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Chelsea 0-1 Man United - February 28, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Journée 28

Stamford Bridge - Londres - England

February 28, 1998

34 511

Chelsea

0 - 1

Man United

31'

Phil Neville

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28' - Substitution Gary Pallisteris substituted by Henning Berg

31' - Goal Phil Neville

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78' - Substitution Gianluca Vialliis substituted by Tore André Flo78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

0 - 1

Man United

Chelsea Man United

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Kharin

Dmitriy Kharin

Russia

B.date16/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age30 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Clarke

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Vialli78

Gianluca Vialli

Italy

B.date09/07/1964

Age33 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Zola

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dmitriy Kharin		29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		29	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		30	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		34	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		31	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo		27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianluca Vialli	78	33	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola		31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		34	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister28

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

P. Neville31

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age23 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		34	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister	28	32	432	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		32	376	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville	31	21	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		23	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		23	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		22	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		23	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham		31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		26	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

183

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tore André Flo	78	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Henning Berg	28	28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ronny Johnsen

David May

OUT

Teddy Sheringham

Brian McClair

OUT

Nicky Butt

Ben Thornley

OUT

Denis Irwin

Erik Nevland

OUT

Paul Scholes

Michael Clegg

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Vialli vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Vialli vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

612

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Chelsea

11 victories

9 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Ferguson vs Vialli

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Referee

Steve Dunn

13 victories	4 draws	7 losses	Chelsea24 matches	General total	Man United18 matches	15 victories	3 draws	0 loss
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	Man United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 30, 2005					Latest figure on January 29, 2005

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Key figures

Henning Berg played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Chelsea keeps its 3 consecutive losses in Premier League running (since 08/02/1998).

Chelsea keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 08/02/1998).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 0-0 Leeds United13/12/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Wimbledon FC26/12/1997

LChelsea 3-5 Manchester United04/01/1998

VChelsea 3-1 Coventry10/01/1998

VChelsea 2-0 Barnsley31/01/1998

VChelsea 3-1 Arsenal18/02/1998

Overall

LEverton 3-1 Chelsea17/01/1998

LArsenal 2-1 Chelsea28/01/1998

VChelsea 2-0 Barnsley31/01/1998

LArsenal 2-0 Chelsea08/02/1998

VChelsea 3-1 Arsenal18/02/1998

LLeicester 2-0 Chelsea21/02/1998

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 0-1 Manchester United21/12/1997

LCoventry 3-2 Manchester United28/12/1997

VChelsea 3-5 Manchester United04/01/1998

LSouthampton 1-0 Manchester United19/01/1998

VAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United18/02/1998

LBarnsley 3-2 Manchester United25/02/1998

Overall

LManchester United 0-1 Leicester31/01/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Bolton Wanderers07/02/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Barnsley15/02/1998

VAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United18/02/1998

VManchester United 2-0 Derby County21/02/1998

LBarnsley 3-2 Manchester United25/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	11	3
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	27
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
14	Victories (Competition total)	17
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	56
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.07
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.62
1.12	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.7
0.73	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 times)

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	43
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Tore André Flo	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Andy Cole
Gianfranco Zola	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Teddy Sheringham
Gianfranco Zola	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Denis Irwin
Gianfranco Zola	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Tore André Flo	1 goal during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Ryan Giggs

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

16 v

13 d

28 l

85 gf

110 ga

Away

61 matches

15 v

19 d

27 l

55 gf

98 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

7 ga

Total

121 matches

31 v

33 d

57 l

142 gf

215 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

27 v

19 d

15 l

98 gf

55 ga

Away

57 matches

28 v

13 d

16 l

110 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

2 ga

Total

121 matches

57 v

33 d

31 l

215 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 24, 1968
Home	6 - 2	September 06, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 26, 1960
Away	4 - 0	November 29, 1947

Latest head to head

January 04, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Chelsea

3 - 5

Man United

September 24, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Man United

2 - 2

Chelsea

August 03, 1997 - Charity Shield 1997

Man United

1 - 1

Chelsea

February 22, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 1

Man United

November 02, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

1 - 2

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Man United

Robert Tambling	7 goals	1961 - 1969
Tommy Baldwin	6 goals	1967 - 1973
Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Ian Hutchinson	5 goals	1969 - 1970
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1959
Kerry Dixon	3 goals	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1971
Denis Law	9 goals	1963 - 1969
Mark Hughes	8 goals	1984 - 1994
Brian McClair	7 goals	1987 - 1995
Alex Dawson	6 goals	1958 - 1960
David Beckham	5 goals	1995 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ron Harris	26 matches	1963 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	26 matches	1960 - 1978
John Hollins	20 matches	1964 - 1974
Steve Clarke	17 matches	1987 - 1998
Dennis Wise	16 matches	1990 - 1997
Peter Houseman	15 matches	1964 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	30 matches	1958 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	21 matches	1956 - 1967
Brian McClair	19 matches	1987 - 1997
Nobby Stiles	19 matches	1960 - 1971
George Best	18 matches	1964 - 1973
Gary Pallister	18 matches	1989 - 1998