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West Ham 3-2 Chelsea - March 12, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 37

Boleyn Ground - London - England

March 12, 1997

24 502

3 - 2

Chelsea

(penalty) Julian Dicks

55'

Paul Kitson

68'

Paul Kitson

90'

26'

Gianluca Vialli

87'

Mark Hughes

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26' - Goal Gianluca Vialli

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46' - Substitution Rio Ferdinandis substituted by Danny Williamson photo Hugo Porfirio

46' - Substitution Ian Bishopis substituted by Hugo Porfirio46

55' - Goal Julian Dicks55

60' - Substitution Danny Williamsonis substituted by Frank Lampard60

68' - Goal Paul Kitson68

74' - Substitution Dan Petrescuis substituted by Mark Hughes

87' - Goal Mark Hughes

90' - Goal Paul Kitson90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

3 - 2

Chelsea

West Ham Chelsea

Team line-ups

West Ham

Miklosko

Ludek Miklosko

Czech Republic

B.date09/12/1961

Age35 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Ferdinand46

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age18 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Bilic

Slaven Bilic

Croatia

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Dicks55

Julian Dicks

England

B.date08/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Potts

Steve Potts

England

B.date07/05/1967

Age29 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Bishop46

Ian Bishop

England

B.date29/05/1965

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Moncur

John Moncur

England

B.date22/09/1966

Age30 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dowie

Iain Dowie

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Kitson6890

Paul Kitson

England

B.date09/01/1971

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ludek Miklosko		35	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand	46	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Slaven Bilic		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Dicks	55	28	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Potts		29	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker		31	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bishop	46	31	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes		25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Moncur		30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Iain Dowie		32	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Kitson	6890	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Chelsea

Colgan

Nick Colgan

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen

Erland Johnsen

Norway

B.date05/04/1967

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

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

Minto

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Burley

Craig Burley

Scotland

B.date24/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes

Paul Hughes

England

B.date19/04/1976

Age20 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Zola

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Vialli26

Gianluca Vialli

Italy

B.date09/07/1964

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nick Colgan		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Erland Johnsen		29	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		25	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu	74	29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		33	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Minto		25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Burley		25	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		30	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Hughes		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola		30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianluca Vialli	26	32	25	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

109

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Danny Williamson	4660	23	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	60	18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hugo Porfirio	46	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mark Hughes	8774	33	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Potts

Mark Bowen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nick Colgan

Frode Grodas

OUT

Gianluca Vialli

Mark Hughes

OUT

Erland Johnsen

Frank Leboeuf

OUT

Craig Burley

Roberto Di Matteo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

127

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Redknapp vs Chelsea

5 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

Redknapp vs Gullit

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Gullit vs West Ham

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

Gullit vs Redknapp

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 12, 1997

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League running (since 11/01/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/09/1996-21/12/1996 time period (13 matches).

It's the first time Gianluca Vialli scores 1 goal vs West Ham in his professional career

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Harry Redknapp has done less than 1.09 goals scored per game .

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Ham 2-0 Sunderland28/12/1996

LWest Ham 0-1 Nottingham Forest01/01/1997

LWest Ham 0-2 Leeds United20/01/1997

LWest Ham 0-1 Wrexham25/01/1997

LWest Ham 1-2 Arsenal29/01/1997

VWest Ham 4-3 Tottenham24/02/1997

Overall

LWest Ham 0-1 Wrexham25/01/1997

LWest Ham 1-2 Arsenal29/01/1997

LBlackburn 2-1 West Ham01/02/1997

LDerby County 1-0 West Ham15/02/1997

VWest Ham 4-3 Tottenham24/02/1997

LLeeds United 1-0 West Ham01/03/1997

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-2 Chelsea26/12/1996

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Chelsea11/01/1997

VTottenham 1-2 Chelsea01/02/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Chelsea16/02/1997

LDerby County 3-2 Chelsea01/03/1997

VPortsmouth 1-4 Chelsea09/03/1997

Overall

DLeicester 2-2 Chelsea16/02/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester United22/02/1997

VChelsea 1-0 Leicester26/02/1997

LDerby County 3-2 Chelsea01/03/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn05/03/1997

VPortsmouth 1-4 Chelsea09/03/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	7
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
6	Victories (Competition total)	11
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
7	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
14	Losses (Competition total)	6
6	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1.21	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.38
1.37	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.69

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Julian Dicks	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Gianluca Vialli
Julian Dicks	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Frank Leboeuf
Julian Dicks	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Leboeuf
Julian Dicks	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Julian Dicks	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Scott Minto

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

20 v

5 d

10 l

68 gf

42 ga

Away

34 matches

10 v

7 d

17 l

54 gf

62 ga

Total

69 matches

30 v

12 d

27 l

122 gf

104 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

17 v

7 d

10 l

62 gf

54 ga

Away

35 matches

10 v

5 d

20 l

42 gf

68 ga

Total

69 matches

27 v

12 d

30 l

104 gf

122 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 29, 1986
Home	4 - 0	February 14, 1981

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	April 09, 1966
Away	3 - 1	September 11, 1995

Latest head to head

December 21, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

3 - 1

West Ham

February 17, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 2

West Ham

September 11, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

West Ham

1 - 3

Chelsea

February 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

West Ham

1 - 2

Chelsea

October 26, 1994 - League Cup 1994/1995

West Ham

1 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Cottee	7 goals	1985 - 1988
Geoff Hurst	6 goals	1964 - 1970
Martin Peters	6 goals	1964 - 1969
Clyde Best	5 goals	1971 - 1973
Billy Bonds	4 goals	1972 - 1974
John Sissons	3 goals	1965 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Robert Tambling	9 goals	1959 - 1968
Peter Osgood	5 goals	1967 - 1972
Frank Blunstone	4 goals	1959 - 1963
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Bill Garner	3 goals	1973 - 1978
John Hollins	3 goals	1966 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bobby Moore	24 matches	1960 - 1973
Billy Bonds	19 matches	1967 - 1987
Geoff Hurst	17 matches	1961 - 1972
Martin Peters	14 matches	1963 - 1969
Trevor Brooking	14 matches	1968 - 1978
Frank Lampard	13 matches	1968 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Ron Harris	25 matches	1963 - 1978
Peter Bonetti	25 matches	1960 - 1977
John Hollins	23 matches	1964 - 1975
Robert Tambling	18 matches	1959 - 1969
Peter Osgood	16 matches	1965 - 1973
Marvin Hinton	15 matches	1963 - 1975