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Blackburn 2-3 Chelsea - September 11, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 5

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

September 11, 2002

22 999

Blackburn

2 - 3

Chelsea

(penalty) David Dunn

18'

David Thompson

45'

38'

Jesper Grönkjaer

52'

Gianfranco Zola

80'

Gianfranco Zola

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18' - Goal David Dunn18

38' - Goal Jesper Grönkjaer

45' - Goal David Thompson45

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52' - Goal Gianfranco Zola

64' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by Keith Gillespie64

71' - Substitution Mario Stanicis substituted by Boudewijn Zenden

77' - Substitution Jesper Grönkjaeris substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen

80' - Goal Gianfranco Zola

82' - Substitution Nils-Eric Johanssonis substituted by Corrado Grabbi82

87' - Substitution Jody Morrisis substituted by Quique De Lucas

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

2 - 3

Chelsea

Blackburn Chelsea

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age34 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Johansson82

Nils-Eric Johansson

Sweden

B.date13/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Tugay64

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Thompson45

David Thompson

England

B.date12/09/1977

Age24 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Dunn18

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Taylor		22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Short		34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		29	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nils-Eric Johansson	82	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	64	32	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Thompson	45	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	18	22	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Desailly

Marcel Desailly

France

B.date07/09/1968

Age34 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Stanic71

Mario Stanic

Croatia

B.date10/04/1972

Age30 years

H1m87

positionVersatile Midfielder

Morris87

Jody Morris

England

B.date22/12/1978

Age23 years

H1m66

positionCentre Midfield

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age24 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Grönkjaer3877

Jesper Grönkjaer

Denmark

B.date12/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Zola5280

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age36 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Cudicini		29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcel Desailly		34	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		24	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Stanic	71	30	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jody Morris	87	23	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Grönkjaer	3877	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		30	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	5280	36	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Keith Gillespie	64	27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Corrado Grabbi	82	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	77	23	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Quique De Lucas	87	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Boudewijn Zenden	71	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kerimoglu Tugay

Damien Duff

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Celestine Babayaro

Graeme Le Saux

OUT

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Eidur Gudjohnsen

OUT

Mario Melchiot

Albert Ferrer

OUT

Mario Stanic

Boudewijn Zenden

OUT

Jody Morris

Quique De Lucas

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

121

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Souness vs Chelsea

1 victory

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 11, 2002

Souness vs Ranieri

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Ranieri vs Blackburn

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 2002

Ranieri vs Souness

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 2002

Referee

Mike Riley

8 victories	7 draws	13 losses	Blackburn28 matches	General total	Chelsea41 matches	26 victories	11 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Blackburn3 matches	Season total	Chelsea3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 09, 2009					Latest figure on March 15, 2009

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Key figures

It's the first time David Thompson scores a goal in Premier League since the 13/01/2001 (with Coventry vs Newcastle United )

Garry Flitcroft played his game number 10 vs Chelsea in Premier League

It's the first time David Thompson scores 1 goal in his professional career with Blackburn

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 2-0 Southampton01/04/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Chelsea10/04/2002

DBlackburn 2-2 Newcastle United23/04/2002

VBlackburn 3-0 Fulham11/05/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Sunderland17/08/2002

DBlackburn 2-2 Liverpool28/08/2002

Overall

LLiverpool 4-3 Blackburn08/05/2002

VBlackburn 3-0 Fulham11/05/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Sunderland17/08/2002

VBirmingham City 0-1 Blackburn24/08/2002

DBlackburn 2-2 Liverpool28/08/2002

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Blackburn31/08/2002

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 1-0 Chelsea24/03/2002

DIpswich Town 0-0 Chelsea01/04/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Chelsea10/04/2002

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Chelsea27/04/2002

VCharlton 2-3 Chelsea17/08/2002

DSouthampton 1-1 Chelsea28/08/2002

Overall

LArsenal 2-0 Chelsea04/05/2002

LChelsea 1-3 Aston Villa11/05/2002

VCharlton 2-3 Chelsea17/08/2002

DChelsea 2-2 Manchester United23/08/2002

DSouthampton 1-1 Chelsea28/08/2002

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal01/09/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	5	4
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	2	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Dunn	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Frank Lampard
David Dunn	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Frank Lampard
David Dunn	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Gianfranco Zola

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

21 v

14 d

9 l

66 gf

42 ga

Away

44 matches

11 v

11 d

22 l

51 gf

77 ga

Total

88 matches

32 v

25 d

31 l

117 gf

119 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

22 v

11 d

11 l

77 gf

51 ga

Away

44 matches

9 v

14 d

21 l

42 gf

66 ga

Total

88 matches

31 v

25 d

32 l

119 gf

117 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 29, 1913
Home	3 - 0	October 28, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 03, 1964
Away	3 - 0	February 13, 1965

Latest head to head

April 10, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Blackburn

0 - 0

Chelsea

November 24, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Chelsea

0 - 0

Blackburn

February 17, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Chelsea

1 - 1

Blackburn

September 21, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Blackburn

3 - 4

Chelsea

April 29, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Chelsea

0 - 1

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Mike Newell	4 goals	1993 - 1995
Peter Dobing	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1993 - 1995
Chris Sutton	3 goals	1994 - 1998
Stuart Ripley	2 goals	1993 - 1995
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1996 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Barry Bridges	5 goals	1963 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Charlie Livesey	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Robert Tambling	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Peter Sillett	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Peter Brabrook	2 goals	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Tim Sherwood	14 matches	1992 - 1998
Colin Hendry	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Tim Flowers	10 matches	1993 - 1998
Henning Berg	10 matches	1993 - 2002
Ronnie Clayton	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Stuart Ripley	9 matches	1992 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Peter Bonetti	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Dennis Wise	10 matches	1992 - 1998
Frank Sinclair	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Eddie Newton	8 matches	1993 - 1999
Frank Blunstone	8 matches	1958 - 1963
Steve Clarke	8 matches	1992 - 1998