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Southampton 1-0 Arsenal - December 26, 1989 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 19

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

December 26, 1989

Southampton

1 - 0

Arsenal

Rod Wallace

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0' - Goal Rod Wallace0

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46' - Substitution Brian Marwoodis substituted by Paul Davis photo Perry Groves

46' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Perry Groves

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

1 - 0

Arsenal

Southampton Arsenal

Team line-ups

Southampton

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Moore

Kevin Moore

England

B.date29/04/1958

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Osman

Russell Osman

England

B.date14/02/1959

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Horne

Barry Horne

Wales

B.date18/05/1962

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cockerill

Glenn Cockerill

England

B.date25/08/1959

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age35 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Le Tissier

Matt Le Tissier

England

B.date14/10/1968

Age21 years

H1m86

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wallace0

Rod Wallace

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age20 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Rideout

Paul Rideout

England

B.date14/08/1964

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers	22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moore	31	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Russell Osman	30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Dodd	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Horne	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Cockerill	30	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	35	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Le Tissier	21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rod Wallace	20	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Rideout	25	45	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

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age29 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Marwood46

Brian Marwood

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age29 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Merson46

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		29	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		31	632	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		23	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Marwood	46	29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		22	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		27	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		22	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	46	21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

179

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Davis	46	28	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Perry Groves	46	24	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Merson

Perry Groves

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Nicholl

232

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Nicholl vs Arsenal

4 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

Nicholl vs Graham

4 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

179

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Graham vs Southampton

3 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

Graham vs Nicholl

3 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 03/12/1989).

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has done less than 23% of losses .

End of streak for Arsenal after 3 consecutive wins (since 03/12/1989).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSouthampton 2-0 York City03/10/1989

VSouthampton 4-1 Liverpool21/10/1989

VSouthampton 1-0 Charlton24/10/1989

DSouthampton 1-1 Tottenham04/11/1989

VSouthampton 6-3 Luton Town25/11/1989

VSouthampton 2-1 Manchester City09/12/1989

Overall

DChelsea 2-2 Southampton18/11/1989

VSouthampton 6-3 Luton Town25/11/1989

DSwindon Town 0-0 Southampton29/11/1989

DMillwall 2-2 Southampton02/12/1989

VSouthampton 2-1 Manchester City09/12/1989

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Southampton17/12/1989

Current form

Away

LTottenham 2-1 Arsenal18/10/1989

LEverton 3-0 Arsenal21/10/1989

VMillwall 1-2 Arsenal11/11/1989

LOldham Athletic 3-1 Arsenal22/11/1989

LLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal26/11/1989

VCoventry 0-1 Arsenal09/12/1989

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Queens Park Rangers18/11/1989

LOldham Athletic 3-1 Arsenal22/11/1989

LLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal26/11/1989

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester United03/12/1989

VCoventry 0-1 Arsenal09/12/1989

VArsenal 3-2 Luton Town16/12/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	11	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	7	8
Scoring streak	4	10
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
7	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
2.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.63

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 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

Matt Le Tissier	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Smith
Matt Le Tissier	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Paul Merson
Matt Le Tissier	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Lee Dixon
Matt Le Tissier	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Matt Le Tissier	10 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	Alan Smith

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

9 v

5 d

8 l

32 gf

30 ga

Away

25 matches

2 v

9 d

14 l

18 gf

35 ga

Total

47 matches

11 v

14 d

22 l

50 gf

65 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

14 v

9 d

2 l

35 gf

18 ga

Away

22 matches

8 v

5 d

9 l

30 gf

32 ga

Total

47 matches

22 v

14 d

11 l

65 gf

50 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 07, 1985
Home	3 - 0	December 07, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 15, 1986
Away	4 - 0	November 15, 1986

Latest head to head

March 25, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Southampton

1 - 3

Arsenal

September 17, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Arsenal

2 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

April 09, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Southampton

4 - 2

Arsenal

November 21, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

0 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

December 27, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Armstrong	6 goals	1982 - 1985
Terry Paine	4 goals	1966 - 1971
Ron Davies	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Steve Moran	4 goals	1980 - 1985
David Puckett	3 goals	1982 - 1982
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

John Radford	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1977 - 1980
Stewart Robson	3 goals	1982 - 1985
Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1979 - 1980
Liam Brady	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Paul Davis	3 goals	1982 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Nick Holmes	22 matches	1974 - 1985
Mick Channon	19 matches	1968 - 1982
Steve Williams	16 matches	1977 - 1983
Terry Paine	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Danny Wallace	14 matches	1982 - 1989
Chris Nicholl	14 matches	1977 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

David O'Leary	21 matches	1979 - 1989
Kenny Sansom	18 matches	1980 - 1988
Graham Rix	17 matches	1977 - 1985
Paul Davis	17 matches	1982 - 1989
Peter Simpson	16 matches	1966 - 1977
Pat Rice	15 matches	1970 - 1980