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Blackburn 3-0 West Ham - December 20, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 19

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

December 20, 1997

21 653

Blackburn

3 - 0

West Ham

Stuart Ripley

22'

Damien Duff

51'

Damien Duff

72'

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22' - Goal Stuart Ripley22

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51' - Goal Damien Duff51

58' - Red card Steve Lomas

72' - Goal Damien Duff72

73' - Substitution Stuart Ripleyis substituted by Garry Flitcroft73

77' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Lars Bohinen77

84' - Substitution Kevin Gallacheris substituted by James Beattie84

84' - Substitution Paul Kitsonis substituted by Samassi Abou

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

3 - 0

West Ham

Blackburn West Ham

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Croft

Gary Croft

England

B.date17/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Duff725177

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age18 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Ripley2273

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

McKinlay

Billy McKinlay

Scotland

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Gallacher84

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Wilcox

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		30	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		32	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Croft		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff	725177	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley	2273	30	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		28	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay		28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher	84	31	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox		26	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

125

West Ham

Forrest

Craig Forrest

Canada

B.date20/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Pearce

Ian Pearce

England

B.date07/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Rowland

Keith Rowland

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1971

Age26 years

positionDefender

Unsworth

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age19 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Impey

Andy Impey

England

B.date30/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Lomas58

Steve Lomas

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age19 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Berkovic

Eyal Berkovic

Israel

B.date02/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Kitson84

Paul Kitson

England

B.date09/01/1971

Age26 years

positionForward

Hartson

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Craig Forrest		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Pearce		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Rowland		26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Unsworth		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand		19	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Impey		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Lomas	58	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		19	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyal Berkovic		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Kitson	84	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Garry Flitcroft	73	25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lars Bohinen	77	28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Beattie	84	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Samassi Abou	84	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Damien Duff

Chris Sutton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs West Ham

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Hodgson vs Redknapp

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

160

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Redknapp vs Blackburn

3 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Redknapp vs Hodgson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Referee

Gerald Ashby

4 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Blackburn6 matches	General total	West Ham8 matches	1 victory	2 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Blackburn2 matches	Season total	West Ham3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 06, 1998					Latest figure on December 20, 1997

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Key figures

West Ham keeps its 19 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 30/08/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/03/1986-25/08/1986 time period (20 matches).

End of streak for Blackburn after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 30/11/1997).

No West Ham manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Harry Redknapp has done less than 1.31 goals conceded per game in Premier League.

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 6-0 Preston North End17/09/1997

DBlackburn 0-0 Coventry28/09/1997

VBlackburn 1-0 Southampton18/10/1997

VBlackburn 3-2 Everton08/11/1997

VBlackburn 1-0 Chelsea22/11/1997

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/1997

Overall

DBarnsley 1-1 Blackburn01/11/1997

VBlackburn 3-2 Everton08/11/1997

VBlackburn 1-0 Chelsea22/11/1997

LManchester United 4-0 Blackburn30/11/1997

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/1997

VArsenal 1-3 Blackburn13/12/1997

Current form

Away

LArsenal 4-0 West Ham24/09/1997

LSouthampton 3-0 West Ham04/10/1997

LLeicester 2-1 West Ham27/10/1997

LChelsea 2-1 West Ham09/11/1997

LLeeds United 3-1 West Ham23/11/1997

LDerby County 2-0 West Ham06/12/1997

Overall

VWest Ham 4-1 Walsall19/11/1997

LLeeds United 3-1 West Ham23/11/1997

VWest Ham 2-1 Aston Villa29/11/1997

VWest Ham 4-1 Crystal Palace03/12/1997

LDerby County 2-0 West Ham06/12/1997

VWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday13/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	8	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	10	0
Drawless streak	8	18
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	12	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
10	Victories (Competition total)	8
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.39
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.2

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
3	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Chris Sutton	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	John Hartson
Kevin Gallacher	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Hartson
Chris Sutton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Chris Sutton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Gallacher	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 18 matches	John Hartson

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

25 v

5 d

11 l

87 gf

54 ga

Away

41 matches

15 v

8 d

18 l

77 gf

79 ga

Total

82 matches

40 v

13 d

29 l

164 gf

133 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

18 v

8 d

15 l

79 gf

77 ga

Away

41 matches

11 v

5 d

25 l

54 gf

87 ga

Total

82 matches

29 v

13 d

40 l

133 gf

164 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 2	December 26, 1963
Home	4 - 0	March 20, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 30, 1978
Away	4 - 0	September 22, 1962

Latest head to head

February 01, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

2 - 1

West Ham

October 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

West Ham

2 - 1

Blackburn

December 02, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

4 - 2

West Ham

October 21, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

West Ham

1 - 1

Blackburn

April 30, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

West Ham

2 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against West Ham

John Byrom	8 goals	1961 - 1965
Alan Shearer	7 goals	1995 - 1995
Andrew McEvoy	6 goals	1961 - 1966
Frederick Pickering	4 goals	1963 - 1963
Alistair MacLeod	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Bryan Douglas	2 goals	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

John Byrne	5 goals	1962 - 1963
John Dick	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Geoff Hurst	3 goals	1962 - 1966
Martin Peters	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Julian Dicks	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Peter Brabrook	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Ronnie Clayton	11 matches	1960 - 1965
Keith Newton	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Fred Else	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Henning Berg	8 matches	1993 - 1997
John Byrom	8 matches	1961 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/10/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Bobby Moore	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Ken Brown	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Geoff Hurst	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Ian Bishop	8 matches	1993 - 1997
John Bond	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Ludek Miklosko	7 matches	1993 - 1996