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Southampton 4-2 Arsenal - April 09, 1988 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Round 37

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

April 09, 1988

Southampton

4 - 2

Arsenal

Alan Shearer

Mark Blake

Kevin Bond (o.g)

90'

Paul Davis

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0' - Goal Alan Shearer photo Alan Shearer

0' - Goal Alan Shearer0

0' - Own goal Kevin Bond

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0' - Goal Mark Blake0

46' - Substitution Alan Sheareris substituted by Rod Wallace46

46' - Substitution Perry Grovesis substituted by Paul Merson

90' - Goal Paul Davis

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

4 - 2

Arsenal

Southampton Arsenal

Team line-ups

Southampton

Burridge

John Burridge

England

B.date03/12/1951

Age36 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Blake0

Mark Blake

England

B.date17/12/1967

Age20 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age29 years

positionDefender

Forrest

Gerald Forrest

England

B.date21/01/1957

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Bond0

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Baker

Graham Baker

England

B.date03/12/1958

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Cockerill

Glenn Cockerill

England

B.date25/08/1959

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Shearer00046

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age17 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Clarke

Colin Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date30/10/1962

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Burridge		36	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Blake		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerald Forrest		31	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond		30	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Baker		29	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		33	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Cockerill		28	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Shearer	46	17	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Clarke		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Caesar

Gus Caesar

England

B.date05/03/1966

Age22 years

positionDefender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Davis90

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Hayes

Martin Hayes

England

B.date21/03/1966

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Groves46

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		27	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gus Caesar		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		29	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams		29	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis	90	26	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		20	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hayes		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves	46	22	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

130

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Rod Wallace	46	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Merson	46	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Shearer

Danny Wallace

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Thomas

Tony Adams

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Nicholl

152

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Nicholl vs Arsenal

3 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 1988

Nicholl vs Graham

3 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

101

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs Southampton

2 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 1988

Graham vs Nicholl

2 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 1988

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 13/02/1988). It was the best streak for the club since 29/08/1987-03/11/1987 (11 matches).

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has done less than 0.83 goals conceded per game .

Southampton keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 26/03/1988).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSouthampton 0-0 Norwich City23/01/1988

DSouthampton 1-1 Nottingham Forest13/02/1988

DSouthampton 1-1 Newcastle United01/03/1988

LSouthampton 1-2 Coventry12/03/1988

LSouthampton 0-1 Charlton19/03/1988

DSouthampton 2-2 Wimbledon FC02/04/1988

Overall

VWatford 0-1 Southampton05/03/1988

LSouthampton 1-2 Coventry12/03/1988

LSouthampton 0-1 Charlton19/03/1988

VChelsea 0-1 Southampton26/03/1988

DSouthampton 2-2 Wimbledon FC02/04/1988

DOxford United 0-0 Southampton04/04/1988

Current form

Away

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1988

VBrighton & Hove 1-2 Arsenal30/01/1988

VEverton 0-1 Arsenal07/02/1988

DDerby County 0-0 Arsenal26/03/1988

DOxford United 0-0 Arsenal30/03/1988

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal02/04/1988

Overall

LArsenal 1-2 Nottingham Forest12/03/1988

DArsenal 1-1 Newcastle United19/03/1988

DDerby County 0-0 Arsenal26/03/1988

DOxford United 0-0 Arsenal30/03/1988

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal02/04/1988

VArsenal 2-0 Norwich City04/04/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	6	5
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
10	Victories (Competition total)	16
4	Victories (Home / Away)	5
12	Draws (Competition total)	10
7	Draws (Home / Away)	7
13	Losses (Competition total)	8
6	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.94
1.31	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.85
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.94

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 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

Colin Clarke	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Alan Smith
Danny Wallace	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Alan Smith
Colin Clarke	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Michael Thomas
Colin Clarke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Graham Baker	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Perry Groves

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

8 v

5 d

7 l

27 gf

25 ga

Away

24 matches

2 v

8 d

14 l

16 gf

33 ga

Total

44 matches

10 v

13 d

21 l

43 gf

58 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

14 v

8 d

2 l

33 gf

16 ga

Away

20 matches

7 v

5 d

8 l

25 gf

27 ga

Total

44 matches

21 v

13 d

10 l

58 gf

43 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 07, 1985
Home	3 - 0	December 07, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 15, 1986
Away	4 - 0	November 15, 1986

Latest head to head

November 21, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

0 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

December 27, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

November 15, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Southampton

0 - 4

Arsenal

December 07, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Southampton

3 - 0

Arsenal

November 26, 1985 - League Cup 1985/1986

Southampton

1 - 3

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Armstrong	6 goals	1982 - 1985
Terry Paine	4 goals	1966 - 1971
Ron Davies	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Steve Moran	4 goals	1980 - 1985
David Puckett	3 goals	1982 - 1982
Nick Holmes	2 goals	1980 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

John Radford	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1977 - 1980
Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1979 - 1980
Liam Brady	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Stewart Robson	3 goals	1982 - 1985
Graham Rix	2 goals	1980 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Nick Holmes	22 matches	1974 - 1985
Mick Channon	19 matches	1968 - 1982
Steve Williams	16 matches	1977 - 1983
Terry Paine	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Chris Nicholl	14 matches	1977 - 1983
David Armstrong	13 matches	1982 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

David O'Leary	19 matches	1979 - 1987
Graham Rix	17 matches	1977 - 1985
Kenny Sansom	17 matches	1980 - 1987
Peter Simpson	16 matches	1966 - 1977
John Radford	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Brian Talbot	15 matches	1979 - 1985