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Arsenal 1-0 Middlesbrough - February 16, 1982 / Division 1 1981/1982

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Division 1 1981/1982 - Round 19

Highbury - London - England

February 16, 1982

Arsenal

1 - 0

Middlesbrough

Graham Rix

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0' - Goal Graham Rix0

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46' - Substitution Peter Nicholasis substituted by Raphael Meade46

46' - Substitution Anthony McAndrewis substituted by Robert Thomson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Middlesbrough

Arsenal Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wood

George Wood

Scotland

B.date26/09/1952

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

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

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age23 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas46

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age22 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix0

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age28 years

positionStriker

Vaessen

Paul Vaessen

England

B.date16/10/1961

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Wood		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		35	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Whyte		20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		23	296	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas	46	22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		28	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		24	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		28	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Vaessen		20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

McAndrew46

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age25 years

positionDefender

Baxter

Michael Baxter

England

B.date30/12/1956

Age25 years

positionDefender

Ashcroft

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age25 years

positionDefender

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age33 years

positionRight full-back

Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Angus

Michael Angus

England

B.date28/10/1960

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Cochrane

Terry Cochrane

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1953

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Otto

Heini Otto

Netherlands

B.date24/08/1954

Age27 years

H1m87

positionForward

Hodgson

David Hodgson

England

B.date06/08/1960

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt		30	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew	46	25	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Baxter		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft		29	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey		25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs		33	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Angus		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Cochrane		29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Heini Otto		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hodgson		21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Raphael Meade	46	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Robert Thomson	46	26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Angus

Colin Ross

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

317

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Neill vs Middlesbrough

9 victories

3 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on February 16, 1982

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 30/01/1982).

Middlesbrough keeps its 19 consecutive matches without a win running (since 10/10/1981). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/01/1925 (15 matches)

David O'Leary played his game number 10 vs Middlesbrough in Premier League

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 1-0 Everton28/11/1981

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool01/12/1981

DArsenal 0-0 Brighton & Hove26/01/1982

VArsenal 1-0 Leeds United30/01/1982

VArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton02/02/1982

VArsenal 1-0 Notts County13/02/1982

Overall

LSouthampton 3-1 Arsenal23/01/1982

DArsenal 0-0 Brighton & Hove26/01/1982

VArsenal 1-0 Leeds United30/01/1982

VArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton02/02/1982

DSunderland 0-0 Arsenal06/02/1982

VArsenal 1-0 Notts County13/02/1982

Current form

Away

LManchester City 3-2 Middlesbrough07/11/1981

LLiverpool 4-1 Middlesbrough10/11/1981

DCoventry 1-1 Middlesbrough28/11/1981

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Middlesbrough02/01/1982

LTottenham 1-0 Middlesbrough27/01/1982

DBirmingham City 0-0 Middlesbrough06/02/1982

Overall

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Middlesbrough02/01/1982

LMiddlesbrough 2-3 Queens Park Rangers18/01/1982

LTottenham 1-0 Middlesbrough27/01/1982

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Southampton30/01/1982

DBirmingham City 0-0 Middlesbrough06/02/1982

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Swansea13/02/1982

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	15	5
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	3	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	25	18
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
12	Victories (Competition total)	2
7	Victories (Home / Away)	0
5	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	12
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
0.91	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.77
0.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.55
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.45

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-0 (6 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 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

Alan Sunderland	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	William Woof
Raphael Meade	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	William Woof
John Hollins	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Anthony McAndrew
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robert Thomson
Raphael Meade	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Anthony McAndrew

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

27 v

11 d

5 l

107 gf

43 ga

Away

45 matches

12 v

13 d

20 l

54 gf

71 ga

Total

88 matches

39 v

24 d

25 l

161 gf

114 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

20 v

13 d

12 l

71 gf

54 ga

Away

43 matches

5 v

11 d

27 l

43 gf

107 ga

Total

88 matches

25 v

24 d

39 l

114 gf

161 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 19, 1935
Home	8 - 0	April 19, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 19, 1980
Away	3 - 0	October 19, 1901

Latest head to head

February 28, 1981 - Division 1 1980/1981

Arsenal

2 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 20, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Arsenal

May 19, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Middlesbrough

5 - 0

Arsenal

September 15, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Arsenal

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

February 10, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Arsenal

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Frank Stapleton	5 goals	1975 - 1981
Ted Drake	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Tim Rogers	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Alexander Cropley	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Graham Rix	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Liam Brady	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Armstrong	5 goals	1977 - 1981
David Mills	3 goals	1975 - 1978
Graeme Hedley	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Billy Ashcroft	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Graeme Souness	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Mark Proctor	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Frank Stapleton	12 matches	1975 - 1981
Pat Rice	12 matches	1974 - 1980
Sammy Nelson	11 matches	1975 - 1980
David O'Leary	10 matches	1975 - 1981
Liam Brady	10 matches	1974 - 1980
Graham Rix	9 matches	1977 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Craggs	14 matches	1974 - 1981
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
Anthony McAndrew	10 matches	1976 - 1981
Stuart Boam	9 matches	1974 - 1979
David Mills	8 matches	1975 - 1978
Jim Platt	7 matches	1974 - 1981