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Lens 1-2 Arsenal - April 20, 2000 / (C3) UEFA Cup 1999/2000

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(C3) UEFA Cup 1999/2000 - Semi-finals

Stade Félix-Bollaert - Lens - France

April 20, 2000

42 000

Lens

France

1 - 2

Arsenal

England

Pascal Nouma

73'

43'

Thierry Henry

86'

Nwankwo Kanu

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43' - Goal Thierry Henry

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59' - Substitution Philippe Brunelis substituted by Daniel Moreira59

69' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Marc Overmars photo Nwankwo Kanu

69' - Substitution Dennis Bergkampis substituted by Nwankwo Kanu

73' - Goal Pascal Nouma73

75' - Substitution Charles-Edouard Coridonis substituted by Bruno Rodriguez75

80' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Gilles Grimandi

86' - Goal Nwankwo Kanu

88' - Substitution Pascal Noumais substituted by Joseph-Désiré Job88

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Team line-ups

Lens

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Sakho

Lamine Sakho

Senegal

B.date28/09/1977

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Nouma7388

Pascal Nouma

France

B.date06/01/1972

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Coridon75

Charles-Edouard Coridon

Martinica

B.date09/04/1973

Age27 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

Brunel59

Philippe Brunel

France

B.date28/02/1973

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft Midfielder

Nyarko

Alex Nyarko

Ghana

B.date15/10/1973

Age26 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Dacourt

Olivier Dacourt

France

B.date25/09/1974

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Pierre-Fanfan

José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan

Martinica

B.date26/07/1975

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Ismaël

Valérien Ismaël

France

B.date28/09/1975

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Sikora

Éric Sikora

France

B.date04/02/1968

Age32 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Warmuz

Guillaume Warmuz

France

B.date22/05/1970

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Guillaume Warmuz		29	328	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan		24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valérien Ismaël		24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Éric Sikora		32	516	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Dacourt		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex Nyarko		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Philippe Brunel	59	27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Charles-Edouard Coridon	75	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pascal Nouma	7388	28	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lamine Sakho		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Henry4380

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age22 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Bergkamp69

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age30 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Ljungberg69

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age23 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age23 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sylvinho

Brazil

B.date12/04/1974

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age33 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age33 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age36 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		36	451	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		33	321	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		33	617	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		36	551	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvinho		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		23	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		27	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		29	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg	69	23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Bergkamp	69	30	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry	4380	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

260

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Daniel Moreira	59	22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruno Rodriguez	75	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joseph-Désiré Job	88	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gilles Grimandi	80	29	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	69	27	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu	8669	23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lamine Sakho

Bruno Rodriguez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

François Brisson

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Brisson vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 2000

Brisson vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 2000

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

196

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Wenger vs Lens

9 victories

8 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 2000

Wenger vs Brisson

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 2000

Referee

José Maria García Aranda

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Lens2 matches	General total	Arsenal2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Lens1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 20, 2000					Latest figure on September 27, 2000

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 16/03/2000).

It's the first time Thierry Henry scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Lens keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded at home in Europa League running (since 07/12/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/11/1983 (3 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLens 2-1 Auxerre05/02/2000

VLens 4-0 Bastia16/02/2000

VLens 4-2 Atlético Madrid09/03/2000

LLens 0-1 ESTAC Troyes12/03/2000

VLens 2-1 Celta Vigo23/03/2000

VLens 1-0 Metz09/04/2000

Overall

DCelta Vigo 0-0 Lens16/03/2000

VLens 2-1 Celta Vigo23/03/2000

LRennes 3-0 Lens26/03/2000

LArsenal 1-0 Lens06/04/2000

VLens 1-0 Metz09/04/2000

LParis SG 4-1 Lens14/04/2000

Current form

Away

DAston Villa 1-1 Arsenal05/03/2000

LDeportivo La Coruña 2-1 Arsenal09/03/2000

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal12/03/2000

VWerder Bremen 2-4 Arsenal23/03/2000

VWimbledon FC 1-3 Arsenal01/04/2000

VLeeds United 0-4 Arsenal16/04/2000

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Tottenham19/03/2000

VWerder Bremen 2-4 Arsenal23/03/2000

VArsenal 3-0 Coventry26/03/2000

VWimbledon FC 1-3 Arsenal01/04/2000

VArsenal 1-0 Lens06/04/2000

VLeeds United 0-4 Arsenal16/04/2000

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	5
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	7
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	5	9
Scoring streak	8	12
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	7
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.71
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Pascal Nouma	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Thierry Henry
Pascal Nouma	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Thierry Henry
Valérien Ismaël	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Marc Overmars
Valérien Ismaël	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Lamine Sakho	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Charles-Edouard Coridon	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Pascal Nouma	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	November 25, 1998
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	April 06, 2000
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 06, 2000 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1999/2000

Arsenal

1 - 0

Lens

November 25, 1998 - Ligue des Champions 1998/1999

Arsenal

0 - 1

Lens

September 16, 1998 - Ligue des Champions 1998/1999

Lens

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

	Tony Vairelles	1 goal	1998 - 1998
	Mickaël Debève	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Lens

	Marc Overmars	1 goal	1998 - 1998
	Dennis Bergkamp	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Guillaume Warmuz	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Alex Nyarko	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Pascal Nouma	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Éric Sikora	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Daniel Moreira	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Fréderic Déhu	2 matches	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Lens

Lee Dixon	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Ray Parlour	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Marc Overmars	3 matches	1998 - 2000
David Seaman	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Martin Keown	3 matches	1998 - 2000
Tony Adams	2 matches	1998 - 1998