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Chelsea 2-2 S Wednesday - December 28, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 21

Stamford Bridge - London - England

December 28, 1996

27 467

Chelsea

2 - 2

S Wednesday

Gianfranco Zola

Mark Hughes

23'

Mark Pembridge

90'

Dejan Stefanovic

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9' - Goal Gianfranco Zola9

23' - Goal Mark Hughes23

23' - Goal Mark Pembridge

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57' - Substitution Steve Nicolis substituted by Scott Oakes

70' - Substitution Eddie Newtonis substituted by Dennis Wise70

73' - Substitution Benito Carboneis substituted by Regi Blinker

80' - Substitution Ritchie Humphreysis substituted by O'Neill Donaldson

90' - Goal Dejan Stefanovic

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 2

S Wednesday

Chelsea S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Grodas

Frode Grodas

Norway

B.date24/10/1964

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Clarke

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Phelan

Terry Phelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/03/1967

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Newton70

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Burley

Craig Burley

Scotland

B.date24/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Gullit

Ruud Gullit

Netherlands

B.date01/09/1962

Age34 years

H1m86

positionOffensive Midfielder

Zola9

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Hughes23

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frode Grodas		32	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dan Petrescu		29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		33	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Phelan		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton	70	25	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Burley		25	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruud Gullit		34	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola	9	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	23	33	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Nicol57

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age35 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Stefanovic90

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Humphreys80

Ritchie Humphreys

England

B.date30/11/1977

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Carbone73

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Pembridge23

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whittingham

Guy Whittingham

England

B.date10/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

Booth

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		29	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol	57	35	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		31	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic	90	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		26	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ritchie Humphreys	80	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone	73	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge	23	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guy Whittingham		32	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Dennis Wise	70	30	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
F	Regi Blinker	73	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Oakes	57	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	O'Neill Donaldson	80	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Terry Phelan

Andy Myers

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Booth

David Hirst

OUT

Ritchie Humphreys

Scott Oakes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Gullit vs S Wednesday

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Gullit vs Pleat

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Chelsea

7 victories

8 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Pleat vs Gullit

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

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Key figures

Craig Burley played his game number 100 in Premier League

Chelsea keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 26/10/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/04/1995-30/09/1995 time period (8 matches).

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 matches without conceding any goal vs S Wednesday (since 04/11/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/01/1981 (2 matches)

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 1-1 Nottingham Forest28/09/1996

LChelsea 2-4 Wimbledon FC19/10/1996

VChelsea 3-1 Tottenham26/10/1996

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United23/11/1996

DChelsea 2-2 Everton07/12/1996

VChelsea 3-1 West Ham21/12/1996

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United23/11/1996

LLeeds United 2-0 Chelsea01/12/1996

DChelsea 2-2 Everton07/12/1996

LSunderland 3-0 Chelsea15/12/1996

VChelsea 3-1 West Ham21/12/1996

VAston Villa 0-2 Chelsea26/12/1996

Current form

Away

LEverton 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/09/1996

LWimbledon FC 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday12/10/1996

DCoventry 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/10/1996

DSunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1996

VLiverpool 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday07/12/1996

DTottenham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/12/1996

Overall

DSunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 West Ham30/11/1996

VLiverpool 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday07/12/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester United18/12/1996

DTottenham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/12/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Arsenal26/12/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	24	2
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	4	10
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Gianluca Vialli	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Andy Booth
Gianluca Vialli	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Andy Booth
Gianluca Vialli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gianluca Vialli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gianfranco Zola	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Ian Nolan

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

26 v

18 d

13 l

77 gf

57 ga

Away

56 matches

7 v

23 d

26 l

70 gf

115 ga

Total

113 matches

33 v

41 d

39 l

147 gf

172 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

26 v

23 d

7 l

115 gf

70 ga

Away

57 matches

13 v

18 d

26 l

57 gf

77 ga

Total

113 matches

39 v

41 d

33 l

172 gf

147 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 26, 1989
Home	4 - 0	August 26, 1989

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 31, 1966
Away	4 - 0	December 05, 1959

Latest head to head

September 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

S Wednesday

0 - 2

Chelsea

April 17, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

S Wednesday

0 - 0

Chelsea

November 04, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

0 - 0

S Wednesday

January 14, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

1 - 1

S Wednesday

October 29, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Robert Tambling	8 goals	1961 - 1968
Peter Osgood	7 goals	1967 - 1973
Tommy Baldwin	4 goals	1967 - 1968
Kerry Dixon	4 goals	1985 - 1989
Ian Hutchinson	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Jimmy Greaves	3 goals	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

John Fantham	7 goals	1961 - 1968
David Hirst	4 goals	1991 - 1992
Alan Finney	4 goals	1961 - 1964
John Ritchie	4 goals	1966 - 1968
Mark Bright	3 goals	1993 - 1994
Colin Dobson	2 goals	1961 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Ron Harris	23 matches	1962 - 1975
John Hollins	20 matches	1964 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1961 - 1970
Robert Tambling	16 matches	1961 - 1970
Marvin Hinton	15 matches	1963 - 1973
Eddie McCreadie	14 matches	1963 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Don Megson	20 matches	1961 - 1968
Gerry Young	15 matches	1963 - 1970
John Fantham	15 matches	1961 - 1968
Ron Springett	13 matches	1961 - 1967
Wilf Smith	13 matches	1965 - 1970
Nigel Worthington	13 matches	1984 - 1994