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Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough - March 30, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 32

Stamford Bridge - London - England

March 30, 2008

39 993

Chelsea

1 - 0

Middlesbrough

(header) Ricardo Carvalho

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5' - Goal Ricardo Carvalho5

logo Chelsea CHE

65' - Substitution Michael Ballackis substituted by Shaun Wright-Phillips65

65' - Substitution Sanli Tuncayis substituted by Afonso Alves

78' - Substitution Salomon Kalouis substituted by Nicolas Anelka78

80' - Substitution Gary O'Neilis substituted by Adam Johnson

90' - Substitution Didier Drogbais substituted by Alex90

90' - Substitution Lee Cattermoleis substituted by Mohamed Shawky

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 0

Middlesbrough

Chelsea Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age34 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Carvalho5

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Belletti

Brazil

B.date20/06/1976

Age31 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age27 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Obi Mikel

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ballack65

Michael Ballack

Germany

B.date26/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Drogba90

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m89

positionStriker

Kalou78

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Cudicini		34	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho	5	29	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Essien		25	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		27	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Belletti		31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Bridge		27	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Obi Mikel		20	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Ballack	65	31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	90	30	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salomon Kalou	78	22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

134

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age35 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Wheater

David Wheater

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Young

Luke Young

England

B.date19/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Andrew Taylor

England

B.date01/08/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Cattermole90

Lee Cattermole

England

B.date21/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

O'Neil80

Gary O'Neil

England

B.date18/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age32 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Tuncay65

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Aliadière

Jérémie Aliadière

France

B.date30/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		35	441	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wheater		21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz		25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Young		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrew Taylor		21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cattermole	90	20	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary O'Neil	80	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		32	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sanli Tuncay	65	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing		23	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jérémie Aliadière		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Alex	90	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips	65	26	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	78	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mohamed Shawky	90	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Johnson	80	20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Afonso Alves	65	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Obi Mikel

Claude Makélélé

OUT

Belletti

Frank Lampard

OUT

Wayne Bridge

Joe Cole

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Avram Grant

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Grant vs Middlesbrough

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 30, 2008

Grant vs Southgate

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 30, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Southgate vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 30, 2008

Southgate vs Grant

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 30, 2008

Referee

Philip Dowd

26 victories	7 draws	8 losses	Chelsea41 matches	General total	Middlesbrough19 matches	6 victories	6 draws	7 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 01, 2015					Latest figure on January 24, 2015

Videos

November 17, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 63 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 25/02/2006). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/02/2006 (58 matches)

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 12/03/2008).

Chelsea keeps its 5 consecutive wins at home running (since 16/02/2008).

Read the next 19 key stats

General ranking

	1	Manchester United	76 pts	32 rd
+1	2	Chelsea	71 pts	32 rd
-1	3	Arsenal	70 pts	32 rd
	4	Liverpool	62 pts	32 rd
	5	Everton	57 pts	32 rd

General ranking

	11	Tottenham	39 pts	32 rd
+3	12	Newcastle United	35 pts	32 rd
-1	13	Middlesbrough	34 pts	32 rd
-1	14	Sunderland	33 pts	32 rd
-1	15	Reading	32 pts	32 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 1-0 Reading30/01/2008

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool10/02/2008

VChelsea 3-1 Huddersfield Town16/02/2008

VChelsea 3-0 Olympiacos05/03/2008

VChelsea 6-1 Derby County12/03/2008

VChelsea 2-1 Arsenal23/03/2008

Overall

VChelsea 3-0 Olympiacos05/03/2008

LBarnsley 1-0 Chelsea08/03/2008

VChelsea 6-1 Derby County12/03/2008

VSunderland 0-1 Chelsea15/03/2008

DTottenham 4-4 Chelsea19/03/2008

VChelsea 2-1 Arsenal23/03/2008

Current form

Away

VMansfield Town 0-2 Middlesbrough26/01/2008

DNewcastle United 1-1 Middlesbrough03/02/2008

DSheffield United 0-0 Middlesbrough17/02/2008

LLiverpool 3-2 Middlesbrough23/02/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough12/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough15/03/2008

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield United27/02/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Reading01/03/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City09/03/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough12/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough15/03/2008

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Derby County22/03/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	62	4
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	12
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	11
2	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	148
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
20	Victories (Competition total)	8
10	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	10
5	Draws (Home / Away)	6
3	Losses (Competition total)	13
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

55	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.77	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.9
2.07	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.81
0.74	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.42
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.56

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 times)

