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Arsenal 2-1 Man United - December 17, 1988 / Division 1 1988/1989

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Division 1 1988/1989 - Round 17

Highbury - London - England

December 17, 1988

Arsenal

2 - 1

Man United

Michael Thomas

45'

Paul Merson

45'

90'

Mark Hughes

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45' - Goal Michael Thomas photo Paul Merson

45' - Goal Paul Merson45

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46' - Substitution Lee Martinis substituted by Russell Beardsmore

90' - Goal Mark Hughes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Man United

Arsenal Man United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age26 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age22 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

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Thomas45

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Marwood

Brian Marwood

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age28 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Merson45

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age20 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age26 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		22	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas	45	21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		21	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Marwood		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	45	20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		26	74	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

Man United

Leighton

Jim Leighton

Scotland

B.date24/07/1958

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Bruce

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Martin46

Lee Martin

England

B.date05/02/1968

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age31 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Sharpe

Lee Sharpe

England

B.date27/05/1971

Age17 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Milne

Ralph Milne

Scotland

B.date13/05/1961

Age27 years

positionMidfield

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Hughes90

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Leighton		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy		31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Martin	46	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		31	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		24	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Sharpe		17	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		31	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ralph Milne		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	90	25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Russell Beardsmore	46	20	6	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

Ralph Milne

Billy Garton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

131

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs Man United

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 1988

Graham vs Ferguson

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

102

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Arsenal

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 1988

Ferguson vs Graham

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 1988

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Billy Wright head of (01/07/1962-01/07/1966), you can see a manager go over George Graham with 1.53 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.83).

Gordon Strachan played his game number 10 vs Manchester United in his professional career

Man United keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 03/12/1988).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-0 Hull City12/10/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Queens Park Rangers22/10/1988

VArsenal 2-0 Coventry29/10/1988

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool09/11/1988

VArsenal 3-0 Middlesbrough19/11/1988

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool04/12/1988

Overall

VNewcastle United 0-1 Arsenal12/11/1988

VArsenal 3-0 Middlesbrough19/11/1988

LLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal23/11/1988

LDerby County 2-1 Arsenal26/11/1988

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool04/12/1988

DNorwich City 0-0 Arsenal10/12/1988

Current form

Away

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Manchester United22/10/1988

DEverton 1-1 Manchester United30/10/1988

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Manchester United02/11/1988

DDerby County 2-2 Manchester United12/11/1988

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester United27/11/1988

LCoventry 1-0 Manchester United10/12/1988

Overall

DDerby County 2-2 Manchester United12/11/1988

DManchester United 2-2 Southampton19/11/1988

DManchester United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1988

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester United27/11/1988

VManchester United 3-0 Charlton03/12/1988

LCoventry 1-0 Manchester United10/12/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	8	2
Winless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	7	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	16
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (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	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Mark Hughes
Alan Smith	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Mark Hughes
Brian Marwood	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Brian Marwood	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Smith	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 12 matches	Mark Hughes

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

45 v

10 d

19 l

160 gf

91 ga

Away

73 matches

12 v

18 d

43 l

70 gf

143 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Total

150 matches

59 v

28 d

63 l

236 gf

239 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

43 v

18 d

12 l

143 gf

70 ga

Away

74 matches

19 v

10 d

45 l

91 gf

160 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

6 ga

Total

150 matches

63 v

28 d

59 l

239 gf

236 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Home	5 - 0	January 30, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Away	3 - 0	February 21, 1920

Latest head to head

October 09, 1988 - Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy 1988

Arsenal

2 - 1

Man United

February 20, 1988 - FA Cup 1987/1988

Arsenal

2 - 1

Man United

January 24, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

1 - 2

Man United

August 19, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Man United

0 - 0

Arsenal

January 24, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Man United

2 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1976 - 1978
George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Ray Kennedy	5 goals	1970 - 1974
Liam Brady	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1958 - 1971
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1983 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

David O'Leary	29 matches	1975 - 1988
George Armstrong	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Graham Rix	24 matches	1977 - 1988
Pat Rice	21 matches	1969 - 1979
Kenny Sansom	19 matches	1980 - 1988
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1966 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Tony Dunne	22 matches	1962 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Arthur Albiston	20 matches	1977 - 1986
Gary Bailey	19 matches	1979 - 1985