Season 1997-98

	P	W	D	L	F	A
Home	19	13	2	4	37	14
Away	19	7	1	11	34	29
Total	38	20	3	15	71	43

Date

Opponents

Att

Result

Scorers

9th Aug 1997

Coventry City (A)

22686

2-3

Flo, Sinclair

24th

Barnsley (A)

18170

6-0

Petrescu, Poyet, Vialli (4)

27th

Wimbledon (A)

22237

2-0

Di Matteo, Petrescu

30th

Southampton (H)

30008

4-2

Mark Hughes, Leboeuf, Petrescu, Wise

13th Sep 1997

Crystal Palace (A)

26186

3-0

Mark Hughes, Le Saux, Leboeuf

21st

Arsenal (H)

31549

2-3

Poyet, Zola

24th

Manchester Utd (A)

55163

2-2

Berg (og), Mark Hughes

27th

Newcastle Utd (H)

31563

1-0

Poyet

5th Oct 1997

Liverpool (A)

36647

2-4

Poyet, Zola

18th

Leicester City (H)

33356

1-0

Leboeuf

26th

Bolton Wanderers (A)

24080

0-1

1st Nov 1997

Aston Villa (A)

39372

2-0

Flo, Mark Hughes

9th

West Ham Utd (H)

34382

2-1

Ferdinand (og), Zola

22nd

Blackburn Rovers (A)

27683

0-1

26th

Everton (H)

34148

2-0

Wise, Zola

29th

Derby County (H)

34544

4-0

Mark Hughes, Zola (3)

6th Dec 1997

Tottenham (A)

28476

6-1

Di Matteo, Flo (3), Nicholls, Petrescu

13th

Leeds Utd (H)

34690

0-0

20th

Sheffield Wed (A)

28334

4-1

Flo, Leboeuf, Petrescu, Vialli

26th

Wimbledon (H)

34529

1-1

Vialli

29th

Southampton (A)

15231

0-1

10th Jan 1998

Coventry City (H)

34647

3-1

Di Matteo, Nicholls (2)

18th

Everton (A)

32355

1-3

Flo

31st

Barnsley (H)

34442

2-0

Mark Hughes, Vialli

8th Feb 1998

Arsenal (A)

38083

0-2

21st

Leicester City (A)

21335

0-2

28th

Manchester Utd (H)

34511

0-1

8th Mar 1998

Aston Villa (H)

33018

0-1

11th

Crystal Palace (H)

31917

6-2

Flo (2), Vialli (2), Wise, Zola

14th

West Ham Utd (A)

25829

1-2

Charvet

5th Apr 1998

Derby County (A)

30062

1-0

Mark Hughes

8th

Leeds Utd (A)

37276

1-3

Charvet

11th

Tottenham (H)

34149

2-0

Flo, Vialli

19th

Sheffield Wed (H)

29075

1-0

Leboeuf

25th

Liverpool (H)

34639

4-1

Clarke, Flo, Mark Hughes (2)

29th

Blackburn Rovers (H)

33311

0-1

2nd May 1998

Newcastle Utd (A)

36710

1-3

Di Matteo

10th

Bolton Wanderers (H)

34845

2-0

Morris, Vialli

Venue	Lowest	Highest	Total / Games	Average
Gate Statistics (FA Carling Premiership)
Home	29075 (Sheffield Wed)	34845 (Bolton Wanderers)	633323 / 19	33333
Away	15231 (Southampton)	55163 (Manchester Utd)	565915 / 19	29785
All	15231 (Southampton, Away)	55163 (Manchester Utd, Away)	1199238 / 38	31559

FA Carling Premiership

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD
1	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	68	33	78	+35
2	Manchester Utd	38	23	8	7	73	26	77	+47
3	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	68	42	65	+26
4	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	71	43	63	+28
5	Leeds Utd	38	17	8	13	57	46	59	+11
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	10	12	57	52	58	+5
7	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	49	48	57	+1
8	West Ham Utd	38	16	8	14	56	57	56	-1
9	Derby County	38	16	7	15	52	49	55	+3
10	Leicester City	38	13	14	11	51	41	53	+10
11	Coventry City	38	12	16	10	46	44	52	+2
12	Southampton	38	14	6	18	50	55	48	-5
13	Newcastle Utd	38	11	11	16	35	44	44	-9
14	Tottenham	38	11	11	16	44	56	44	-12
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	34	46	44	-12
16	Sheffield Wed	38	12	8	18	52	67	44	-15
17	Everton	38	9	13	16	41	56	40	-15
18	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	41	61	40	-20
19	Barnsley	38	10	5	23	37	82	35	-45
20	Crystal Palace	38	8	9	21	37	71	33	-34

Week-By-Week League Positions

European Cup-Winners' Cup

P		W		D		L		F		A
9		7		0		2		22		8

Match

Date

Opponents

Att

Result

Scorers

1st Round

1st Leg

18th Sep 1997

Slovan Bratislava (H)

23067

2-0

Di Matteo, Granville

2nd Leg

2nd Oct 1997

Slovan Bratislava (A)

13850

2-0 (4-0 agg)

Di Matteo, Vialli

2nd Round

1st Leg

23rd Oct 1997

Tromso (A)

6438

2-3

Vialli (2)

2nd Leg

6th Nov 1997

Tromso (H)

29363

7-1 (9-4 agg)

Leboeuf, Petrescu (2), Vialli (3), Zola

Quarter-Final

1st Leg

5th Mar 1998

Real Betis (A)

38083

2-1

Flo (2)

2nd Leg

19th Mar 1998

Real Betis (H)

32300

3-1 (5-2 agg)

Di Matteo, Sinclair, Zola

Semi-Final

1st Leg

2nd Apr 1998

Vicenza (A)

