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Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle United - September 27, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 9

Stamford Bridge - London - England

September 27, 1997

31 563

1 - 0

Newcastle United

Gustavo Poyet

75'

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25' - Substitution Paul Hughesis substituted by Frank Sinclair25

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56' - Substitution Jon Dahl Tomassonis substituted by Temur Ketsbaia

58' - Substitution Roberto Di Matteois substituted by Mark Hughes58

61' - Substitution John Beresfordis substituted by Steve Howey

75' - Goal Gustavo Poyet75

75' - Substitution John Barnesis substituted by Keith Gillespie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 0

Newcastle United

Chelsea Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Chelsea

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Lambourde

Bernard Lambourde

France

B.date11/05/1971

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hughes25

Paul Hughes

England

B.date19/04/1976

Age21 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Di Matteo58

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Myers

Andy Myers

England

B.date03/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Poyet75

Gustavo Poyet

Uruguay

B.date15/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

Zola

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Flo

Tore André Flo

Norway

B.date15/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernard Lambourde		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		28	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Hughes	25	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo	58	27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		30	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Myers		23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet	75	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola		31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo		24	7	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

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

2 Barton

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

5 Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

3 Beresford61

John Beresford

England

B.date04/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m65

positionLeft full-back

23 Pistone

Alessandro Pistone

Italy

B.date27/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionFull-back

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Barnes75

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

16 Tomasson56

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Denmark

B.date29/08/1976

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

8 Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age35 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		23	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Warren Barton		28	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		30	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock		29	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	John Beresford	61	31	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Alessandro Pistone		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	John Barnes	75	33	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Jon Dahl Tomasson	56	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Ian Rush		35	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Frank Sinclair	25	25	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mark Hughes	58	33	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Steve Howey	61	25	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Keith Gillespie	75	22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Temur Ketsbaia	56	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tore André Flo

Mark Hughes

OUT

Roberto Di Matteo

Dan Petrescu

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Rush

Faustino Asprilla

OUT

Warren Barton

Keith Gillespie

OUT

John Beresford

Rob Lee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Gullit vs Newcastle United

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 1997

Gullit vs Dalglish

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Dalglish vs Chelsea

13 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 1997

Dalglish vs Gullit

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 1997

Referee

Mike Riley

26 victories	11 draws	4 losses	Chelsea41 matches	General total	Newcastle United38 matches	14 victories	13 draws	11 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	Newcastle United3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 15, 2009					Latest figure on April 27, 2009

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Key figures

Darren Peacock played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

End of streak for Newcastle United after 7 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 23/03/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 19/09/1995-03/12/1995 (8 matches).

End of streak for Newcastle United after 4 matches without conceding any goal away from home in Premier League (since 03/05/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 01/01/1909-27/02/1909 (5 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChelsea 0-3 Arsenal05/04/1997

VChelsea 2-1 Leicester19/04/1997

DChelsea 0-0 Leeds United03/05/1997

VChelsea 4-2 Southampton30/08/1997

VChelsea 2-0 Slovan Bratislava18/09/1997

LChelsea 2-3 Arsenal21/09/1997

Overall

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Chelsea27/08/1997

VChelsea 4-2 Southampton30/08/1997

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea13/09/1997

VChelsea 2-0 Slovan Bratislava18/09/1997

LChelsea 2-3 Arsenal21/09/1997

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea24/09/1997

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Newcastle United13/04/1997

VArsenal 0-1 Newcastle United03/05/1997

DWest Ham 0-0 Newcastle United06/05/1997

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United08/05/1997

DDinamo Zagreb 2-2 Newcastle United27/08/1997

VWest Ham 0-1 Newcastle United20/09/1997

Overall

VNewcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa23/08/1997

DDinamo Zagreb 2-2 Newcastle United27/08/1997

LNewcastle United 1-3 Wimbledon FC13/09/1997

VNewcastle United 3-2 FC Barcelona17/09/1997

VWest Ham 0-1 Newcastle United20/09/1997

VNewcastle United 1-0 Everton24/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	3	11
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	2	9
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.8
2.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gianluca Vialli	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Faustino Asprilla
Frank Leboeuf	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	John Barnes
Mark Hughes	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Rob Lee

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

31 v

17 d

11 l

111 gf

69 ga

Away

56 matches

12 v

14 d

30 l

62 gf

91 ga

Total

115 matches

43 v

31 d

41 l

173 gf

160 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

30 v

14 d

12 l

91 gf

62 ga

Away

59 matches

11 v

17 d

31 l

69 gf

111 ga

Total

115 matches

41 v

31 d

43 l

160 gf

173 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 25, 1980
Home	6 - 0	October 25, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 16, 1974
Away	3 - 0	September 12, 1914

Latest head to head

April 16, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Chelsea

November 23, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

January 17, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Newcastle United

2 - 2

Chelsea

January 07, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 09, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Jimmy Greaves	10 goals	1958 - 1961
Ron Tindall	9 goals	1957 - 1961
Tommy Baldwin	5 goals	1966 - 1972
Robert Tambling	4 goals	1966 - 1968
Kerry Dixon	3 goals	1984 - 1987
Peter Brabrook	3 goals	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1972 - 1975
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Albert Bennett	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Wyn Davies	3 goals	1966 - 1967
John Tudor	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Ron Harris	22 matches	1965 - 1978
John Hollins	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1960 - 1978
Peter Houseman	13 matches	1967 - 1975
Eddie McCreadie	12 matches	1965 - 1973
Charlie Cooke	12 matches	1966 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Frank Clark	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Peter Beardsley	14 matches	1983 - 1996
Willie McFaul	14 matches	1966 - 1975
Bobby Moncur	14 matches	1965 - 1974
Dave Craig	13 matches	1965 - 1973
David McCreery	11 matches	1983 - 1988