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West Ham 1-2 Arsenal - January 06, 1998 / League Cup 1997/1998

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League Cup 1997/1998 - Quarter-finals

Boleyn Ground - London - England

January 06, 1998

24 770

West Ham

1 - 2

Arsenal

Samassi Abou

75'

25'

Ian Wright

52'

Marc Overmars

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25' - Goal Ian Wright

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52' - Goal Marc Overmars

59' - Substitution Paul Kitsonis substituted by Samassi Abou59

66' - Substitution Ian Pearceis substituted by Keith Rowland66

75' - Goal Samassi Abou75

83' - Substitution Ian Wrightis substituted by Christopher Wreh

88' - Substitution Marc Overmarsis substituted by Stephen Hughes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

1 - 2

Arsenal

West Ham Arsenal

Team line-ups

West Ham

Forrest

Craig Forrest

Canada

B.date20/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Pearce66

Ian Pearce

England

B.date07/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Unsworth

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age19 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Potts

Steve Potts

England

B.date07/05/1967

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Impey

Andy Impey

England

B.date30/09/1971

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age19 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Berkovic

Eyal Berkovic

Israel

B.date02/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kitson59

Paul Kitson

England

B.date09/01/1971

Age26 years

positionForward

Hartson

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Craig Forrest		30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Pearce	66	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Unsworth		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand		19	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Potts		30	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Impey		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		19	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyal Berkovic		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis		25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Kitson	59	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Grimandi

Gilles Grimandi

France

B.date11/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age35 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age34 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Overmars5288

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wright2583

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		34	363	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gilles Grimandi		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		35	332	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		31	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		34	480	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		24	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	5288	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright	2583	34	282	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp		28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

190

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Keith Rowland	66	26	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Samassi Abou	7559	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Stephen Hughes	88	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Christopher Wreh	83	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Impey

Tim Breacker

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Wright

Nicolas Anelka

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

164

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Redknapp vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 1998

Redknapp vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs West Ham

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 06, 1998

Wenger vs Redknapp

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 06, 1998

Referee

Graham Barber

2 victories	4 draws	7 losses	West Ham13 matches	General total	Arsenal25 matches	17 victories	6 draws	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	West Ham1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 29, 2003					Latest figure on April 03, 2004

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Key figures

End of streak for West Ham after 15 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home (since 03/05/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 11/04/1990-24/02/1991 (23 matches).

The last time Arsenal has ended with the score 2-1 away from home in League Cup, It was on the 30/10/1990 (vs )

David Seaman played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Ham 4-1 Walsall19/11/1997

VWest Ham 2-1 Aston Villa29/11/1997

VWest Ham 4-1 Crystal Palace03/12/1997

VWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday13/12/1997

VWest Ham 1-0 Coventry26/12/1997

VWest Ham 2-1 Wakefield03/01/1998

Overall

LDerby County 2-0 West Ham06/12/1997

VWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday13/12/1997

LBlackburn 3-0 West Ham20/12/1997

VWest Ham 1-0 Coventry26/12/1997

VWimbledon FC 1-2 West Ham28/12/1997

VWest Ham 2-1 Wakefield03/01/1998

Current form

Away

DEverton 2-2 Arsenal27/09/1997

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Arsenal18/10/1997

LDerby County 3-0 Arsenal01/11/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Arsenal22/11/1997

VNewcastle United 0-1 Arsenal06/12/1997

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal28/12/1997

Overall

LArsenal 0-1 Liverpool30/11/1997

VNewcastle United 0-1 Arsenal06/12/1997

LArsenal 1-3 Blackburn13/12/1997

VArsenal 2-1 Leicester26/12/1997

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal28/12/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Port Vale03/01/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	10	3
Unbeaten streak	10	3
Drawless streak	13	22
Scoring streak	10	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
3.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John Hartson	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Luis Boa Morte
John Hartson	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Platt
John Hartson	6 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Luis Boa Morte

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

13 v

15 d

18 l

68 gf

70 ga

Away

48 matches

14 v

13 d

21 l

57 gf

76 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

95 matches

28 v

28 d

39 l

126 gf

146 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

21 v

13 d

14 l

76 gf

57 ga

Away

46 matches

18 v

15 d

13 l

70 gf

68 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

95 matches

39 v

28 d

28 l

146 gf

126 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 07, 1927
Home	7 - 0	March 07, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 20, 1976
Away	4 - 0	March 02, 1963

Latest head to head

September 24, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Arsenal

4 - 0

West Ham

January 29, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

West Ham

1 - 2

Arsenal

August 17, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

2 - 0

West Ham

February 24, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

West Ham

0 - 1

Arsenal

September 16, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

1 - 0

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Byrne	6 goals	1963 - 1966
John Dick	5 goals	1959 - 1962
Trevor Brooking	4 goals	1968 - 1983
Alan Taylor	4 goals	1975 - 1978
Tony Cottee	4 goals	1984 - 1987
Geoff Hurst	4 goals	1964 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Alan Ball	7 goals	1972 - 1976
Ian Wright	6 goals	1992 - 1997
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1965
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1974 - 1976
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1965
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Billy Bonds	27 matches	1967 - 1988
Trevor Brooking	26 matches	1968 - 1984
Bobby Moore	25 matches	1960 - 1973
Frank Lampard	23 matches	1968 - 1983
Geoff Hurst	18 matches	1961 - 1971
Alan Devonshire	16 matches	1977 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

George Armstrong	23 matches	1965 - 1977
Peter Storey	23 matches	1965 - 1976
David O'Leary	21 matches	1975 - 1992
John Radford	21 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Simpson	19 matches	1964 - 1977
Paul Davis	18 matches	1981 - 1994