Season 1998-99

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FA Carling Premiership

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 19 12 6 1 29 13
Away 19 8 9 2 28 17
Total 38 20 15 3 57 30
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
15th Aug 1998 Coventry City (A) 23042 1-2 Poyet
22nd Newcastle Utd (H) 34795 1-1 Babayaro
9th Sep 1998 Arsenal (H) 34644 0-0  
12th Nottm Forest (H) 34809 2-1 Poyet, Zola
21st Blackburn Rovers (A) 23113 4-3 Flo (2), Leboeuf, Zola
26th Middlesbrough (H) 34811 2-0 Pallister (og), Zola
4th Oct 1998 Liverpool (A) 44404 1-1 Casiraghi
17th Charlton (H) 34639 2-1 Leboeuf, Poyet
25th Leeds Utd (A) 36292 0-0  
8th Nov 1998 West Ham Utd (A) 26023 1-1 Babayaro
14th Wimbledon (H) 34757 3-0 Petrescu, Poyet, Zola
21st Leicester City (A) 21401 4-2 Flo, Poyet, Zola (2)
28th Sheffield Wed (H) 34451 1-1 Zola
5th Dec 1998 Everton (A) 36430 0-0  
9th Aston Villa (H) 34765 2-1 Flo, Zola
12th Derby County (A) 29056 2-2 Flo, Poyet
16th Manchester Utd (A) 55159 1-1 Zola
19th Tottenham (H) 34881 2-0 Flo, Poyet
26th Southampton (A) 15253 2-0 Flo, Poyet
29th Manchester Utd (H) 34741 0-0  
9th Jan 1999 Newcastle Utd (A) 36711 1-0 Petrescu
16th Coventry City (H) 34869 2-1 Di Matteo, Leboeuf
31st Arsenal (A) 38121 0-1  
6th Feb 1999 Southampton (H) 34920 1-0 Zola
17th Blackburn Rovers (H) 34382 1-1 Morris
20th Nottm Forest (A) 26351 3-1 Forssell, Goldbaek (2)
27th Liverpool (H) 34822 2-1 Goldbaek, Leboeuf
13th Mar 1999 West Ham Utd (H) 34765 0-1  
21st Aston Villa (A) 39217 3-0 Flo (2), Goldbaek
3rd Apr 1999 Charlton (A) 20046 1-0 Di Matteo
11th Wimbledon (A) 21577 2-1 Flo, Poyet
14th Middlesbrough (A) 34406 0-0  
18th Leicester City (H) 34535 2-2 Petrescu, Zola
25th Sheffield Wed (A) 21652 0-0  
1st May 1999 Everton (H) 34909 3-1 Petrescu, Zola (2)
5th Leeds Utd (H) 34762 1-0 Poyet
10th Tottenham (A) 35878 2-2 Goldbaek, Poyet
16th Derby County (H) 35016 2-1 Babayaro, Vialli

Gate Statistics (FA Carling Premiership)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 34382 (Blackburn Rovers) 35016 (Derby County) 660273 / 19 34751
Away 15253 (Southampton) 55159 (Manchester Utd) 584132 / 19 30744
All 15253 (Southampton, Away) 55159 (Manchester Utd, Away) 1244405 / 38 32748

FA Carling Premiership

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Manchester Utd 38 22 13 3 80 37 79 +43
2 Arsenal 38 22 12 4 59 17 78 +42
3 Chelsea 38 20 15 3 57 30 75 +27
4 Leeds Utd 38 18 13 7 62 34 67 +28
5 West Ham Utd 38 16 9 13 46 53 57 -7
6 Aston Villa 38 15 10 13 51 46 55 +5
7 Liverpool 38 15 9 14 68 49 54 +19
8 Derby County 38 13 13 12 40 45 52 -5
9 Middlesbrough 38 12 15 11 48 54 51 -6
10 Leicester City 38 12 13 13 40 46 49 -6
11 Tottenham 38 11 14 13 47 50 47 -3
12 Sheffield Wed 38 13 7 18 41 42 46 -1
13 Newcastle Utd 38 11 13 14 48 54 46 -6
14 Everton 38 11 10 17 42 47 43 -5
15 Coventry City 38 11 9 18 39 51 42 -12
16 Wimbledon 38 10 12 16 40 63 42 -23
17 Southampton 38 11 8 19 37 64 41 -27
18 Charlton 38 8 12 18 41 56 36 -15
19 Blackburn Rovers 38 7 14 17 38 52 35 -14
20 Nottm Forest 38 7 9 22 35 69 30 -34

Week-By-Week League Positions

European Cup-Winners' Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
8 4 3 1 10 5
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
1st Round 1st Leg 17th Sep 1998 Helsingborgs IF (H) 17714 1-0 Leboeuf
2nd Leg 1st Oct 1998 Helsingborgs IF (A) 12348 0-0 (1-0 agg)  
2nd Round 1st Leg 22nd Oct 1998 Kobenhavn (H) 21207 1-1 Desailly
2nd Leg 5th Nov 1998 Kobenhavn (A) 25118 1-0 (2-1 agg) Laudrup
Quarter-Final 1st Leg 4th Mar 1999 Valerenga (H) 34177 3-0 Babayaro, Wise, Zola
2nd Leg 18th Mar 1999 Valerenga (A) 17936 3-2 (6-2 agg) Flo, Lambourde, Vialli
Semi-Final 1st Leg 8th Apr 1999 Real Mallorca (H) 32524 1-1 Flo
2nd Leg 22nd Apr 1999 Real Mallorca (A) 18848 0-1 (1-2 agg)  

