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FC Porto 2-0 Arsenal - December 10, 2008 / Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

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Ligue des Champions 2008/2009 - Groupe G

Estadio do Dragão - Porto - Portugal

December 10, 2008

2 - 0

Arsenal

England

Bruno Alves

39'

Lisandro López

54'

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39' - Goal Bruno Alves39

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54' - Goal Lisandro López54

59' - Substitution Aaron Ramseyis substituted by Jack Wilshere

60' - Substitution Abou Diabyis substituted by Kieran Gibbs

78' - Substitution Lucho Gonzalezis substituted by Mariano González photo Tomás Costa

78' - Substitution Cristian Rodríguezis substituted by Tomás Costa78

79' - Substitution Alexandre Songis substituted by Mark Randall

88' - Substitution Hulkis substituted by Fredy Guarín88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Porto

2 - 0

Arsenal

FC Porto Arsenal

Team line-ups

FC Porto

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Hulk88

Hulk

Brazil

B.date25/07/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

10Rodríguez78

Cristian Rodríguez

Uruguay

B.date30/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9López54

Lisandro López

Argentina

B.date02/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m74

positionStriker

16Meireles

Raul Meireles

Portugal

B.date17/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

8Gonzalez78

Lucho Gonzalez

Argentina

B.date19/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

25Fernando

Fernando

Brazil

B.date25/07/1987

Age21 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Emanuel

Pedro Emanuel

Portugal

B.date11/02/1975

Age33 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

2Alves39

Bruno Alves

Portugal

B.date27/11/1981

Age27 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

14Rolando

Rolando

Portugal

B.date31/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

13Fucile

Jorge Fucile

Uruguay

B.date19/11/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

1Helton

Helton

Brazil

B.date18/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Helton		30	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Bruno Alves	39	27	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Pedro Emanuel		33	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Rolando		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Jorge Fucile		24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Fernando		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Lucho Gonzalez	78	27	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Raul Meireles		25	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Cristian Rodríguez	78	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Hulk	88	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Lisandro López	54	25	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

26Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age20 years

H1m93

positionStriker

12Vela

Carlos Vela

Mexico

B.date01/03/1989

Age19 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

15Denilson

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

16Ramsey59

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age17 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

17Song79

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Diaby60

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

20Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

18Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

27Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		31	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	William Gallas		31	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Mikaël Silvestre		31	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Johan Djourou		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Emmanuel Eboué		25	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song	79	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey	59	17	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby	60	22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson		20	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Nicklas Bendtner		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Carlos Vela		19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	M	Tomás Costa	78	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Fredy Guarín	88	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mariano González	78	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	D	Kieran Gibbs	60	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Mark Randall	79	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jack Wilshere	59	16	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Raul Meireles

Tomás Costa

OUT

Pedro Emanuel

Lino

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicklas Bendtner

Emmanuel Adebayor

OUT

William Gallas

Kolo Touré

OUT

Carlos Vela

Robin van Persie

OUT

Abou Diaby

Cesc Fàbregas

OUT

Emmanuel Eboué

Bacary Sagna

OUT

Mikaël Silvestre

Gaël Clichy

OUT

Aaron Ramsey

Samir Nasri

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jesualdo Ferreira

105

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Ferreira vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Ferreira vs Wenger

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

700

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs FC Porto

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Wenger vs Ferreira

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2008

Referee

Kyros Vassaras

5 victories	0 draw	0 loss	FC Porto5 matches	General total	Arsenal3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Porto1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 10, 2008					Latest figure on December 10, 2008

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Key figures

FC Porto keeps its 5 consecutive wins running (since 15/11/2008).

End of streak for Arsenal after 6 matches with at least one goal scored away from home in Ligue des Champions (since 27/11/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 19/03/2003-21/02/2006 (13 matches).

End of streak for Arsenal after 7 consecutive matches without a loss in Ligue des Champions (since 13/08/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 09/03/2005-25/04/2006 (13 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Porto 3-1 Fenerbahçe17/09/2008

VFC Porto 2-0 Paços de Ferreira26/09/2008

LFC Porto 0-1 Dynamo Kyiv21/10/2008

LFC Porto 2-3 Leixões25/10/2008

VFC Porto 2-0 Vitória Guimarães15/11/2008

VFC Porto 2-1 Académica01/12/2008

Overall

VDynamo Kyiv 1-2 FC Porto05/11/2008

DSporting CP 1-1 FC Porto09/11/2008

VFC Porto 2-0 Vitória Guimarães15/11/2008

VFenerbahçe 1-2 FC Porto25/11/2008

VFC Porto 2-1 Académica01/12/2008

VVitória Setúbal 0-3 FC Porto06/12/2008

Current form

Away

VFenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal21/10/2008

VWest Ham 0-2 Arsenal26/10/2008

LStoke City 2-1 Arsenal01/11/2008

LManchester City 3-0 Arsenal22/11/2008

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal30/11/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Arsenal02/12/2008

Overall

LArsenal 0-2 Aston Villa15/11/2008

LManchester City 3-0 Arsenal22/11/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Dynamo Kyiv25/11/2008

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal30/11/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Arsenal02/12/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Wigan06/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	22	4
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	6	8
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

31	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	6
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.43
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.43
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Lisandro López	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Lucho Gonzalez	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Cesc Fàbregas
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Cesc Fàbregas
Lisandro López	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Nicklas Bendtner

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 30, 2008
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 30, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

Arsenal

4 - 0

FC Porto

December 06, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

FC Porto

0 - 0

Arsenal

September 26, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Arsenal

2 - 0

FC Porto

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Porto

Emmanuel Adebayor	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Robin van Persie	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Thierry Henry	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Alexander Hleb	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Lucho Gonzalez	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Raul Meireles	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Helton	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Bruno Alves	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Lisandro López	3 matches	2006 - 2008
José Bosingwa	2 matches	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Porto

Cesc Fàbregas	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Robin van Persie	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Emmanuel Eboué	3 matches	2006 - 2008
Kolo Touré	3 matches	2006 - 2008
William Gallas	2 matches	2006 - 2008
Alexander Hleb	2 matches	2006 - 2006