This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Arsenal 4-1 Leicester - April 20, 1987 / Division 1 1986/1987

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Division 1 1986/1987 - Round 38

Highbury - London - England

April 20, 1987

Arsenal

4 - 1

Leicester

Paul Davis

45'

Martin Hayes

45'

(penalty) Martin Hayes

90'

Charly Nicholas

90'

Russell Osman

logo Arsenal ARS

0' - Goal Russell Osman

45' - Goal Paul Davis photo Martin Hayes

45' - Goal Martin Hayes45

logo Arsenal ARS

46' - Substitution David O'Learyis substituted by Gus Caesar46

46' - Substitution John Buckleyis substituted by Steve Walsh

90' - Goal Martin Hayes photo Charly Nicholas

90' - Goal Charly Nicholas90

logo Leicester LEI

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

4 - 1

Leicester

Arsenal Leicester

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wilmot

Rhys Wilmot

Wales

B.date21/02/1962

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary46

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age28 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age30 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Davis45

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hayes9045

Martin Hayes

England

B.date21/03/1966

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nicholas90

Charly Nicholas

Scotland

B.date30/12/1961

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Rhys Wilmot		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	46	28	543	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		20	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		28	348	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		30	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams		28	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis	45	25	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		29	448	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hayes	9045	21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charly Nicholas	90	25	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

195

Leicester

Andrews

Ian Andrews

England

B.date01/12/1964

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Venus

Mark Venus

England

B.date06/04/1967

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

O'Neill

John O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/03/1958

Age29 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Morgan

Simon Morgan

England

B.date05/09/1966

Age20 years

H1m79

positionDefender

Ramsey

Paul Ramsey

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1962

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Osman0

Russell Osman

England

B.date14/02/1959

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Buckley46

John Buckley

Scotland

B.date10/05/1962

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Mauchlen

Ally Mauchlen

Scotland

B.date29/06/1960

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Wilson

Ian Wilson

Scotland

B.date27/03/1958

Age29 years

positionMidfield

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age22 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Andrews		22	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Venus		20	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Neill		29	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Morgan		20	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Ramsey		24	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Russell Osman		28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Buckley	46	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ally Mauchlen		26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Wilson		29	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		24	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

130

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gus Caesar	46	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Walsh	46	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rhys Wilmot

John Lukic

OUT

Kenny Sansom

David Rocastle

OUT

Martin Hayes

Gus Caesar

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Buckley

Martin Russell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Graham vs Leicester

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Graham vs Hamilton

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Hamilton

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Hamilton vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Hamilton vs Graham

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Paul Davis scores a goal vs Leicester in his professional career since the 28/04/1984 (with Arsenal vs Leicester )

Leicester keeps its 16 consecutive losses away from home running (since 18/10/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/04/1904 (10 matches)

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has done less than 0.76 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArsenal 0-1 Tottenham08/02/1987

LArsenal 0-1 Liverpool10/03/1987

DArsenal 0-0 Nottingham Forest17/03/1987

LArsenal 0-1 Everton28/03/1987

VArsenal 2-1 Charlton11/04/1987

LArsenal 0-1 Newcastle United14/04/1987

Overall

LArsenal 0-1 Everton28/03/1987

VArsenal 2-1 Liverpool05/04/1987

LWest Ham 3-1 Arsenal08/04/1987

VArsenal 2-1 Charlton11/04/1987

LArsenal 0-1 Newcastle United14/04/1987

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Arsenal18/04/1987

Current form

Away

LLuton Town 1-0 Leicester24/01/1987

LLiverpool 4-3 Leicester14/02/1987

LTottenham 5-0 Leicester25/02/1987

LSouthampton 4-0 Leicester07/03/1987

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Leicester22/03/1987

LNewcastle United 2-0 Leicester04/04/1987

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Leicester22/03/1987

VLeicester 4-1 Queens Park Rangers25/03/1987

VLeicester 4-0 Manchester City28/03/1987

LNewcastle United 2-0 Leicester04/04/1987

DLeicester 1-1 Aston Villa11/04/1987

VLeicester 2-0 West Ham18/04/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	15	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	15	0
Drawless streak	19	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	16	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
17	Victories (Competition total)	11
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
10	Draws (Competition total)	7
5	Draws (Home / Away)	1
10	Losses (Competition total)	19
3	Losses (Home / Away)	15

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	66
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	45
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.35
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.72
0.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.78
0.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
14	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
8	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (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

Martin Hayes	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Alan Smith
Martin Hayes	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Alan Smith
Martin Hayes	6 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Gary McAllister
Martin Hayes	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Paul Davis	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	Alan Smith

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

29 v

18 d

6 l

115 gf

55 ga

Away

56 matches

18 v

17 d

21 l

84 gf

92 ga

Total

109 matches

47 v

35 d

27 l

199 gf

147 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

21 v

17 d

18 l

92 gf

84 ga

Away

53 matches

6 v

18 d

29 l

55 gf

115 ga

Total

109 matches

27 v

35 d

47 l

147 gf

199 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 15, 1934
Home	8 - 0	December 15, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	August 31, 1963
Away	3 - 0	October 23, 1897

Latest head to head

December 26, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Leicester

1 - 1

Arsenal

January 18, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Leicester

2 - 2

Arsenal

August 31, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Arsenal

1 - 0

Leicester

March 16, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Arsenal

2 - 0

Leicester

October 13, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Leicester

1 - 4

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Leicester

John Radford	6 goals	1967 - 1975
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1975 - 1980
Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965
George Eastham	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Joe Hulme	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Bobby Gould	3 goals	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Ken Keyworth	8 goals	1961 - 1963
Mike Stringfellow	5 goals	1963 - 1973
Frank Worthington	4 goals	1973 - 1977
Frank McLintock	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Dave Gibson	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Peter Storey	24 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Simpson	20 matches	1966 - 1975
John Radford	20 matches	1965 - 1975
Pat Rice	18 matches	1971 - 1978
Alan Ball	14 matches	1972 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Graham Cross	22 matches	1963 - 1974
Stephen Whitworth	18 matches	1971 - 1978
John Sjoberg	17 matches	1963 - 1973
Gordon Banks	16 matches	1959 - 1967
Richie Norman	14 matches	1960 - 1967
Leonard Glover	14 matches	1967 - 1974