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	71
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	44
6	Red cards (Competition total)	2
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Frank Lampard	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Stewart Downing
Frank Lampard	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Sanli Tuncay
Frank Lampard	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Stewart Downing
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Shaun Wright-Phillips	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Shaun Wright-Phillips	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Didier Drogba	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Sanli Tuncay

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

35 v

13 d

5 l

101 gf

39 ga

Away

52 matches

12 v

16 d

24 l

56 gf

83 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

110 matches

50 v

29 d

31 l

163 gf

126 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

24 v

16 d

12 l

83 gf

56 ga

Away

53 matches

5 v

13 d

35 l

39 gf

101 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

110 matches

31 v

29 d

50 l

126 gf

163 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 04, 1996
Home	5 - 0	February 04, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	December 16, 1978
Away	2 - 1	March 22, 1975

Latest head to head

October 20, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Chelsea

February 10, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Chelsea

3 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 23, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Chelsea

February 11, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

Chelsea

December 03, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Chelsea

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Didier Drogba	6 goals	2004 - 2007
Gavin Peacock	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Roberto Di Matteo	3 goals	1996 - 1998
John Terry	2 goals	2002 - 2005
John Spencer	2 goals	1993 - 1996
Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1970 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Micky Burns	4 goals	1978 - 1978
David Armstrong	2 goals	1978 - 1979
David Shearer	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Juninho Paulista	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Bernie Slaven	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Geremi	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

John Terry	15 matches	2000 - 2007
Frank Lampard	14 matches	2001 - 2007
Gianfranco Zola	13 matches	1997 - 2002
Eidur Gudjohnsen	11 matches	2000 - 2006
Dennis Wise	11 matches	1992 - 2001
Marcel Desailly	11 matches	1998 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Mark Schwarzer	21 matches	1997 - 2007
Colin Cooper	15 matches	1988 - 2005
Robbie Mustoe	13 matches	1993 - 2002
Steve Vickers	10 matches	1995 - 2001
George Boateng	10 matches	2002 - 2007
Stewart Downing	9 matches	2002 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

177 matches

89 matches

2000 - 2006

Darren Wood

122 matches

11 matches

1981 - 1988

Andy Townsend

111 matches

88 matches

1990 - 1999

Geremi

107 matches

34 matches

2002 - 2007

Robert Huth

62 matches

30 matches

2002 - 2008

Boudewijn Zenden

59 matches

88 matches

2001 - 2005

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

177 matches

89 matches

2000 - 2006

Boudewijn Zenden

59 matches

88 matches

2001 - 2005

Andy Townsend

111 matches

88 matches

1990 - 1999

Geremi

107 matches

34 matches

2002 - 2007

Robert Huth

62 matches

30 matches

2002 - 2008

Darren Wood

122 matches

11 matches

1981 - 1988

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 29, 2008

Birmingham City

3 1

Manchester City

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Bolton Wanderers

2 3

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Derby County

2 2

Fulham

Video availableLine-ups available

Man United

4 0

Aston Villa

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

2 0

Wigan

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

0 0

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

2 1

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

March 30, 2008

Liverpool

1 0

Everton

Video availableLine-ups available

Tottenham

1 4

Newcastle United

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	76	32	24	4	4	68	15	+53
+12	Chelsea	71	32	21	8	3	56	23	+33
-13	Arsenal	70	32	20	10	2	62	26	+36
4	Liverpool	62	32	17	11	4	56	24	+32
5	Everton	57	32	17	6	9	48	27	+21
6	Portsmouth	53	32	15	8	9	46	33	+13
7	Blackburn	50	32	13	11	8	42	38	+4
8	Aston Villa	49	32	13	10	9	52	44	+8
9	Manchester City	49	32	13	10	9	37	37	0
10	West Ham	44	32	12	8	12	35	39	-4
11	Tottenham	39	32	10	9	13	61	55	+6
+312	Newcastle United	35	32	9	8	15	37	58	-21
-113	Middlesbrough	34	32	8	10	14	28	45	-17
-114	Sunderland	33	32	9	6	17	29	49	-20
-115	Reading	32	32	9	5	18	37	58	-21
16	Wigan	31	32	8	7	17	28	47	-19
17	Birmingham City	30	32	7	9	16	38	49	-11
18	Bolton Wanderers	26	32	6	8	18	30	48	-18
19	Fulham	24	32	4	12	16	29	53	-24
20	Derby County	11	32	1	8	23	16	67	-51

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Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough - March 30, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

1 - 0

Middlesbrough

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

Grant vs Middlesbrough

Grant vs Southgate

Manager

Southgate vs Chelsea

Southgate vs Grant

Referee

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 Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking