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Blackburn 0-1 Chelsea - December 23, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 18

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

December 23, 2007

23 966

0 - 1

Chelsea

22'

Joe Cole (right foot)

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22' - Goal Joe Cole

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64' - Substitution Petr Cechis substituted by Hilario

67' - Substitution Andriy Shevchenkois substituted by Shaun Wright-Phillips

74' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by Jason Roberts74

82' - Substitution Joe Coleis substituted by Claudio Pizarro

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

0 - 1

Chelsea

Blackburn Chelsea

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age36 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Khizanishvili

Zurab Khizanishvili

Georgia

B.date06/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

New Zealand

B.date18/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Tugay74

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age37 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Bentley

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Dunn

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz

Paraguay

B.date16/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		36	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zurab Khizanishvili		26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Nelsen		30	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Reid		26	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	74	37	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley		23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton		28	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen		26	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn		27	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roque Santa Cruz		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

Chelsea

Cech64

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Alex

Brazil

B.date17/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Obi Mikel

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Joe Cole2282

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Shevchenko67

Andriy Shevchenko

Ukraine

B.date29/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech	64	25	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Essien		25	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho		29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paulo Ferreira		28	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Obi Mikel		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		29	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Cole	2282	26	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andriy Shevchenko	67	31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salomon Kalou		22	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jason Roberts	74	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Hilario	64	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips	67	26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Claudio Pizarro	82	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kerimoglu Tugay

Robbie Savage

OUT

Zurab Khizanishvili

Christopher Samba

OUT

Brett Emerton

Matt Derbyshire

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ashley Cole

Belletti

OUT

Paulo Ferreira

Wayne Bridge

OUT

Alex

Tal Ben Haïm

OUT

Joe Cole

Scott Sinclair

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

167

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hughes vs Chelsea

1 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 2007

Hughes vs Grant

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Avram Grant

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Grant vs Blackburn

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2007

Grant vs Hughes

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2007

Referee

Steve Bennett

9 victories	5 draws	5 losses	Blackburn19 matches	General total	Chelsea37 matches	25 victories	7 draws	5 losses
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Blackburn2 matches	Season total	Chelsea4 matches	4 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 09, 2010					Latest figure on April 25, 2010

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Key figures

Salomon Kalou played his game number 50 in Premier League

Chelsea keeps its 11 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League running (since 29/09/2007). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/02/2006-20/08/2006 time period (13 matches).

Mark Hughes has registered 50 success in Premier League since the 15/09/2004 as the manager of Chelsea next after this match..

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	8	Aston Villa	29 pts	18 rd
+2	9	Newcastle United	26 pts	18 rd
-1	10	Blackburn	26 pts	18 rd
-1	11	West Ham	25 pts	17 rd
	12	Reading	21 pts	18 rd

General ranking

1	Arsenal	43 pts	18 rd
2	Manchester United	42 pts	18 rd
3	Chelsea	37 pts	18 rd
4	Manchester City	34 pts	18 rd
5	Liverpool	33 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 4-2 Reading20/10/2007

DBlackburn 0-0 Liverpool03/11/2007

LBlackburn 0-4 Aston Villa28/11/2007

VBlackburn 3-1 Newcastle United01/12/2007

LBlackburn 0-1 West Ham09/12/2007

LBlackburn 2-3 Arsenal18/12/2007

Overall

DFulham 2-2 Blackburn25/11/2007

LBlackburn 0-4 Aston Villa28/11/2007

VBlackburn 3-1 Newcastle United01/12/2007

LBlackburn 0-1 West Ham09/12/2007

LWigan 5-3 Blackburn15/12/2007

LBlackburn 2-3 Arsenal18/12/2007

Current form

Away

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Chelsea20/10/2007

VWigan 0-2 Chelsea03/11/2007

DSchalke 04 0-0 Chelsea06/11/2007

VDerby County 0-2 Chelsea24/11/2007

VRosenborg 0-4 Chelsea28/11/2007

LArsenal 1-0 Chelsea16/12/2007

Overall

VRosenborg 0-4 Chelsea28/11/2007

VChelsea 1-0 West Ham01/12/2007

VChelsea 2-0 Sunderland08/12/2007

DChelsea 0-0 Valencia CF11/12/2007

LArsenal 1-0 Chelsea16/12/2007

VChelsea 2-0 Liverpool19/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	3
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	4
38	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	3
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
7	Victories (Competition total)	10
4	Victories (Home / Away)	5
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	3
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.35	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.59
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.78

