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Tottenham 0-0 Blackburn - September 20, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 7

White Hart Lane - London - England

September 20, 1997

26 573

0 - 0

Blackburn

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79' - Red card Patrick Valéry

80' - Substitution Martin Dahlinis substituted by Gary Croft

82' - Substitution Paul Mahornis substituted by Ramon Vega82

84' - Substitution Jason Wilcoxis substituted by Billy McKinlay

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

0 - 0

Blackburn

Tottenham Blackburn

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Walker

Ian Walker

England

B.date31/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Mabbutt

Gary Mabbutt

England

B.date23/08/1961

Age36 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Edinburgh

Justin Edinburgh

England

B.date18/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Carr

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Howells

David Howells

England

B.date15/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Clemence

Stephen Clemence

England

B.date31/03/1978

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Fox

Ruel Fox

Montserrat

B.date14/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Dominguez

José Dominguez

Portugal

B.date16/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m64

positionLeft Midfielder

Mahorn82

Paul Mahorn

England

B.date13/08/1973

Age24 years

positionForward

Ginola

David Ginola

France

B.date25/01/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Walker		25	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell		23	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Mabbutt		36	594	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Justin Edinburgh		27	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Carr		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Howells		29	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Clemence		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruel Fox		29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Dominguez		23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mahorn	82	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Ginola		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

147

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Valéry79

Patrick Valéry

France

B.date03/07/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Bohinen

Lars Bohinen

Norway

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Wilcox84

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Dahlin80

Martin Dahlin

Sweden

B.date16/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Sutton

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		30	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		31	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrick Valéry	79	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		28	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lars Bohinen		28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox	84	26	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Dahlin	80	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton		24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ramon Vega	82	26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Croft	80	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Billy McKinlay	84	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Mahorn

Neale Fenn

OUT

Stephen Carr

Allan Nielsen

OUT

David Howells

John Scales

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Garry Flitcroft

Marlon Broomes

OUT

Patrick Valéry

Gary Croft

OUT

Stéphane Henchoz

Tore Pedersen

OUT

Colin Hendry

Damien Duff

OUT

Jason Wilcox

Anders Andersson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gerry Francis

137

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Francis vs Blackburn

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

Francis vs Hodgson

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs Tottenham

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

Hodgson vs Francis

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 1997

Referee

Graham Barber

7 victories	4 draws	2 losses	Tottenham13 matches	General total	Blackburn10 matches	3 victories	2 draws	5 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Tottenham3 matches	Season total	Blackburn2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 11, 2004					Latest figure on December 06, 2003

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss away from home running (since 13/08/1997).

End of streak for Tottenham after 31 consecutive matches without a draw vs Blackburn in Premier League (since 25/02/1928). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/11/1924 (5 matches)

End of streak for Blackburn after 8 matches with at least one goal scored (since 11/05/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 04/03/1995-19/04/1995 (9 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 1-0 Middlesbrough24/04/1997

LTottenham 1-2 Coventry11/05/1997

LTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

VTottenham 1-0 Derby County23/08/1997

VTottenham 3-2 Aston Villa27/08/1997

VTottenham 3-2 Carlisle United17/09/1997

Overall

LWest Ham 2-1 Tottenham13/08/1997

VTottenham 1-0 Derby County23/08/1997

VTottenham 3-2 Aston Villa27/08/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham30/08/1997

LLeicester 3-0 Tottenham13/09/1997

VTottenham 3-2 Carlisle United17/09/1997

Current form

Away

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Blackburn19/03/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Blackburn07/04/1997

DArsenal 1-1 Blackburn19/04/1997

LSouthampton 2-0 Blackburn03/05/1997

VAston Villa 0-4 Blackburn13/08/1997

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Blackburn30/08/1997

Overall

VAston Villa 0-4 Blackburn13/08/1997

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool23/08/1997

VBlackburn 7-2 Sheffield Wednesday25/08/1997

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Blackburn30/08/1997

LBlackburn 3-4 Leeds United14/09/1997

VBlackburn 6-0 Preston North End17/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	9	2
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	2	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Les Ferdinand	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Chris Sutton
Les Ferdinand	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Chris Sutton
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Chris Sutton
Les Ferdinand	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 5 matches	Chris Sutton

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

25 v

5 d

9 l

98 gf

52 ga

Away

36 matches

10 v

7 d

19 l

39 gf

63 ga

Total

75 matches

35 v

12 d

28 l

137 gf

115 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

19 v

7 d

10 l

63 gf

39 ga

Away

39 matches

9 v

5 d

25 l

52 gf

98 ga

Total

75 matches

28 v

12 d

35 l

115 gf

137 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 15, 1924
Home	5 - 0	November 15, 1924

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	September 07, 1963
Away	4 - 0	December 05, 1914

Latest head to head

January 29, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Tottenham

2 - 1

Blackburn

August 17, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

0 - 2

Tottenham

March 16, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Tottenham

2 - 3

Blackburn

December 30, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

2 - 1

Tottenham

February 05, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Tottenham

3 - 1

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Jimmy Greaves	10 goals	1962 - 1966
Alan Gilzean	5 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Smith	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Les Allen	4 goals	1960 - 1962
Chris Armstrong	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Teddy Sheringham	3 goals	1992 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Alan Shearer	7 goals	1993 - 1996
Bryan Douglas	5 goals	1960 - 1965
Andrew McEvoy	5 goals	1963 - 1965
Mike Harrison	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Mike Ferguson	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Justin Edinburgh	10 matches	1992 - 1997
Jimmy Greaves	10 matches	1962 - 1966
Ian Walker	8 matches	1993 - 1997
Maurice Norman	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Bill Brown	8 matches	1960 - 1966
Ron Henry	8 matches	1960 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Ronnie Clayton	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Keith Newton	10 matches	1962 - 1966
Mike England	9 matches	1960 - 1966
Colin Hendry	9 matches	1992 - 1997
Stuart Ripley	9 matches	1992 - 1996