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Chelsea 1-0 S Wednesday - April 19, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Journée 35

Stamford Bridge - Londres - England

April 19, 1998

29 075

Chelsea

1 - 0

S Wednesday

(penalty) Frank Leboeuf

23'

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13' - Substitution Petter Rudiis substituted by Mark Pembridge

23' - Goal Frank Leboeuf23

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64' - Substitution Jon Harleyis substituted by Jody Morris64

70' - Substitution Tore André Flois substituted by Mark Nicholls70

80' - Substitution Frank Leboeufis substituted by Paul Hughes80

85' - Substitution Earl Barrettis substituted by Jim Magilton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 0

S Wednesday

Chelsea S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Kharin

Dmitriy Kharin

Russia

B.date16/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf2380

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age30 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Harley64

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age18 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Charvet

Laurent Charvet

France

B.date08/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Granville

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age23 years

H1m80

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

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Flo70

Tore André Flo

Norway

B.date15/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dmitriy Kharin		29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf	2380	30	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley	64	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurent Charvet		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		34	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton		26	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo		27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	70	24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		34	118	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

101

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Stefanovic

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Emerson Thome

Brazil

B.date30/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Barrett85

Earl Barrett

England

B.date28/04/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hinchcliffe

Andy Hinchcliffe

England

B.date05/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Rudi13

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Carbone

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Di Canio

Paolo Di Canio

Italy

B.date09/07/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Booth

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		30	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		32	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic		23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emerson Thome		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Earl Barrett	85	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Hinchcliffe		29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		28	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi	13	24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone		26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paolo Di Canio		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth		24	65	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

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jody Morris	64	19	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Hughes	80	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Nicholls	70	20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jim Magilton	85	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Mark Pembridge	13	27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dmitriy Kharin

Ed de Goeij

OUT

Jon Harley

Graeme Le Saux

OUT

Roberto Di Matteo

Jody Morris

OUT

Tore André Flo

Gianfranco Zola

OUT

Mark Hughes

Gianluca Vialli

OUT

Laurent Charvet

Gustavo Poyet

OUT

Danny Granville

Dennis Wise

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Atherton

Jim Magilton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Vialli vs S Wednesday

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1998

Vialli vs Atkinson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

145

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Atkinson vs Chelsea

10 victories

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 1998

Atkinson vs Vialli

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1998

Referee

Gary Willard

3 victories	7 draws	2 losses	Chelsea12 matches	General total	S Wednesday12 matches	2 victories	6 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	S Wednesday3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 11, 1999					Latest figure on February 06, 1999

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Key figures

Des Walker played his game number 10 vs in Premier League with

End of streak for S Wednesday after 3 matches with at least one goal scored (since 04/04/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 24/09/1997-08/12/1997 (11 matches).

Chelsea keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 11/03/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/09/1997-26/12/1997 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChelsea 0-1 Manchester United28/02/1998

LChelsea 0-1 Aston Villa08/03/1998

VChelsea 6-2 Crystal Palace11/03/1998

VChelsea 3-1 Real Betis19/03/1998

VChelsea 2-0 Tottenham11/04/1998

VChelsea 3-1 Vicenza16/04/1998

Overall

VChelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough29/03/1998

LVicenza 1-0 Chelsea02/04/1998

VDerby County 0-1 Chelsea05/04/1998

LLeeds United 3-1 Chelsea08/04/1998

VChelsea 2-0 Tottenham11/04/1998

VChelsea 3-1 Vicenza16/04/1998

Current form

Away

VLeeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday17/01/1998

LCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/02/1998

LDerby County 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/02/1998

LBolton Wanderers 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday14/03/1998

LArsenal 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/03/1998

LBarnsley 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday11/04/1998

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Manchester United07/03/1998

LBolton Wanderers 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday14/03/1998

LArsenal 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/03/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Southampton04/04/1998

LBarnsley 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday11/04/1998

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 West Ham13/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Drawless streak	10	19
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	5	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	2
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	22	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	34
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
17	Victories (Competition total)	11
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
13	Losses (Competition total)	15
3	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

63	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	61
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	38
1.91	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.19
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.79
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.38

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

61	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	27
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Tore André Flo	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Paolo Di Canio
Gianfranco Zola	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Wayne Collins
Gianfranco Zola	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Benito Carbone
Gianfranco Zola	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Benito Carbone
Tore André Flo	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jim Magilton

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

26 v

19 d

13 l

79 gf

59 ga

Away

57 matches

8 v

23 d

26 l

74 gf

116 ga

Total

115 matches

34 v

42 d

39 l

153 gf

175 ga

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

26 v

23 d

8 l

116 gf

74 ga

Away

58 matches

13 v

19 d

26 l

59 gf

79 ga

Total

115 matches

39 v

42 d

34 l

175 gf

153 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 26, 1989
Home	4 - 0	August 26, 1989

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 31, 1966
Away	4 - 0	December 05, 1959

Latest head to head

December 20, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

S Wednesday

1 - 4

Chelsea

December 28, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

2 - 2

S Wednesday

September 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

S Wednesday

0 - 2

Chelsea

April 17, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

S Wednesday

0 - 0

Chelsea

November 04, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

0 - 0

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Robert Tambling	8 goals	1961 - 1968
Peter Osgood	7 goals	1967 - 1973
Kerry Dixon	4 goals	1985 - 1989
Tommy Baldwin	4 goals	1967 - 1968
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Jimmy Greaves	3 goals	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

John Fantham	7 goals	1961 - 1968
Alan Finney	4 goals	1961 - 1964
John Ritchie	4 goals	1966 - 1968
David Hirst	4 goals	1991 - 1992
Mark Bright	3 goals	1993 - 1994
David Ford	2 goals	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Ron Harris	23 matches	1962 - 1975
John Hollins	20 matches	1964 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1961 - 1970
Robert Tambling	16 matches	1961 - 1970
Steve Clarke	16 matches	1987 - 1997
Marvin Hinton	15 matches	1963 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Don Megson	20 matches	1961 - 1968
Gerry Young	15 matches	1963 - 1970
John Fantham	15 matches	1961 - 1968
Ron Springett	13 matches	1961 - 1967
Nigel Worthington	13 matches	1984 - 1994
Wilf Smith	13 matches	1965 - 1970