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Arsenal 0-0 Man United - September 26, 1981 / Division 1 1981/1982

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Division 1 1981/1982 - Round 7

Highbury - London - England

September 26, 1981

Arsenal

0 - 0

Man United

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

0 - 0

Man United

Arsenal Man United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age36 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Devine

John Devine

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1958

Age22 years

positionDefender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age23 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age28 years

positionStriker

Hawley

John Hawley

England

B.date08/05/1954

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	36	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	35	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young	29	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	23	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Devine	22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom	23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	28	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hawley	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age24 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Moses

Remi Moses

England

B.date14/11/1960

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age32 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age26 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age25 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	23	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	32	376	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	29	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	24	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Remi Moses	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	32	324	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	26	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Nicholas

Graham Rix

OUT

John Hawley

Brian McDermott

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

291

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Neill vs Man United

7 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 1981

Neill vs Atkinson

2 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Atkinson vs Arsenal

1 victory

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 1981

Atkinson vs Neill

1 victory

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 1981

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 12/09/1981).

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Terry Neill has reached 32% of draws .

Arsenal keeps its 4 matches without conceding any goal running (since 16/09/1981). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/01/1979-10/02/1979 time period (4 matches).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 0-0 Leeds United11/04/1981

VArsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace20/04/1981

VArsenal 2-0 Aston Villa02/05/1981

LArsenal 0-1 Stoke City29/08/1981

DArsenal 1-1 Sunderland12/09/1981

VArsenal 1-0 Birmingham City22/09/1981

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Arsenal02/09/1981

LLiverpool 2-0 Arsenal05/09/1981

DArsenal 1-1 Sunderland12/09/1981

VPanathinaikos 0-2 Arsenal16/09/1981

DLeeds United 0-0 Arsenal19/09/1981

VArsenal 1-0 Birmingham City22/09/1981

Current form

Away

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United28/03/1981

VCoventry 0-2 Manchester United11/04/1981

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United14/04/1981

LCoventry 2-1 Manchester United29/08/1981

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United12/09/1981

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United22/09/1981

Overall

LCoventry 2-1 Manchester United29/08/1981

DManchester United 0-0 Nottingham Forest31/08/1981

LManchester United 1-2 Ipswich Town05/09/1981

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United12/09/1981

VManchester United 1-0 Swansea19/09/1981

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United22/09/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	7	4
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Brian Talbot	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Frank Stapleton
Brian Talbot	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Frank Stapleton
Brian Talbot	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Garry Birtles

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

42 v

9 d

14 l

148 gf

78 ga

Away

65 matches

11 v

15 d

39 l

66 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

131 matches

54 v

24 d

53 l

217 gf

211 ga

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

39 v

15 d

11 l

131 gf

66 ga

Away

65 matches

14 v

9 d

42 l

78 gf

148 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

131 matches

53 v

24 d

54 l

211 gf

217 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Home	5 - 0	January 30, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Away	3 - 0	February 21, 1920

Latest head to head

December 20, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Arsenal

2 - 1

Man United

October 11, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Man United

0 - 0

Arsenal

December 29, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Man United

3 - 0

Arsenal

August 25, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Arsenal

0 - 0

Man United

May 04, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Arsenal

3 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1976 - 1978
George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Ray Kennedy	5 goals	1970 - 1974
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1963
George Armstrong	4 goals	1965 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Tommy Taylor	4 goals	1957 - 1958
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1958 - 1971
David Herd	4 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

George Armstrong	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Pat Rice	21 matches	1969 - 1979
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1966 - 1976
Peter Storey	17 matches	1966 - 1976
John Radford	16 matches	1965 - 1974
Frank McLintock	16 matches	1964 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Tony Dunne	22 matches	1962 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Sammy McIlroy	17 matches	1972 - 1980
Nobby Stiles	17 matches	1960 - 1970