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Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Arsenal - December 21, 2005 / League Cup 2005/2006

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League Cup 2005/2006 - Quarter-finals

Belle Vue - Doncaster - England

December 21, 2005

10 006

2 - 2

1-3 After shoot-out

Arsenal

Michael McIndoe

Paul Green

104'

63'

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

120'

Gilberto Silva

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4' - Goal Michael McIndoe4

33' - Substitution Robin van Persieis substituted by Nicklas Bendtner

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63' - Goal Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

78' - Substitution Quincy Owusu-Abeyieis substituted by Sebastian Larsson

85' - Substitution Sean Thorntonis substituted by Paul Green85

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102' - Substitution James Coppingeris substituted by Neil Roberts102

104' - Goal Paul Green104

106

106' - Substitution Arturo Lupoliis substituted by Kerrea Gilbert

115' - Substitution Lewis Guyis substituted by Sam Oji115

120

120' - Goal Gilberto Silva

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Doncaster Rovers

2 - 2

Arsenal

Doncaster Rovers Arsenal

Team line-ups

Doncaster Rovers

Budtz

Jan Budtz

Denmark

B.date20/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

Stephen Roberts

Wales

B.date24/02/1980

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Foster

Steve Foster

England

B.date03/12/1974

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Fenton

Nick Fenton

England

B.date23/11/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McDaid

Sean McDaid

Scotland

B.date06/03/1986

Age19 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Thornton85

Sean Thornton

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/05/1983

Age22 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

McIndoe4

Michael McIndoe

Scotland

B.date02/12/1979

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Ravenhill

Ricky Ravenhill

England

B.date16/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Coppinger102

James Coppinger

England

B.date10/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Guy115

Lewis Guy

England

B.date27/08/1985

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

Heffernan

Paul Heffernan

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/12/1981

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jan Budtz		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Roberts		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Foster		31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nick Fenton		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sean McDaid		19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Thornton	85	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McIndoe	4	26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricky Ravenhill		24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Coppinger	102	24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lewis Guy	115	20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Heffernan		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Cygan

Pascal Cygan

France

B.date29/04/1974

Age31 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age18 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Senderos

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Silva120

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft Defensive Midfielder

Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age18 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Owusu-Abeyie6378

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

Ghana

B.date15/04/1986

Age19 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Hleb

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age24 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Lupoli106

Arturo Lupoli

Italy

B.date24/06/1987

Age18 years

H1m73

positionStriker

van Persie33

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Manuel Almunia		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pascal Cygan		31	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Senderos		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmanuel Eboué		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilberto Silva	120	29	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexandre Song		18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	6378	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Hleb		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arturo Lupoli	106	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin van Persie	33	22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Sam Oji	115	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Green	10485	22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Roberts	102	27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Kerrea Gilbert	106	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson	78	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	33	17	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Coppinger

Richard Offiong

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manuel Almunia

Jens Lehmann

OUT

Arturo Lupoli

Thierry Henry

OUT

Pascal Cygan

Sol Campbell

OUT

Emmanuel Eboué

Lauren

OUT

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

Freddie Ljungberg

OUT

Johan Djourou

Kolo Touré

OUT

Gilberto Silva

Cesc Fàbregas

OUT

Alexandre Song

Mathieu Flamini

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Penney

208

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Penney vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2005

Penney vs Wenger

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

523

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Doncaster Rovers

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2005

Wenger vs Penney

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2005

Referee

Philip Dowd

2 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Doncaster Rovers5 matches	General total	Arsenal31 matches	15 victories	11 draws	5 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Doncaster Rovers1 match	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 14, 2013					Latest figure on November 09, 2014

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Key figures

Doncaster Rovers keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Arsenal running (since 22/11/1902). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Doncaster Rovers after 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Arsenal (since 30/11/1901). It's a record streak. The first of history

Doncaster Rovers keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss in League Cup running (since 23/08/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/08/1975-11/11/1975 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 30 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LDoncaster Rovers 0-2 Tranmere Rovers29/10/2005

VDoncaster Rovers 4-1 Blackpool06/11/2005

VDoncaster Rovers 4-2 Bournemouth19/11/2005

VDoncaster Rovers 2-0 Bristol City26/11/2005

VDoncaster Rovers 3-0 Aston Villa29/11/2005

VDoncaster Rovers 2-1 Swansea17/12/2005

Overall

VDoncaster Rovers 2-0 Bristol City26/11/2005

VDoncaster Rovers 3-0 Aston Villa29/11/2005

VBoston United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers04/12/2005

LGillingham 1-0 Doncaster Rovers06/12/2005

VMilton Keynes 2-3 Doncaster Rovers10/12/2005

VDoncaster Rovers 2-1 Swansea17/12/2005

Current form

Away

VSunderland 0-3 Arsenal25/10/2005

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal29/10/2005

VWigan 2-3 Arsenal19/11/2005

VFC Thun 0-1 Arsenal22/11/2005

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Arsenal03/12/2005

LNewcastle United 1-0 Arsenal10/12/2005

Overall

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

LArsenal 0-2 Chelsea18/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	2
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Drawless streak	8	16
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	2
Goalless streak	2	4
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

0	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	12
0	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	2
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Paul Heffernan	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Robin van Persie
Paul Heffernan	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Robin van Persie
Michael McIndoe	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robin van Persie
Michael McIndoe	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robin van Persie
Paul Heffernan	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Robin van Persie

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

0 gf

9 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

0 d

6 l

1 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

7 matches

6 v

0 d

1 l

13 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	March 29, 1902
Home	1 - 0	March 29, 1902

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 10, 1953
Away	3 - 0	September 23, 1987

Latest head to head

October 06, 1987 - League Cup 1987/1988

Arsenal

1 - 0

Doncaster Rovers logo Doncaster Rovers

September 23, 1987 - League Cup 1987/1988

Doncaster Rovers

0 - 3

Arsenal

January 10, 1953 - FA Cup 1952/1953

Arsenal

4 - 0

Doncaster Rovers logo Doncaster Rovers

March 21, 1903 - Division 2 1902/1903

Arsenal

3 - 0

Doncaster Rovers logo Doncaster Rovers

November 22, 1902 - Division 2 1902/1903

Doncaster Rovers

0 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Doncaster Rovers

Alan Smith	1 goal	1987 - 1987
David Rocastle	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Perry Groves	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Steve Williams	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Doncaster Rovers

Kenny Sansom	2 matches	1987 - 1987
Tony Adams	2 matches	1987 - 1987
Paul Davis	2 matches	1987 - 1987
Alan Smith	2 matches	1987 - 1987
John Lukic	2 matches	1987 - 1987
Steve Williams	2 matches	1987 - 1987