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Chelsea 4-2 Reading - August 22, 2012 / Premier League 2012/2013

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Premier League 2012/2013 - Round 3

Stamford Bridge - London - England

August 22, 2012

41 733

Chelsea

4 - 2

Reading

(penalty) Frank Lampard

18'

Assist by Eden Hazard (right foot) Gary Cahill

69'

Assist by Ashley Cole (right foot) Fernando Torres

81'

Assist by Eden Hazard (right foot) Branislav Ivanovic

90+5'

25'

Pavel Pogrebnyak (header) Assist by Garath McCleary

29'

Danny Guthrie (free kick)

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18' - Goal Frank Lampard18

25' - Goal Pavel Pogrebnyak

29' - Goal Danny Guthrie

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57' - Substitution Ramiresis substituted by Oscar57

69' - Goal Gary Cahill photo Daniel Sturridge

69' - Substitution John Obi Mikelis substituted by Daniel Sturridge69

72' - Substitution Jem Karacanis substituted by Adam Le Fondre

78' - Substitution Pavel Pogrebnyakis substituted by Noel Hunt

81' - Goal Fernando Torres81

85' - Substitution Juan Manuel Matais substituted by Raul Meireles85

86' - Substitution Garath McClearyis substituted by Hal Robson-Kanu

95' - Goal Branislav Ivanovic95

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

4 - 2

Reading

Chelsea Reading

Team line-ups

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Torres81

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

7Ramires57

Ramires

Brazil

B.date24/03/1987

Age25 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

10Mata85

Juan Manuel Mata

Spain

B.date28/04/1988

Age24 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

17Hazard

Eden Hazard

Belgium

B.date07/01/1991

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Lampard18

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age34 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

12Obi Mikel69

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age25 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

26Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

24Cahill69

Gary Cahill

England

B.date19/12/1985

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

2Ivanovic95

Branislav Ivanovic

Serbia

B.date22/02/1984

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		30	372	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		31	550	9You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Gary Cahill	69	26	20	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		31	263	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Branislav Ivanovic	95	28	163	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	John Obi Mikel	69	25	242	9You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ramires	57	25	90	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard	18	34	561	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Juan Manuel Mata	85	24	57	9.9You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Eden Hazard		21	3	9.9You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fernando Torres	81	28	70	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

217

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Pogrebnyak2578

Pavel Pogrebnyak

Russia

B.date08/11/1983

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

11McAnuff

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaica

B.date09/11/1981

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

12McCleary86

Garath McCleary

Jamaica

B.date08/03/1987

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Leigertwood

Mikele Leigertwood

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date12/11/1982

Age29 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

4Karacan72

Jem Karacan

Turkey

B.date21/02/1989

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

20Guthrie29

Danny Guthrie

England

B.date18/04/1987

Age25 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

23Harte

Ian Harte

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/1977

Age34 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

17Gorkss

Kaspars Gorkss

Latvia

B.date06/11/1981

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

5Pearce

Alex Pearce

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/11/1988

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2Gunter

Chris Gunter

Wales

B.date21/07/1989

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Federici

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Adam Federici		27	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Kaspars Gorkss		30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Alex Pearce		23	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Chris Gunter		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Ian Harte		34	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Jem Karacan	72	23	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Danny Guthrie	29	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikele Leigertwood		29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Garath McCleary	86	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jobi McAnuff		30	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Pavel Pogrebnyak	2578	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	M	Raul Meireles	85	29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Oscar	57	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Daniel Sturridge	69	22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	M	Hal Robson-Kanu	86	23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Noel Hunt	78	29	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Adam Le Fondre	72	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Cahill

David Luiz

OUT

Ramires

Ryan Bertrand

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Garath McCleary

Hal Robson-Kanu

OUT

Jem Karacan

Adam Le Fondre

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Di Matteo

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Di Matteo vs Reading

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 22, 2012

Di Matteo vs McDermott

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 22, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian McDermott

136

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

McDermott vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 22, 2012

McDermott vs Di Matteo

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 22, 2012

Referee

Lee Mason

22 victories	7 draws	3 losses	Chelsea32 matches	General total	Reading17 matches	7 victories	3 draws	7 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Chelsea3 matches	Season total	Reading3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on September 29, 2020					Latest figure on December 14, 2019

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal scored vs Reading running (since 15/12/1928). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Reading after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 26/04/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 01/12/2007-26/12/2007 (5 matches).

Chelsea keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Reading in Premier League running (since 14/10/2006). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 27 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 2-1 Benfica04/04/2012

VChelsea 2-1 Wigan07/04/2012

VChelsea 1-0 FC Barcelona18/04/2012

VChelsea 6-1 Queens Park Rangers29/04/2012

LChelsea 0-2 Newcastle United02/05/2012

VChelsea 2-1 Blackburn13/05/2012

Overall

VLiverpool 1-2 Chelsea05/05/2012

LLiverpool 4-1 Chelsea08/05/2012

VChelsea 2-1 Blackburn13/05/2012

DBayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea19/05/2012

LChelsea 2-3 Manchester City12/08/2012

VWigan 0-2 Chelsea19/08/2012

Current form

Away

VBarnsley 0-4 Reading17/03/2012

LPeterborough United 3-1 Reading20/03/2012

VWest Ham 2-4 Reading31/03/2012

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Reading10/04/2012

VSouthampton 1-3 Reading13/04/2012

LBirmingham City 2-0 Reading28/04/2012

Overall

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Reading10/04/2012

VSouthampton 1-3 Reading13/04/2012

VReading 1-0 Nottingham Forest17/04/2012

DReading 2-2 Crystal Palace21/04/2012

LBirmingham City 2-0 Reading28/04/2012

DReading 1-1 Stoke City18/08/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	1	6
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1584
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	19

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Frank Lampard	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Adam Le Fondre
Frank Lampard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Adam Le Fondre
Eden Hazard	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Frank Lampard	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Adam Le Fondre

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

3 d

0 l

9 gf

5 ga

Away

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

12 gf

13 ga

Total

15 matches

8 v

4 d

3 l

21 gf

18 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

13 gf

12 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

3 d

4 l

5 gf

9 ga

Total

15 matches

3 v

4 d

8 l

18 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	January 30, 2008
Home	1 - 0	January 30, 2008

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 23, 1987
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

January 30, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

1 - 0

Reading

August 15, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Reading

1 - 2

Chelsea

December 26, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Chelsea

2 - 2

Reading

October 14, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Reading

0 - 1

Chelsea

December 03, 2003 - League Cup 2003/2004

Reading

0 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Reading

Didier Drogba	3 goals	2006 - 2007
Michael Ballack	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Frank Lampard	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

	André Bikey	1 goal	2007 - 2007
	Leroy Lita	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Paulo Ferreira	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Frank Lampard	4 matches	2003 - 2007
John Obi Mikel	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Joe Cole	3 matches	2003 - 2008
Ricardo Carvalho	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Shaun Wright-Phillips	3 matches	2006 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Marcus Hahnemann	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Ívar Ingimarsson	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Nicky Shorey	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Graeme Murty	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Kevin Doyle	4 matches	2006 - 2008
James Harper	4 matches	2006 - 2008