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Newcastle United 3-1 Chelsea - May 02, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 37

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

May 02, 1998

36 710

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Chelsea

Nikos Dabizas

39'

Rob Lee

42'

Gary Speed

59'

77'

Roberto Di Matteo

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39' - Goal Nikos Dabizas39

42' - Goal Rob Lee42

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46' - Substitution Steve Howeyis substituted by Steve Watson46

46' - Substitution Frank Leboeufis substituted by Tore André Flo photo Gustavo Poyet

46' - Substitution Mark Hughesis substituted by Gustavo Poyet

59' - Goal Gary Speed59

77' - Goal Roberto Di Matteo photo Paul Hughes

77' - Substitution Eddie Newtonis substituted by Paul Hughes

80' - Substitution Andreas Anderssonis substituted by John Barnes80

83' - Substitution Rob Leeis substituted by Des Hamilton83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Chelsea

Newcastle United Chelsea

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age22 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

6 Howey46

Steve Howey

England

B.date26/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

34 Dabizas39

Nikos Dabizas

Greece

B.date03/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2 Barton

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

23 Pistone

Alessandro Pistone

Italy

B.date27/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

12 Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age36 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

7 Lee4283

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age29 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Speed59

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

40 Andersson80

Andreas Andersson

Sweden

B.date10/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Steve Howey	46	26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Nikos Dabizas	39	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Warren Barton		29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Alessandro Pistone		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Stuart Pearce		36	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee	4283	32	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		29	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed	59	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	F	Andreas Andersson	80	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Kharin

Dmitriy Kharin

Russia

B.date16/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf46

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age30 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

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

Charvet

Laurent Charvet

France

B.date08/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Newton77

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Di Matteo77

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Morris

Jody Morris

England

B.date22/12/1978

Age19 years

H1m66

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes46

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Vialli

Gianluca Vialli

Italy

B.date09/07/1964

Age33 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Nicholls

Mark Nicholls

England

B.date30/05/1977

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dmitriy Kharin		29	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf	46	30	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		34	349	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurent Charvet		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton	77	26	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo	77	27	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jody Morris		19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	46	34	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianluca Vialli		33	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Nicholls		20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	D	Steve Watson	46	24	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Des Hamilton	83	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	John Barnes	80	34	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Paul Hughes	77	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet	46	30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	46	24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andreas Andersson

Temur Ketsbaia

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gianluca Vialli

Tore André Flo

OUT

Danny Granville

Graeme Le Saux

OUT

Laurent Charvet

Dan Petrescu

OUT

Jody Morris

Andy Myers

OUT

Mark Nicholls

Gustavo Poyet

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Dalglish vs Chelsea

14 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Dalglish vs Vialli

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Vialli vs Newcastle United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Vialli vs Dalglish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Referee

Keith Burge

2 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Newcastle United5 matches	General total	Chelsea6 matches	2 victories	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United2 matches	Season total	Chelsea1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 17, 1998					Latest figure on May 02, 1998

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Key figures

It's the first time Gary Speed scores 1 goal in Premier League with

It's the first time Rob Lee scores a goal vs Newcastle United in Premier League with since the 10/09/1994 (with vs )

It's the first time Roberto Di Matteo scores 1 goal vs Newcastle United in his professional career

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers14/02/1998

DNewcastle United 1-1 Leeds United22/02/1998

VNewcastle United 3-1 Barnsley08/03/1998

DNewcastle United 0-0 Coventry14/03/1998

LNewcastle United 1-2 Crystal Palace18/03/1998

VNewcastle United 2-1 Barnsley13/04/1998

Overall

VSheffield United 0-1 Newcastle United05/04/1998

LArsenal 3-1 Newcastle United11/04/1998

VNewcastle United 2-1 Barnsley13/04/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United18/04/1998

LTottenham 2-0 Newcastle United25/04/1998

DLeicester 0-0 Newcastle United29/04/1998

Current form

Away

LLeicester 2-0 Chelsea21/02/1998

VReal Betis 1-2 Chelsea05/03/1998

LWest Ham 2-1 Chelsea14/03/1998

LVicenza 1-0 Chelsea02/04/1998

VDerby County 0-1 Chelsea05/04/1998

LLeeds United 3-1 Chelsea08/04/1998

Overall

LLeeds United 3-1 Chelsea08/04/1998

VChelsea 2-0 Tottenham11/04/1998

VChelsea 3-1 Vicenza16/04/1998

VChelsea 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday19/04/1998

VChelsea 4-1 Liverpool25/04/1998

LChelsea 0-1 Blackburn29/04/1998

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	9	22
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
10	Victories (Competition total)	19
7	Victories (Home / Away)	7
11	Draws (Competition total)	3
5	Draws (Home / Away)	1
15	Losses (Competition total)	14
6	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	68
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	33
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.89
1.06	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.83
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.11
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

61	Yellow cards (Competition total)	63
26	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	36
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

John Barnes	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Tore André Flo
John Barnes	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Tore André Flo
John Barnes	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Leboeuf
John Barnes	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Andreas Andersson	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Mark Hughes

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

30 v

14 d

12 l

91 gf

62 ga

Away

60 matches

11 v

17 d

32 l

69 gf

112 ga

Total

116 matches

41 v

31 d

44 l

160 gf

174 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

32 v

17 d

11 l

112 gf

69 ga

Away

56 matches

12 v

14 d

30 l

62 gf

91 ga

Total

116 matches

44 v

31 d

41 l

174 gf

160 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 16, 1974
Home	5 - 0	November 16, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 25, 1980
Away	6 - 1	March 25, 1961

Latest head to head

September 27, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Chelsea

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

April 16, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Chelsea

November 23, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

January 17, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Newcastle United

2 - 2

Chelsea

January 07, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1972 - 1975
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Les Ferdinand	3 goals	1995 - 1996
Albert Bennett	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Wyn Davies	3 goals	1966 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Jimmy Greaves	10 goals	1958 - 1961
Ron Tindall	9 goals	1957 - 1961
Tommy Baldwin	5 goals	1966 - 1972
Robert Tambling	4 goals	1966 - 1968
Kerry Dixon	3 goals	1984 - 1987
Peter Brabrook	3 goals	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Frank Clark	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Willie McFaul	14 matches	1966 - 1975
Bobby Moncur	14 matches	1965 - 1974
Dave Craig	13 matches	1965 - 1973
Peter Beardsley	12 matches	1984 - 1996
Darren Peacock	10 matches	1994 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Ron Harris	22 matches	1965 - 1978
John Hollins	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1960 - 1978
Peter Houseman	13 matches	1967 - 1975
Eddie McCreadie	12 matches	1965 - 1973
Charlie Cooke	12 matches	1966 - 1975