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Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea - February 18, 2001 / FA Cup 2000/2001

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FA Cup 2000/2001 - Round of 16

Highbury - London - England

February 18, 2001

38 096

Arsenal

3 - 1

Chelsea

(penalty) Thierry Henry

52'

Sylvain Wiltord

74'

Sylvain Wiltord

85'

62'

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

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46' - Substitution Samuele Dalla Bonais substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen photo Jesper Grönkjaer

46' - Substitution Gianfranco Zolais substituted by Jesper Grönkjaer

52' - Goal Thierry Henry52

62' - Goal Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

69' - Substitution Robert Pirèsis substituted by Sylvain Wiltord69

74' - Goal Sylvain Wiltord74

81' - Substitution Dennis Bergkampis substituted by Nelson Vivas81

83' - Substitution Albert Ferreris substituted by Mario Stanic

85' - Goal Sylvain Wiltord85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 1

Chelsea

Arsenal Chelsea

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age25 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Luzhny

Oleg Luzhny

Ukraine

B.date05/08/1968

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age36 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age20 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age24 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pirès69

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age27 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Ljungberg

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age23 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

Bergkamp81

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age31 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Henry52

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age23 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		37	479	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Stepanovs		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oleg Luzhny		32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lauren		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		36	586	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		24	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robert Pirès	69	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg		23	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	81	31	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry	52	23	82	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

164

Chelsea

Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age27 years

H1m85

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

Ferrer83

Albert Ferrer

Spain

B.date06/06/1970

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Jokanovic

Slavisa Jokanovic

Serbia

B.date16/08/1968

Age32 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

Dalla Bona46

Samuele Dalla Bona

Italy

B.date06/02/1981

Age20 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

Zola46

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age34 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Hasselbaink62

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Cudicini		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcel Desailly		32	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Albert Ferrer	83	30	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Celestine Babayaro		22	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Slavisa Jokanovic		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samuele Dalla Bona	46	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		34	410	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet		33	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	46	34	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	62	28	29	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

109

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Nelson Vivas	81	31	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Sylvain Wiltord	748569	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mario Stanic	83	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	46	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Grönkjaer	46	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dennis Bergkamp

Nwankwo Kanu

OUT

Igors Stepanovs

Gilles Grimandi

OUT

Oleg Luzhny

Ray Parlour

OUT

Freddie Ljungberg

Tony Adams

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gustavo Poyet

Jesper Grönkjaer

OUT

Slavisa Jokanovic

Frank Leboeuf

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

243

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Wenger vs Chelsea

8 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 18, 2001

Wenger vs Ranieri

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Ranieri vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2001

Ranieri vs Wenger

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2001

Referee

Graham Barber

17 victories	6 draws	2 losses	Arsenal25 matches	General total	Chelsea23 matches	12 victories	3 draws	8 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	Season total	Chelsea1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 03, 2004					Latest figure on March 27, 2004

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored vs Chelsea in FA Cup running (since 18/03/1950). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/01/1947 (4 matches)

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has reached 55% of wins .

The last time Chelsea has lost with a difference of 2 goals away from home in FA Cup, It was on the 27/01/1990 (vs )

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 5-0 Newcastle United09/12/2000

VArsenal 6-1 Leicester26/12/2000

DArsenal 2-2 Sunderland30/12/2000

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea13/01/2001

VArsenal 2-0 Bradford30/01/2001

VArsenal 1-0 Ipswich Town10/02/2001

Overall

DLeicester 0-0 Arsenal20/01/2001

VQueens Park Rangers 0-6 Arsenal27/01/2001

VArsenal 2-0 Bradford30/01/2001

VCoventry 0-1 Arsenal03/02/2001

VArsenal 1-0 Ipswich Town10/02/2001

VLyon 0-1 Arsenal13/02/2001

Current form

Away

LEverton 2-1 Chelsea25/11/2000

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea16/12/2000

DIpswich Town 2-2 Chelsea26/12/2000

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea13/01/2001

VGillingham 2-4 Chelsea28/01/2001

LLeicester 2-1 Chelsea03/02/2001

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea13/01/2001

VChelsea 4-1 Ipswich Town20/01/2001

VGillingham 2-4 Chelsea28/01/2001

VChelsea 3-1 Newcastle United31/01/2001

LLeicester 2-1 Chelsea03/02/2001

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester United10/02/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	9	8
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	8	5
Invincibility streak	2	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	4	10
Conceding streak	12	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

1	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
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-2 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Sylvain Wiltord	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Eidur Gudjohnsen
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Jesper Grönkjaer
Sylvain Wiltord	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Eidur Gudjohnsen

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

36 v

20 d

17 l

119 gf

91 ga

Away

72 matches

23 v

23 d

26 l

93 gf

91 ga

Total

145 matches

59 v

43 d

43 l

212 gf

182 ga

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

26 v

23 d

23 l

91 gf

93 ga

Away

73 matches

17 v

20 d

36 l

91 gf

119 ga

Total

145 matches

43 v

43 d

59 l

182 gf

212 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

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

October 23, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Chelsea

2 - 3

Arsenal

January 31, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Arsenal

1 - 0

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
Lee Dixon	4 goals	1990 - 1995
John Radford	4 goals	1965 - 1974

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
Alan Birchenall	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Dennis Wise	4 goals	1992 - 1996
Gustavo Poyet	4 goals	1997 - 2000
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960

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	26 matches	1988 - 2001
Tony Adams	23 matches	1986 - 2000
Peter Simpson	22 matches	1964 - 1977
George Armstrong	22 matches	1964 - 1976
Nigel Winterburn	21 matches	1988 - 2000
Peter Storey	20 matches	1966 - 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 Arsenal

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