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
6 3 2 1 8 5
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 2nd Jan 1999 Oldham (A) 12770 2-0 Vialli (2)
4th Round 25th Jan 1999 Oxford Utd (A) 9059 1-1 Leboeuf
4th Round Replay 3rd Feb 1999 Oxford Utd (H) 32106 4-2 Forssell (2), Wise, Zola
5th Round 13th Feb 1999 Sheffield Wed (A) 29410 1-0 Di Matteo
Quarter-Final 7th Mar 1999 Manchester Utd (A) 54587 0-0  
Quarter-Final Replay 10th Mar 1999 Manchester Utd (H) 33075 0-2  

Worthington League Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
3 2 0 1 10 3
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 28th Oct 1998 Aston Villa (H) 26790 4-1 Flo, Vialli (3)
4th Round 11th Nov 1998 Arsenal (A) 37562 5-0 Leboeuf, Poyet (2), Vialli (2)
Quarter-Final 1st Dec 1998 Wimbledon (A) 19286 1-2 Vialli

European Super Cup

Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
28th Aug 1998 Real Madrid 9762 1-0 Poyet

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  ECW Cup   European Cup-Winners' Cup
  WLC   Worthington League Cup
  Super Cup   European Super Cup

Player Total League ECW Cup FA Cup WLC Super Cup
Gianfranco Zola 15 13 1 1    
Gustavo Poyet 14 11     2 1
Tore Andre Flo 13 10 2   1  
Gianluca Vialli 10 1 1 2 6  
Frank Leboeuf 7 4 1 1 1  
Bjarne Goldbaek 5 5        
Dan Petrescu 4 4        
Celestine Babayaro 4 3 1      
Roberto Di Matteo 3 2   1    
Mikael Forssell 3 1   2    
Dennis Wise 2   1 1    
Pierluigi Casiraghi 1 1        
Jody Morris 1 1        
Marcel Desailly 1   1      
Bernard Lambourde 1   1      
Brian Laudrup 1   1      
Total 85 56 10 8 10 1

Appearances

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  ECW Cup   European Cup-Winners' Cup
  WLC   Worthington League Cup
  Super Cup   European Super Cup

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 WLC Super Cup
Ed De Goey 49/- 35/- 7/- 6/-   1/-
Gianfranco Zola 47/2 35/2 5/- 6/-   1/-
Frank Leboeuf 46/- 33/- 6/- 4/- 2/- 1/-
Graeme Le Saux 45/1 30/1 8/- 6/-   1/-
Marcel Desailly 44/1 30/1 7/- 6/-   1/-
Celestine Babayaro 40/4 26/2 6/1 4/1 3/- 1/-
Albert Ferrer 40/1 30/- 7/- 2/- -/1 1/-
Roberto Di Matteo 39/7 26/4 7/- 4/2 1/1 1/-
Dennis Wise 36/1 21/1 7/- 5/- 2/- 1/-
Dan Petrescu 34/11 23/9 4/2 4/- 3/-  
Gustavo Poyet 27/11 21/7 3/3   3/- -/1
Tore Andre Flo 26/19 18/12 4/4 2/1 2/1 -/1
Michael Duberry 26/7 18/7 2/- 2/- 3/- 1/-
Jody Morris 22/5 14/4 1/1 5/- 2/-  
Gianluca Vialli 20/- 9/- 5/- 3/- 3/-  
Bernard Lambourde 18/7 12/5 2/1 2/- 2/1  
Bjarne Goldbaek 17/14 13/10   2/4 2/-  
Pierluigi Casiraghi 13/2 10/- 2/2     1/-
Brian Laudrup 8/3 5/2 3/-     -/1
Mikael Forssell 5/8 4/6   1/2    
Dmitri Kharine 5/- 1/- 1/-   3/-  
John Terry 3/4 -/2 1/- 2/1 -/1  
Mark Nicholls 2/14 -/9 -/2 -/3 2/-  
Kevin Hitchcock 2/1 2/1        
Eddie Newton 1/8 1/6 -/1 -/1    
Andy Myers 1/3 1/- -/1 -/2    
Neil Clement -/2       -/2  
Jon Harley -/1       -/1  
Luca Percassi -/1       -/1  
Games Played 56 38 8 6 3 1

Discipline

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  ECW Cup   European Cup-Winners' Cup
  WLC   Worthington League Cup
  Super Cup   European Super Cup

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

Player Total League ECW Cup FA Cup WLC Super Cup
Roberto Di Matteo 12/1 9/- 1/- 1/1 1/-  
Dennis Wise 10/3 8/1 1/- 1/1 -/1  
Albert Ferrer 10/- 9/-       1/-
Dan Petrescu 10/- 8/- 1/-   1/-  
Michael Duberry 10/- 8/-   1/- 1/-  
Marcel Desailly 9/- 5/- 2/- 2/-    
Celestine Babayaro 9/- 5/-   2/- 1/- 1/-
Frank Leboeuf 8/1 7/1     1/-  
Graeme Le Saux 4/1 4/1        
Gianluca Vialli 4/1 3/1     1/-  
Jody Morris 4/- 4/-        
Gustavo Poyet 4/- 4/-        
Bernard Lambourde 3/- 3/-        
Pierluigi Casiraghi 3/- 2/- 1/-      
Ed De Goey 2/- 2/-        
Tore Andre Flo 2/- 2/-        
Bjarne Goldbaek 2/- 2/-        
Gianfranco Zola 1/- 1/-        
Brian Laudrup 1/-   1/-      
Total 108/7 86/4 7/- 7/2 6/1 2/-