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Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea - December 18, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 17

Highbury - London - England

December 18, 2005

38 347

Arsenal

0 - 2

Chelsea

39'

Arjen Robben

72'

Joe Cole

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39' - Goal Arjen Robben

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69' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp photo Robert Pirès

69' - Substitution Alexander Hlebis substituted by Robert Pirès69

72' - Goal Joe Cole

77' - Substitution Arjen Robbenis substituted by Geremi

81' - Substitution Robin van Persieis substituted by Quincy Owusu-Abeyie81

88' - Substitution Didier Drogbais substituted by Robert Huth

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

0 - 2

Chelsea

Arsenal Chelsea

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

11van Persie81

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

8Ljungberg69

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age28 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

13Hleb69

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age24 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

16Flamini

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

15Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age18 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

28Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

20Senderos

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

23Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age36 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		36	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		31	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Philippe Senderos		20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		24	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		28	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Mathieu Flamini		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cesc Fàbregas		18	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg	69	28	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Alexander Hleb	69	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie	81	22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry		28	313	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

138

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Drogba88

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m89

positionStriker

10Cole72

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

16Robben3977

Arjen Robben

Netherlands

B.date23/01/1984

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

8Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

5Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

4Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age32 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

13Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

26Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age25 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

6Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

20Paulo Ferreira

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age23 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ricardo Carvalho		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		25	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Michael Essien		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	William Gallas		28	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paulo Ferreira		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		32	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		27	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Cole	72	24	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Didier Drogba	88	27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Arjen Robben	3977	21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

112

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
7	M	Robert Pirès	69	32	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	81	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	69	36	407	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
29	D		Robert Huth	88	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D		Geremi	77	26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mathieu Flamini

Gilberto Silva

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Didier Drogba

Hernán Crespo

OUT

Paulo Ferreira

Asier Del Horno

OUT

Petr Cech

Carlo Cudicini

OUT

Claude Makélélé

Damien Duff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

522

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Chelsea

15 victories

9 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2005

Wenger vs Mourinho

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

69 %

Mourinho vs Arsenal

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2005

Mourinho vs Wenger

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2005

Referee

Rob Styles

13 victories	5 draws	3 losses	Arsenal21 matches	General total	Chelsea30 matches	20 victories	6 draws	4 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal3 matches	Season total	Chelsea6 matches	5 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 01, 2008					Latest figure on May 17, 2009

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Key figures

The last time Arsenal has ended with the score 0-2 at home in Premier League, It was on the 30/04/1994 (vs )

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches without scoring any goal vs Chelsea in Premier League running (since 20/04/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/03/1990 (2 matches)

Chelsea keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 29/10/2005).

Read the next 27 key stats

General ranking

6	Wigan	28 pts	17 rd
7	Manchester City	27 pts	17 rd
8	Arsenal	26 pts	16 rd
9	West Ham	25 pts	17 rd
10	Newcastle United	25 pts	17 rd

General ranking

1	Chelsea	46 pts	17 rd
2	Manchester United	37 pts	17 rd
3	Liverpool	31 pts	15 rd
4	Tottenham	31 pts	17 rd
5	Bolton Wanderers	30 pts	16 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester City22/10/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Sparta Prague02/11/2005

VArsenal 3-1 Sunderland05/11/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Blackburn26/11/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Reading29/11/2005

DArsenal 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam07/12/2005

Overall

VFC Thun 0-1 Arsenal22/11/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Blackburn26/11/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Reading29/11/2005

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Arsenal03/12/2005

DArsenal 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam07/12/2005

LNewcastle United 1-0 Arsenal10/12/2005

Current form

Away

VLiverpool 1-4 Chelsea02/10/2005

DEverton 1-1 Chelsea23/10/2005

LReal Betis 1-0 Chelsea01/11/2005

LManchester United 1-0 Chelsea06/11/2005

VAnderlecht 0-2 Chelsea23/11/2005

VPortsmouth 0-2 Chelsea26/11/2005

Overall

VChelsea 3-0 Newcastle United19/11/2005

VAnderlecht 0-2 Chelsea23/11/2005

VPortsmouth 0-2 Chelsea26/11/2005

VChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough03/12/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool06/12/2005

VChelsea 1-0 Wigan10/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	19	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	2	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	1
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
11	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	16
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
8	Victories (Competition total)	14
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.19
2.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.71
0.87	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.44
0.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.43

Betting aid

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

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	24
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Thierry Henry	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Frank Lampard
Thierry Henry	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Hernán Crespo
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Frank Lampard
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Frank Lampard
Sol Campbell	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Damien Duff
Sol Campbell	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	John Terry

