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Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal - March 17, 1973 / FA Cup 1972/1973

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FA Cup 1972/1973 - Quarter-finals

Stamford Bridge - London - England

March 17, 1973

37 685

Chelsea

2 - 2

Arsenal

John Hollins

Peter Osgood

Charles George

Alan Ball

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0' - Goal John Hollins photo Peter Osgood

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0' - Goal Charles George photo Alan Ball

0' - Goal Alan Ball

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 2

Arsenal

Chelsea Arsenal

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Phillips

John Phillips

Wales

B.date07/07/1951

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Dempsey

John Dempsey

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/03/1946

Age27 years

positionDefender

Locke

Gary Locke

England

B.date12/07/1954

Age18 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Hollins0

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Hinton

Marvin Hinton

England

B.date02/02/1940

Age33 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age32 years

positionDefender

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Osgood0

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age26 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age27 years

positionForward

Garland

Chris Garland

England

B.date24/04/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Phillips	21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Dempsey	27	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Locke	18	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	26	461	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marvin Hinton	33	315	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	32	357	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson	21	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember	24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood	26	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman	27	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Garland	23	55	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

207

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age33 years

positionRight central defender

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

George0

Charles George

England

B.date10/10/1950

Age22 years

positionForward

Ball0

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age27 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	31	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	33	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	28	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	24	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	29	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	27	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	21	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	28	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charles George	22	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

215

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Dempsey

Ron Harris

OUT

Peter Houseman

Bill Garner

OUT

Eddie McCreadie

Ian Britton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Charles George

John Radford

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

306

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Sexton vs Arsenal

6 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Sexton vs Mee

6 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

386

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Mee vs Chelsea

5 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Mee vs Sexton

4 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Videos

January 19, 2013

Comments

Key figures

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has done less than 0.92 goals conceded per game .

Arsenal keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in FA Cup running (since 06/01/1971). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/03/1957 (5 matches)

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has reached 27% of draws .

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 1-1 Derby County30/12/1972

LChelsea 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1973

VChelsea 2-0 Ipswich Town03/02/1973

VChelsea 4-2 Sheffield United10/02/1973

DChelsea 0-0 Birmingham City03/03/1973

LChelsea 0-2 Wolverhampton06/03/1973

Overall

VChelsea 4-2 Sheffield United10/02/1973

DLeeds United 1-1 Chelsea17/02/1973

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Chelsea24/02/1973

DChelsea 0-0 Birmingham City03/03/1973

LChelsea 0-2 Wolverhampton06/03/1973

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Chelsea10/03/1973

Current form

Away

VLeicester 1-2 Arsenal17/01/1973

VChelsea 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1973

VLiverpool 0-2 Arsenal10/02/1973

VCarlisle United 1-2 Arsenal24/02/1973

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Arsenal28/02/1973

VIpswich Town 1-2 Arsenal10/03/1973

Overall

VLiverpool 0-2 Arsenal10/02/1973

VArsenal 1-0 Leicester17/02/1973

VCarlisle United 1-2 Arsenal24/02/1973

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Arsenal28/02/1973

VArsenal 3-2 Sheffield United03/03/1973

VIpswich Town 1-2 Arsenal10/03/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	7
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Peter Osgood	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Alan Ball
Bill Garner	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Frank McLintock
Bill Garner	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Alan Ball

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

19 v

13 d

18 l

66 gf

67 ga

Away

49 matches

14 v

15 d

20 l

64 gf

72 ga

Total

99 matches

33 v

28 d

38 l

130 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

20 v

15 d

14 l

72 gf

64 ga

Away

50 matches

18 v

13 d

19 l

67 gf

66 ga

Total

99 matches

38 v

28 d

33 l

139 gf

130 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 17, 1970
Home	3 - 0	September 27, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 29, 1930
Away	5 - 1	November 29, 1930

Latest head to head

January 20, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Chelsea

0 - 1

Arsenal

September 02, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Arsenal

1 - 1

Chelsea

October 16, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Chelsea

1 - 2

Arsenal

August 14, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Arsenal

3 - 0

Chelsea

April 03, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

2 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robert Tambling	10 goals	1960 - 1967
Alan Birchenall	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Barry Bridges	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Peter Osgood	3 goals	1966 - 1971
Peter Brabrook	3 goals	1960 - 1962

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 Chelsea

Ray Kennedy	6 goals	1971 - 1973
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
John Radford	3 goals	1965 - 1971
Joe Baker	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Terry Neill	2 goals	1964 - 1967

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	23 matches	1960 - 1972
Ron Harris	19 matches	1962 - 1973
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1972
John Hollins	15 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1966 - 1973
Robert Tambling	13 matches	1960 - 1969

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

Frank McLintock	16 matches	1965 - 1973
George Armstrong	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Storey	14 matches	1966 - 1973
Peter Simpson	14 matches	1964 - 1973
John Radford	13 matches	1965 - 1973
Robert McNab	12 matches	1967 - 1973