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Middlesbrough 1-2 Chelsea - October 05, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 8

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

October 05, 2003

29 170

1 - 2

Chelsea

(right foot) Szilard Nemeth

46'

17'

Eidur Gudjohnsen (right foot)

88'

Hernán Crespo (right foot)

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17' - Goal Eidur Gudjohnsen

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46' - Goal Szilard Nemeth46

46' - Substitution Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainkis substituted by Hernán Crespo

79' - Substitution Eidur Gudjohnsenis substituted by Joe Cole photo Adrian Mutu

79' - Substitution Jesper Grönkjaeris substituted by Adrian Mutu

82' - Substitution Malcolm Christieis substituted by Michael Ricketts82

87' - Substitution Szilard Nemethis substituted by Stewart Downing87

88' - Goal Hernán Crespo

89' - Substitution Dorivais substituted by Juninho Paulista89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

1 - 2

Chelsea

Middlesbrough Chelsea

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

1 Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

3 Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

28 Cooper

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age36 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

5 Riggott

Chris Riggott

England

B.date01/09/1980

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

15 Mills

Danny Mills

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

20 Doriva89

Doriva

Brazil

B.date28/05/1972

Age31 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age28 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

12 Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

14 Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

Spain

B.date27/03/1974

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

11 Christie82

Malcolm Christie

England

B.date11/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

8 Nemeth4687

Szilard Nemeth

Slovakia

B.date08/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mark Schwarzer		30	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Franck Queudrue		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Colin Cooper		36	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Chris Riggott		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Danny Mills		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Doriva	89	31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	George Boateng		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Jonathan Greening		24	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Gaizka Mendieta		29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Malcolm Christie	82	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Szilard Nemeth	4687	26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

23 Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

26 Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

29 Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

2 Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

18 Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

4 Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

22 Gudjohnsen1779

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

8 Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age25 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

11 Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

30 Grönkjaer79

Jesper Grönkjaer

Denmark

B.date12/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Hasselbaink46

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Carlo Cudicini		30	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		22	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Robert Huth		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Glen Johnson		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Wayne Bridge		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	1779	25	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Jesper Grönkjaer	79	26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	46	31	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
10	M	Juninho Paulista	89	30	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Stewart Downing	87	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Michael Ricketts	82	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
10	M	Joe Cole	79	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Adrian Mutu	79	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Hernán Crespo	8846	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Szilard Nemeth

Joseph-Désiré Job

OUT

Gaizka Mendieta

Boudewijn Zenden

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robert Huth

Marcel Desailly

OUT

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Hernán Crespo

OUT

Glen Johnson

William Gallas

OUT

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Juan Sebastián Verón

OUT

Wayne Bridge

Geremi

OUT

Damien Duff

Adrian Mutu

OUT

Jesper Grönkjaer

Celestine Babayaro

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

McClaren vs Chelsea

0 victory

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 05, 2003

McClaren vs Ranieri

0 victory

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 05, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

151

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ranieri vs Middlesbrough

5 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 05, 2003

Ranieri vs McClaren

4 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 05, 2003

Referee

Mark Halsey

11 victories	7 draws	17 losses	Middlesbrough35 matches	General total	Chelsea41 matches	23 victories	9 draws	9 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Middlesbrough3 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 02, 2009					Latest figure on January 30, 2013

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Premier League running (since 28/12/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/10/1997-21/09/1998 time period (16 matches).

George Boateng played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

It's the first time Hernán Crespo scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Arsenal19/04/2003

VMiddlesbrough 5-1 Tottenham03/05/2003

LMiddlesbrough 0-4 Arsenal24/08/2003

LMiddlesbrough 2-3 Leeds United30/08/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Everton21/09/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove24/09/2003

Overall

DLeicester 0-0 Middlesbrough26/08/2003

LMiddlesbrough 2-3 Leeds United30/08/2003

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Middlesbrough13/09/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Everton21/09/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove24/09/2003

VSouthampton 0-1 Middlesbrough27/09/2003

Current form

Away

LAston Villa 2-1 Chelsea19/04/2003

LWest Ham 1-0 Chelsea03/05/2003

VZilina 0-2 Chelsea13/08/2003

VLiverpool 1-2 Chelsea17/08/2003

VSparta Prague 0-1 Chelsea16/09/2003

VWolverhampton 0-5 Chelsea20/09/2003

Overall

DChelsea 2-2 Blackburn30/08/2003

VChelsea 4-2 Tottenham13/09/2003

VSparta Prague 0-1 Chelsea16/09/2003

VWolverhampton 0-5 Chelsea20/09/2003

VChelsea 1-0 Aston Villa27/09/2003

LChelsea 0-2 Besiktas01/10/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	7	5
Scoring streak	3	3
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	5
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.5
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Szilard Nemeth	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Joseph-Désiré Job	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Hernán Crespo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Malcolm Christie	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 6 matches	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

22 v

16 d

9 l

77 gf

50 ga

Away

49 matches

5 v

12 d

32 l

39 gf

95 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

101 matches

29 v

28 d

44 l

120 gf

151 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

32 v

12 d

5 l

95 gf

39 ga

Away

47 matches

9 v

16 d

22 l

50 gf

77 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

101 matches

44 v

28 d

29 l

151 gf

120 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	December 16, 1978
Home	7 - 2	December 16, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 04, 1996
Away	3 - 0	April 19, 1913

Latest head to head

January 04, 2003 - FA Cup 2002/2003

Chelsea

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 14, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Chelsea

November 16, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 27, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Chelsea

September 23, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Chelsea

2 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Micky Burns	4 goals	1978 - 1978
David Armstrong	2 goals	1978 - 1979
David Shearer	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Robbie Stockdale	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Jan Aage Fjörtoft	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Willie Maddren	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Gavin Peacock	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Roberto Di Matteo	3 goals	1996 - 1998
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	2 goals	2001 - 2001
John Spencer	2 goals	1993 - 1996
Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1970 - 1974
Gianfranco Zola	2 goals	1998 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Robbie Mustoe	13 matches	1993 - 2002
Mark Schwarzer	12 matches	1997 - 2003
Colin Cooper	11 matches	1988 - 2003
Steve Vickers	10 matches	1995 - 2001
Gianluca Festa	9 matches	1997 - 2001
Curtis Fleming	8 matches	1992 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Gianfranco Zola	13 matches	1997 - 2002
Dennis Wise	11 matches	1992 - 2001
Marcel Desailly	10 matches	1998 - 2003
Graeme Le Saux	9 matches	1992 - 2002
Steve Clarke	9 matches	1988 - 1998
Mario Melchiot	8 matches	2000 - 2003