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Chelsea 2-3 Man United - December 20, 1958 / Division 1 1958/1959

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Division 1 1958/1959 - Round 23

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 20, 1958

48 550

2 - 3

Man United

Peter Brabrook

(penalty) Peter Sillett

51'

22'

Freddie Goodwin

34'

Bobby Charlton

48'

Mel Scott (o.g)

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7' - Goal Peter Brabrook7

22' - Goal Freddie Goodwin

34' - Goal Bobby Charlton

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48' - Own goal Mel Scott

51' - Goal Peter Sillett51

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 3

Man United

Chelsea Man United

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Matthews

Reginald Matthews

England

B.date20/12/1932

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Mortimore

John Mortimore

England

B.date23/09/1934

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Scott48

Mel Scott

England

B.date26/09/1939

Age19 years

positionDefender

P. Sillett51

Peter Sillett

England

B.date01/02/1933

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

J. Sillett

John Sillett

England

B.date20/07/1936

Age22 years

positionFull-back

Crowther

Stan Crowther

England

B.date03/09/1935

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Brabrook7

Peter Brabrook

England

B.date08/11/1937

Age21 years

positionWinger

Greaves

Jimmy Greaves

England

B.date20/02/1940

Age18 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Blunstone

Frank Blunstone

England

B.date17/10/1934

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Tindall

Ron Tindall

England

B.date23/09/1935

Age23 years

positionForward

Nicholas

Tony Nicholas

England

B.date16/04/1938

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Reginald Matthews		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Mortimore		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Scott	48	19	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Sillett	51	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sillett		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Crowther		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Brabrook	7	21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greaves		18	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Blunstone		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Tindall		23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Nicholas		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Carolan

Joseph Carolan

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/09/1937

Age21 years

positionDefender

Goodwin22

Freddie Goodwin

England

B.date28/06/1933

Age25 years

positionDefender

McGuiness

Wilfred McGuiness

England

B.date25/10/1937

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cope

Ron Cope

England

B.date05/10/1934

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Quixall

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Charlton34

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

Scanlon

Albert Scanlon

England

B.date10/10/1935

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

Bradley

Warren Bradley

England

B.date20/06/1933

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		26	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Carolan		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Freddie Goodwin	22	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfred McGuiness		21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Cope		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	34	21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Scanlon		23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Warren Bradley		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 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

Mel Scott

Richard Whittaker

OUT

Ron Tindall

Les Allen

OUT

Stan Crowther

Cliff Huxford

OUT

Tony Nicholas

Derek Gibbs

OUT

Peter Sillett

Wally Bellett

OUT

John Sillett

Len Casey

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Drake

300

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Drake vs Man United

3 victories

1 draw

10 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1958

Drake vs Busby

3 victories

1 draw

10 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1958

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

600

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Chelsea

16 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1958

Busby vs Drake

10 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1958

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 4 matches with at least 3 goals scored away from home running (since 15/11/1958). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/04/1957-09/09/1957 time period (5 matches).

The last time Chelsea has ended with the score 2-3 at home, It was on the 28/08/1957 (vs )

Ted Drake has registered 300 participation since the 01/07/1952 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChelsea 0-1 Bolton Wanderers11/10/1958

VChelsea 5-2 Leicester25/10/1958

VChelsea 4-1 Staevnet Copenhague04/11/1958

VChelsea 2-0 Leeds United08/11/1958

LChelsea 0-3 Arsenal22/11/1958

VChelsea 1-0 Birmingham City06/12/1958

Overall

VChelsea 2-0 Leeds United08/11/1958

LManchester City 5-1 Chelsea15/11/1958

LChelsea 0-3 Arsenal22/11/1958

LEverton 3-1 Chelsea29/11/1958

VChelsea 1-0 Birmingham City06/12/1958

LWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Chelsea13/12/1958

Current form

Away

LWolverhampton 4-0 Manchester United04/10/1958

LEverton 3-2 Manchester United18/10/1958

VLeeds United 1-2 Manchester United01/11/1958

LBolton Wanderers 6-3 Manchester United15/11/1958

VBirmingham City 0-4 Manchester United29/11/1958

VPreston North End 3-4 Manchester United13/12/1958

Overall

LManchester United 1-3 Burnley08/11/1958

LBolton Wanderers 6-3 Manchester United15/11/1958

VManchester United 2-1 Luton Town22/11/1958

VBirmingham City 0-4 Manchester United29/11/1958

VManchester United 4-1 Leicester06/12/1958

VPreston North End 3-4 Manchester United13/12/1958

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	12	18
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	6	9
Scoring streak	5	10
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	22
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	9
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
1	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.95	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.27
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.09
2.52	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.86
1.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.18

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
4-2 (1 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

Jimmy Greaves	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Bobby Charlton
Jimmy Greaves	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Bobby Charlton
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Bobby Charlton
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Bobby Charlton
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 5 matches	Bobby Charlton

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

8 v

7 d

12 l

42 gf

51 ga

Away

28 matches

4 v

7 d

17 l

18 gf

51 ga

Total

55 matches

12 v

14 d

29 l

60 gf

102 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

17 v

7 d

4 l

51 gf

18 ga

Away

27 matches

12 v

7 d

8 l

51 gf

42 ga

Total

55 matches

29 v

14 d

12 l

102 gf

60 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 06, 1930
Home	6 - 2	September 06, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 17, 1948
Away	4 - 0	November 29, 1947

Latest head to head

August 23, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

5 - 2

Chelsea

April 26, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Chelsea

2 - 1

Man United

December 14, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Man United

0 - 1

Chelsea

January 01, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Man United

3 - 0

Chelsea

September 05, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Chelsea

1 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Jimmy Greaves	2 goals	1958 - 1958
David Cliss	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Ron Tindall	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Les Allen	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tommy Taylor	3 goals	1956 - 1957
Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1958 - 1958
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1956 - 1957
Alex Dawson	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Ernie Taylor	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Peter Brabrook	3 matches	1957 - 1958
Reginald Matthews	3 matches	1957 - 1958
John Sillett	3 matches	1957 - 1958
John Mortimore	3 matches	1957 - 1958
Jimmy Greaves	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Mel Scott	2 matches	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Dennis Viollet	5 matches	1956 - 1958
Bill Foulkes	5 matches	1956 - 1958
Roger Byrne	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Mark Jones	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Johnny Berry	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	3 matches	1956 - 1957