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Blackburn 3-4 Chelsea - September 21, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 6

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

September 21, 1998

23 113

Blackburn

3 - 4

Chelsea

Chris Sutton

22'

Sébastien Perez

57'

(penalty) Chris Sutton

79'

15'

Gianfranco Zola

51'

Frank Leboeuf

82'

Tore André Flo

86'

Tore André Flo

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15' - Goal Gianfranco Zola

22' - Goal Chris Sutton22

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51' - Goal Frank Leboeuf

54' - Substitution Dennis Wiseis substituted by Roberto Di Matteo

57' - Goal Sébastien Perez57

67' - Red card Sébastien Perez67

67' - Red card Graeme Le Saux

70' - Substitution Gianfranco Zolais substituted by Brian Laudrup

78' - Substitution Jason Wilcoxis substituted by Billy McKinlay78

78' - Substitution Pierluigi Casiraghiis substituted by Tore André Flo

79' - Goal Chris Sutton79

82' - Goal Tore André Flo

86' - Goal Tore André Flo

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

3 - 4

Chelsea

Blackburn Chelsea

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Dailly

Christian Dailly

Scotland

B.date23/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m82

positionVersatile Defender

Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Davidson

Callum Davidson

Scotland

B.date25/06/1976

Age22 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Perez5767

Sébastien Perez

France

B.date24/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Wilcox78

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Sutton2279

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Dahlin

Martin Dahlin

Sweden

B.date16/04/1968

Age30 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		31	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christian Dailly		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Peacock		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Callum Davidson		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sébastien Perez	5767	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		29	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox	78	27	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton	2279	25	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Dahlin		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf51

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age30 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Desailly

Marcel Desailly

France

B.date07/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Ferrer

Albert Ferrer

Spain

B.date06/06/1970

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Le Saux67

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Wise54

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Poyet

Gustavo Poyet

Uruguay

B.date15/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

Casiraghi78

Pierluigi Casiraghi

Italy

B.date04/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Zola1570

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age32 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf	51	30	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcel Desailly		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		22	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Albert Ferrer		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux	67	29	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise	54	31	297	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pierluigi Casiraghi	78	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	1570	32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Billy McKinlay	78	29	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Roberto Di Matteo	54	28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Laudrup	70	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	828678	25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Dahlin

Kevin Davies

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pierluigi Casiraghi

Tore André Flo

OUT

Gianfranco Zola

Gianluca Vialli

OUT

Ed de Goeij

Dmitriy Kharin

OUT

Michael Duberry

Roberto Di Matteo

OUT

Gustavo Poyet

Brian Laudrup

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Hodgson vs Chelsea

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1998

Hodgson vs Vialli

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianluca Vialli

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Vialli vs Blackburn

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1998

Vialli vs Hodgson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1998

Referee

Peter Jones

4 victories	4 draws	3 losses	Blackburn11 matches	General total	Chelsea18 matches	8 victories	5 draws	5 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Blackburn1 match	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 02, 2002					Latest figure on March 06, 2002

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 24/08/1998).

It's the first time Gianfranco Zola scores 1 goal vs Blackburn in his professional career

End of streak for Blackburn after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home (since 25/04/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 22/10/1996-01/02/1997 (8 matches).

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBlackburn 1-4 Arsenal13/04/1998

DBlackburn 0-0 Wimbledon FC25/04/1998

VBlackburn 1-0 Newcastle United10/05/1998

DBlackburn 0-0 Derby County15/08/1998

VBlackburn 1-0 Leicester29/08/1998

LBlackburn 0-1 Lyon15/09/1998

Overall

DBlackburn 0-0 Derby County15/08/1998

LLeeds United 1-0 Blackburn24/08/1998

VBlackburn 1-0 Leicester29/08/1998

LTottenham 2-1 Blackburn09/09/1998

LSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Blackburn12/09/1998

LBlackburn 0-1 Lyon15/09/1998

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 2-1 Chelsea14/03/1998

LVicenza 1-0 Chelsea02/04/1998

VDerby County 0-1 Chelsea05/04/1998

LLeeds United 3-1 Chelsea08/04/1998

LNewcastle United 3-1 Chelsea02/05/1998

LCoventry 2-1 Chelsea15/08/1998

Overall

LCoventry 2-1 Chelsea15/08/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United22/08/1998

VReal Madrid 0-1 Chelsea28/08/1998

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal09/09/1998

VChelsea 2-1 Nottingham Forest12/09/1998

VChelsea 1-0 Helsingborgs IF17/09/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	5
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	5
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	11	2
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

12	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Gustavo Poyet
Kevin Gallacher	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Gustavo Poyet
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Gustavo Poyet

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

21 v

13 d

8 l

63 gf

38 ga

Away

42 matches

11 v

9 d

22 l

50 gf

76 ga

Total

84 matches

32 v

22 d

30 l

113 gf

114 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

22 v

9 d

11 l

76 gf

50 ga

Away

42 matches

8 v

13 d

21 l

38 gf

63 ga

Total

84 matches

30 v

22 d

32 l

114 gf

113 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 29, 1913
Home	3 - 0	October 28, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 03, 1964
Away	3 - 0	February 13, 1965

Latest head to head

April 29, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Chelsea

0 - 1

Blackburn

November 22, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Blackburn

1 - 0

Chelsea

October 15, 1997 - League Cup 1997/1998

Chelsea

1 - 1

Blackburn

March 05, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

1 - 1

Blackburn

November 16, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Mike Newell	4 goals	1993 - 1995
Peter Dobing	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1993 - 1995
Mike Harrison	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1996 - 1998
Tim Sherwood	2 goals	1995 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Barry Bridges	5 goals	1963 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Charlie Livesey	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Robert Tambling	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Peter Sillett	2 goals	1958 - 1958
John Spencer	2 goals	1994 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Tim Sherwood	13 matches	1992 - 1998
Colin Hendry	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Ronnie Clayton	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Tim Flowers	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Stuart Ripley	9 matches	1992 - 1997
Mike England	8 matches	1960 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Peter Bonetti	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Dennis Wise	9 matches	1992 - 1997
Frank Sinclair	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Frank Blunstone	8 matches	1958 - 1963
Terry Venables	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Steve Clarke	8 matches	1992 - 1998