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Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal - September 21, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 7

Stamford Bridge - London - England

September 21, 1997

33 012

Chelsea

2 - 3

Arsenal

Gustavo Poyet

40'

Gianfranco Zola

60'

45'

Dennis Bergkamp

59'

Dennis Bergkamp

89'

Nigel Winterburn

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40' - Goal Gustavo Poyet40

45' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

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46' - Substitution Dan Petrescuis substituted by Mark Nicholls46

57' - Substitution Gianluca Vialliis substituted by Mark Hughes57

59' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

60' - Goal Gianfranco Zola60

61' - Substitution Roberto Di Matteois substituted by Tore André Flo61

67' - Red card Frank Leboeuf67

88' - Substitution Ray Parlouris substituted by Luis Boa Morte

89' - Goal Nigel Winterburn

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 3

Arsenal

Chelsea Arsenal

Team line-ups

Chelsea

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf67

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Petrescu46

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Di Matteo61

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes

Paul Hughes

England

B.date19/04/1976

Age21 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Poyet40

Gustavo Poyet

Uruguay

B.date15/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

Vialli57

Gianluca Vialli

Italy

B.date09/07/1964

Age33 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Zola60

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf	67	29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu	46	29	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo	61	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		30	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Hughes		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet	40	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianluca Vialli	57	33	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	60	31	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn89

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Parlour88

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Overmars

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wright

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bergkamp4559

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		34	347	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		30	518	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	319	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		33	429	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn	89	33	464	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour	88	24	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright		33	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	4559	28	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

243

			Age	Match num	Note
F	Mark Hughes	57	33	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Nicholls	46	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	61	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Luis Boa Morte	88	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Graeme Le Saux

Danny Granville

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dennis Bergkamp

Nicolas Anelka

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Gullit vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 21, 1997

Gullit vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 21, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Chelsea

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1997

Wenger vs Gullit

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1997

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

17 victories	4 draws	8 losses	Chelsea29 matches	General total	Arsenal33 matches	24 victories	2 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Chelsea3 matches	Season total	Arsenal4 matches	3 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 01, 2006					Latest figure on May 01, 2006

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Key figures

It's the first time Gianfranco Zola scores a goal in Premier League since the 19/03/1997 (with vs )

It's the first time Nigel Winterburn scores a goal in Premier League with since the 16/03/1996 (with vs )

End of streak for Chelsea after 5 consecutive matches without a loss (since 24/08/1997).

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 1-0 Southampton19/03/1997

LChelsea 0-3 Arsenal05/04/1997

VChelsea 2-1 Leicester19/04/1997

DChelsea 0-0 Leeds United03/05/1997

VChelsea 4-2 Southampton30/08/1997

VChelsea 2-0 Slovan Bratislava18/09/1997

Overall

LCoventry 3-2 Chelsea09/08/1997

VBarnsley 0-6 Chelsea24/08/1997

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Chelsea27/08/1997

VChelsea 4-2 Southampton30/08/1997

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea13/09/1997

VChelsea 2-0 Slovan Bratislava18/09/1997

Current form

Away

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal21/04/1997

VDerby County 1-3 Arsenal11/05/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal09/08/1997

VSouthampton 1-3 Arsenal23/08/1997

DLeicester 3-3 Arsenal27/08/1997

LPAOK FC 1-0 Arsenal16/09/1997

Overall

VArsenal 2-0 Coventry11/08/1997

VSouthampton 1-3 Arsenal23/08/1997

DLeicester 3-3 Arsenal27/08/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham30/08/1997

VArsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers13/09/1997

LPAOK FC 1-0 Arsenal16/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	4	5
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	2	9
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	6	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
3.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.17
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gianluca Vialli	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Ian Wright
Frank Leboeuf	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dennis Bergkamp
Frank Leboeuf	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Ian Wright

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

25 v

21 d

21 l

82 gf

84 ga

Away

67 matches

16 v

19 d

32 l

83 gf

111 ga

Total

134 matches

41 v

40 d

53 l

165 gf

195 ga

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

32 v

19 d

16 l

111 gf

83 ga

Away

67 matches

21 v

21 d

25 l

84 gf

82 ga

Total

134 matches

53 v

40 d

41 l

195 gf

165 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 17, 1970
Home	3 - 0	September 27, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 29, 1930
Away	5 - 1	November 29, 1930

Latest head to head

April 05, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

0 - 3

Arsenal

September 04, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

3 - 3

Chelsea

December 16, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

1 - 1

Chelsea

September 30, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

1 - 0

Arsenal

May 14, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

2 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robert Tambling	10 goals	1960 - 1967
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Dennis Wise	4 goals	1992 - 1996
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.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ray Kennedy	9 goals	1971 - 1974
Ian Wright	8 goals	1991 - 1997
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Lee Dixon	4 goals	1990 - 1995
John Radford	4 goals	1965 - 1974
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1976 - 1979

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
Peter Osgood	18 matches	1966 - 1979
Eddie McCreadie	17 matches	1963 - 1973
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1964 - 1974

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

Peter Simpson	22 matches	1964 - 1977
George Armstrong	22 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Storey	20 matches	1966 - 1974
Frank McLintock	18 matches	1965 - 1973
Lee Dixon	17 matches	1988 - 1997
Robert McNab	16 matches	1967 - 1974