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Middlesbrough 1-1 Chelsea - December 14, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 18

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

December 14, 2002

29 160

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Chelsea

Geremi

32'

42'

John Terry

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32' - Goal Geremi32

42' - Goal John Terry

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46' - Substitution Massimo Maccaroneis substituted by Noel Whelan46

67' - Substitution Mario Stanicis substituted by Boudewijn Zenden

73' - Substitution Jesper Grönkjaeris substituted by Quique De Lucas

83' - Substitution Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainkis substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Chelsea

Middlesbrough Chelsea

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Geremi32

Geremi

Cameroon

B.date20/12/1978

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Parnaby

Stuart Parnaby

England

B.date19/07/1982

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age27 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Maccarone46

Massimo Maccarone

Italy

B.date06/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Nemeth

Szilard Nemeth

Slovakia

B.date08/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Boksic

Alen Boksic

Croatia

B.date21/01/1970

Age32 years

H1m87

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		30	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geremi	32	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Parnaby		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening		23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Massimo Maccarone	46	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Szilard Nemeth		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alen Boksic		32	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Terry42

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Stanic67

Mario Stanic

Croatia

B.date10/04/1972

Age30 years

H1m87

positionVersatile Midfielder

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age24 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Grönkjaer73

Jesper Grönkjaer

Denmark

B.date12/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hasselbaink83

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Zola

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age36 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Cudicini		29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry	42	22	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		34	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		26	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Stanic	67	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		32	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Grönkjaer	73	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	83	30	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola		36	287	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

116

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Noel Whelan	46	27	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Quique De Lucas	73	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	83	24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Boudewijn Zenden	67	26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Szilard Nemeth

Tony Vidmar

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Terry

Marcel Desailly

OUT

Jesper Grönkjaer

Quique De Lucas

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McClaren vs Chelsea

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

McClaren vs Ranieri

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

114

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Ranieri vs Middlesbrough

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Ranieri vs McClaren

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 14, 2002

Referee

Matt Messias

2 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Middlesbrough6 matches	General total	Chelsea3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Middlesbrough2 matches	Season total	Chelsea1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 22, 2005					Latest figure on December 13, 2003

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Peter McWilliam head of (01/04/1927-01/03/1934), you can see a maanger go beneath Steve McClaren with 25% of draws in Premier League (21%).

Chelsea keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 06/11/2002).

George Boateng played his game number 10 vs Chelsea in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City21/09/2002

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Bolton Wanderers05/10/2002

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Leeds United26/10/2002

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool09/11/2002

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Manchester City23/11/2002

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 West Ham07/12/2002

Overall

LIpswich Town 3-1 Middlesbrough06/11/2002

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool09/11/2002

LChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough16/11/2002

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Manchester City23/11/2002

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Middlesbrough30/11/2002

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 West Ham07/12/2002

Current form

Away

LViking Stavanger 4-2 Chelsea03/10/2002

LLiverpool 1-0 Chelsea06/10/2002

VManchester City 0-3 Chelsea19/10/2002

DTottenham 0-0 Chelsea03/11/2002

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Chelsea23/11/2002

VEverton 1-3 Chelsea07/12/2002

Overall

VChelsea 3-0 Birmingham City09/11/2002

VChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough16/11/2002

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Chelsea23/11/2002

VChelsea 3-0 Sunderland30/11/2002

VChelsea 4-1 Everton04/12/2002

VEverton 1-3 Chelsea07/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	9	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	9	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	4	10
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	7
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
7	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.82
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.56
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.82
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.89

Betting aid

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

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Szilard Nemeth	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Gianfranco Zola
Szilard Nemeth	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Gianfranco Zola
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Ugo Ehiogu	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

22 v

15 d

9 l

76 gf

49 ga

Away

48 matches

5 v

12 d

31 l

39 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

99 matches

29 v

27 d

43 l

119 gf

149 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

31 v

12 d

5 l

94 gf

39 ga

Away

46 matches

9 v

15 d

22 l

49 gf

76 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

99 matches

43 v

27 d

29 l

149 gf

119 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	December 16, 1978
Home	7 - 2	December 16, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 04, 1996
Away	3 - 0	April 19, 1913

Latest head to head

November 16, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 27, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Chelsea

September 23, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Chelsea

2 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 31, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Chelsea

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 16, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Micky Burns	4 goals	1978 - 1978
David Armstrong	2 goals	1978 - 1979
David Shearer	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Alan Willey	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Dean Windass	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Tommy Wright	1 goal	1993 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Roberto Di Matteo	3 goals	1996 - 1998
Gavin Peacock	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Gianfranco Zola	2 goals	1998 - 2001
Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1970 - 1974
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	2 goals	2001 - 2001
John Spencer	2 goals	1993 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Robbie Mustoe	13 matches	1993 - 2002
Steve Vickers	10 matches	1995 - 2001
Mark Schwarzer	10 matches	1997 - 2002
Colin Cooper	10 matches	1988 - 2002
Gianluca Festa	9 matches	1997 - 2001
Curtis Fleming	9 matches	1992 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Gianfranco Zola	12 matches	1997 - 2002
Dennis Wise	11 matches	1992 - 2001
Steve Clarke	10 matches	1988 - 1998
Graeme Le Saux	9 matches	1992 - 2002
Marcel Desailly	9 matches	1998 - 2002
Dan Petrescu	8 matches	1996 - 1999