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Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Chelsea - October 26, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 12

Reebok Stadium - Horwich - England

October 26, 1997

24 080

Bolton Wanderers

1 - 0

Chelsea

Dean Holdsworth

72'

logo Bolton Wanderers BW

72' - Goal Dean Holdsworth72

76' - Substitution Mark Nichollsis substituted by Ruud Gullit

82' - Substitution Peter Beardsleyis substituted by Jamie Pollock82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bolton Wanderers

1 - 0

Chelsea

Bolton Wanderers Chelsea

Team line-ups

Bolton Wanderers

Branagan

Keith Branagan

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1966

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Taggart

Gerry Taggart

Northern Ireland

B.date18/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Fish

Mark Fish

South Africa

B.date14/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

Bergsson

Gudni Bergsson

Iceland

B.date21/07/1965

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Phillips

Jimmy Phillips

England

B.date08/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Frandsen

Per Frandsen

Denmark

B.date06/02/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Sellars

Scott Sellars

England

B.date27/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

Thompson

Alan Thompson

England

B.date22/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Beardsley82

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age36 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Holdsworth72

Dean Holdsworth

England

B.date08/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Blake

Nathan Blake

Wales

B.date27/01/1972

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Keith Branagan		31	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Taggart		27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Fish		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gudni Bergsson		32	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Phillips		31	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Per Frandsen		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Sellars		31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Thompson		23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley	82	36	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Holdsworth	72	28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nathan Blake		25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

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

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Newton

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Myers

Andy Myers

England

B.date03/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Nicholls76

Mark Nicholls

England

B.date30/05/1977

Age20 years

positionForward

Flo

Tore André Flo

Norway

B.date15/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		29	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		25	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		34	330	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		29	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton		25	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Myers		23	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Nicholls	76	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		33	94	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
	M		Jamie Pollock	82	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ruud Gullit	76	35	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Fish

Mike Whitlow

OUT

Nathan Blake

Jamie Pollock

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Myers

Roberto Di Matteo

OUT

Mark Nicholls

Gianfranco Zola

OUT

Tore André Flo

Gianluca Vialli

OUT

Dan Petrescu

Danny Granville

OUT

Mark Hughes

Dennis Wise

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Todd

114

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Todd vs Chelsea

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1997

Todd vs Gullit

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Gullit vs Bolton Wanderers

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1997

Gullit vs Todd

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1997

Referee

Peter Jones

1 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Bolton Wanderers4 matches	General total	Chelsea18 matches	8 victories	5 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bolton Wanderers2 matches	Season total	Chelsea1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 1998					Latest figure on March 06, 2002

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Key figures

Bolton Wanderers keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 04/10/1997).

Peter Beardsley played his game number 20 vs Chelsea in Premier League

End of streak for Bolton Wanderers after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League (since 23/09/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 20/03/1996-05/05/1996 (8 matches).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Everton01/09/1997

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Manchester United20/09/1997

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Tottenham23/09/1997

DBolton Wanderers 4-4 Leyton Orient30/09/1997

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa04/10/1997

VBolton Wanderers 2-0 Wimbledon FC14/10/1997

Overall

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Tottenham23/09/1997

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Bolton Wanderers27/09/1997

DBolton Wanderers 4-4 Leyton Orient30/09/1997

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa04/10/1997

VBolton Wanderers 2-0 Wimbledon FC14/10/1997

LWest Ham 3-0 Bolton Wanderers18/10/1997

Current form

Away

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Chelsea27/08/1997

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea13/09/1997

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea24/09/1997

VSlovan Bratislava 0-2 Chelsea02/10/1997

LLiverpool 4-2 Chelsea05/10/1997

LTromsö 3-2 Chelsea23/10/1997

Overall

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

VChelsea 1-0 Leicester18/10/1997

LTromsö 3-2 Chelsea23/10/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	12	17
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
1	Victories (Competition total)	6
0	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	1
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
0.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.83
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.4
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

22	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Nathan Blake	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Gustavo Poyet
Alan Thompson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Gianluca Vialli
Alan Thompson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alan Thompson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Thompson	2 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Frank Leboeuf

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

22 v

12 d

10 l

89 gf

64 ga

Away

44 matches

11 v

11 d

22 l

52 gf

74 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

89 matches

34 v

23 d

32 l

143 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

22 v

11 d

11 l

74 gf

52 ga

Away

44 matches

10 v

12 d

22 l

64 gf

89 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

89 matches

32 v

23 d

34 l

139 gf

143 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 04, 1959
Home	6 - 0	March 04, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 08, 1971
Away	6 - 0	November 08, 1971

Latest head to head

October 22, 1996 - League Cup 1996/1997

Bolton Wanderers

2 - 1

Chelsea

April 08, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Bolton Wanderers

2 - 1

Chelsea

November 22, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

3 - 2

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

May 07, 1983 - Division 2 1982/1983

Bolton Wanderers

0 - 1

Chelsea

December 18, 1982 - Division 2 1982/1983

Chelsea

2 - 1

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Frederick Hill	4 goals	1959 - 1960
William McAdams	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Nat Lofthouse	3 goals	1958 - 1959
Raymond Parry	3 goals	1959 - 1959
Alan Gowling	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Doug Holden	2 goals	1960 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bolton Wanderers

Tommy Baldwin	3 goals	1971 - 1971
John Hollins	3 goals	1971 - 1972
Robert Tambling	2 goals	1961 - 1963
Charlie Cooke	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Bert Murray	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Peter Brabrook	2 goals	1957 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Roy Hartle	10 matches	1958 - 1964
Edward Hopkinson	9 matches	1958 - 1964
Frederick Hill	9 matches	1958 - 1964
Doug Holden	8 matches	1958 - 1962
Bryan Edwards	8 matches	1958 - 1964
Syd Farrimond	6 matches	1960 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bolton Wanderers

Peter Bonetti	9 matches	1960 - 1979
John Mortimore	9 matches	1957 - 1964
Frank Blunstone	8 matches	1959 - 1964
Peter Brabrook	8 matches	1957 - 1961
Jimmy Greaves	7 matches	1958 - 1961
John Sillett	6 matches	1957 - 1960