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Southampton 2-3 Chelsea - February 24, 1996 / Premier League 1995/1996

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Premier League 1995/1996 - Round 28

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

February 24, 1996

15 226

2 - 3

Chelsea

Tommy Widdrington

(o.g) Steve Clarke

38'

20'

Dennis Wise

26'

Dennis Wise

53'

Ruud Gullit

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6' - Goal Tommy Widdrington6

20' - Goal Dennis Wise

26' - Goal Dennis Wise

38' - Own goal Steve Clarke38

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53' - Goal Ruud Gullit

71' - Substitution Michael Duberryis substituted by Erland Johnsen

73' - Substitution Mark Waltersis substituted by Barry Venison73

80' - Substitution Nigel Spackmanis substituted by John Spencer

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

2 - 3

Chelsea

Southampton Chelsea

Team line-ups

Southampton

Beasant

Dave Beasant

England

B.date20/03/1959

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Hall

Richard Hall

England

B.date14/03/1972

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Monkou

Ken Monkou

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1964

Age31 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Charlton

Simon Charlton

England

B.date25/10/1971

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Walters73

Mark Walters

England

B.date02/06/1964

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Widdrington6

Tommy Widdrington

England

B.date01/10/1971

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Magilton

Jim Magilton

Northern Ireland

B.date06/05/1969

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Le Tissier

Matt Le Tissier

England

B.date14/10/1968

Age27 years

H1m86

positionOffensive Midfielder

Shipperley

Neil Shipperley

England

B.date30/10/1974

Age21 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Watson

Gordon Watson

England

B.date20/03/1971

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Beasant		36	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Hall		23	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Monkou		31	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Dodd		25	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Charlton		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Walters	73	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Widdrington	6	24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Magilton		26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Le Tissier		27	370	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Shipperley		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Watson		24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Chelsea

Hitchcock

Kevin Hitchcock

England

B.date05/10/1962

Age33 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Duberry71

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Lee

David Lee

England

B.date26/11/1969

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Clarke38

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Phelan

Terry Phelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/03/1967

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age28 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Spackman80

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age35 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Wise2620

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age29 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Gullit53

Ruud Gullit

Netherlands

B.date01/09/1962

Age33 years

H1m86

positionOffensive Midfielder

Peacock

Gavin Peacock

England

B.date18/11/1967

Age28 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age32 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Hitchcock		33	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry	71	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Lee		26	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke	38	32	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Phelan		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman	80	35	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise	2620	29	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruud Gullit	53	33	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Peacock		28	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Barry Venison	73	31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Erland Johnsen	71	28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		John Spencer	80	25	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Walters

Francis Benali

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Hughes

John Spencer

OUT

Nigel Spackman

Paul Furlong

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Merrington

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Merrington vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 1996

Merrington vs Hoddle

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Hoddle

143

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Hoddle vs Southampton

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 1996

Hoddle vs Merrington

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 1996

Referee

Gerald Ashby

5 victories	1 draw	4 losses	Southampton10 matches	General total	Chelsea10 matches	7 victories	1 draw	2 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Southampton3 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 14, 1998					Latest figure on April 25, 1998

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Key figures

Glenn Hoddle has registered 50 success since the 04/06/1993 as the manager of next after this match..

End of streak for Chelsea after 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home in Premier League (since 18/11/1995). It was the best streak for the club since 02/11/1985-22/03/1986 (8 matches).

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 10/02/1996).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSouthampton 0-0 Tottenham26/12/1995

VSouthampton 3-0 Portsmouth07/01/1996

VSouthampton 2-1 Middlesbrough20/01/1996

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester City31/01/1996

DSouthampton 2-2 Everton03/02/1996

DSouthampton 1-1 Crewe Alexandra07/02/1996

Overall

VSouthampton 2-1 Middlesbrough20/01/1996

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester City31/01/1996

DSouthampton 2-2 Everton03/02/1996

DSouthampton 1-1 Crewe Alexandra07/02/1996

VCrewe Alexandra 2-3 Southampton13/02/1996

DSwindon Town 1-1 Southampton17/02/1996

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Chelsea02/01/1996

DEverton 1-1 Chelsea13/01/1996

DNewcastle United 2-2 Chelsea17/01/1996

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Chelsea29/01/1996

LCoventry 1-0 Chelsea10/02/1996

DGrimsby Town 0-0 Chelsea21/02/1996

Overall

VChelsea 1-0 Nottingham Forest20/01/1996

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Chelsea29/01/1996

VChelsea 5-0 Middlesbrough04/02/1996

LCoventry 1-0 Chelsea10/02/1996

LChelsea 1-2 West Ham17/02/1996

DGrimsby Town 0-0 Chelsea21/02/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	8	6
Winless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	5	6
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	3
Goalless streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
5	Victories (Competition total)	10
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	9
6	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.77
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.04
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.08

Betting aid

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

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Neil Shipperley	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	John Spencer
Matt Le Tissier	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	John Spencer
Matt Le Tissier	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dennis Wise
Matt Le Tissier	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Neil Shipperley	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	Gavin Peacock

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

12 v

11 d

9 l

52 gf

40 ga

Away

32 matches

11 v

8 d

13 l

43 gf

50 ga

Total

64 matches

23 v

19 d

22 l

95 gf

90 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

13 v

8 d

11 l

50 gf

43 ga

Away

32 matches

9 v

11 d

12 l

40 gf

52 ga

Total

64 matches

22 v

19 d

23 l

90 gf

95 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 01, 1969
Home	5 - 0	February 01, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 24, 1973
Away	3 - 0	September 03, 1966

Latest head to head

September 16, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

3 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

April 12, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

0 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

December 03, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Southampton

0 - 1

Chelsea

April 02, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Chelsea

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

December 27, 1993 - Premier League 1993/1994

Southampton

3 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ron Davies	13 goals	1967 - 1972
Mick Channon	8 goals	1968 - 1977
Alan Shearer	4 goals	1990 - 1992
Matt Le Tissier	4 goals	1989 - 1995
Colin Clarke	3 goals	1986 - 1987
Rod Wallace	3 goals	1990 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Peter Osgood	7 goals	1966 - 1972
Tommy Baldwin	7 goals	1967 - 1972
John Hollins	4 goals	1969 - 1973
Kevin Wilson	3 goals	1989 - 1990
Robert Tambling	3 goals	1966 - 1968
Steve Kember	3 goals	1971 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Mick Channon	17 matches	1968 - 1981
Terry Paine	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Matt Le Tissier	15 matches	1986 - 1995
Ron Davies	12 matches	1966 - 1972
Glenn Cockerill	10 matches	1986 - 1992
Jason Dodd	10 matches	1989 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Ron Harris	17 matches	1966 - 1979
John Hollins	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Peter Osgood	13 matches	1966 - 1979
Steve Clarke	12 matches	1987 - 1995
Eddie McCreadie	11 matches	1966 - 1973
Peter Bonetti	11 matches	1967 - 1973