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S Wednesday 2-1 Arsenal - September 24, 1988 / Division 1 1988/1989

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Division 1 1988/1989 - Round 5

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

September 24, 1988

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Arsenal

Nigel Pearson

Gary Megson

90'

Alan Smith

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0' - Goal Nigel Pearson photo Gary Megson

0' - Goal Gary Megson0

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46' - Substitution Carl Bradshawis substituted by Tony Galvin photo Colin West

46' - Substitution Dave Reevesis substituted by Colin West46

46' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Perry Groves

90' - Goal Alan Smith

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Arsenal

S Wednesday Arsenal

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age20 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Pearson0

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Cranson

Ian Cranson

England

B.date02/07/1964

Age24 years

positionDefender

Sterland

Mel Sterland

England

B.date01/10/1961

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Worthington

Nigel Worthington

Northern Ireland

B.date04/11/1961

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Madden

Lawrie Madden

England

B.date28/09/1955

Age32 years

positionLeft full-back

Megson0

Gary Megson

England

B.date02/05/1959

Age29 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Jonsson

Sigurdur Jonsson

Iceland

B.date27/09/1966

Age21 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Bradshaw46

Carl Bradshaw

England

B.date02/10/1968

Age19 years

H1m83

positionRight Winger

Reeves46

Dave Reeves

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Hirst

David Hirst

England

B.date07/12/1967

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Cranson		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Sterland		26	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Worthington		26	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lawrie Madden		32	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Megson		29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sigurdur Jonsson		21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Bradshaw	46	19	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Reeves	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst		20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Marwood

Brian Marwood

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age28 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Merson46

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age20 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Smith90

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		27	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		30	584	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		21	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		21	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		26	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Marwood		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	46	20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith	90	25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Colin West	46	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Tony Galvin	46	32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Perry Groves	46	23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carl Bradshaw

Tony Galvin

OUT

Dave Reeves

Colin West

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Davis

Kevin Richardson

OUT

Paul Merson

Perry Groves

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Wilkinson

265

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Wilkinson vs Arsenal

4 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 1988

Wilkinson vs Graham

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

114

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs S Wednesday

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 24, 1988

Graham vs Wilkinson

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 24, 1988

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 consecutive wins away from home (since 07/05/1988).

Arsenal keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 07/05/1988).

End of streak for S Wednesday after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 03/09/1988).

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Portsmouth19/03/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 West Ham02/04/1988

DSheffield Wednesday 3-3 Arsenal30/04/1988

LSheffield Wednesday 1-5 Liverpool07/05/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Luton Town27/08/1988

LSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Coventry10/09/1988

Overall

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday03/05/1988

LSheffield Wednesday 1-5 Liverpool07/05/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Luton Town27/08/1988

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday03/09/1988

LSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Coventry10/09/1988

LQueens Park Rangers 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday17/09/1988

Current form

Away

VWest Ham 0-1 Arsenal12/04/1988

DSheffield Wednesday 3-3 Arsenal30/04/1988

VEverton 1-2 Arsenal07/05/1988

VWimbledon FC 1-5 Arsenal27/08/1988

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 Arsenal31/08/1988

VTottenham 2-3 Arsenal10/09/1988

Overall

VWimbledon FC 1-5 Arsenal27/08/1988

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 Arsenal31/08/1988

LArsenal 2-3 Aston Villa03/09/1988

VTottenham 2-3 Arsenal10/09/1988

DArsenal 2-2 Southampton17/09/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Liverpool20/09/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	6	3
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	8	10
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Mel Sterland	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Alan Smith
David Hirst	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Alan Smith
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Brian Marwood
Mel Sterland	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 4 matches	Alan Smith

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

18 v

14 d

16 l

83 gf

75 ga

Away

50 matches

10 v

14 d

26 l

57 gf

93 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

99 matches

28 v

28 d

43 l

141 gf

170 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

26 v

14 d

10 l

93 gf

57 ga

Away

48 matches

16 v

14 d

18 l

75 gf

83 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

99 matches

43 v

28 d

28 l

170 gf

141 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 31, 1907
Home	6 - 0	December 31, 1907

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 01, 1969
Away	5 - 0	March 01, 1969

Latest head to head

April 30, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

S Wednesday

3 - 3

Arsenal

January 20, 1988 - League Cup 1987/1988

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Arsenal

December 05, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

3 - 1

S Wednesday

February 14, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Arsenal

September 02, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

2 - 0

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Hickton	4 goals	1965 - 1965
John Fantham	3 goals	1959 - 1965
David Layne	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Bobby Craig	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Mel Sterland	2 goals	1986 - 1988
Keith Ellis	2 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

John Radford	6 goals	1968 - 1969
George Eastham	4 goals	1960 - 1965
Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965
Jon Sammels	4 goals	1965 - 1969
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1964 - 1965
Bobby Gould	4 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Don Megson	18 matches	1959 - 1969
John Fantham	18 matches	1959 - 1969
Gerry Young	15 matches	1963 - 1969
Ron Springett	14 matches	1959 - 1967
Alan Finney	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Colin Dobson	10 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

George Armstrong	14 matches	1962 - 1969
Terry Neill	14 matches	1960 - 1969
David O'Leary	13 matches	1979 - 1988
Peter Simpson	12 matches	1964 - 1969
Graham Rix	12 matches	1979 - 1988
George Eastham	12 matches	1960 - 1965