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Chelsea 1-2 Wolverhampton - March 24, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 34

Stamford Bridge - London - England

March 24, 1979

Chelsea

1 - 2

Wolverhampton

Tommy Langley

50'

52'

John Richards

61'

Billy Rafferty

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50' - Goal Tommy Langley50

52' - Goal John Richards

61' - Goal Billy Rafferty

75' - Substitution David Strideis substituted by Gary Stanley75

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 2

Wolverhampton

Chelsea Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Borota

Petar Borota

Serbia

B.date05/03/1953

Age26 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Stride75

David Stride

England

B.date14/03/1958

Age21 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Sitton

John Sitton

England

B.date21/10/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

G. Wilkins

Graham Wilkins

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Nutton

Michael Nutton

England

B.date03/10/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age34 years

positionDefender

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Bannon

Eamonn Bannon

Scotland

B.date18/04/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Langley50

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age21 years

positionForward

Walker

Clive Walker

England

B.date26/05/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

Aylott

Trevor Aylott

England

B.date26/11/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petar Borota		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Stride	75	21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sitton		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Wilkins		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Nutton		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		34	659	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins		22	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eamonn Bannon		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley	50	21	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Walker		21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Aylott		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wolverhampton

Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw

England

B.date28/04/1956

Age22 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Berry

George Berry

Wales

B.date19/11/1957

Age21 years

positionDefender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Daniel

Peter Daniel

England

B.date12/12/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Daley

Steve Daley

England

B.date15/04/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Rafferty61

Billy Rafferty

Scotland

B.date30/12/1950

Age28 years

H1m1

positionForward

Richards52

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age28 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Bradshaw		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		31	371	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Berry		21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		29	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer		24	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Daniel		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt		28	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Daley		25	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr		29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Rafferty	61	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards	52	28	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

165

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Gary Stanley	75	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tommy Langley

James Docherty

OUT

Trevor Aylott

Gary Stanley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Blanchflower

Success rate in this team:

14 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Blanchflower vs Wolverhampton

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Blanchflower vs Barnwell

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

John Barnwell

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Barnwell vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Barnwell vs Blanchflower

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Chelsea after 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Wolverhampton (since 11/12/1976). It was the best streak for the club since 14/02/1948-15/04/1950 (5 matches).

It's the first time John Richards scores a goal vs Chelsea in Premier League since the 15/03/1975 (with Wolverhampton vs Chelsea )

Ron Harris played his game number 20 vs Wolverhampton in Premier League

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChelsea 0-1 Aston Villa09/12/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

VChelsea 2-1 Birmingham City03/02/1979

LChelsea 1-3 Coventry21/02/1979

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool03/03/1979

LChelsea 1-3 Queens Park Rangers17/03/1979

Overall

LChelsea 1-3 Coventry21/02/1979

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea24/02/1979

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool03/03/1979

LNorwich City 2-0 Chelsea10/03/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Chelsea14/03/1979

LChelsea 1-3 Queens Park Rangers17/03/1979

Current form

Away

DQueens Park Rangers 3-3 Wolverhampton10/02/1979

VArsenal 0-1 Wolverhampton24/02/1979

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Wolverhampton26/02/1979

DNorwich City 0-0 Wolverhampton07/03/1979

VShrewsbury Town 1-3 Wolverhampton13/03/1979

LLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

Overall

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Wolverhampton26/02/1979

LWolverhampton 1-3 Middlesbrough03/03/1979

DNorwich City 0-0 Wolverhampton07/03/1979

DWolverhampton 1-1 Shrewsbury Town10/03/1979

VShrewsbury Town 1-3 Wolverhampton13/03/1979

LLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
4	Victories (Competition total)	8
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
19	Losses (Competition total)	17
9	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
62	Goals conceded (Competition total)	51
29	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.9
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.73
2.07	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.76
2.07	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-3 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

0	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

Tommy Langley	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Peter Daniel
Tommy Langley	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	George Berry
Gary Stanley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Peter Daniel
Gary Stanley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Daniel
Tommy Langley	2 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	John Richards

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

17 v

13 d

14 l

86 gf

71 ga

Away

45 matches

13 v

12 d

20 l

60 gf

93 ga

Total

89 matches

30 v

25 d

34 l

146 gf

164 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

20 v

12 d

13 l

93 gf

60 ga

Away

44 matches

14 v

13 d

17 l

71 gf

86 ga

Total

89 matches

34 v

25 d

30 l

164 gf

146 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	August 30, 1958
Home	6 - 2	August 30, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 26, 1953
Away	5 - 1	April 30, 1960

Latest head to head

August 22, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Chelsea

April 22, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Chelsea

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

December 10, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Wolverhampton

1 - 3

Chelsea

May 07, 1977 - Division 2 1976/1977

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Chelsea

December 11, 1976 - Division 2 1976/1977

Chelsea

3 - 3

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Jimmy Greaves	9 goals	1958 - 1960
Robert Tambling	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Barry Bridges	5 goals	1962 - 1964
Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Tommy Langley	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

John Richards	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1960 - 1960
Jim McCalliog	4 goals	1970 - 1973
Raymond Crawford	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Hugh Curran	4 goals	1969 - 1969
Frank Wignall	3 goals	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Ron Harris	19 matches	1963 - 1978
Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1960 - 1978
John Hollins	17 matches	1964 - 1975
David Webb	13 matches	1968 - 1973
John Mortimore	12 matches	1957 - 1964
Peter Osgood	12 matches	1968 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Derek Parkin	18 matches	1968 - 1978
John McAlle	16 matches	1968 - 1978
David Wagstaffe	13 matches	1968 - 1975
Michael A Bailey	13 matches	1968 - 1975
Phil Parkes	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Frank Munro	12 matches	1969 - 1975