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Ipswich Town 5-1 Chelsea - December 30, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 23

Portman Road - Ipswich - England

December 30, 1978

Ipswich Town

5 - 1

Chelsea

John Wark

Russell Osman

Arnold Mühren

Paul Mariner

65'

Tommy Langley

logo Ipswich Town IT

0' - Goal John Wark photo Russell Osman

0' - Goal Russell Osman photo Arnold Mühren

0' - Goal Arnold Mühren photo Arnold Mühren

0' - Goal Arnold Mühren photo Paul Mariner

0' - Goal Paul Mariner0

logo Ipswich Town IT

46' - Substitution Brian Talbotis substituted by David Geddis46

65' - Goal Tommy Langley

70' - Substitution Gary Stanleyis substituted by Clive Walker

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ipswich Town

5 - 1

Chelsea

Ipswich Town Chelsea

Team line-ups

Ipswich Town

Cooper

Paul Cooper

England

B.date21/12/1953

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age29 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Wark0

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Osman0

Russell Osman

England

B.date14/02/1959

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Butcher

Terry Butcher

England

B.date28/12/1958

Age20 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Burley

George Burley

Scotland

B.date03/06/1956

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Talbot46

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Woods

Clive Woods

England

B.date18/12/1947

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Mühren00

Arnold Mühren

Netherlands

B.date02/06/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Mariner0

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Gates

Eric Gates

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age23 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Cooper		25	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		29	447	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Russell Osman		19	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Butcher		20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Burley		22	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	46	25	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Woods		31	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Mühren		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eric Gates		23	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

150

Chelsea

Phillips

John Phillips

Wales

B.date07/07/1951

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Wicks

Steve Wicks

England

B.date03/10/1956

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Nutton

Michael Nutton

England

B.date03/10/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age34 years

positionDefender

Stride

David Stride

England

B.date14/03/1958

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Stanley70

Gary Stanley

England

B.date04/03/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Lewington

Ray Lewington

England

B.date07/09/1956

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Britton

Ian Britton

Scotland

B.date19/05/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Bumstead

John Bumstead

England

B.date27/11/1958

Age20 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Aylott

Trevor Aylott

England

B.date26/11/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

Langley65

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Phillips		27	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Wicks		22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Nutton		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		34	651	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Stride		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Stanley	70	24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Lewington		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Britton		24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Bumstead		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Aylott		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley	65	20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Geddis	46	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Clive Walker	70	21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Trevor Aylott

Peter Osgood

OUT

John Bumstead

Duncan McKenzie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

503

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Robson vs Chelsea

5 victories

3 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1978

Robson vs Blanchflower

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 30, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Blanchflower

Frank Upton

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Blanchflower vs Ipswich Town

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 30, 1978

Blanchflower vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 30, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Paul Mariner scores a goal vs Chelsea in his professional career with Ipswich Town since the 21/01/1978 (with Ipswich Town vs Chelsea )

The last time Ipswich Town has scored at least 5 goals vs Chelsea in Premier League, It was on the 02/12/1961 (vs )

It's the first time Russell Osman scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VIpswich Town 2-1 Queens Park Rangers28/10/1978

LIpswich Town 0-1 West Bromwich Albion11/11/1978

VIpswich Town 2-1 Middlesbrough21/11/1978

LIpswich Town 2-3 Leeds United02/12/1978

VIpswich Town 3-0 Bolton Wanderers16/12/1978

DIpswich Town 1-1 Norwich City26/12/1978

Overall

VIpswich Town 2-1 Middlesbrough21/11/1978

VManchester City 1-2 Ipswich Town25/11/1978

LIpswich Town 2-3 Leeds United02/12/1978

LTottenham 1-0 Ipswich Town09/12/1978

VIpswich Town 3-0 Bolton Wanderers16/12/1978

DIpswich Town 1-1 Norwich City26/12/1978

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea21/10/1978

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Chelsea04/11/1978

LEverton 3-2 Chelsea11/11/1978

LLeeds United 2-1 Chelsea22/11/1978

LMiddlesbrough 7-2 Chelsea16/12/1978

DSouthampton 0-0 Chelsea26/12/1978

Overall

LLeeds United 2-1 Chelsea22/11/1978

LChelsea 0-1 Manchester United25/11/1978

LChelsea 0-1 Aston Villa09/12/1978

LMiddlesbrough 7-2 Chelsea16/12/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

DSouthampton 0-0 Chelsea26/12/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	11	11
Goalless streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
7	Victories (Competition total)	2
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	4
11	Losses (Competition total)	13
6	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.05
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (2 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Paul Mariner	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Tommy Langley
Paul Mariner	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Duncan McKenzie
John Wark	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gary Stanley
John Wark	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mick Mills	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 8 matches	Tommy Langley

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

4 v

2 d

4 l

16 gf

15 ga

Away

12 matches

1 v

2 d

9 l

10 gf

28 ga

Total

22 matches

5 v

4 d

13 l

26 gf

43 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

9 v

2 d

1 l

28 gf

10 ga

Away

10 matches

4 v

2 d

4 l

15 gf

16 ga

Total

22 matches

13 v

4 d

5 l

43 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 26, 1972
Home	3 - 0	December 26, 1972

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 22, 1964
Away	4 - 1	November 18, 1969

Latest head to head

January 21, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Chelsea

5 - 3

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

September 03, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Ipswich Town

1 - 0

Chelsea

March 31, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

0 - 0

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

September 21, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Ipswich Town

2 - 0

Chelsea

February 26, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Ipswich Town

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Raymond Crawford	5 goals	1961 - 1968
David Johnson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Doug Moran	2 goals	1961 - 1963
Brian Talbot	2 goals	1974 - 1977
Colin Viljoen	2 goals	1969 - 1972
Roy A. Stephenson	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ipswich Town

David Webb	5 goals	1968 - 1972
Robert Tambling	5 goals	1961 - 1968
Peter Osgood	4 goals	1969 - 1972
John Hollins	3 goals	1968 - 1973
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Alan Birchenall	3 goals	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Mick Mills	15 matches	1968 - 1978
Peter Morris	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Colin Viljoen	12 matches	1968 - 1975
David Best	11 matches	1968 - 1973
Allan Hunter	11 matches	1971 - 1978
Billy Baxter	10 matches	1961 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ipswich Town

Ron Harris	19 matches	1963 - 1978
John Hollins	15 matches	1968 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	13 matches	1961 - 1978
Charlie Cooke	12 matches	1968 - 1975
Peter Osgood	11 matches	1968 - 1973
David Webb	11 matches	1968 - 1974