert Trautmann	5 matches	1958 - 1960
Ken Barnes	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Joe Hayes	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Cliff Sear	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Colin Barlow	4 matches	1958 - 1960
William Leivers	3 matches	1958 - 1960

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

John Mortimore	7 matches	1957 - 1960
Peter Brabrook	7 matches	1957 - 1960
Jimmy Greaves	6 matches	1957 - 1960
Ron Tindall	5 matches	1957 - 1960
Reginald Matthews	5 matches	1957 - 1959
Peter Sillett	4 matches	1958 - 1960

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

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	62	38	29	4	5	109	48	+61
2	Sheffield Wednesday	56	38	22	12	4	73	39	+34
3	Wolverhampton	53	39	23	7	9	94	69	+25
4	Burnley	44	36	19	6	11	92	64	+28
5	Everton	44	39	19	6	14	76	66	+10
+16	Arsenal	41	39	15	11	13	74	73	+1
-17	Blackburn	40	39	14	12	13	72	70	+2
8	Aston Villa	39	38	15	9	14	71	69	+2
9	Leicester	38	36	15	8	13	74	61	+13
10	Manchester United	38	38	15	8	15	71	70	+1
11	West Bromwich Albion	37	39	16	5	18	61	68	-7
12	Nottingham Forest	36	38	14	8	16	56	68	-12
+113	Cardiff City	35	38	13	9	16	55	73	-18
-114	Birmingham City	34	38	14	6	18	59	74	-15
15	Chelsea	33	38	13	7	18	91	91	0
16	West Ham	33	38	13	7	18	72	82	-10
17	Bolton Wanderers	31	38	11	9	18	53	67	-14
18	Fulham	31	39	12	7	20	65	91	-26
19	Manchester City	30	37	11	8	18	68	83	-15
20	Newcastle United	28	39	9	10	20	77	104	-27
21	Preston North End	28	38	10	8	20	40	65	-25
22	Blackpool	27	38	10	7	21	60	68	-8

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Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea - April 08, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Manchester City

2 - 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

McDowall vs Chelsea

McDowall vs Drake

Manager

Drake vs Manchester City

Drake vs McDowall

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 Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking