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Chelsea 1-1 Man United - February 22, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 27

Stamford Bridge - London - England

February 22, 1997

28 336

Chelsea

1 - 1

Man United

Gianfranco Zola

68'

David Beckham

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2' - Goal Gianfranco Zola2

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49' - Substitution Kevin Hitchcockis substituted by Frode Grodas49

68' - Goal David Beckham

70' - Substitution Scott Mintois substituted by Erland Johnsen70

74' - Substitution Dan Petrescuis substituted by Ruud Gullit74

83' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Jordi Cruyff

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 1

Man United

Chelsea Man United

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Hitchcock49

Kevin Hitchcock

England

B.date05/10/1962

Age34 years

H1m86

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

Minto70

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Petrescu74

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Clarke

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Newton

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Zola2

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Hitchcock	49	34	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		25	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Minto	70	25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu	74	29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		33	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton		25	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		30	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	2	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		33	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Giggs83

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Beckham68

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age21 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		31	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		22	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		31	339	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		25	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	83	23	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham	68	21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		33	449	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

200

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frode Grodas	49	32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Erland Johnsen	70	29	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruud Gullit	74	34	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jordi Cruyff	83	23	19	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

Brian McClair

Karel Poborsky

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Gullit vs Man United

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

Gullit vs Ferguson

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

557

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Chelsea

9 victories

7 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

Ferguson vs Gullit

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

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Key figures

It's the first time David Beckham scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 31/03/1996 (with vs )

Only back at the time of Sir Matt Busby head of Manchester United (28/12/1970-02/06/1971), you can see a manager go over Sir Alex Ferguson with 1.61 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.98).

End of streak for Man United after 5 consecutive wins in Premier League (since 12/01/1997).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 3-1 West Ham21/12/1996

DChelsea 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/1996

VChelsea 1-0 Liverpool01/01/1997

VChelsea 3-0 West Bromwich Albion04/01/1997

VChelsea 3-1 Derby County18/01/1997

VChelsea 4-2 Liverpool26/01/1997

Overall

VChelsea 3-0 West Bromwich Albion04/01/1997

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Chelsea11/01/1997

VChelsea 3-1 Derby County18/01/1997

VChelsea 4-2 Liverpool26/01/1997

VTottenham 1-2 Chelsea01/02/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Chelsea16/02/1997

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester United18/12/1996

VNottingham Forest 0-4 Manchester United26/12/1996

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United12/01/1997

VCoventry 0-2 Manchester United18/01/1997

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Manchester United04/02/1997

VArsenal 1-2 Manchester United19/02/1997

Overall

VCoventry 0-2 Manchester United18/01/1997

DManchester United 1-1 Wimbledon FC25/01/1997

VManchester United 2-1 Wimbledon FC29/01/1997

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton01/02/1997

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Manchester United04/02/1997

VArsenal 1-2 Manchester United19/02/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	29	4
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
11	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	6
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	5
5	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.12
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.46

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Gianluca Vialli	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Gianluca Vialli	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	David Beckham
Frank Leboeuf	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Éric Cantona
Frank Leboeuf	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Roberto Di Matteo	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 12 matches	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

16 v

12 d

27 l

81 gf

104 ga

Away

60 matches

15 v

18 d

27 l

53 gf

96 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

6 ga

Total

117 matches

31 v

30 d

56 l

135 gf

206 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

27 v

18 d

15 l

96 gf

53 ga

Away

55 matches

27 v

12 d

16 l

104 gf

81 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

1 ga

Total

117 matches

56 v

30 d

31 l

206 gf

135 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

November 02, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

1 - 2

Chelsea

March 31, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Man United

2 - 1

Chelsea

December 02, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

1 - 1

Chelsea

October 21, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 4

Man United

April 17, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

0 - 0

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
Éric Cantona	5 goals	1992 - 1994

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
Peter Houseman	15 matches	1964 - 1974
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1973
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1966 - 1973

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
Nobby Stiles	19 matches	1960 - 1971
George Best	18 matches	1964 - 1973
Brian McClair	18 matches	1987 - 1995
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1963 - 1972