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Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea - October 18, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 9

Highbury - London - England

October 18, 2003

38 172

2 - 1

Chelsea

Edu

(right foot) Thierry Henry

75'

Hernán Crespo (right foot)

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5' - Goal Edu5

8' - Goal Hernán Crespo

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66' - Substitution Ray Parlouris substituted by Nwankwo Kanu photo Dennis Bergkamp

66' - Substitution Sylvain Wiltordis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp66

67' - Substitution Adrian Mutuis substituted by Jesper Grönkjaer

71' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Joe Cole

75' - Goal Thierry Henry75

78' - Substitution Geremiis substituted by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

90' - Substitution Robert Pirèsis substituted by Pascal Cygan90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Chelsea

Arsenal Chelsea

Team line-ups

Arsenal

1 Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age33 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

28 Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

23 Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12 Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

3 Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

19 Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

15 Parlour66

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

7 Pirès90

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

17 Edu5

Edu

Brazil

B.date15/05/1978

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentre Midfield

11 Wiltord66

Sylvain Wiltord

France

B.date10/05/1974

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14 Henry75

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		33	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		26	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		22	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ray Parlour	66	30	440	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Pirès	90	29	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Edu	5	25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Sylvain Wiltord	66	29	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry	75	26	217	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

139

Chelsea

23 Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

29 Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

14 Geremi78

Geremi

Cameroon

B.date20/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

15 Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

18 Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

2 Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

4 Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Duff71

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

8 Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age25 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

7 Mutu67

Adrian Mutu

Romania

B.date08/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

21 Crespo8

Hernán Crespo

Argentina

B.date05/07/1975

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Carlo Cudicini		30	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Robert Huth		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Geremi	78	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Mario Melchiot		26	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Wayne Bridge		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Glen Johnson		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff	71	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		25	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Adrian Mutu	67	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Hernán Crespo	8	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	D	Pascal Cygan	90	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Nwankwo Kanu	66	27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	66	34	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
30	M	Jesper Grönkjaer	67	26	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Cole	71	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	78	31	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sylvain Wiltord

Jérémie Aliadière

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Adrian Mutu

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

OUT

Mario Melchiot

John Terry

OUT

Damien Duff

Joe Cole

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

393

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Wenger vs Chelsea

13 victories

6 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2003

Wenger vs Ranieri

6 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

153

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ranieri vs Arsenal

0 victory

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2003

Ranieri vs Wenger

0 victory

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2003

Referee

Paul Durkin

23 victories	10 draws	6 losses	Arsenal39 matches	General total	Chelsea37 matches	12 victories	13 draws	12 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal4 matches	Season total	Chelsea3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 15, 2004					Latest figure on May 01, 2004

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Key figures

End of streak for Chelsea after 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 03/05/2003). It was the best streak for the club since 08/01/2000-15/04/2000 (9 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 45 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Premier League running (since 21/04/2001). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/02/1935 (41 matches)

Arsenal keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 07/05/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/12/2002-02/03/2003 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 6-1 Southampton07/05/2003

VArsenal 2-1 Everton16/08/2003

VArsenal 2-0 Aston Villa26/08/2003

DArsenal 1-1 Portsmouth13/09/2003

LArsenal 0-3 Inter Milan17/09/2003

VArsenal 3-2 Newcastle United26/09/2003

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Portsmouth13/09/2003

LArsenal 0-3 Inter Milan17/09/2003

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal21/09/2003

VArsenal 3-2 Newcastle United26/09/2003

DLokomotiv Moscow 0-0 Arsenal30/09/2003

VLiverpool 1-2 Arsenal04/10/2003

Current form

Away

VZilina 0-2 Chelsea13/08/2003

VLiverpool 1-2 Chelsea17/08/2003

VSparta Prague 0-1 Chelsea16/09/2003

VWolverhampton 0-5 Chelsea20/09/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Chelsea05/10/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Chelsea14/10/2003

Overall

VSparta Prague 0-1 Chelsea16/09/2003

VWolverhampton 0-5 Chelsea20/09/2003

VChelsea 1-0 Aston Villa27/09/2003

LChelsea 0-2 Besiktas01/10/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Chelsea05/10/2003

DBirmingham City 0-0 Chelsea14/10/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.25
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.25
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Thierry Henry	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Thierry Henry	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Hernán Crespo
Thierry Henry	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Thierry Henry	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Thierry Henry	6 goals, 1 assist during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Historical head to head

Home

77 matches

39 v

21 d

17 l

129 gf

97 ga

Away

75 matches

24 v

25 d

26 l

98 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

153 matches

64 v

46 d

43 l

229 gf

191 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

26 v

25 d

24 l

94 gf

98 ga

Away

77 matches

17 v

21 d

39 l

97 gf

129 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

153 matches

43 v

46 d

64 l

191 gf

229 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 29, 1930
Home	4 - 1	September 15, 1990

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 11, 1998
Away	5 - 0	November 11, 1998

Latest head to head

March 25, 2003 - FA Cup 2002/2003

Chelsea

1 - 3

Arsenal

March 08, 2003 - FA Cup 2002/2003

Arsenal

2 - 2

Chelsea

January 01, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Arsenal

3 - 2

Chelsea

September 01, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

1 - 1

Arsenal

May 04, 2002 - FA Cup 2001/2002

Arsenal

2 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ray Kennedy	9 goals	1971 - 1974
Ian Wright	8 goals	1991 - 1997
Thierry Henry	7 goals	2000 - 2003
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Dennis Bergkamp	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Lee Dixon	4 goals	1990 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robert Tambling	10 goals	1960 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Peter Osgood	4 goals	1966 - 1973
Alan Birchenall	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Dennis Wise	4 goals	1992 - 1996
Gustavo Poyet	4 goals	1997 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Lee Dixon	27 matches	1988 - 2001
David Seaman	26 matches	1990 - 2003
Tony Adams	25 matches	1986 - 2002
Peter Simpson	22 matches	1964 - 1977
George Armstrong	22 matches	1964 - 1976
Ray Parlour	21 matches	1994 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Peter Bonetti	27 matches	1960 - 1979
Ron Harris	26 matches	1962 - 1979
John Hollins	21 matches	1964 - 1974
Gianfranco Zola	19 matches	1997 - 2003
Dennis Wise	19 matches	1991 - 2001
Peter Osgood	18 matches	1966 - 1979