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Southampton 3-1 Arsenal - January 23, 1982 / Division 1 1981/1982

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Division 1 1981/1982 - Round 20

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

January 23, 1982

Southampton

3 - 1

Arsenal

David Armstrong

David Puckett

David O'Leary

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0' - Goal David Armstrong photo David Puckett

0' - Goal David Puckett photo David Puckett

0' - Goal David Puckett0

0' - Goal David O'Leary

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46' - Substitution David O'Learyis substituted by Brian McDermott

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

3 - 1

Arsenal

Southampton Arsenal

Team line-ups

Southampton

Katalinic

Ivan Katalinic

Croatia

B.date17/05/1951

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Holmes

Nick Holmes

England

B.date11/11/1954

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Golac

Ivan Golac

Serbia

B.date15/06/1950

Age31 years

positionDefender

Nicholl

Chris Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date12/10/1946

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Waldron

Malcolm Waldron

England

B.date06/09/1956

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Armstrong0

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Puckett00

David Puckett

England

B.date29/10/1960

Age21 years

positionForward

Channon

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age33 years

H1m83

positionForward

Ball

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age36 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Keegan

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age30 years

H1m70

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ivan Katalinic	30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nick Holmes	27	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivan Golac	31	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Nicholl	35	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Waldron	25	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams	23	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Puckett	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon	33	404	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	36	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan	30	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

Arsenal

Wood

George Wood

Scotland

B.date26/09/1952

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary046

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Whyte

Christopher Whyte

England

B.date02/09/1961

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age23 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age17 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age22 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age28 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Wood		29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	46	23	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		35	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Whyte		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		23	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		17	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		28	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		24	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		28	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Brian McDermott	46	20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Puckett

Steve Moran

OUT

Kevin Keegan

Graham Baker

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Lawrie McMenemy

413

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

McMenemy vs Arsenal

3 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 23, 1982

McMenemy vs Neill

3 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 23, 1982

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

311

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Neill vs Southampton

5 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 23, 1982

Neill vs McMenemy

5 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 23, 1982

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 31/10/1981).

It's the first time David O'Leary scores a goal in Premier League since the 31/03/1981 (with Arsenal vs Birmingham City )

Southampton keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 28/12/1981).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSouthampton 2-4 Sporting CP21/10/1981

LSouthampton 1-2 Tottenham31/10/1981

VSouthampton 4-0 Leeds United21/11/1981

VSouthampton 3-2 Manchester United05/12/1981

LSouthampton 0-2 Brighton & Hove08/12/1981

VSouthampton 3-1 Swansea28/12/1981

Overall

VLiverpool 0-1 Southampton28/11/1981

VSouthampton 3-2 Manchester United05/12/1981

LSouthampton 0-2 Brighton & Hove08/12/1981

VSouthampton 3-1 Swansea28/12/1981

LLeicester 3-1 Southampton02/01/1982

DEverton 1-1 Southampton19/01/1982

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal07/11/1981

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal21/11/1981

VWest Ham 1-2 Arsenal05/12/1981

LLiverpool 3-0 Arsenal08/12/1981

LTottenham 1-0 Arsenal02/01/1982

VStoke City 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1982

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Everton28/11/1981

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool01/12/1981

VWest Ham 1-2 Arsenal05/12/1981

LLiverpool 3-0 Arsenal08/12/1981

LTottenham 1-0 Arsenal02/01/1982

VStoke City 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1982

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	11	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	17
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
10	Victories (Competition total)	9
8	Victories (Home / Away)	5
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.71
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (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

Kevin Keegan	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Sunderland
Kevin Keegan	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Alan Sunderland
Kevin Keegan	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Hollins
Kevin Keegan	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Hollins
Steve Moran	9 goals during the last 19 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	Alan Sunderland

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

4 v

4 d

5 l

16 gf

15 ga

Away

16 matches

1 v

5 d

10 l

10 gf

22 ga

Total

29 matches

5 v

9 d

15 l

26 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

10 v

5 d

1 l

22 gf

10 ga

Away

13 matches

5 v

4 d

4 l

15 gf

16 ga

Total

29 matches

15 v

9 d

5 l

37 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 15, 1968
Home	3 - 1	November 11, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	December 26, 1966
Away	2 - 0	March 21, 1970

Latest head to head

November 11, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Southampton

3 - 1

Arsenal

August 19, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Arsenal

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

April 05, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Arsenal

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

January 01, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Southampton

0 - 1

Arsenal

September 25, 1979 - League Cup 1979/1980

Arsenal

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Terry Paine	4 goals	1966 - 1971
Ron Davies	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Austin Hayes	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Bobby Stokes	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Michael Judd	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Jimmy Melia	1 goal	1966 - 1966

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
Liam Brady	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1977 - 1980
Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1979 - 1980
Alan Ball	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Charles George	2 goals	1970 - 1973

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

Mick Channon	17 matches	1968 - 1980
Terry Paine	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Eric Martin	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Ron Davies	11 matches	1966 - 1972
Hugh Fisher	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Nick Holmes	11 matches	1974 - 1980

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

Peter Simpson	16 matches	1966 - 1977
John Radford	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Pat Rice	15 matches	1970 - 1980
Peter Storey	15 matches	1966 - 1974
George Armstrong	13 matches	1966 - 1974
Bob Wilson	12 matches	1968 - 1974