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Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea - December 26, 2001 / Premier League 2001/2002

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Premier League 2001/2002 - Round 19

Highbury - London - England

December 26, 2001

38 079

2 - 1

Chelsea

Sol Campbell

49'

Sylvain Wiltord

71'

31'

Frank Lampard

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31' - Goal Frank Lampard

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46' - Substitution Ray Parlouris substituted by Giovanni van Bronckhorst46

49' - Goal Sol Campbell49

67' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Sylvain Wiltord67

71' - Goal Sylvain Wiltord71

73' - Substitution Nwankwo Kanuis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp73

73' - Substitution Mario Stanicis substituted by Samuele Dalla Bona

82' - Substitution Graeme Le Sauxis substituted by Gianfranco Zola photo Mikael Forssell

82' - Substitution Eidur Gudjohnsenis substituted by Mikael Forssell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Chelsea

Arsenal Chelsea

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Taylor

Stuart Taylor

England

B.date28/11/1980

Age21 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age35 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Campbell49

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age25 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Parlour46

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Ljungberg67

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Pirès

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kanu73

Nwankwo Kanu

Nigeria

B.date01/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m96

positionStriker

Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stuart Taylor		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		35	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell	49	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lauren		24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		25	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour	46	28	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg	67	24	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robert Pirès		28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu	73	25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry		24	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

148

Chelsea

Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age21 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Le Saux82

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Stanic73

Mario Stanic

Croatia

B.date10/04/1972

Age29 years

H1m87

positionVersatile Midfielder

Gudjohnsen82

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Lampard31

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age31 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Cudicini		28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		21	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux	82	33	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		23	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Stanic	73	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	82	23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	31	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		29	64	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

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	46	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sylvain Wiltord	7167	27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	73	32	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Samuele Dalla Bona	73	20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	82	35	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	82	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Patrick Vieira

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emmanuel Petit

Samuele Dalla Bona

OUT

Celestine Babayaro

Boudewijn Zenden

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

292

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Wenger vs Chelsea

9 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Wenger vs Ranieri

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Ranieri vs Arsenal

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Ranieri vs Wenger

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Referee

Graham Barber

17 victories	6 draws	2 losses	Arsenal25 matches	General total	Chelsea23 matches	12 victories	3 draws	8 losses
4 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal4 matches	Season total	Chelsea3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 03, 2004					Latest figure on March 27, 2004

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 12/12/2001).

Arsenal keeps its 20 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 19/05/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/09/1963-14/12/1963 time period (20 matches).

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 consecutive wins (since 12/12/2001).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 4-0 Manchester United05/11/2001

VArsenal 3-1 Manchester United25/11/2001

VArsenal 2-0 Grimsby Town27/11/2001

VArsenal 3-1 Juventus04/12/2001

VArsenal 3-2 Aston Villa09/12/2001

LArsenal 1-3 Newcastle United18/12/2001

Overall

VArsenal 3-1 Juventus04/12/2001

VArsenal 3-2 Aston Villa09/12/2001

LBlackburn 4-0 Arsenal11/12/2001

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal15/12/2001

LArsenal 1-3 Newcastle United18/12/2001

VLiverpool 1-2 Arsenal23/12/2001

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 2-1 Chelsea24/10/2001

DDerby County 1-1 Chelsea28/10/2001

DEverton 0-0 Chelsea18/11/2001

VLeeds United 0-2 Chelsea28/11/2001

VManchester United 0-3 Chelsea01/12/2001

DSunderland 0-0 Chelsea09/12/2001

Overall

VManchester United 0-3 Chelsea01/12/2001

LChelsea 0-1 Charlton05/12/2001

DSunderland 0-0 Chelsea09/12/2001

VChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United12/12/2001

VChelsea 4-0 Liverpool16/12/2001

VChelsea 5-1 Bolton Wanderers23/12/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	8	2
Scoring streak	16	3
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	3
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	5	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
2.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.56
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.22
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.72
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

48	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Thierry Henry	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Thierry Henry	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	16 goals, 3 assists during the last 18 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

37 v

20 d

17 l

122 gf

92 ga

Away

73 matches

23 v

24 d

26 l

94 gf

92 ga

Total

147 matches

60 v

44 d

43 l

216 gf

184 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

26 v

24 d

23 l

92 gf

94 ga

Away

74 matches

17 v

20 d

37 l

92 gf

122 ga

Total

147 matches

43 v

44 d

60 l

184 gf

216 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 29, 1930
Home	4 - 1	September 15, 1990

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 11, 1998
Away	5 - 0	November 11, 1998

Latest head to head

September 08, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Chelsea

1 - 1

Arsenal

February 18, 2001 - FA Cup 2000/2001

Arsenal

3 - 1

Chelsea

January 13, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Arsenal

1 - 1

Chelsea

September 06, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Chelsea

2 - 2

Arsenal

May 06, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Arsenal

2 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ray Kennedy	9 goals	1971 - 1974
Ian Wright	8 goals	1991 - 1997
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Dennis Bergkamp	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Thierry Henry	5 goals	2000 - 2001
Lee Dixon	4 goals	1990 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robert Tambling	10 goals	1960 - 1967
Gustavo Poyet	4 goals	1997 - 2000
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Peter Osgood	4 goals	1966 - 1973
Alan Birchenall	4 goals	1967 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Lee Dixon	27 matches	1988 - 2001
Tony Adams	24 matches	1986 - 2001
Peter Simpson	22 matches	1964 - 1977
George Armstrong	22 matches	1964 - 1976
David Seaman	22 matches	1990 - 2001
Nigel Winterburn	21 matches	1988 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Peter Bonetti	27 matches	1960 - 1979
Ron Harris	26 matches	1962 - 1979
John Hollins	21 matches	1964 - 1974
Dennis Wise	19 matches	1991 - 2001
Peter Osgood	18 matches	1966 - 1979
Eddie McCreadie	17 matches	1963 - 1973