Betting aid

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

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Roque Santa Cruz	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Didier Drogba
Benni McCarthy	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Frank Lampard
Benni McCarthy	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Frank Lampard
Benni McCarthy	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Frank Lampard
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Shaun Wright-Phillips
Roque Santa Cruz	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Frank Lampard

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

22 v

14 d

14 l

71 gf

53 ga

Away

50 matches

12 v

13 d

25 l

57 gf

91 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

101 matches

34 v

27 d

40 l

129 gf

146 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

25 v

13 d

12 l

91 gf

57 ga

Away

50 matches

14 v

14 d

22 l

53 gf

71 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

101 matches

40 v

27 d

34 l

146 gf

129 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 29, 1913
Home	3 - 0	October 28, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 23, 2004
Away	3 - 0	February 13, 1965

Latest head to head

September 15, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

0 - 0

Blackburn

April 15, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Blackburn

1 - 2

Chelsea

January 31, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Chelsea

3 - 0

Blackburn

October 25, 2006 - League Cup 2006/2007

Blackburn

0 - 2

Chelsea

August 27, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Blackburn

0 - 2

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Mike Newell	4 goals	1993 - 1995
Peter Dobing	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Chris Sutton	3 goals	1994 - 1998
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1993 - 1995
Tim Sherwood	2 goals	1995 - 1996
Billy McKinlay	2 goals	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Frank Lampard	7 goals	2004 - 2007
Barry Bridges	5 goals	1963 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Eidur Gudjohnsen	3 goals	2004 - 2004
Didier Drogba	3 goals	2005 - 2007
Charlie Livesey	3 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Brad Friedel	15 matches	2001 - 2007
Tim Sherwood	14 matches	1992 - 1998
Garry Flitcroft	11 matches	1996 - 2004
Lucas Neill	11 matches	2002 - 2006
Colin Hendry	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Henning Berg	11 matches	1993 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Frank Lampard	14 matches	2001 - 2007
John Terry	12 matches	2001 - 2007
Dennis Wise	10 matches	1992 - 1998
Peter Bonetti	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Frank Sinclair	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Eidur Gudjohnsen	9 matches	2001 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Chris Sutton

161 matches

39 matches

1994 - 2000

Damien Duff

156 matches

125 matches

1997 - 2006

Graeme Le Saux

154 matches

282 matches

1989 - 2003

Mike Harrison

135 matches

62 matches

1958 - 1966

Ian Pearce

81 matches

5 matches

1991 - 1997

Mark Hughes

35 matches

122 matches

1995 - 2002

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/04/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Graeme Le Saux

154 matches

282 matches

1989 - 2003

Damien Duff

156 matches

125 matches

1997 - 2006

Mark Hughes

35 matches

122 matches

1995 - 2002

David Speedie

2 matches

96 matches

1983 - 1992

Mike Harrison

135 matches

62 matches

1958 - 1966

Chris Sutton

161 matches

39 matches

1994 - 2000

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/04/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 22, 2007

Arsenal

2 1

Tottenham

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Aston Villa

1 1

Manchester City

Video availableLine-ups available

Bolton Wanderers

3 0

Birmingham City

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

1 1

Wigan

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Liverpool

4 1

Portsmouth

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Middlesbrough

1 2

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

2 1

Sunderland

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December 23, 2007

Man United

2 1

Everton

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Newcastle United

2 2

Derby County

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	43	18	13	4	1	36	15	+21
2	Manchester United	42	18	13	3	2	32	9	+23
3	Chelsea	37	18	11	4	3	25	10	+15
4	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
5	Liverpool	33	17	9	6	2	31	11	+20
6	Everton	30	18	9	3	6	32	18	+14
7	Portsmouth	30	18	8	6	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	29	18	8	5	5	29	21	+8
+29	Newcastle United	26	18	7	5	6	26	28	-2
-110	Blackburn	26	18	7	5	6	23	25	-2
-111	West Ham	25	17	7	4	6	22	15	+7
12	Reading	21	18	6	3	9	24	35	-11
13	Tottenham	18	18	4	6	8	30	31	-1
14	Bolton Wanderers	17	18	4	5	9	21	27	-6
15	Middlesbrough	17	18	4	5	9	17	30	-13
16	Birmingham City	15	18	4	3	11	18	30	-12
17	Fulham	14	18	2	8	8	19	29	-10
18	Sunderland	14	18	3	5	10	17	34	-17
19	Wigan	13	18	3	4	11	18	34	-16
20	Derby County	7	18	1	4	13	8	41	-33

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Blackburn 0-1 Chelsea - December 23, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

0 - 1

Chelsea

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Hughes vs Chelsea

Hughes vs Grant

Manager

Grant vs Blackburn

Grant vs Hughes

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking