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Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa - December 21, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 19

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 21, 2002

38 284

Chelsea

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Eidur Gudjohnsen

42'

Frank Lampard

57'

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42' - Goal Eidur Gudjohnsen42

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55' - Substitution Mario Stanicis substituted by Jesper Grönkjaer55

57' - Goal Frank Lampard57

61' - Substitution Öyvind Leonhardsenis substituted by Juan Pablo Angel photo Mark Kinsella

61' - Substitution Dion Dublinis substituted by Mark Kinsella

62' - Substitution Darius Vassellis substituted by Marcus Allbäck

67' - Substitution Boudewijn Zendenis substituted by Celestine Babayaro67

77' - Substitution Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainkis substituted by Gianfranco Zola77

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 0

Aston Villa

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Team line-ups

Chelsea

Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Terry

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

Stanic55

Mario Stanic

Croatia

B.date10/04/1972

Age30 years

H1m87

positionVersatile Midfielder

Gudjohnsen42

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Morris

Jody Morris

England

B.date22/12/1978

Age23 years

H1m66

positionCentre Midfield

Lampard57

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age24 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Zenden67

Boudewijn Zenden

Netherlands

B.date15/08/1976

Age26 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hasselbaink77

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Cudicini		29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		34	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Stanic	55	30	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	42	24	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jody Morris		23	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	57	24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Boudewijn Zenden	67	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	77	30	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Aston Villa

Enckelman

Peter Enckelman

Finland

B.date10/03/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age33 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Samuel

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Leonhardsen61

Öyvind Leonhardsen

Norway

B.date17/08/1970

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Hendrie

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Hitzlsperger

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Germany

B.date05/04/1982

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Hadji

Mustapha Hadji

Morocco

B.date16/11/1971

Age31 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

Vassell62

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Dublin61

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age33 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Enckelman		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Olof Mellberg		25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		33	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jlloyd Samuel		21	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Öyvind Leonhardsen	61	32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Hendrie		25	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry		21	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thomas Hitzlsperger		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mustapha Hadji		31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Vassell	62	22	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	61	33	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Celestine Babayaro	67	24	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Grönkjaer	55	25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	77	36	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mark Kinsella	61	30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Juan Pablo Angel	61	27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Allbäck	62	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Boudewijn Zenden

Quique De Lucas

OUT

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Gianfranco Zola

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Staunton

Ulises de la Cruz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

116

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Ranieri vs Aston Villa

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Ranieri vs Taylor

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

190

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Taylor vs Chelsea

12 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Taylor vs Ranieri

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Referee

Mike Riley

26 victories	11 draws	4 losses	Chelsea41 matches	General total	Aston Villa30 matches	7 victories	10 draws	13 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea3 matches	Season total	Aston Villa1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 15, 2009					Latest figure on May 16, 2009

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Key figures

No Chelsea manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Graham Taylor has done less than 1 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Mario Stanic played his game number 50 in Premier League

Aston Villa keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 23/11/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/08/2002-01/10/2002 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 2-0 West Bromwich Albion26/10/2002

VChelsea 2-1 Gillingham06/11/2002

VChelsea 3-0 Birmingham City09/11/2002

VChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough16/11/2002

VChelsea 3-0 Sunderland30/11/2002

VChelsea 4-1 Everton04/12/2002

Overall

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

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Chelsea14/12/2002

LManchester United 1-0 Chelsea17/12/2002

Current form

Away

LSunderland 1-0 Aston Villa28/09/2002

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa26/10/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Aston Villa03/11/2002

VOxford United 0-3 Aston Villa06/11/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa16/11/2002

LArsenal 3-1 Aston Villa30/11/2002

Overall

VAston Villa 4-1 West Ham23/11/2002

LArsenal 3-1 Aston Villa30/11/2002

VAston Villa 5-0 Preston North End04/12/2002

LAston Villa 0-1 Newcastle United07/12/2002

VAston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion14/12/2002

LAston Villa 3-4 Liverpool18/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	9	1
Scoring streak	12	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
9	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	0
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.25
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gianfranco Zola	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Lee Hendrie
Eidur Gudjohnsen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Thomas Hitzlsperger
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Thomas Hitzlsperger

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

29 v

11 d

21 l

89 gf

75 ga

Away

58 matches

14 v

16 d

28 l

82 gf

111 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

120 matches

44 v

27 d

49 l

172 gf

186 ga

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

28 v

16 d

14 l

111 gf

82 ga

Away

61 matches

21 v

11 d

29 l

75 gf

89 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

120 matches

49 v

27 d

44 l

186 gf

172 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 17, 1966
Home	4 - 0	December 11, 1954

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 15, 1952
Away	3 - 0	January 01, 1990

Latest head to head

May 11, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Chelsea

1 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

February 09, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Chelsea

January 01, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Chelsea

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 27, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Chelsea

May 20, 2000 - FA Cup 1999/2000

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robert Tambling	12 goals	1961 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Tore André Flo	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
John Bumstead	3 goals	1984 - 1985
Gianluca Vialli	3 goals	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Tony Hateley	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Gordon Cowans	2 goals	1978 - 1990
Peter Withe	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Ron Wylie	2 goals	1960 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Dennis Wise	16 matches	1990 - 2001
Peter Bonetti	15 matches	1960 - 1979
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Ron Harris	12 matches	1963 - 1979
Steve Clarke	12 matches	1990 - 1997
Kerry Dixon	11 matches	1984 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Alan Wright	16 matches	1995 - 2002
Ian Taylor	16 matches	1994 - 2001
Steve Staunton	15 matches	1991 - 2002
Ugo Ehiogu	14 matches	1993 - 2000
Paul McGrath	13 matches	1990 - 1996
Nigel Spink	12 matches	1985 - 1994