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Chelsea 1-0 Leicester - October 18, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 11

Stamford Bridge - London - England

October 18, 1997

33 356

Chelsea

1 - 0

Leicester

Frank Leboeuf

88'

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28' - Substitution Graeme Le Sauxis substituted by Ruud Gullit28

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74' - Substitution Roberto Di Matteois substituted by Mark Hughes74

80' - Substitution Tore André Flois substituted by Gianluca Vialli80

80' - Substitution Stuart Campbellis substituted by Julian Watts

88' - Goal Frank Leboeuf88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 0

Leicester

Chelsea Leicester

Team line-ups

Chelsea

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf88

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Le Saux28

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age19 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Clarke

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Newton

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Di Matteo74

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Flo80

Tore André Flo

Norway

B.date15/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Zola

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		30	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf	88	29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		25	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux	28	29	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		34	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton		25	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo	74	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	80	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola		31	40	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

Leicester

Arphexad

Pegguy Arphexad

France

B.date18/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

18 Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Prior

Spencer Prior

England

B.date22/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

24 Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

15 Kaamark

Pontus Kaamark

Sweden

B.date05/04/1969

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Campbell80

Stuart Campbell

Scotland

B.date09/12/1977

Age19 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

7 Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

14 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

6 Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Claridge

Steve Claridge

England

B.date10/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionStriker

11 Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Pegguy Arphexad		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Matt Elliott		28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Spencer Prior		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Steve Guppy		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Pontus Kaamark		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Stuart Campbell	80	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Neil Lennon		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Robbie Savage		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Muzzy Izzet		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Steve Claridge		31	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Emile Heskey		19	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ruud Gullit	28	35	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	74	33	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianluca Vialli	80	33	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Julian Watts	80	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tore André Flo

Gianluca Vialli

OUT

Graeme Le Saux

Danny Granville

OUT

Gianfranco Zola

Mark Nicholls

OUT

Ed de Goeij

Kevin Hitchcock

OUT

Frank Sinclair

Ruud Gullit

OUT

Dan Petrescu

Paul Hughes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pegguy Arphexad

Kasey Keller

OUT

Steve Claridge

Tony Cottee

OUT

Emile Heskey

Ian Marshall

OUT

Spencer Prior

Steve Walsh

OUT

Pontus Kaamark

Graham Fenton

OUT

Muzzy Izzet

Julian Watts

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Gullit vs Leicester

4 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 1997

Gullit vs O'Neill

4 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

O'Neill vs Chelsea

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1997

O'Neill vs Gullit

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1997

Referee

Uriah Rennie

9 victories	3 draws	1 loss	Chelsea13 matches	General total	Leicester20 matches	7 victories	8 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	Leicester4 matches	0 victory	1 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on January 26, 2008					Latest figure on February 24, 2007

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Key figures

Mark Hughes played his game number 10 vs Leicester in Premier League

It's the first time Frank Leboeuf scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 26/02/1997 (with Chelsea vs )

It's the first time Frank Leboeuf scores 1 goal vs in Premier League

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United27/09/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn15/10/1997

Overall

LChelsea 2-3 Arsenal21/09/1997

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea24/09/1997

VChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United27/09/1997

VSlovan Bratislava 0-2 Chelsea02/10/1997

LLiverpool 4-2 Chelsea05/10/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn15/10/1997

Current form

Away

VLiverpool 1-2 Leicester13/08/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Leicester30/08/1997

LAtlético Madrid 2-1 Leicester16/09/1997

VLeeds United 0-1 Leicester20/09/1997

VBarnsley 0-2 Leicester27/09/1997

LGrimsby Town 3-1 Leicester14/10/1997

Overall

VLeeds United 0-1 Leicester20/09/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Blackburn24/09/1997

VBarnsley 0-2 Leicester27/09/1997

LLeicester 0-2 Atlético Madrid30/09/1997

LLeicester 1-2 Derby County06/10/1997

LGrimsby Town 3-1 Leicester14/10/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	5	15
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	10
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.8
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
3	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gustavo Poyet	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Matt Elliott
Gustavo Poyet	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Graham Fenton
Gustavo Poyet	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Matt Elliott

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

30 v

9 d

4 l

94 gf

40 ga

Away

43 matches

9 v

17 d

17 l

52 gf

63 ga

Total

86 matches

39 v

26 d

21 l

146 gf

103 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

17 v

17 d

9 l

63 gf

52 ga

Away

43 matches

4 v

9 d

30 l

40 gf

94 ga

Total

86 matches

21 v

26 d

39 l

103 gf

146 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 08, 1994
Home	4 - 0	October 08, 1994

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 01, 1924
Away	2 - 0	October 25, 1983

Latest head to head

April 19, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

2 - 1

Leicester

February 26, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 0

Leicester

February 16, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Leicester

2 - 2

Chelsea

October 12, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

1 - 3

Chelsea

May 06, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Peter Osgood	8 goals	1966 - 1973
Kerry Dixon	5 goals	1983 - 1987
Robert Tambling	5 goals	1963 - 1968
Tommy Baldwin	4 goals	1968 - 1968
Ron Tindall	4 goals	1957 - 1958
John Hollins	3 goals	1964 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Frank Worthington	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Mike Stringfellow	3 goals	1963 - 1968
Bobby Roberts	3 goals	1967 - 1967
John Sjoberg	2 goals	1965 - 1968
Gordon Wills	2 goals	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Ron Harris	22 matches	1963 - 1978
Peter Bonetti	20 matches	1960 - 1978
John Hollins	19 matches	1964 - 1983
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1972
John Boyle	11 matches	1965 - 1971
Peter Osgood	11 matches	1965 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Graham Cross	19 matches	1963 - 1975
Richie Norman	14 matches	1960 - 1967
John Sjoberg	14 matches	1964 - 1972
Gordon Banks	13 matches	1960 - 1966
Dave Gibson	13 matches	1964 - 1968
Mike Stringfellow	13 matches	1962 - 1973