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

41 v

22 d

18 l

136 gf

103 ga

Away

79 matches

25 v

27 d

27 l

101 gf

97 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

162 matches

67 v

49 d

46 l

240 gf

202 ga

Historical head to head

Home

79 matches

27 v

27 d

25 l

97 gf

101 ga

Away

81 matches

18 v

22 d

41 l

103 gf

136 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

162 matches

46 v

49 d

67 l

202 gf

240 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 29, 1930
Home	4 - 1	September 15, 1990

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 11, 1998
Away	5 - 0	November 11, 1998

Latest head to head

August 21, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Chelsea

1 - 0

Arsenal

August 07, 2005 - Community Shield 2005

Chelsea

2 - 1

Arsenal

April 20, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Chelsea

0 - 0

Arsenal

December 12, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

2 - 2

Chelsea

April 06, 2004 - Ligue des Champions 2003/2004

Arsenal

1 - 2

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Thierry Henry	10 goals	2000 - 2004
Ray Kennedy	9 goals	1971 - 1974
Ian Wright	8 goals	1991 - 1997
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Dennis Bergkamp	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Sylvain Wiltord	4 goals	2001 - 2003

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 Arsenal

Robert Tambling	10 goals	1960 - 1967
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Peter Osgood	4 goals	1966 - 1973
Alan Birchenall	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Dennis Wise	4 goals	1992 - 1996
John Terry	4 goals	2001 - 2004

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

Lee Dixon	27 matches	1988 - 2001
David Seaman	26 matches	1990 - 2003
Dennis Bergkamp	25 matches	1995 - 2005
Tony Adams	25 matches	1986 - 2002
Ray Parlour	23 matches	1994 - 2004
George Armstrong	22 matches	1964 - 1976

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	27 matches	1960 - 1979
Ron Harris	26 matches	1962 - 1979
John Hollins	21 matches	1964 - 1974
Dennis Wise	19 matches	1991 - 2001
Gianfranco Zola	19 matches	1997 - 2003
Peter Osgood	18 matches	1966 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Graham Rix

465 matches

4 matches

1977 - 1995

David Rocastle

276 matches

40 matches

1985 - 1995

George Graham

258 matches

102 matches

1964 - 1972

John Hollins

173 matches

563 matches

1963 - 1984

Emmanuel Petit

118 matches

76 matches

1997 - 2004

Peter Nicholas

80 matches

41 matches

1981 - 1990

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

John Hollins

173 matches

563 matches

1963 - 1984

Tommy Baldwin

17 matches

238 matches

1965 - 1974

Alan Hudson

47 matches

188 matches

1969 - 1978

Colin Pates

24 matches

130 matches

1983 - 1992

George Graham

258 matches

102 matches

1964 - 1972

Emmanuel Petit

118 matches

76 matches

1997 - 2004

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

November 30, 2005

Sunderland

0 2

Liverpool

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December 17, 2005

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December 18, 2005

Middlesbrough

3 3

Tottenham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	46	17	15	1	1	37	7	+30
2	Manchester United	37	17	11	4	2	31	14	+17
3	Liverpool	31	15	9	4	2	20	8	+12
4	Tottenham	31	17	8	7	2	25	16	+9
5	Bolton Wanderers	30	16	9	3	4	22	14	+8
6	Wigan	28	17	9	1	7	19	18	+1
7	Manchester City	27	17	8	3	6	24	17	+7
8	Arsenal	26	16	8	2	6	22	15	+7
9	West Ham	25	17	7	4	6	25	22	+3
10	Newcastle United	25	17	7	4	6	18	17	+1
11	Charlton	22	16	7	1	8	21	26	-5
12	Blackburn	21	17	6	3	8	19	24	-5
13	Middlesbrough	20	17	5	5	7	23	26	-3
14	Fulham	19	17	5	4	8	18	22	-4
15	Aston Villa	17	17	4	5	8	16	26	-10
16	Everton	17	17	5	2	10	9	23	-14
17	West Bromwich Albion	16	17	4	4	9	17	25	-8
18	Portsmouth	13	17	3	4	10	13	26	-13
19	Birmingham City	12	16	3	3	10	11	23	-12
20	Sunderland	5	17	1	2	14	14	35	-21

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Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea - December 18, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

0 - 2

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

Wenger vs Chelsea

Wenger vs Mourinho

Manager

Mourinho vs Arsenal

Mourinho vs Wenger

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 Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking