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Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa - December 09, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 11

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 09, 1998

34 765

Chelsea

2 - 1

Aston Villa

Gianfranco Zola

30'

Tore André Flo

90'

32'

Lee Hendrie

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30' - Goal Gianfranco Zola30

32' - Goal Lee Hendrie

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66' - Substitution Gianfranco Zolais substituted by Tore André Flo66

79' - Substitution Celestine Babayarois substituted by Gustavo Poyet79

82' - Substitution Julian Joachimis substituted by Stan Collymore

90' - Goal Tore André Flo90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 1

Aston Villa

Chelsea Aston Villa

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

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Desailly

Marcel Desailly

France

B.date07/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Babayaro79

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Ferrer

Albert Ferrer

Spain

B.date06/06/1970

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Zola3066

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age32 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Vialli

Gianluca Vialli

Italy

B.date09/07/1964

Age34 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		30	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		23	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcel Desailly		30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro	79	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		30	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Albert Ferrer		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		30	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo		28	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	3066	32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianluca Vialli		34	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Oakes

Michael Oakes

England

B.date30/10/1973

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Taylor

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age17 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Hendrie32

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thompson

Alan Thompson

England

B.date22/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Joachim82

Julian Joachim

England

B.date20/09/1974

Age24 years

H1m68

positionStriker

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Oakes		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		26	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Watson		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		28	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		27	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor		30	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry		17	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Hendrie	32	21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Thompson		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julian Joachim	82	24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Gustavo Poyet	79	31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Tore André Flo	9066	25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Stan Collymore	82	27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gianluca Vialli

Tore André Flo

OUT

Michael Duberry

Gustavo Poyet

OUT

Graeme Le Saux

Dennis Wise

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 Aston Villa

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 09, 1998

Vialli vs Gregory

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 09, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

John Gregory

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Gregory vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 09, 1998

Gregory vs Vialli

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 09, 1998

Referee

Alan Wilkie

3 victories	4 draws	5 losses	Chelsea12 matches	General total	Aston Villa15 matches	7 victories	3 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea1 match	Season total	Aston Villa2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 22, 2000					Latest figure on February 14, 2000

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Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 20/10/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/04/1994-10/09/1994 time period (10 matches).

It's the first time Gianfranco Zola scores a goal vs Aston Villa in his professional career since the 26/12/1996 (with Chelsea vs Aston Villa )

Ugo Ehiogu played his game number 10 vs Chelsea in Premier League

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough26/09/1998

VChelsea 2-1 Charlton17/10/1998

DChelsea 1-1 FC Copenhagen22/10/1998

VChelsea 4-1 Aston Villa28/10/1998

VChelsea 3-0 Wimbledon FC14/11/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/1998

Overall

VArsenal 0-5 Chelsea11/11/1998

VChelsea 3-0 Wimbledon FC14/11/1998

VLeicester 2-4 Chelsea21/11/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/1998

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Chelsea01/12/1998

DEverton 0-0 Chelsea05/12/1998

Current form

Away

VCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa03/10/1998

DWest Ham 0-0 Aston Villa17/10/1998

VCelta Vigo 0-1 Aston Villa20/10/1998

LChelsea 4-1 Aston Villa28/10/1998

VSouthampton 1-4 Aston Villa14/11/1998

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa28/11/1998

Overall

LAston Villa 1-3 Celta Vigo03/11/1998

VAston Villa 3-2 Tottenham07/11/1998

VSouthampton 1-4 Aston Villa14/11/1998

LAston Villa 2-4 Liverpool21/11/1998

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa28/11/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United05/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	11	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	3	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
6	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.29
0.93	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.87
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.57

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	24
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gianfranco Zola	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Dion Dublin
Gianfranco Zola	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Dion Dublin
Frank Leboeuf	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Lee Hendrie
Frank Leboeuf	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gianfranco Zola	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Julian Joachim

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

26 v

11 d

20 l

84 gf

71 ga

Away

54 matches

13 v

13 d

28 l

77 gf

109 ga

Total

111 matches

39 v

24 d

48 l

161 gf

180 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

28 v

13 d

13 l

109 gf

77 ga

Away

57 matches

20 v

11 d

26 l

71 gf

84 ga

Total

111 matches

48 v

24 d

39 l

180 gf

161 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 17, 1966
Home	4 - 0	December 11, 1954

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 15, 1952
Away	3 - 0	January 01, 1990

Latest head to head

October 28, 1998 - League Cup 1998/1999

Chelsea

4 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 08, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Chelsea

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 01, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Chelsea

December 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Chelsea

September 15, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Gianluca Vialli	3 goals	1998 - 1998
Kerry Dixon	3 goals	1985 - 1986
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1957 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Hateley	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Peter Withe	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Ron Wylie	2 goals	1960 - 1964
David Platt	2 goals	1990 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Ron Harris	12 matches	1963 - 1979
Steve Clarke	12 matches	1990 - 1997
Kerry Dixon	11 matches	1984 - 1992
Dennis Wise	10 matches	1990 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Paul McGrath	13 matches	1990 - 1996
Nigel Spink	12 matches	1985 - 1994
Steve Staunton	12 matches	1991 - 1998
Dwight Yorke	11 matches	1991 - 1998
John Sleeuwenhoek	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Alan Deakin	10 matches	1960 - 1966