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Arsenal 2-2 Sunderland - October 18, 1980 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 12

Highbury - London - England

October 18, 1980

Arsenal

2 - 2

Sunderland

Steve Gatting

Willie Young

Gary Rowell

Stan Cummins

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0' - Goal Steve Gatting photo Willie Young

0' - Goal Willie Young0

0' - Goal Gary Rowell photo Stan Cummins

0' - Goal Stan Cummins

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46' - Substitution Brian Talbotis substituted by Brian McDermott46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 2

Sunderland

Arsenal Sunderland

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wood

George Wood

Scotland

B.date26/09/1952

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Devine

John Devine

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1958

Age21 years

positionDefender

Gatting0

Steve Gatting

England

B.date29/05/1959

Age21 years

positionLeft central defender

Young0

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Walford

Steve Walford

England

B.date05/01/1958

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Talbot46

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age27 years

positionStriker

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Wood		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Devine		21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Gatting		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young		28	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walford		22	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		34	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	46	27	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		22	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		27	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		24	271	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

109

Sunderland

Turner

Chris Turner

England

B.date15/09/1958

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Chisholm

Gordon Chisholm

Scotland

B.date08/04/1960

Age20 years

positionDefender

Allardyce

Sam Allardyce

England

B.date19/10/1954

Age25 years

positionDefender

Elliott

Shaun Elliott

England

B.date26/01/1957

Age23 years

positionDefender

Bolton

Joe Bolton

England

B.date02/02/1955

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Arnott

Kevin Arnott

England

B.date28/09/1958

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Rowell0

Gary Rowell

England

B.date06/06/1957

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Brown

Alan Brown

England

B.date22/05/1959

Age21 years

positionForward

Cummins0

Stan Cummins

England

B.date06/12/1958

Age21 years

positionForward

Cooke

John Cooke

England

B.date25/04/1962

Age18 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Turner	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Chisholm	20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sam Allardyce	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Elliott	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Bolton	25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Arnott	22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Rowell	23	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Brown	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Cummins	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Cooke	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Brian McDermott	46	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

John Cooke

Bryan Robson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

251

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Neill vs Sunderland

4 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1980

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Key figures

The last time Arsenal has ended with the score 2-2 at home, It was on the 18/11/1978 (vs )

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 matches without conceding any goal at home in Premier League (since 30/08/1980).

It's the first time Steve Gatting scores a goal in his professional career with Arsenal since the 28/03/1980 (with Arsenal vs Everton )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Southampton19/08/1980

VArsenal 2-0 Tottenham30/08/1980

VArsenal 3-1 Swansea02/09/1980

VArsenal 2-0 Stoke City13/09/1980

VArsenal 1-0 Nottingham Forest27/09/1980

VArsenal 1-0 Leicester04/10/1980

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal20/09/1980

VStockport 1-3 Arsenal22/09/1980

VArsenal 1-0 Nottingham Forest27/09/1980

VArsenal 1-0 Leicester04/10/1980

LBirmingham City 3-1 Arsenal07/10/1980

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal11/10/1980

Current form

Away

VManchester City 0-4 Sunderland20/08/1980

DStockport 1-1 Sunderland27/08/1980

DManchester United 1-1 Sunderland30/08/1980

VLeicester 0-1 Sunderland06/09/1980

DTottenham 0-0 Sunderland20/09/1980

LAston Villa 4-0 Sunderland04/10/1980

Overall

LSunderland 0-1 Middlesbrough13/09/1980

DTottenham 0-0 Sunderland20/09/1980

VSunderland 4-1 Leeds United27/09/1980

LAston Villa 4-0 Sunderland04/10/1980

DSunderland 2-2 Nottingham Forest08/10/1980

VSunderland 1-0 Crystal Palace11/10/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	19	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.09
0.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Frank Stapleton	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	John Hawley
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	John Hawley
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	John Hawley
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Hawley
Frank Stapleton	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Gary Rowell

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

27 v

10 d

14 l

102 gf

54 ga

Away

50 matches

10 v

14 d

26 l

65 gf

107 ga

Total

101 matches

37 v

24 d

40 l

167 gf

161 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

26 v

14 d

10 l

107 gf

65 ga

Away

51 matches

14 v

10 d

27 l

54 gf

102 ga

Total

101 matches

40 v

24 d

37 l

161 gf

167 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 24, 1949
Home	5 - 0	December 24, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 12, 1953
Away	4 - 0	November 21, 1908

Latest head to head

February 05, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Arsenal

0 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

August 28, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Sunderland

2 - 2

Arsenal

April 07, 1973 - FA Cup 1972/1973

Arsenal

1 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

February 28, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Arsenal

3 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

October 18, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Sunderland

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Jon Sammels	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Alan Skirton	3 goals	1966 - 1966
George Eastham	2 goals	1964 - 1964
John Radford	2 goals	1965 - 1967
Malcolm Macdonald	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Ted Drake	1 goal	1934 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Charles Hurley	2 goals	1966 - 1968
Billy Hughes	2 goals	1969 - 1973
Jim Baxter	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Bryan Robson	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Nick Sharkey	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Bobby Kerr	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

John Radford	11 matches	1965 - 1970
Peter Storey	11 matches	1966 - 1973
Frank McLintock	11 matches	1965 - 1970
George Armstrong	10 matches	1964 - 1976
Jon Sammels	10 matches	1966 - 1970
David Court	9 matches	1964 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Jimmy Montgomery	12 matches	1966 - 1976
Martin Harvey	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Len Ashurst	10 matches	1964 - 1970
George Mulhall	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Charles Hurley	8 matches	1964 - 1969
George Herd	7 matches	1964 - 1968