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Middlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea - December 16, 2000 / Premier League 2000/2001

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Premier League 2000/2001 - Round 18

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

December 16, 2000

29 422

1 - 0

Chelsea

Dean Gordon

71'

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46' - Substitution Jon Harleyis substituted by Frank Leboeuf

67' - Substitution Paul Okonis substituted by Dean Gordon67

71' - Goal Dean Gordon71

79' - Substitution Gianfranco Zolais substituted by Rati Aleksidze

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Chelsea

Middlesbrough Chelsea

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age28 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Okon67

Paul Okon

Australia

B.date05/04/1972

Age28 years

H1m77

positionSweeper

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age31 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Karembeu

Christian Karembeu

France

B.date03/12/1970

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight central defender

Vickers

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Cooper

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age33 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age32 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

O'Neill

Keith O'Neill

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/02/1976

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Deane

Brian Deane

England

B.date07/02/1968

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		28	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Okon	67	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		31	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christian Karembeu		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers		33	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Cooper		33	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		33	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		32	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith O'Neill		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Deane		32	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age33 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Desailly

Marcel Desailly

France

B.date07/09/1968

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age20 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Harley46

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age21 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Morris

Jody Morris

England

B.date22/12/1978

Age21 years

H1m66

positionCentre Midfield

Gudjohnsen

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Dalla Bona

Samuele Dalla Bona

Italy

B.date06/02/1981

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age34 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Poyet

Gustavo Poyet

Uruguay

B.date15/11/1967

Age33 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

Zola79

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age34 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		33	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcel Desailly		32	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley	46	21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jody Morris		21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samuele Dalla Bona		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		34	399	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet		33	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	79	34	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Dean Gordon	7167	27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Frank Leboeuf	46	32	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Rati Aleksidze	79	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gianluca Festa

Ugo Ehiogu

OUT

Noel Whelan

Ricard Hamilton

OUT

Paul Okon

Phil Stamp

OUT

Christian Karembeu

Curtis Fleming

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jon Harley

Celestine Babayaro

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Venables

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Venables vs Chelsea

4 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2000

Venables vs Ranieri

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2000

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Ranieri vs Middlesbrough

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2000

Ranieri vs Venables

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2000

Referee

Peter Jones

1 victory	5 draws	4 losses	Middlesbrough10 matches	General total	Chelsea18 matches	8 victories	5 draws	5 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Middlesbrough3 matches	Season total	Chelsea3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2001					Latest figure on March 06, 2002

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Key figures

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 20 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 19/08/2000). It was the best streak for the club since 30/04/1932-02/01/1933 (24 matches).

Chelsea keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 28/09/2000). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/01/1998-21/09/1998 time period (12 matches).

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 11 consecutive matches without a win at home in Premier League (since 10/04/2000). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/05/1989 (9 matches)

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Macclesfield Town19/09/2000

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa23/09/2000

LMiddlesbrough 1-3 Newcastle United16/10/2000

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Arsenal04/11/2000

LMiddlesbrough 0-3 Leicester18/11/2000

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Bradford25/11/2000

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Arsenal04/11/2000

LManchester United 2-1 Middlesbrough11/11/2000

LMiddlesbrough 0-3 Leicester18/11/2000

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Bradford25/11/2000

LWest Ham 1-0 Middlesbrough02/12/2000

LSunderland 1-0 Middlesbrough09/12/2000

Current form

Away

LSt. Gallen 2-0 Chelsea28/09/2000

LSunderland 1-0 Chelsea14/10/2000

LLiverpool 2-1 Chelsea01/11/2000

LSouthampton 3-2 Chelsea04/11/2000

LCharlton 2-0 Chelsea18/11/2000

LEverton 2-1 Chelsea25/11/2000

Overall

LSouthampton 3-2 Chelsea04/11/2000

DChelsea 1-1 Leeds United12/11/2000

LCharlton 2-0 Chelsea18/11/2000

LEverton 2-1 Chelsea25/11/2000

VChelsea 2-1 Manchester City03/12/2000

VChelsea 4-1 Derby County09/12/2000

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	5	10
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	12	20

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	6	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	14	0
Drawless streak	6	4
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	7	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
2	Victories (Competition total)	6
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
10	Losses (Competition total)	6
5	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.88
0.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.88	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

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

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Alen Boksic	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Paul Ince	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Tore André Flo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Alen Boksic	2 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Eidur Gudjohnsen

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

21 v

15 d

8 l

75 gf

47 ga

Away

45 matches

5 v

11 d

29 l

36 gf

89 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

94 matches

28 v

26 d

40 l

115 gf

142 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

29 v

11 d

5 l

89 gf

36 ga

Away

44 matches

8 v

15 d

21 l

47 gf

75 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

94 matches

40 v

26 d

28 l

142 gf

115 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

April 22, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Chelsea

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 25, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Chelsea

April 14, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Chelsea

September 26, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Chelsea

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 29, 1998 - League Cup 1997/1998

Chelsea

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Micky Burns	4 goals	1978 - 1978
David Shearer	2 goals	1978 - 1978
David Armstrong	2 goals	1978 - 1979
Bernie Slaven	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Juninho Paulista	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Jan Aage Fjörtoft	1 goal	1995 - 1995

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
Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1970 - 1974
John Spencer	2 goals	1993 - 1996
Tommy Baldwin	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Gustavo Poyet	1 goal	2000 - 2000

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	9 matches	1993 - 2000
Steve Vickers	8 matches	1995 - 2000
Curtis Fleming	7 matches	1992 - 2000
Gianluca Festa	7 matches	1997 - 2000
Nigel Pearson	6 matches	1995 - 1998
David Armstrong	6 matches	1974 - 1979

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

Steve Clarke	9 matches	1988 - 1998
Dennis Wise	9 matches	1992 - 2000
Ron Harris	8 matches	1967 - 1979
Dan Petrescu	8 matches	1996 - 1999
Frank Sinclair	7 matches	1992 - 1998
Gianfranco Zola	7 matches	1997 - 2000