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Cardiff City 0-0 Arsenal - January 25, 2009 / FA Cup 2008/2009

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FA Cup 2008/2009 - Round of 32

Ninian Park - Cardiff - Wales

January 25, 2009

20 079

Cardiff City

0 - 0

Arsenal

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59' - Substitution Aaron Ramseyis substituted by Abou Diaby

66' - Substitution Emmanuel Ebouéis substituted by Emmanuel Adebayor

79' - Substitution Chris Burkeis substituted by Tony Capaldi79

87' - Substitution Nicklas Bendtneris substituted by Jack Wilshere

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cardiff City

0 - 0

Arsenal

Cardiff City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Cardiff City

Enckelman

Peter Enckelman

Finland

B.date10/03/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Gyepes

Gábor Gyepes

Hungary

B.date26/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Johnson

Roger Johnson

England

B.date28/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

McNaughton

Kevin McNaughton

Scotland

B.date28/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Kennedy

Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1976

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Ledley

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Burke79

Chris Burke

Scotland

B.date02/12/1983

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Parry

Paul Parry

Wales

B.date19/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Rae

Gavin Rae

Scotland

B.date28/11/1977

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McCormack

Ross McCormack

Scotland

B.date18/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bothroyd

Jay Bothroyd

England

B.date05/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Enckelman		31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gábor Gyepes		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Johnson		25	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin McNaughton		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Kennedy		32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Ledley		22	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Burke	79	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Parry		28	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Rae		31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ross McCormack		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jay Bothroyd		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Fabianski

Lukasz Fabianski

Poland

B.date18/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Eboué66

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Gibbs

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ramsey59

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age18 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nasri

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Bendtner87

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age21 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lukasz Fabianski		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kolo Touré		27	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmanuel Eboué	66	25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kieran Gibbs		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexandre Song		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aaron Ramsey	59	18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robin van Persie		25	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samir Nasri		21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	87	21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Tony Capaldi	79	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Abou Diaby	59	22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jack Wilshere	87	17	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emmanuel Adebayor	66	24	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Burke

Peter Whittingham

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicklas Bendtner

Emmanuel Adebayor

OUT

Lukasz Fabianski

Manuel Almunia

OUT

Kieran Gibbs

Gaël Clichy

OUT

Aaron Ramsey

Abou Diaby

OUT

Alexandre Song

Denilson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

187

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Jones vs Arsenal

0 victory

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 25, 2009

Jones vs Wenger

0 victory

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 25, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

708

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Cardiff City

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 25, 2009

Wenger vs Jones

7 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 25, 2009

Referee

Martin Atkinson

4 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Cardiff City14 matches	General total	Arsenal68 matches	31 victories	13 draws	24 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Cardiff City1 match	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 21, 2019					Latest figure on February 24, 2022

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Key figures

Cardiff City keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal in FA Cup running (since 08/01/1955). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Cardiff City has ended with the score 0-0 in FA Cup, It was on the 07/01/2007 (vs )

Cardiff City keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 25/11/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/02/2002-28/04/2002 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCardiff City 2-1 Crystal Palace15/11/2008

DCardiff City 2-2 Reading25/11/2008

VCardiff City 2-0 Preston North End06/12/2008

VCardiff City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday20/12/2008

VCardiff City 1-0 Plymouth28/12/2008

VCardiff City 2-0 Reading03/01/2009

Overall

VIpswich Town 1-2 Cardiff City13/12/2008

VCardiff City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday20/12/2008

DReading 1-1 Cardiff City26/12/2008

VCardiff City 1-0 Plymouth28/12/2008

VCardiff City 2-0 Reading03/01/2009

DBirmingham City 1-1 Cardiff City17/01/2009

Current form

Away

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal30/11/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Arsenal02/12/2008

LFC Porto 2-0 Arsenal10/12/2008

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal13/12/2008

DAston Villa 2-2 Arsenal26/12/2008

VHull City 1-3 Arsenal17/01/2009

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool21/12/2008

DAston Villa 2-2 Arsenal26/12/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Portsmouth28/12/2008

VArsenal 3-1 Plymouth03/01/2009

VArsenal 1-0 Bolton Wanderers10/01/2009

VHull City 1-3 Arsenal17/01/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	10
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	11	12
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	8	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

0	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
0	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Joe Ledley	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Robin van Persie
Joe Ledley	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Joe Ledley	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Robin van Persie

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

6 v

8 d

5 l

26 gf

22 ga

Away

20 matches

3 v

5 d

12 l

17 gf

35 ga

Total

39 matches

9 v

13 d

17 l

43 gf

57 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

12 v

5 d

3 l

35 gf

17 ga

Away

19 matches

5 v

8 d

6 l

22 gf

26 ga

Total

39 matches

17 v

13 d

9 l

57 gf

43 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 26, 1924
Home	4 - 0	January 26, 1924

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 17, 1925
Away	3 - 0	September 26, 1953

Latest head to head

January 07, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Arsenal

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

October 27, 1982 - League Cup 1982/1983

Cardiff City

1 - 3

Arsenal

October 06, 1982 - League Cup 1982/1983

Arsenal

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

January 08, 1980 - FA Cup 1979/1980

Arsenal

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

January 05, 1980 - FA Cup 1979/1980

Cardiff City

0 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Anthony Pickrell	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Derek Tapscott	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Graham Moore	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Peter Donnelly	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Cameron Jerome	1 goal	2006 - 2006
David Ward	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1980 - 1982
Robert Pirès	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Paul Davis	2 goals	1982 - 1982
David Herd	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Geoff Strong	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Melvyn Charles	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Colin Baker	4 matches	1960 - 1962
Alan Harrington	3 matches	1960 - 1962
Graham Moore	3 matches	1960 - 1961
Barrie Hole	3 matches	1961 - 1962
Leonard Edwards	3 matches	1960 - 1962
David Ward	2 matches	1961 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Graham Rix	4 matches	1980 - 1982
Vic Groves	4 matches	1960 - 1962
Brian Talbot	4 matches	1980 - 1982
John Hollins	4 matches	1980 - 1982
Alan Sunderland	4 matches	1980 - 1982
Billy McCullough	4 matches	1960 - 1962