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Arsenal 3-1 Luton Town - December 01, 1984 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 17

Highbury - London - England

December 01, 1984

Arsenal

3 - 1

Luton Town

Ian Allinson

45'

Viv Anderson

90'

Tony Woodcock

90'

Brian Stein

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0' - Goal Brian Stein

45' - Goal Ian Allinson45

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46' - Substitution Frankie Bunnis substituted by Emeka Nwajiobi

90' - Goal Viv Anderson photo Tony Woodcock

90' - Goal Tony Woodcock90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 1

Luton Town

Arsenal Luton Town

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Caton

Tommy Caton

England

B.date06/10/1962

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age18 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Anderson90

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age20 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Allinson45

Ian Allinson

England

B.date01/10/1957

Age27 years

positionForward

Mariner

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Woodcock90

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Caton		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson	90	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		26	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		20	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		31	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		22	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Allinson	45	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock	90	28	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Luton Town

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Elliott

Paul Elliott

England

B.date18/03/1964

Age20 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Foster

Steve Foster

England

B.date24/09/1957

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

England

B.date02/10/1964

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Turner

Wayne Turner

England

B.date09/03/1961

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Parker

Garry Parker

England

B.date07/09/1965

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Hill

Ricky Hill

England

B.date05/03/1959

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Bunn46

Frankie Bunn

England

B.date06/11/1962

Age22 years

positionStriker

Stein0

Brian Stein

South Africa

B.date19/10/1957

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy		27	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Elliott		20	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Foster		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mitchell Thomas		20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Turner		23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garry Parker		19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricky Hill		25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frankie Bunn	46	22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Stein		27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Emeka Nwajiobi	46	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tommy Caton

David O'Leary

OUT

John Lukic

Pat Jennings

OUT

Ian Allinson

Charly Nicholas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Foster

Michael Droy

OUT

Les Sealey

Jake Findlay

OUT

Mitchell Thomas

Stacey North

OUT

Garry Parker

Emeka Nwajiobi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Howe vs Luton Town

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 01, 1984

Howe vs Pleat

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 01, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

317

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Pleat vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 01, 1984

Pleat vs Howe

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 01, 1984

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Brian Stein scores 1 goal vs Luton Town in Premier League

Arsenal keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Luton Town running (since 06/11/1982). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/09/1974 (3 matches)

It's the first time Ian Allinson scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 4-0 Stoke City22/09/1984

VArsenal 4-0 Bristol Rovers25/09/1984

VArsenal 1-0 Everton06/10/1984

VArsenal 3-2 Sunderland20/10/1984

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa10/11/1984

VArsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers17/11/1984

Overall

LWest Ham 3-1 Arsenal27/10/1984

LOxford United 3-2 Arsenal31/10/1984

LManchester United 4-2 Arsenal02/11/1984

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa10/11/1984

VArsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers17/11/1984

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Arsenal25/11/1984

Current form

Away

LTottenham 4-2 Luton Town29/09/1984

VQueens Park Rangers 2-3 Luton Town06/10/1984

LSunderland 3-0 Luton Town27/10/1984

LNorwich City 3-0 Luton Town10/11/1984

LManchester United 2-0 Luton Town17/11/1984

LSheffield Wednesday 4-2 Luton Town20/11/1984

Overall

VLuton Town 3-1 Leicester30/10/1984

DLuton Town 2-2 Newcastle United03/11/1984

LNorwich City 3-0 Luton Town10/11/1984

LManchester United 2-0 Luton Town17/11/1984

LSheffield Wednesday 4-2 Luton Town20/11/1984

DLuton Town 2-2 West Ham24/11/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	16	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	16	17
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	5
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	16	13

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.06
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.75

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (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

Tony Woodcock	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Frankie Bunn
Tony Woodcock	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	David Moss
Tony Woodcock	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tony Woodcock	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Tony Woodcock	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Brian Stein

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

8 v

1 d

2 l

27 gf

13 ga

Away

14 matches

9 v

2 d

3 l

20 gf

19 ga

Total

25 matches

17 v

3 d

5 l

47 gf

32 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

3 v

2 d

9 l

19 gf

20 ga

Away

11 matches

2 v

1 d

8 l

13 gf

27 ga

Total

25 matches

5 v

3 d

17 l

32 gf

47 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	December 31, 1898
Home	6 - 2	December 31, 1898

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 28, 1957
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1959

Latest head to head

January 14, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Luton Town

1 - 2

Arsenal

August 27, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Arsenal

2 - 1

Luton Town logo Luton Town

March 19, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Arsenal

4 - 1

Luton Town logo Luton Town

November 06, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Luton Town

2 - 2

Arsenal

March 25, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Luton Town

2 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Tony Woodcock	5 goals	1983 - 1984
Brian Kidd	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Jimmy Bloomfield	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Len Julians	2 goals	1958 - 1959
Kenny Sansom	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Dennis Evans	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Gregory	3 goals	1958 - 1959
David Moss	2 goals	1982 - 1983
Billy Bingham	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Allan Brown	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Jimmy Adam	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Adrian Alston	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Len Julians	4 matches	1958 - 1959
Kenny Sansom	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Paul Davis	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Tony Woodcock	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Jimmy Bloomfield	4 matches	1958 - 1959
David O'Leary	4 matches	1982 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Brian Horton	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Ron Baynham	4 matches	1958 - 1959
John Groves	4 matches	1958 - 1959
Allan Brown	4 matches	1958 - 1959
Mal Donaghy	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Billy Bingham	4 matches	1958 - 1959