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Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea - March 16, 1996 / Premier League 1995/1996

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Premier League 1995/1996 - Round 31

Anfield - Liverpool - England

March 16, 1996

40 820

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

Mark Wright

53'

Robbie Fowler

62'

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53' - Goal Mark Wright53

62' - Goal Robbie Fowler62

71' - Substitution Mark Hughesis substituted by Paul Furlong

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age25 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Wright53

Mark Wright

England

B.date01/08/1963

Age32 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Harkness

Steven Harkness

England

B.date27/08/1971

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft central defender

Scales

John Scales

England

B.date04/07/1966

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

McAteer

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Jones

Rob Jones

England

B.date05/11/1971

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

McManaman

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age24 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Fowler62

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age20 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Collymore

Stan Collymore

England

B.date22/01/1971

Age25 years

H1m91

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Wright	53	32	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Harkness		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Scales		29	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason McAteer		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rob Jones		24	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		28	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McManaman		24	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		32	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler	62	20	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Collymore		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Chelsea

Hitchcock

Kevin Hitchcock

England

B.date05/10/1962

Age33 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Lee

David Lee

England

B.date26/11/1969

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Clarke

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Phelan

Terry Phelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/03/1967

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age28 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Burley

Craig Burley

Scotland

B.date24/09/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age29 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Peacock

Gavin Peacock

England

B.date18/11/1967

Age28 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hughes71

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age32 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Spencer

John Spencer

Scotland

B.date11/09/1970

Age25 years

H1m68

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Hitchcock		33	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Lee		26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		32	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Phelan		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Burley		24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		29	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Peacock		28	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	71	32	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Spencer		25	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Furlong	71	27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Harkness

Phil Babb

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Burley

Ruud Gullit

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Evans

115

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Evans vs Chelsea

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 1996

Evans vs Hoddle

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Hoddle

148

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Hoddle vs Liverpool

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 16, 1996

Hoddle vs Evans

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 16, 1996

Referee

Steve Dunn

12 victories	5 draws	3 losses	Liverpool20 matches	General total	Chelsea24 matches	13 victories	4 draws	7 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 11, 2005					Latest figure on April 30, 2005

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Key figures

John Barnes played his game number 350 in his professional career with Liverpool

It's the first time Robbie Fowler scores a goal vs Chelsea in his professional career since the 09/11/1994 (with Liverpool vs Chelsea )

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 consecutive draws (since 02/03/1996). It was the best streak for the club since 28/01/1995-11/02/1995 (4 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 7-0 Rochdale06/01/1996

VLiverpool 5-0 Leeds United20/01/1996

DLiverpool 0-0 Tottenham03/02/1996

VLiverpool 2-1 Charlton28/02/1996

VLiverpool 3-0 Aston Villa03/03/1996

DLiverpool 2-2 Wimbledon FC13/03/1996

Overall

VShrewsbury Town 0-4 Liverpool18/02/1996

VBlackburn 2-3 Liverpool24/02/1996

VLiverpool 2-1 Charlton28/02/1996

VLiverpool 3-0 Aston Villa03/03/1996

DLeeds United 0-0 Liverpool10/03/1996

DLiverpool 2-2 Wimbledon FC13/03/1996

Current form

Away

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

VSouthampton 2-3 Chelsea24/02/1996

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Chelsea02/03/1996

Overall

DGrimsby Town 0-0 Chelsea21/02/1996

VSouthampton 2-3 Chelsea24/02/1996

VChelsea 4-1 Grimsby Town28/02/1996

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Chelsea02/03/1996

DChelsea 2-2 Wimbledon FC09/03/1996

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester City12/03/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	10	18
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
16	Victories (Competition total)	11
10	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

58	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
2.47	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.93
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.07
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	53
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	32
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Robbie Fowler	24 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	John Spencer
Robbie Fowler	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dennis Wise
Robbie Fowler	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dennis Wise
Robbie Fowler	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Stan Collymore	6 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Ruud Gullit

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

39 v

11 d

7 l

125 gf

60 ga

Away

56 matches

15 v

13 d

28 l

65 gf

101 ga

Total

113 matches

54 v

24 d

35 l

190 gf

161 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

28 v

13 d

15 l

101 gf

65 ga

Away

57 matches

7 v

11 d

39 l

60 gf

125 ga

Total

113 matches

35 v

24 d

54 l

161 gf

190 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	December 25, 1907

Latest head to head

December 30, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

2 - 2

Liverpool

December 18, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

0 - 0

Liverpool

November 09, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Liverpool

3 - 1

Chelsea

March 19, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Liverpool

2 - 1

Chelsea

September 25, 1993 - Premier League 1993/1994

Chelsea

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Rush	10 goals	1985 - 1994
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Steve Nicol	6 goals	1985 - 1990
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Kenny Dalglish	5 goals	1977 - 1986
Ian St-John	4 goals	1963 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Kerry Dixon	6 goals	1984 - 1991
Gordon Durie	5 goals	1987 - 1991
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Bert Murray	3 goals	1965 - 1966
John Spencer	3 goals	1994 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1963 - 1978
Tommy Smith	25 matches	1965 - 1978
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Ian Rush	19 matches	1982 - 1994
Emelyn Hughes	19 matches	1967 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	29 matches	1963 - 1979
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	20 matches	1963 - 1978
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1972
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1965 - 1973