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Arsenal 4-0 WBA - December 15, 1984 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 19

Highbury - London - England

December 15, 1984

Arsenal

4 - 0

WBA

Ian Allinson

45'

Brian Talbot

90'

(penalty) Paul Davis

90'

Ian Allinson

90'

logo Arsenal ARS

45' - Goal Ian Allinson45

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46' - Substitution Garry Thompsonis substituted by David Cross

90' - Goal Brian Talbot photo Paul Davis

90' - Goal Paul Davis photo Ian Allinson

90' - Goal Ian Allinson90

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age24 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age18 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Caton

Tommy Caton

England

B.date06/10/1962

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Anderson

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

Talbot90

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Davis90

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Woodcock

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age29 years

positionForward

Allinson9045

Ian Allinson

England

B.date01/10/1957

Age27 years

positionForward

Mariner

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Caton		22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		26	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		20	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	90	31	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis	90	23	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock		29	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Allinson	9045	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age25 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Bennett

Martyn Bennett

England

B.date04/08/1961

Age23 years

positionDefender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Whitehead

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Grealish

Tony Grealish

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1956

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

MacKenzie

Steve MacKenzie

England

B.date23/11/1961

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Thompson46

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age25 years

H1m85

positionForward

Valentine

Carl Valentine

Canada

B.date04/07/1958

Age26 years

positionForward

Cross

Nicky Cross

England

B.date07/02/1961

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		29	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham		25	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		32	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martyn Bennett		23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead		29	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Grealish		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve MacKenzie		23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson	46	25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Valentine		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Cross		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

124

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Cross	46	34	50	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

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clive Whitehead

Steve Hunt

OUT

Martyn Bennett

Michael Forsyth

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Howe vs WBA

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 1984

Howe vs Giles

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

Johnny Giles

134

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Giles vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 15, 1984

Giles vs Howe

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 15, 1984

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Comments

Key figures

The last time WBA has ended with the score 0-4 , It was on the 13/09/1980 (vs )

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of West Bromwich Albion (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Don Howe with 1.93 goals scored per game in Premier League (2.16).

The last time WBA has lost with a difference of 4 goals away from home, It was on the 30/10/1982 (vs )

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VArsenal 3-1 Luton Town01/12/1984

Overall

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

VArsenal 3-1 Luton Town01/12/1984

LSouthampton 1-0 Arsenal08/12/1984

Current form

Away

LIpswich Town 2-0 West Bromwich Albion20/10/1984

DBirmingham City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion30/10/1984

VTottenham 2-3 West Bromwich Albion03/11/1984

LChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion17/11/1984

LWatford 4-1 West Bromwich Albion20/11/1984

VWest Ham 0-2 West Bromwich Albion01/12/1984

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Stoke City10/11/1984

LChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion17/11/1984

LWatford 4-1 West Bromwich Albion20/11/1984

VWest Bromwich Albion 5-2 Coventry24/11/1984

VWest Ham 0-2 West Bromwich Albion01/12/1984

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Watford08/12/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	17	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	17	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
10	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
2.11	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
1.39	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (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	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Garry Thompson
Tony Woodcock	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Garry Thompson
Tony Woodcock	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Derek Statham
Tony Woodcock	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Derek Statham
Tony Woodcock	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Garry Thompson

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

30 v

12 d

11 l

109 gf

64 ga

Away

54 matches

19 v

12 d

23 l

69 gf

83 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

108 matches

50 v

24 d

34 l

179 gf

147 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

23 v

12 d

19 l

83 gf

69 ga

Away

53 matches

11 v

12 d

30 l

64 gf

109 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

108 matches

34 v

24 d

50 l

147 gf

179 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 25, 1978
Home	4 - 0	March 25, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1922
Away	4 - 2	November 28, 1959

Latest head to head

May 05, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

WBA

1 - 3

Arsenal

December 03, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Arsenal

0 - 1

WBA

February 26, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

WBA

0 - 0

Arsenal

October 16, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Arsenal

2 - 0

WBA

March 16, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Arsenal

2 - 2

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1977 - 1978
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1977 - 1982
George Armstrong	5 goals	1966 - 1970
Joe Baker	4 goals	1963 - 1963
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1972
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1977 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Brown	6 goals	1968 - 1979
Clive Clark	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Bobby Hope	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Cram	3 goals	1966 - 1966
Derek Kevan	2 goals	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

George Armstrong	17 matches	1964 - 1977
Frank McLintock	17 matches	1964 - 1973
John Radford	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Pat Rice	14 matches	1969 - 1980
Peter Storey	14 matches	1966 - 1972
Graham Rix	13 matches	1977 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Tony Brown	18 matches	1964 - 1979
John Wile	18 matches	1971 - 1983
Bobby Hope	16 matches	1960 - 1971
Jeff Astle	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969
Clive Clark	15 matches	1961 - 1968