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Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea - October 05, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 11

Maine Road - Manchester - England

October 05, 1985

0 - 1

Chelsea

Kerry Dixon

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0' - Goal Kerry Dixon

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46' - Substitution James Melroseis substituted by James Tolmie46

46' - Substitution Micky Hazardis substituted by Paul Canoville

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

0 - 1

Chelsea

Manchester City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Nixon

Eric Nixon

England

B.date04/10/1962

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Clements

Kenny Clements

England

B.date09/04/1955

Age30 years

positionDefender

McCarthy

Mick McCarthy

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/02/1959

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Wilson

Clive Wilson

England

B.date13/11/1961

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Power

Paul Power

England

B.date30/10/1953

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

May

Andy May

England

B.date26/02/1964

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Lillis

Mark Lillis

England

B.date17/01/1960

Age25 years

positionMidfield

McNab

Neil McNab

Scotland

B.date04/06/1957

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Phillips

David Phillips

Wales

B.date29/07/1963

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Melrose46

James Melrose

Scotland

B.date07/10/1958

Age26 years

positionForward

Simpson

Paul Simpson

England

B.date26/07/1966

Age19 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eric Nixon		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Clements		30	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick McCarthy		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clive Wilson		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Power		31	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy May		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Lillis		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil McNab		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Phillips		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Melrose	46	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Simpson		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

1 Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki

Wales

B.date03/05/1959

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

McLaughlin

Joe McLaughlin

Scotland

B.date02/06/1960

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Pates

Colin Pates

England

B.date10/08/1961

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Wood

Darren Wood

England

B.date09/06/1964

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Rougvie

Doug Rougvie

Scotland

B.date24/05/1956

Age29 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

Hazard46

Micky Hazard

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Bumstead

John Bumstead

England

B.date27/11/1958

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Spackman

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age24 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Nevin

Pat Nevin

Scotland

B.date06/09/1963

Age22 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age25 years

H1m68

positionForward

9 Dixon0

Kerry Dixon

England

B.date24/07/1961

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Eddie Niedzwiecki		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Joe McLaughlin		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Colin Pates		24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Darren Wood		21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Doug Rougvie		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Micky Hazard	46	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	John Bumstead		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Nigel Spackman		24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Pat Nevin		22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	David Speedie		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kerry Dixon		24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		James Tolmie	46	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
11	F		Paul Canoville	46	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Simpson

Sammy McIlroy

OUT

Neil McNab

James Tolmie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy McNeill

106

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

McNeill vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 05, 1985

McNeill vs Hollins

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 05, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

John Hollins

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Hollins vs Manchester City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 05, 1985

Hollins vs McNeill

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 05, 1985

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Key figures

It's the first time Kerry Dixon scores 1 goal vs Manchester City in Premier League

Manchester City keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 25/09/1985).

Manchester City keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 06/05/1985). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 31/03/1961-02/09/1961 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 5-1 Charlton11/05/1985

DManchester City 1-1 Leicester21/08/1985

LManchester City 1-3 Sheffield Wednesday24/08/1985

VManchester City 2-1 Tottenham31/08/1985

LManchester City 0-3 Manchester United14/09/1985

DManchester City 2-2 West Ham21/09/1985

Overall

LBirmingham City 1-0 Manchester City03/09/1985

LSouthampton 3-0 Manchester City07/09/1985

LManchester City 0-3 Manchester United14/09/1985

DManchester City 2-2 West Ham21/09/1985

VBury 1-2 Manchester City25/09/1985

LOxford United 1-0 Manchester City28/09/1985

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Chelsea17/08/1985

DLeicester 0-0 Chelsea28/08/1985

LTottenham 4-1 Chelsea04/09/1985

DLuton Town 1-1 Chelsea07/09/1985

DMansfield Town 2-2 Chelsea25/09/1985

LWatford 3-1 Chelsea28/09/1985

Overall

DLuton Town 1-1 Chelsea07/09/1985

VChelsea 2-0 Southampton14/09/1985

VChelsea 2-1 Arsenal21/09/1985

DMansfield Town 2-2 Chelsea25/09/1985

LWatford 3-1 Chelsea28/09/1985

VChelsea 3-0 Portsmouth02/10/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	6	13

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
2	Victories (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

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

Paul Simpson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	David Speedie
Paul Simpson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Kerry Dixon
Mark Lillis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Nigel Spackman
Mark Lillis	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mark Lillis	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Doug Rougvie

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

26 v

13 d

10 l

82 gf

52 ga

Away

49 matches

11 v

14 d

24 l

58 gf

81 ga

Total

98 matches

37 v

27 d

34 l

140 gf

133 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

24 v

14 d

11 l

81 gf

58 ga

Away

49 matches

10 v

13 d

26 l

52 gf

82 ga

Total

98 matches

34 v

27 d

37 l

133 gf

140 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	November 26, 1977
Home	6 - 2	November 26, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 21, 1984
Away	4 - 1	October 01, 1966

Latest head to head

November 21, 1984 - League Cup 1984/1985

Chelsea

4 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

May 04, 1984 - Division 2 1983/1984

Manchester City

0 - 2

Chelsea

December 03, 1983 - Division 2 1983/1984

Chelsea

0 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 20, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Manchester City

2 - 3

Chelsea

September 16, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Chelsea

1 - 4

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Francis Lee	6 goals	1969 - 1973
Dennis Tueart	3 goals	1977 - 1977
Ron Futcher	3 goals	1978 - 1978
Mick Channon	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Denis Law	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Bobby Owen	2 goals	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1960
Tommy Baldwin	5 goals	1966 - 1973
Peter Osgood	5 goals	1966 - 1979
Robert Tambling	4 goals	1960 - 1966
Keith Weller	4 goals	1970 - 1971
David Webb	3 goals	1969 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Alan Oakes	18 matches	1961 - 1975
Michael Doyle	16 matches	1966 - 1975
Tommy Booth	16 matches	1968 - 1979
Mike Summerbee	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Joe Corrigan	15 matches	1969 - 1979
Tony Book	15 matches	1966 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Ron Harris	23 matches	1966 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	22 matches	1960 - 1979
John Hollins	19 matches	1966 - 1975
Charlie Cooke	17 matches	1966 - 1977
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1967 - 1975
David Webb	16 matches	1968 - 1974