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Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham - January 20, 1990 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 23

Highbury - London - England

January 20, 1990

Arsenal

1 - 0

Tottenham

Tony Adams

90'

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46' - Substitution Pat Van Den Hauweis substituted by Paul Walsh photo Nayim

46' - Substitution Vinny Samwaysis substituted by Nayim

90' - Goal Tony Adams90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Tottenham

Arsenal Tottenham

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age29 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Adams90

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

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

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

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	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		31	637	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams	90	23	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		28	322	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		22	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		22	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves		24	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		27	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

205

Tottenham

Thorstvedt

Erik Thorstvedt

Norway

B.date28/10/1962

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Mabbutt

Gary Mabbutt

England

B.date23/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Polston

John Polston

England

B.date10/06/1968

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Sedgley

Steve Sedgley

England

B.date26/05/1968

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Van Den Hauwe46

Pat Van Den Hauwe

Wales

B.date16/12/1960

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

England

B.date02/10/1964

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Howells

David Howells

England

B.date15/12/1967

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Samways46

Vinny Samways

England

B.date27/10/1968

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Allen

Paul Allen

England

B.date28/08/1962

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Stewart

Paul Stewart

England

B.date07/10/1964

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Lineker

Gary Lineker

England

B.date30/11/1960

Age29 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Erik Thorstvedt		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Mabbutt		28	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Polston		21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sedgley		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Van Den Hauwe	46	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mitchell Thomas		25	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Howells		22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vinny Samways	46	21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Allen		27	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Stewart		25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Lineker		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Nayim	46	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Paul Walsh	46	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Rocastle

Nigel Winterburn

OUT

Michael Thomas

Paul Merson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

184

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Graham vs Tottenham

8 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1990

Graham vs Venables

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 20, 1990

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Venables

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Venables vs Arsenal

4 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1990

Venables vs Graham

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1990

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Gary Mabbutt played his game number 250 in Premier League

It's the first time Tony Adams scores a goal vs Tottenham in his professional career since the 04/01/1987 (with Arsenal vs Tottenham )

Arsenal keeps its 14 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 04/11/1989). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/09/1987-05/12/1987 time period (19 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Derby County28/10/1989

VArsenal 4-3 Norwich City04/11/1989

VArsenal 3-0 Queens Park Rangers18/11/1989

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester United03/12/1989

VArsenal 3-2 Luton Town16/12/1989

VArsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace01/01/1990

Overall

VArsenal 3-2 Luton Town16/12/1989

LSouthampton 1-0 Arsenal26/12/1989

LAston Villa 2-1 Arsenal30/12/1989

VArsenal 4-1 Crystal Palace01/01/1990

VStoke City 0-1 Arsenal06/01/1990

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Arsenal13/01/1990

Current form

Away

VCrystal Palace 2-3 Tottenham18/11/1989

DTranmere Rovers 2-2 Tottenham22/11/1989

DLuton Town 0-0 Tottenham02/12/1989

VManchester United 0-1 Tottenham16/12/1989

DCoventry 0-0 Tottenham01/01/1990

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Tottenham17/01/1990

Overall

VTottenham 3-1 Millwall26/12/1989

LTottenham 2-3 Nottingham Forest30/12/1989

DCoventry 0-0 Tottenham01/01/1990

LTottenham 1-3 Southampton06/01/1990

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester City13/01/1990

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Tottenham17/01/1990

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	14	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	13
Scoring streak	11	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
12	Victories (Competition total)	9
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
3	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.45
2.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.09
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.32
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.09

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Alan Smith	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Gary Lineker
Alan Smith	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Paul Gascoigne
Lee Dixon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gary Lineker
Lee Dixon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gary Lineker
Alan Smith	6 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 9 matches	Gary Lineker

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

27 v

11 d

17 l

86 gf

66 ga

Away

59 matches

22 v

11 d

26 l

89 gf

98 ga

Total

114 matches

49 v

22 d

43 l

175 gf

164 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

26 v

11 d

22 l

98 gf

89 ga

Away

55 matches

17 v

11 d

27 l

66 gf

86 ga

Total

114 matches

43 v

22 d

49 l

164 gf

175 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 06, 1935
Home	4 - 0	September 16, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 04, 1983
Away	3 - 0	February 27, 1954

Latest head to head

October 18, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Tottenham

2 - 1

Arsenal

January 02, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Arsenal

2 - 0

Tottenham

September 10, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Tottenham

2 - 3

Arsenal

March 06, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

2 - 1

Tottenham

October 18, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Tottenham

1 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Alan Sunderland	8 goals	1978 - 1982
Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
John Radford	5 goals	1965 - 1972
Charly Nicholas	5 goals	1983 - 1985
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Smith	9 goals	1957 - 1963
Jimmy Greaves	7 goals	1963 - 1968
Alan Gilzean	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Les Allen	6 goals	1960 - 1961
Steve Archibald	6 goals	1981 - 1984
Cliff Jones	6 goals	1962 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

David O'Leary	29 matches	1975 - 1989
George Armstrong	25 matches	1963 - 1977
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Kenny Sansom	21 matches	1980 - 1988
Graham Rix	20 matches	1977 - 1987
Pat Rice	18 matches	1968 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Steve Perryman	31 matches	1970 - 1986
Glenn Hoddle	23 matches	1976 - 1987
Pat Jennings	23 matches	1964 - 1976
Cyril Knowles	22 matches	1964 - 1975
Alan Gilzean	19 matches	1965 - 1974
Phil Beal	18 matches	1964 - 1975