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Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal - December 30, 1989 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 20

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 30, 1989

2 - 1

Arsenal

Derek Mountfield

David Platt

90'

Tony Adams

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0' - Goal Derek Mountfield photo David Platt

0' - Goal David Platt0

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90' - Goal Tony Adams

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Arsenal

Aston Villa Arsenal

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Spink

Nigel Spink

England

B.date08/08/1958

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Nielsen

Kent Nielsen

Denmark

B.date28/12/1961

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Mountfield0

Derek Mountfield

England

B.date02/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Gage

Kevin Gage

England

B.date21/04/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age31 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Williams

Gareth Williams

England

B.date12/03/1967

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Platt0

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age23 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Daley

Tony Daley

England

B.date18/10/1967

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

Olney

Ian Olney

England

B.date17/12/1969

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

Ormondroyd

Ian Ormondroyd

England

B.date22/09/1964

Age25 years

H1m97

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Spink	31	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kent Nielsen	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath	30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Mountfield	27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Gage	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	31	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Williams	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt	23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Daley	22	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Olney	20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Ormondroyd	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 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

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams90

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

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

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Groves

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		29	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		31	633	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams	90	23	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		27	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		22	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves		24	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		27	121	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

172

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Rocastle		22

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

Perry Groves

Brian Marwood

OUT

Steve Bould

David Rocastle

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

124

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Taylor vs Arsenal

9 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1989

Taylor vs Graham

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

180

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Graham vs Aston Villa

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1989

Graham vs Taylor

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 1989

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 7 consecutive wins at home in Premier League running (since 30/09/1989). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/02/1983-15/10/1983 time period (13 matches).

It's the first time Tony Adams scores 1 goal vs Aston Villa in his professional career

Derek Mountfield played his game number 150 in Premier League

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace28/10/1989

VAston Villa 6-2 Everton05/11/1989

VAston Villa 4-1 Coventry18/11/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest02/12/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest22/12/1989

VAston Villa 3-0 Manchester United26/12/1989

Overall

VHull City 1-2 Aston Villa28/11/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest02/12/1989

DLiverpool 1-1 Aston Villa09/12/1989

LMillwall 2-0 Aston Villa16/12/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest22/12/1989

VAston Villa 3-0 Manchester United26/12/1989

Current form

Away

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

LSouthampton 1-0 Arsenal26/12/1989

Overall

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

LSouthampton 1-0 Arsenal26/12/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	2
Unbeaten streak	8	2
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	6	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	8	9
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
10	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.68
2.3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.56

Betting aid

7	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
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (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

David Platt	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Smith
David Platt	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Paul Merson
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Lee Dixon
David Platt	12 goals during the last 18 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 9 matches	Alan Smith

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

35 v

14 d

16 l

132 gf

90 ga

Away

68 matches

19 v

13 d

36 l

83 gf

121 ga

Total

133 matches

54 v

27 d

52 l

215 gf

211 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

36 v

13 d

19 l

121 gf

83 ga

Away

65 matches

16 v

14 d

35 l

90 gf

132 ga

Total

133 matches

52 v

27 d

54 l

211 gf

215 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Home	5 - 0	August 28, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Away	7 - 1	December 14, 1935

Latest head to head

December 31, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Aston Villa

0 - 3

Arsenal

September 03, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Arsenal

2 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

May 02, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 29, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Aston Villa

0 - 4

Arsenal

March 08, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Aston Villa

1 - 4

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Thomson	6 goals	1961 - 1962
Tony Hateley	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Peter McParland	4 goals	1958 - 1961
Tony Morley	3 goals	1980 - 1983
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Gary Shelton	3 goals	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Tony Woodcock	8 goals	1982 - 1985
Alan Skirton	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Graham Rix	5 goals	1980 - 1984
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1964
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1988
Gordon Cowans	15 matches	1977 - 1988
Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1984
John Sleeuwenhoek	12 matches	1961 - 1966
Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1961 - 1976
Gary Williams	11 matches	1978 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David O'Leary	26 matches	1975 - 1988
Graham Rix	17 matches	1977 - 1986
Kenny Sansom	16 matches	1980 - 1986
Paul Davis	14 matches	1981 - 1988
George Armstrong	14 matches	1962 - 1977
Pat Jennings	13 matches	1977 - 1984