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Arsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton - March 31, 1979 / FA Cup 1978/1979

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FA Cup 1978/1979 - Semi-finals

Highbury - London - England

March 31, 1979

Arsenal

2 - 0

Wolverhampton

Alan Sunderland

Frank Stapleton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 0

Wolverhampton

Arsenal Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Gatting

Steve Gatting

England

B.date29/05/1959

Age19 years

positionLeft central defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Price

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland0

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age25 years

positionStriker

Stapleton0

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	33	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young	27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Gatting	19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	20	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson	29	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	30	444	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price	23	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix	21	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	22	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

145

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Willie Young

Steve Walford

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

155

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs Wolverhampton

7 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1979

Neill vs Barnwell

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

John Barnwell

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Barnwell vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1979

Barnwell vs Neill

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1979

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 9 matches with at least one goal scored in FA Cup (since 07/01/1978). It was the best streak for the club since 04/01/1958-04/01/1964 (19 matches).

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 6 consecutive matches without a loss in FA Cup (since 09/01/1979). It was the best streak for the club since 09/01/1965-01/03/1965 (7 matches).

Wolverhampton keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 10/03/1979).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Notts County27/01/1979

DArsenal 0-0 Middlesbrough10/02/1979

LArsenal 0-1 Wolverhampton24/02/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Bristol City10/03/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Southampton21/03/1979

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester City24/03/1979

Overall

VArsenal 2-0 Bristol City10/03/1979

LIpswich Town 2-0 Arsenal17/03/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal19/03/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Southampton21/03/1979

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester City24/03/1979

LBolton Wanderers 4-2 Arsenal26/03/1979

Current form

Away

VArsenal 0-1 Wolverhampton24/02/1979

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Wolverhampton26/02/1979

DNorwich City 0-0 Wolverhampton07/03/1979

VShrewsbury Town 1-3 Wolverhampton13/03/1979

LLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

VChelsea 1-2 Wolverhampton24/03/1979

Overall

DNorwich City 0-0 Wolverhampton07/03/1979

DWolverhampton 1-1 Shrewsbury Town10/03/1979

VShrewsbury Town 1-3 Wolverhampton13/03/1979

LLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

VChelsea 1-2 Wolverhampton24/03/1979

DWolverhampton 1-1 Manchester City27/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	6
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	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
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Frank Stapleton	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Frank Stapleton	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Alan Sunderland	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

26 v

12 d

8 l

107 gf

65 ga

Away

45 matches

14 v

11 d

20 l

63 gf

83 ga

Total

91 matches

40 v

23 d

28 l

170 gf

148 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

20 v

11 d

14 l

83 gf

63 ga

Away

46 matches

8 v

12 d

26 l

65 gf

107 ga

Total

91 matches

28 v

23 d

40 l

148 gf

170 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 01, 1934
Home	7 - 0	December 01, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 07, 1959
Away	5 - 1	April 22, 1961

Latest head to head

February 24, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Arsenal

0 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 14, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Arsenal

January 28, 1978 - FA Cup 1977/1978

Arsenal

2 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

January 14, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Arsenal

3 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

August 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

John Radford	9 goals	1965 - 1972
George Graham	7 goals	1967 - 1972
Geoff Strong	5 goals	1962 - 1963
Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965
David Herd	4 goals	1959 - 1960
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Derek Dougan	9 goals	1967 - 1973
John Richards	6 goals	1972 - 1979
Jimmy Murray	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Terry Wharton	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Jesse Pye	3 goals	1946 - 1946
Ted Farmer	3 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Pat Rice	18 matches	1970 - 1979
John Radford	18 matches	1965 - 1976
George Armstrong	18 matches	1963 - 1976
Peter Storey	17 matches	1967 - 1976
Robert McNab	14 matches	1967 - 1975
Peter Simpson	13 matches	1968 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Derek Parkin	19 matches	1968 - 1979
John McAlle	18 matches	1969 - 1979
Phil Parkes	15 matches	1968 - 1977
Kenny Hibbitt	14 matches	1971 - 1979
John Richards	14 matches	1970 - 1979
Frank Munro	13 matches	1969 - 1976