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Arsenal 5-0 Norwich City - May 01, 1989 / Division 1 1988/1989

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45' - Goal Nigel Winterburn photo Alan Smith

45' - Goal Alan Smith45

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46' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Martin Hayes46

75' - Goal Alan Smith photo Niall Quinn

75' - Substitution Alan Smithis substituted by Niall Quinn75

90' - Goal David Rocastle photo Michael Thomas

90' - Goal Michael Thomas90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

5 - 0

Norwich City

Arsenal Norwich City

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

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn45

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Rocastle90

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas90

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Merson46

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Smith754575

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age26 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		28	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		22	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		30	604	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn	45	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle	90	21	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas	90	21	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	46	21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith	754575	26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

152

Norwich City

Gunn

Bryan Gunn

Scotland

B.date22/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Butterworth

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Linighan

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age26 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Phelan

Mike Phelan

England

B.date24/09/1962

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Bowen

Mark Bowen

Wales

B.date07/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Culverhouse

Ian Culverhouse

England

B.date22/09/1964

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Putney

Trevor Putney

England

B.date09/04/1960

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Coney

Dean Coney

England

B.date18/09/1963

Age25 years

positionForward

Fleck

Robert Fleck

Scotland

B.date11/08/1965

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Gordon

Dale Gordon

England

B.date09/01/1967

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bryan Gunn	25	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth	25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan	26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Phelan	26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Bowen	25	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Culverhouse	24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Putney	29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Coney	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Fleck	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dale Gordon	22	123	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
	M		Martin Hayes	46	23	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Niall Quinn	75	22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Smith

Niall Quinn

OUT

Paul Merson

Brian Marwood

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Trevor Putney

Ian Crook

OUT

Robert Fleck

Malcolm Allen

OUT

Bryan Gunn

Jon Sheffield

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

151

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Graham vs Norwich City

4 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 01, 1989

Graham vs Stringer

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 01, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Stringer

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Stringer vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 01, 1989

Stringer vs Graham

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 01, 1989

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Key figures

The last time Arsenal has scored at least 5 goals at home, It was on the 29/08/1987 (vs )

The last time Arsenal has ended with the score 5-0 vs Norwich City, It was on the 12/01/1952 (vs )

The last time Norwich City has conceded at least 5 goals , It was on the 01/11/1986 (vs )

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Luton Town25/02/1989

DArsenal 0-0 Millwall28/02/1989

LArsenal 1-3 Nottingham Forest11/03/1989

DArsenal 2-2 Charlton21/03/1989

VArsenal 2-0 Everton08/04/1989

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United15/04/1989

Overall

LArsenal 1-3 Nottingham Forest11/03/1989

DArsenal 2-2 Charlton21/03/1989

VSouthampton 1-3 Arsenal25/03/1989

DManchester United 1-1 Arsenal02/04/1989

VArsenal 2-0 Everton08/04/1989

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United15/04/1989

Current form

Away

DWest Ham 0-0 Norwich City18/03/1989

VWest Ham 0-2 Norwich City27/03/1989

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Norwich City05/04/1989

LCoventry 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1989

LEverton 1-0 Norwich City15/04/1989

DSouthampton 0-0 Norwich City19/04/1989

Overall

LNorwich City 0-1 Liverpool01/04/1989

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Norwich City05/04/1989

LCoventry 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1989

LEverton 1-0 Norwich City15/04/1989

DSouthampton 0-0 Norwich City19/04/1989

DNorwich City 2-2 Aston Villa22/04/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	4	6
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	34
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
19	Victories (Competition total)	16
9	Victories (Home / Away)	9
9	Draws (Competition total)	10
5	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

62	Goals scored (Competition total)	45
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.32
1.69	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
0.97	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.09
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 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	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Robert Fleck
Alan Smith	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Robert Fleck
Brian Marwood	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Brian Marwood	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Smith	6 goals during the last 16 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Andy Townsend

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

9 v

4 d

3 l

23 gf

12 ga

Away

16 matches

5 v

5 d

6 l

25 gf

19 ga

Total

32 matches

14 v

9 d

9 l

48 gf

31 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

6 v

5 d

5 l

19 gf

25 ga

Away

16 matches

3 v

4 d

9 l

12 gf

23 ga

Total

32 matches

9 v

9 d

14 l

31 gf

48 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 12, 1952
Home	3 - 0	September 24, 1983

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 21, 1972
Away	3 - 0	November 21, 1972

Latest head to head

December 10, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Norwich City

0 - 0

Arsenal

April 04, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

2 - 0

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November 14, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Norwich City

2 - 4

Arsenal

May 09, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

1 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

December 13, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Norwich City

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Alan Ball	5 goals	1972 - 1975
Tony Woodcock	2 goals	1982 - 1984
David Rocastle	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Brian Talbot	2 goals	1980 - 1981
Perry Groves	2 goals	1987 - 1988
Frank Stapleton	2 goals	1976 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Deehan	5 goals	1982 - 1984
Martin Peters	4 goals	1975 - 1976
Kevin Drinkell	3 goals	1986 - 1987
Justin Fashanu	3 goals	1979 - 1981
Graham Paddon	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Terry Anderson	2 goals	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

David O'Leary	18 matches	1975 - 1987
Graham Rix	13 matches	1977 - 1987
Kenny Sansom	12 matches	1980 - 1988
Pat Rice	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Frank Stapleton	11 matches	1976 - 1981
Pat Jennings	10 matches	1977 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Kevin Keelan	12 matches	1972 - 1979
Martin Peters	10 matches	1975 - 1980
Graham Paddon	9 matches	1972 - 1981
Colin Suggett	8 matches	1973 - 1978
Tony Powell	7 matches	1975 - 1979
Dave Watson	7 matches	1981 - 1985