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Newcastle United 0-1 Arsenal - October 31, 1987 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Round 14

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

October 31, 1987

Newcastle United

0 - 1

Arsenal

90'

Alan Smith

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46' - Substitution Tony Adamsis substituted by Gus Caesar photo Martin Hayes

46' - Substitution Steve Williamsis substituted by Martin Hayes

90' - Goal Alan Smith

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

0 - 1

Arsenal

Newcastle United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

Kelly

Gary Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date03/08/1966

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Roeder

Glenn Roeder

England

B.date13/12/1955

Age31 years

positionDefender

P. Jackson

Peter Jackson

England

B.date06/04/1961

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Anderson

John Anderson

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/11/1959

Age27 years

positionRight central defender

McDonald

Neil McDonald

England

B.date02/11/1965

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Cornwell

John Cornwell

England

B.date13/10/1964

Age23 years

H1m93

positionMidfield

Tinnion

Brian Tinnion

England

B.date23/02/1968

Age19 years

positionLeft Midfielder

McCreery

David McCreery

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1957

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

England

B.date27/05/1967

Age20 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

Goddard

Paul Goddard

England

B.date12/10/1959

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

D. Jackson

Darren Jackson

Scotland

B.date25/07/1966

Age21 years

H1m78

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Kelly	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Roeder	31	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Jackson	26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Anderson	27	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil McDonald	21	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Cornwell	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Tinnion	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David McCreery	30	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Gascoigne	20	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Goddard	28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Jackson	21	40	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

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams46

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Williams46

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age24 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Groves

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Smith90

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		26	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams	46	21	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		29	560	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		29	364	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams	46	29	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		20	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		25	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves		22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith	90	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

159

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gus Caesar	46	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Martin Hayes	46	21	71	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Willie McFaul

109

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

McFaul vs Arsenal

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 31, 1987

McFaul vs Graham

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 31, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs Newcastle United

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1987

Graham vs McFaul

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1987

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Comments

Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 10 consecutive wins in Premier League running (since 12/09/1987). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/04/1971 (9 matches)

It's the first time Alan Smith scores a goal vs in Premier League since the 08/11/1986 (with vs )

No Newcastle United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has reached 59% of wins .

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNewcastle United 0-1 Nottingham Forest29/08/1987

LNewcastle United 1-2 Wimbledon FC05/09/1987

LNewcastle United 1-4 Liverpool20/09/1987

VNewcastle United 2-1 Southampton26/09/1987

VNewcastle United 4-1 Blackpool07/10/1987

DNewcastle United 1-1 Everton17/10/1987

Overall

VNewcastle United 2-1 Southampton26/09/1987

DChelsea 2-2 Newcastle United03/10/1987

VNewcastle United 4-1 Blackpool07/10/1987

DNewcastle United 1-1 Everton17/10/1987

VCoventry 1-3 Newcastle United24/10/1987

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Newcastle United28/10/1987

Current form

Away

LQueens Park Rangers 2-0 Arsenal22/08/1987

DLuton Town 1-1 Arsenal31/08/1987

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal12/09/1987

VDoncaster Rovers 0-3 Arsenal23/09/1987

VCharlton 0-3 Arsenal03/10/1987

VTottenham 1-2 Arsenal18/10/1987

Overall

VCharlton 0-3 Arsenal03/10/1987

VArsenal 1-0 Doncaster Rovers06/10/1987

VArsenal 2-0 Oxford United10/10/1987

VTottenham 1-2 Arsenal18/10/1987

VArsenal 2-1 Derby County24/10/1987

VArsenal 3-0 Bournemouth27/10/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	5	6
Conceding streak	7	12

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	10
Unbeaten streak	5	12
Drawless streak	4	10
Scoring streak	5	12
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	12
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	8
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	2
3	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.83
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
1.64	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.58
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Mirandinha	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Smith
Neil McDonald	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Michael Thomas
Neil McDonald	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Michael Thomas
Neil McDonald	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Paul Goddard	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	Michael Thomas

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

37 v

12 d

12 l

130 gf

73 ga

Away

60 matches

18 v

14 d

28 l

67 gf

98 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

122 matches

56 v

26 d

40 l

198 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

28 v

14 d

18 l

98 gf

67 ga

Away

61 matches

12 v

12 d

37 l

73 gf

130 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

122 matches

40 v

26 d

56 l

171 gf

198 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 03, 1925
Home	7 - 0	October 03, 1925

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 17, 1960
Away	3 - 0	October 29, 1949

Latest head to head

April 14, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

0 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 18, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Arsenal

March 01, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Arsenal

September 28, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Arsenal

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 29, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Newcastle United

1 - 3

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1971 - 1975
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1966 - 1970
Wyn Davies	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Ivor Allchurch	3 goals	1958 - 1959
Micky Burns	3 goals	1976 - 1978
Len White	3 goals	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

George Graham	5 goals	1967 - 1971
Ray Kennedy	4 goals	1971 - 1973
David Herd	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1960 - 1961
John Radford	2 goals	1971 - 1971
Frank Stapleton	2 goals	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Frank Clark	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Dave Craig	16 matches	1965 - 1977
Bobby Moncur	16 matches	1965 - 1973
Willie McFaul	15 matches	1968 - 1975
Stewart Barrowclough	11 matches	1972 - 1978
Bryan Robson	10 matches	1966 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

George Armstrong	20 matches	1965 - 1977
John Radford	18 matches	1965 - 1976
Pat Rice	17 matches	1970 - 1978
Peter Simpson	17 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Storey	17 matches	1966 - 1975
George Graham	13 matches	1966 - 1972