19319

0-1

2nd Leg

16th Apr 1998

Vicenza (H)

33810

3-1 (3-2 agg)

Mark Hughes, Poyet, Zola

Final

13th May 1998

VfB Stuttgart

30216

1-0

Zola

Match	Date	Opponents	Att	Result	Scorers
FA Cup
3rd Round	4th Jan 1998	Manchester Utd (H)	34792	3-5	Le Saux, Vialli (2)

Coca-Cola Cup

P		W		D		L		F		A
6		3		2		1		11		7

Match

Date

Opponents

Att

Result

Scorers

3rd Round

15th Oct 1997

Blackburn Rovers (H)

18671

1-1 [4-1 pens]

Di Matteo

4th Round

19th Nov 1997

Southampton (H)

20968

2-1 [aet]

Flo, Morris

Quarter-Final

7th Jan 1998

Ipswich Town (A)

22088

2-2 [aet; 4-1 pens]

Flo, Le Saux

Semi-Final

1st Leg

28th Jan 1998

Arsenal (A)

38114

1-2

Mark Hughes

2nd Leg

18th Feb 1998

Arsenal (H)

34330

3-1 (4-3 agg)

Di Matteo, Mark Hughes, Petrescu

Final

29th Mar 1998

Middlesbrough

77698

2-0 [aet]

Di Matteo, Sinclair

Date	Opponents	Att	Result	Scorers
FA Charity Shield
3rd Aug 1997	Manchester Utd	73636	1-1 [2-4 pens]	Mark Hughes

Goal Scorers

Key
	League		FA Carling Premiership
	ECW Cup		European Cup-Winners' Cup
	CC Cup		Coca-Cola Cup
	Shield		FA Charity Shield

Player

Total

League

ECW Cup

FA Cup

CC Cup

Shield

Gianluca Vialli

Tore Andre Flo

Mark Hughes

Gianfranco Zola

Roberto Di Matteo

Dan Petrescu

Frank Leboeuf

Gustavo Poyet

Mark Nicholls

Dennis Wise

Frank Sinclair

Graeme Le Saux

Laurent Charvet

Jody Morris

Steve Clarke

Danny Granville

Total

106

Appearances

Key
	League		FA Carling Premiership
	ECW Cup		European Cup-Winners' Cup
	CC Cup		Coca-Cola Cup
	Shield		FA Charity Shield

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player

Total

League

ECW Cup

FA Cup

CC Cup

Shield

Frank Leboeuf

47/-

32/-

9/-

1/-

4/-

1/-

Ed De Goey

43/-

28/-

9/-

1/-

4/-

1/-

Roberto Di Matteo

42/2

28/2

8/-

1/-

4/-

1/-

Dan Petrescu

42/1

31/-

7/-

1/-

3/-

-/1

Dennis Wise

40/-

26/-

9/-

4/-

1/-

Gianfranco Zola

36/5

23/4

7/1

1/-

4/-

1/-

Steve Clarke

34/7

22/4

6/1

1/-

4/2

1/-

Graeme Le Saux

34/-

26/-

3/-

1/-

4/-

Michael Duberry

33/-

23/-

6/-

1/-

3/-

Mark Hughes

30/10

25/4

-/3

1/-

3/3

1/-

Frank Sinclair

30/3

20/2

5/-

4/1

1/-

Eddie Newton

26/3

17/1

6/1

3/1

Gianluca Vialli

24/10

14/7

8/-

-/1

2/1

-/1

Tore Andre Flo

23/21

16/18

3/2

1/-

3/1

Danny Granville

16/5

9/4

3/1

3/-

1/-

Gustavo Poyet

16/3

11/3

4/-

1/-

Andy Myers

13/4

11/1

1/2

-/1

1/-

Jody Morris

12/4

9/3

1/1

1/-

Mark Nicholls

11/13

8/11

-/2

1/-

2/-

Celestine Babayaro

11/2

8/-

2/1

1/1

Dmitri Kharine

10/-

Bernard Lambourde

9/4

5/2

1/2

3/-

Laurent Charvet

7/6

7/4

-/1

Paul Hughes

6/4

5/4

1/-

Ruud Gullit

3/7

-/6

3/1

Jon Harley

3/-

Kevin Hitchcock

2/-

David Lee

1/2

1/-

-/2

Nick Crittenden

1/2

-/2

1/-

Steve Hampshire

-/1

Games Played

Discipline

Key
	League		FA Carling Premiership
	ECW Cup		European Cup-Winners' Cup
	CC Cup		Coca-Cola Cup
	Shield		FA Charity Shield

The first number is the number of bookings; the
second number is the number of dismissals.

Player

Total

League

ECW Cup

FA Cup

CC Cup

Shield

Dennis Wise

15/-

10/-

2/-

1/-

Frank Leboeuf

12/1

8/1

1/-

2/-

Mark Hughes

12/-

9/-

1/-

2/-

Roberto Di Matteo

9/-

6/-

2/-

1/-

Graeme Le Saux

6/-

3/-

1/-

2/-

Frank Sinclair

5/1

4/1

1/-

Dan Petrescu

5/1

3/-

1/1

1/-

Michael Duberry

5/-

2/-

1/-

2/-

Gianluca Vialli

4/1

4/-

-/1

Bernard Lambourde

3/1

Laurent Charvet

3/-

Gianfranco Zola

3/-

2/-

1/-

Steve Clarke

3/-

2/-

1/-

Mark Nicholls

3/-

1/-

Celestine Babayaro

2/-

Danny Granville

2/-

Eddie Newton

2/-

Paul Hughes

2/-

1/-

Gustavo Poyet

2/-

1/-

Total

98/5

68/3

11/1

5/-

11/1

3/-