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Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea - August 24, 2004 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 3

Selhurst Park - London - England

August 24, 2004

24 953

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Chelsea

28'

Didier Drogba

72'

Tiago

logo Crystal Palace CP

28' - Goal Didier Drogba

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67' - Substitution Iván Kaviedesis substituted by Michael Hughes67

70' - Substitution Mateja Kezmanis substituted by Adrian Mutu

72' - Goal Tiago

75' - Substitution Didier Drogbais substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen

76' - Substitution Joe Coleis substituted by Geremi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Chelsea

Crystal Palace Chelsea

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

1 Speroni

Julián Speroni

Argentina

B.date18/05/1979

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

5 Hudson

Mark Hudson

England

B.date30/03/1982

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

6 Popovic

Tony Popovic

Australia

B.date04/07/1973

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

25 Hall

Fitz Hall

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

3 Granville

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

21 Boyce

Emmerson Boyce

Barbados

B.date24/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

15 Riihilahti

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

22 Kolkka

Joonas Kolkka

Finland

B.date28/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

7 Routledge

Wayne Routledge

England

B.date07/01/1985

Age19 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

24 Kaviedes67

Iván Kaviedes

Ecuador

B.date24/10/1977

Age26 years

H1m82

positionStriker

8 Johnson

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age23 years

H1m70

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Julián Speroni		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Hudson		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tony Popovic		31	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Fitz Hall		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Danny Granville		29	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Emmerson Boyce		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Aki Riihilahti		27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Joonas Kolkka		29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Wayne Routledge		19	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	F	Iván Kaviedes	67	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Andy Johnson		23	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

1 Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age22 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

26 Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age23 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

20 Paulo Ferreira

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

13 Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

4 Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age31 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

30 Tiago72

Tiago

Portugal

B.date02/05/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

10 Cole76

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age22 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

15 Drogba2875

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age26 years

H1m89

positionStriker

9 Kezman70

Mateja Kezman

Serbia

B.date12/04/1979

Age25 years

H1m82

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		23	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Celestine Babayaro		25	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paulo Ferreira		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	William Gallas		27	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		26	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Tiago	72	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Cole	76	22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Didier Drogba	2875	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mateja Kezman	70	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	M		Michael Hughes	67	33	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
14	D	Geremi	76	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	75	25	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Adrian Mutu	70	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Iván Kaviedes

Dougie Freedman

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tiago

Aleksey Smertin

OUT

Celestine Babayaro

Wayne Bridge

OUT

William Gallas

Geremi

OUT

Mateja Kezman

Eidur Gudjohnsen

OUT

Joe Cole

Ricardo Carvalho

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Iain Dowie

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Dowie vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 2004

Dowie vs Mourinho

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

Mourinho vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 2004

Mourinho vs Dowie

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 2004

Referee

Christopher Foy

5 victories	2 draws	6 losses	Crystal Palace13 matches	General total	Chelsea31 matches	20 victories	7 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crystal Palace2 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 08, 2014					Latest figure on December 13, 2014

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Key figures

It's the first time Didier Drogba scores 1 goal vs Crystal Palace in his professional career

The last time Crystal Palace has ended with the score 0-2 in Premier League, It was on the 31/01/1998 (vs )

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 consecutive losses vs Chelsea running (since 13/09/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/04/1972 (2 matches)

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 1-0 West Ham12/04/2004

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Wigan17/04/2004

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Sunderland21/04/2004

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Walsall01/05/2004

VCrystal Palace 3-2 Sunderland14/05/2004

LCrystal Palace 1-3 Everton21/08/2004

Overall

LCoventry 2-1 Crystal Palace09/05/2004

VCrystal Palace 3-2 Sunderland14/05/2004

LSunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace17/05/2004

VCrystal Palace 1-0 West Ham29/05/2004

DNorwich City 1-1 Crystal Palace14/08/2004

LCrystal Palace 1-3 Everton21/08/2004

Current form

Away

VArsenal 1-2 Chelsea06/04/2004

LAston Villa 3-2 Chelsea12/04/2004

LMonaco 3-1 Chelsea20/04/2004

LNewcastle United 2-1 Chelsea25/04/2004

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea08/05/2004

VBirmingham City 0-1 Chelsea21/08/2004

Overall

VChelsea 4-0 Southampton01/05/2004

DChelsea 2-2 Monaco05/05/2004

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea08/05/2004

VChelsea 1-0 Leeds United15/05/2004

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester United15/08/2004

VBirmingham City 0-1 Chelsea21/08/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	11	13
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	26	8
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Mark Hudson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Eidur Gudjohnsen
Mark Hudson	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Joe Cole
Mark Hudson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Joe Cole

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

5 v

7 d

9 l

20 gf

30 ga

Away

18 matches

2 v

8 d

8 l

17 gf

31 ga

Total

39 matches

7 v

15 d

17 l

37 gf

61 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

8 v

8 d

2 l

31 gf

17 ga

Away

21 matches

9 v

7 d

5 l

30 gf

20 ga

Total

39 matches

17 v

15 d

7 l

61 gf

37 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	January 06, 1993
Home	3 - 1	January 06, 1993

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	March 11, 1998
Away	5 - 1	December 27, 1969

Latest head to head

March 11, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Chelsea

6 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

September 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Crystal Palace

0 - 3

Chelsea

March 05, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

September 24, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Chelsea

March 15, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Roger Hoy	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Gerald Queen	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Ian Wright	2 goals	1989 - 1990
Andy Thorn	1 goal	1990 - 1990
Hermann Hreidarsson	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Jim Cannon	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Peter Osgood	9 goals	1969 - 1972
Graham Stuart	4 goals	1990 - 1993
Tommy Baldwin	3 goals	1971 - 1971
Peter Houseman	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Gianluca Vialli	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Kerry Dixon	2 goals	1989 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Nigel Martyn	10 matches	1989 - 1995
John Jackson	9 matches	1969 - 1973
Anthony Taylor	8 matches	1969 - 1973
Mel Blyth	8 matches	1969 - 1973
Richard Shaw	7 matches	1990 - 1995
John Salako	6 matches	1990 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Peter Osgood	11 matches	1969 - 1973
Ron Harris	11 matches	1969 - 1973
John Hollins	11 matches	1969 - 1973
Peter Bonetti	9 matches	1969 - 1973
Peter Houseman	9 matches	1969 - 1972
David Webb	9 matches	1969 - 1972