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Leeds United 2-1 Chelsea - September 12, 1959 / Division 1 1959/1960

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Division 1 1959/1960 - Journée 7

Elland Road - Leeds - England

September 12, 1959

Leeds United

2 - 1

Chelsea

Christopher Crowe

64'

Christopher Crowe

87'

Jimmy Greaves

logo Leeds United LU

0' - Goal Jimmy Greaves

logo Leeds United LU

64' - Goal Christopher Crowe64

87' - Goal Christopher Crowe87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

2 - 1

Chelsea

Leeds United Chelsea

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Burgin

Ted Burgin

England

B.date29/04/1927

Age32 years

H1m70

positionGoalkeeper

Ashall

Jimmy Ashall

England

B.date13/12/1933

Age25 years

positionDefender

Kilford

John Kilford

England

B.date18/11/1938

Age20 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Charlton

Jack Charlton

England

B.date08/05/1935

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Cush

Wilbur Cush

Northern Ireland

B.date10/06/1928

Age31 years

positionDefender

Gibson

Archie Gibson

Scotland

B.date30/12/1933

Age25 years

positionRight Midfielder

Cameron

Bobby Cameron

Scotland

B.date23/11/1932

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Crowe8764

Christopher Crowe

England

B.date11/06/1939

Age20 years

positionForward

Meek

George Meek

Scotland

B.date15/02/1934

Age25 years

H1m60

positionLeft Winger

Revie

Don Revie

England

B.date10/07/1927

Age32 years

positionStriker

Overfield

Jackie Overfield

England

B.date14/05/1932

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ted Burgin		32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Ashall		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kilford		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Charlton		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilbur Cush		31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gibson		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Cameron		26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Christopher Crowe	8764	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Meek		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Revie		32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Overfield		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Matthews

Reginald Matthews

England

B.date20/12/1932

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Scott

Mel Scott

England

B.date26/09/1939

Age19 years

positionDefender

Sillett

Peter Sillett

England

B.date01/02/1933

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

McMillan

Eric McMillan

England

B.date02/11/1936

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Anderton

Sylvan Anderton

England

B.date23/11/1934

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Blunstone

Frank Blunstone

England

B.date17/10/1934

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Tindall

Ron Tindall

England

B.date23/09/1935

Age23 years

positionForward

Brabrook

Peter Brabrook

England

B.date08/11/1937

Age21 years

positionWinger

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age17 years

positionStriker

Livesey

Charlie Livesey

England

B.date06/02/1938

Age21 years

positionForward

Greaves0

Jimmy Greaves

England

B.date20/02/1940

Age19 years

H1m73

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Reginald Matthews	26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Scott	19	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Sillett	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eric McMillan	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sylvan Anderton	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Blunstone	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Tindall	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Brabrook	21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Livesey	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greaves	19	91	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

Christopher Crowe

Noel Peyton

OUT

John Kilford

Grenville Hair

OUT

Archie Gibson

Gerry Francis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Drake

331

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Drake vs Leeds United

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 1959

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Key figures

End of streak for Leeds United after 8 consecutive matches without a win vs Chelsea (since 23/02/1952). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/09/1946 (4 matches)

Chelsea keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 05/09/1959).

Chelsea keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 29/08/1959).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeeds United 4-0 Chelsea28/03/1959

LLeeds United 1-3 Wolverhampton31/03/1959

VLeeds United 2-1 Blackburn11/04/1959

VLeeds United 1-0 West Ham25/04/1959

LLeeds United 2-3 Burnley22/08/1959

DLeeds United 1-1 Leicester02/09/1959

Overall

LLeeds United 2-3 Burnley22/08/1959

LLeicester 3-2 Leeds United26/08/1959

VLuton Town 0-1 Leeds United29/08/1959

DLeeds United 1-1 Leicester02/09/1959

VWest Ham 1-2 Leeds United05/09/1959

LManchester United 6-0 Leeds United09/09/1959

Current form

Away

VNottingham Forest 1-3 Chelsea15/04/1959

LBirmingham City 4-1 Chelsea25/04/1959

LBelgrade XI 4-1 Chelsea13/05/1959

VManchester United 0-1 Chelsea26/08/1959

LLeicester 3-1 Chelsea29/08/1959

DBirmingham City 1-1 Chelsea09/09/1959

Overall

DChelsea 4-4 Preston North End22/08/1959

VManchester United 0-1 Chelsea26/08/1959

LLeicester 3-1 Chelsea29/08/1959

LChelsea 3-6 Manchester United02/09/1959

VChelsea 4-1 Burnley05/09/1959

DBirmingham City 1-1 Chelsea09/09/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	7	9
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Jimmy Greaves
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Jimmy Greaves
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Peter Sillett
-	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Jimmy Greaves

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

8 v

4 d

2 l

31 gf

12 ga

Away

16 matches

1 v

4 d

11 l

13 gf

44 ga

Total

30 matches

9 v

8 d

13 l

44 gf

56 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

11 v

4 d

1 l

44 gf

13 ga

Away

14 matches

2 v

4 d

8 l

12 gf

31 ga

Total

30 matches

13 v

8 d

9 l

56 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 10, 1927
Home	5 - 0	December 10, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	March 16, 1935
Away	3 - 2	August 29, 1936

Latest head to head

March 28, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Leeds United

4 - 0

Chelsea

November 08, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Chelsea

2 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

April 19, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Leeds United

0 - 0

Chelsea

December 07, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Chelsea

2 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

December 29, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Chelsea

1 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Gordon Hodgson	2 goals	1937 - 1938
Sammy Armes	1 goal	1937 - 1937
Willis Edwards	1 goal	1938 - 1938
Eric Stephenson	1 goal	1938 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Jimmy Greaves	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Leslie Stubbs	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Johnny McNichol	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Eric Stephenson	4 matches	1937 - 1938
Tom Holley	4 matches	1937 - 1938
George Ainsley	3 matches	1937 - 1938
Sammy Armes	3 matches	1937 - 1938
Gordon Hodgson	3 matches	1937 - 1938
Bill Parry	2 matches	1938 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Reginald Matthews	4 matches	1957 - 1959
Ron Tindall	4 matches	1957 - 1959
John Sillett	3 matches	1957 - 1958
John Mortimore	3 matches	1957 - 1958
Peter Brabrook	3 matches	1957 - 1958
Jimmy Greaves	3 matches	1958 - 1959