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Bristol City 0-1 Arsenal - October 27, 1979 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 13

Ashton Gate - Bristol - England

October 27, 1979

Bristol City

0 - 1

Arsenal

Alan Sunderland

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0' - Goal Alan Sunderland

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bristol City

0 - 1

Arsenal

Bristol City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Bristol City

Shaw

John Shaw

England

B.date04/02/1954

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Rodgers

David Rodgers

England

B.date28/02/1952

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Merrick

Geoff Merrick

England

B.date29/04/1951

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Mann

Jimmy Mann

England

B.date15/12/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Tainton

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age31 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date03/03/1956

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Sweeney

Gerry Sweeney

Scotland

B.date10/07/1945

Age34 years

positionMidfield

Whitehead

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Ritchie

Tom Ritchie

Scotland

B.date02/01/1952

Age27 years

positionForward

Mabbutt

Kevin Mabbutt

England

B.date05/12/1958

Age20 years

positionForward

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Shaw	25	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Rodgers	27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Merrick	28	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Mann	26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton	31	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Fitzpatrick	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Sweeney	34	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead	23	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Ritchie	27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Mabbutt	20	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle	30	77	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

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age34 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Brady

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age23 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland0

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age26 years

positionStriker

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	34	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	21	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young	27	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	33	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	30	473	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson	30	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix	22	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady	23	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	26	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	23	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

182

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Mabbutt

Gerry Gow

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

580

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs Arsenal

2 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Dicks vs Neill

6 victories

3 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

186

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs Bristol City

8 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Neill vs Dicks

8 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

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Key figures

End of streak for Bristol City after 14 consecutive matches without a loss at home (since 17/03/1979). It was the best streak for the club since 06/09/1966-07/04/1967 (20 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 03/10/1979). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 30/12/1978-13/02/1979 time period (11 matches).

Bristol City keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 29/08/1979).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBristol City 2-0 Wolverhampton01/09/1979

DBristol City 0-0 Stoke City15/09/1979

DBristol City 1-1 Nottingham Forest22/09/1979

VBristol City 4-0 Peterborough United02/10/1979

VBristol City 1-0 Coventry09/10/1979

DBristol City 1-1 Manchester United13/10/1979

Overall

DEverton 0-0 Bristol City29/09/1979

VBristol City 4-0 Peterborough United02/10/1979

LLiverpool 4-0 Bristol City06/10/1979

VBristol City 1-0 Coventry09/10/1979

DBristol City 1-1 Manchester United13/10/1979

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Bristol City20/10/1979

Current form

Away

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal01/09/1979

LDerby County 3-2 Arsenal08/09/1979

DAston Villa 0-0 Arsenal22/09/1979

DFenerbahçe 0-0 Arsenal03/10/1979

VIpswich Town 1-2 Arsenal09/10/1979

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Arsenal13/10/1979

Overall

DFenerbahçe 0-0 Arsenal03/10/1979

DArsenal 0-0 Manchester City06/10/1979

VIpswich Town 1-2 Arsenal09/10/1979

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Arsenal13/10/1979

DArsenal 0-0 Stoke City20/10/1979

VArsenal 2-1 Magdeburg24/10/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	14	3
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
0.92	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.83

Betting aid

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

Tom Ritchie	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Sunderland
Tom Ritchie	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Alan Sunderland
Tom Ritchie	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Liam Brady
Tom Ritchie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Liam Brady
Joe Royle	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Alan Sunderland

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

3 v

2 d

8 l

10 gf

22 ga

Away

13 matches

3 v

3 d

7 l

13 gf

23 ga

Total

26 matches

6 v

5 d

15 l

23 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

7 v

3 d

3 l

23 gf

13 ga

Away

13 matches

8 v

2 d

3 l

22 gf

10 ga

Total

26 matches

15 v

5 d

6 l

45 gf

23 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 07, 1907
Home	2 - 0	January 22, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 26, 1903
Away	4 - 0	September 26, 1903

Latest head to head

March 10, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Arsenal

2 - 0

Bristol City logo Bristol City

October 28, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Bristol City

1 - 3

Arsenal

March 18, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Arsenal

4 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

October 22, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Bristol City

0 - 2

Arsenal

January 22, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Bristol City

2 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Peter Cormack	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Paul Cheesley	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Trevor Tainton	1 goal	1978 - 1978
David Rodgers	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bristol City

Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1978 - 1979
Liam Brady	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Graham Rix	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Alan Sunderland	1 goal	1978 - 1978
David Price	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Malcolm Macdonald	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gerry Sweeney	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Trevor Tainton	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Clive Whitehead	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Gerry Gow	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Jimmy Mann	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Tom Ritchie	5 matches	1976 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol City

Sammy Nelson	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Pat Rice	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Liam Brady	5 matches	1977 - 1979
Frank Stapleton	5 matches	1977 - 1979
David O'Leary	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Graham Rix	4 matches	1977 - 1979