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Chelsea 2-1 Nottingham - September 12, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 5

Stamford Bridge - London - England

September 12, 1998

34 809

2 - 1

Nottingham

Gianfranco Zola

Gustavo Poyet

35'

69'

Jean-Claude Darcheville

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1' - Goal Gianfranco Zola1

35' - Goal Gustavo Poyet35

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58' - Substitution Geoffrey Thomasis substituted by Marlon Harewood

65' - Substitution Andy Grayis substituted by Des Lyttle

69' - Goal Jean-Claude Darcheville

83' - Substitution Gustavo Poyetis substituted by Bernard Lambourde83

89' - Substitution Pierluigi Casiraghiis substituted by Brian Laudrup89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 1

Nottingham

Chelsea Nottingham

Team line-ups

Chelsea

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age30 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Desailly

Marcel Desailly

France

B.date07/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Newton

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Poyet3583

Gustavo Poyet

Uruguay

B.date15/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

Casiraghi89

Pierluigi Casiraghi

Italy

B.date04/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Zola1

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age32 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcel Desailly		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		30	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		29	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton		26	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet	3583	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pierluigi Casiraghi	89	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	1	32	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Nottingham

Beasant

Dave Beasant

England

B.date20/03/1959

Age39 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Chettle

Steve Chettle

England

B.date27/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Bonalair

Thierry Bonalair

France

B.date14/06/1966

Age32 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

Armstrong

Craig Armstrong

England

B.date23/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Rogers

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Thomas58

Geoffrey Thomas

England

B.date05/08/1964

Age34 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Stone

Steve Stone

England

B.date20/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Quashie

Nigel Quashie

Scotland

B.date20/07/1978

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Johnson

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Gray65

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date15/11/1977

Age20 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Darcheville69

Jean-Claude Darcheville

French Guiana

B.date25/07/1975

Age23 years

H1m72

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Beasant		39	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Chettle		29	399	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thierry Bonalair		32	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Armstrong		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Rogers		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Thomas	58	34	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Stone		27	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Quashie		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Johnson		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	65	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jean-Claude Darcheville	69	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Bernard Lambourde	83	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Brian Laudrup	89	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Des Lyttle	65	26	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Marlon Harewood	58	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dan Petrescu

Bernard Lambourde

OUT

Eddie Newton

Roberto Di Matteo

OUT

Gustavo Poyet

Brian Laudrup

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Vialli vs Nottingham

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 1998

Vialli vs Bassett

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Bassett

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Bassett vs Chelsea

7 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 1998

Bassett vs Vialli

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 1998

Referee

Paul Alcock

5 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Chelsea6 matches	General total	Nottingham8 matches	2 victories	2 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea1 match	Season total	Nottingham3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on December 26, 1999					Latest figure on April 03, 1999

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Key figures

Nottingham keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 11/05/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/12/1995-02/03/1996 time period (11 matches).

It's the first time Jean-Claude Darcheville scores 1 goal vs Nottingham Forest in his professional career

It's the first time Gianfranco Zola scores a goal in Premier League since the 11/03/1998 (with Nottingham Forest vs )

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday19/04/1998

VChelsea 4-1 Liverpool25/04/1998

LChelsea 0-1 Blackburn29/04/1998

VChelsea 2-0 Bolton Wanderers10/05/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United22/08/1998

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal09/09/1998

Overall

VChelsea 2-0 Bolton Wanderers10/05/1998

VChelsea 1-0 Stuttgart13/05/1998

LCoventry 2-1 Chelsea15/08/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United22/08/1998

VReal Madrid 0-1 Chelsea28/08/1998

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal09/09/1998

Current form

Away

LCharlton 4-2 Nottingham Forest28/03/1998

VBradford 0-3 Nottingham Forest11/04/1998

DStockport 2-2 Nottingham Forest18/04/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Nottingham Forest03/05/1998

LArsenal 2-1 Nottingham Forest17/08/1998

VSouthampton 1-2 Nottingham Forest29/08/1998

Overall

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Reading26/04/1998

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Nottingham Forest03/05/1998

LArsenal 2-1 Nottingham Forest17/08/1998

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Coventry22/08/1998

VSouthampton 1-2 Nottingham Forest29/08/1998

LNottingham Forest 0-2 Everton08/09/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Celestine Babayaro	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Steve Stone
Celestine Babayaro	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Jean-Claude Darcheville
Celestine Babayaro	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Steve Stone

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

22 v

14 d

8 l

62 gf

49 ga

Away

42 matches

10 v

14 d

18 l

45 gf

77 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

87 matches

33 v

28 d

26 l

110 gf

126 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

18 v

14 d

10 l

77 gf

45 ga

Away

44 matches

8 v

14 d

22 l

49 gf

62 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

87 matches

26 v

28 d

33 l

126 gf

110 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	August 31, 1925
Home	4 - 1	September 27, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 20, 1991
Away	6 - 2	September 20, 1986

Latest head to head

January 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Nottingham

2 - 0

Chelsea

September 28, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 1

Nottingham

January 20, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 0

Nottingham

August 23, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Nottingham

0 - 0

Chelsea

January 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

0 - 2

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Jimmy Greaves	9 goals	1958 - 1961
Peter Osgood	5 goals	1966 - 1971
Robert Tambling	5 goals	1961 - 1968
Kerry Dixon	5 goals	1985 - 1991
Peter Brabrook	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Gordon Durie	3 goals	1987 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Garry Birtles	5 goals	1979 - 1986
Ian Storey-Moore	5 goals	1966 - 1971
Nigel Clough	5 goals	1985 - 1991
Martin O'Neill	5 goals	1978 - 1979
Johnny Quigley	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Stuart Pearce	3 goals	1991 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Peter Bonetti	25 matches	1960 - 1978
Ron Harris	23 matches	1964 - 1979
John Hollins	17 matches	1964 - 1972
Robert Tambling	16 matches	1960 - 1969
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1966 - 1971
Peter Houseman	14 matches	1964 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/04/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bob McKinlay	20 matches	1958 - 1969
Peter Hindley	18 matches	1964 - 1972
Stuart Pearce	18 matches	1985 - 1997
Peter Grummitt	15 matches	1960 - 1968
Ian Storey-Moore	15 matches	1964 - 1971
Nigel Clough	14 matches	1985 - 1997