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Wolverhampton 1-0 Arsenal - October 14, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 10

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

October 14, 1978

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Arsenal

Mel Eves

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0' - Goal Mel Eves0

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46' - Substitution Wayne Clarkeis substituted by Billy Rafferty46

46' - Substitution Alan Sunderlandis substituted by Kevin Stead

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Arsenal

Wolverhampton Arsenal

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Pierce

Gary Pierce

England

B.date02/03/1951

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Brazier

Colin Brazier

England

B.date06/06/1957

Age21 years

positionDefender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Daniel

Peter Daniel

England

B.date12/12/1955

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Daley

Steve Daley

England

B.date15/04/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Clarke46

Wayne Clarke

England

B.date28/02/1961

Age17 years

H1m83

positionForward

Eves0

Mel Eves

England

B.date10/09/1956

Age22 years

positionStriker

Arkwright

Ian Arkwright

England

B.date18/09/1959

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Pierce		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Brazier		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		30	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		28	331	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer		24	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Daniel		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt		27	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Daley		25	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Clarke	46	17	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mel Eves		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Arkwright		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

120

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Walford

Steve Walford

England

B.date05/01/1958

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Price

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Brady

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age22 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland46

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age25 years

positionStriker

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		33	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		20	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walford		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		29	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		29	409	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		20	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady		22	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	46	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		22	143	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

135

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Billy Rafferty	46	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Kevin Stead	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kenny Hibbitt

Willie Carr

OUT

Colin Brazier

Bob Hazell

OUT

Gary Pierce

Paul Bradshaw

OUT

Wayne Clarke

Martin Patching

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sammy Chung

105

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Chung vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 14, 1978

Chung vs Neill

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 14, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

119

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Neill vs Wolverhampton

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 1978

Neill vs Chung

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 1978

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sammy Chung has done less than 1.13 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Sammy Nelson played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

End of streak for Arsenal after 6 consecutive matches without a loss (since 13/09/1978). It was the best streak for the club since 11/02/1978-08/04/1978 (13 matches).

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United29/04/1978

VWolverhampton 3-1 Aston Villa02/05/1978

LWolverhampton 0-1 Chelsea22/08/1978

VWolverhampton 2-0 Bristol City02/09/1978

LWolverhampton 1-3 Ipswich Town16/09/1978

VWolverhampton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers30/09/1978

Overall

VWolverhampton 2-0 Bristol City02/09/1978

LSouthampton 3-2 Wolverhampton09/09/1978

LWolverhampton 1-3 Ipswich Town16/09/1978

LEverton 2-0 Wolverhampton23/09/1978

VWolverhampton 1-0 Queens Park Rangers30/09/1978

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Wolverhampton07/10/1978

Current form

Away

DManchester City 1-1 Arsenal22/08/1978

LEverton 1-0 Arsenal26/08/1978

LRotherham United 3-1 Arsenal29/08/1978

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Arsenal09/09/1978

VVfB Leipzig 1-4 Arsenal27/09/1978

VMiddlesbrough 2-3 Arsenal30/09/1978

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 VfB Leipzig13/09/1978

VArsenal 1-0 Bolton Wanderers16/09/1978

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester United23/09/1978

VVfB Leipzig 1-4 Arsenal27/09/1978

VMiddlesbrough 2-3 Arsenal30/09/1978

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa07/10/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	13
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	10	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
0.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.78	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

1	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

Peter Daniel	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Liam Brady
Peter Daniel	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	David O'Leary
Peter Daniel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Liam Brady
Mel Eves	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alan Sunderland

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

19 v

11 d

14 l

82 gf

63 ga

Away

45 matches

7 v

12 d

26 l

64 gf

107 ga

Total

89 matches

26 v

23 d

40 l

146 gf

170 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

26 v

12 d

7 l

107 gf

64 ga

Away

44 matches

14 v

11 d

19 l

63 gf

82 ga

Total

89 matches

40 v

23 d

26 l

170 gf

146 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 07, 1959
Home	6 - 1	March 07, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 01, 1934
Away	7 - 1	November 05, 1932

Latest head to head

January 28, 1978 - FA Cup 1977/1978

Arsenal

2 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

January 14, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Arsenal

3 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

August 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Arsenal

April 13, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Arsenal

2 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

January 03, 1976 - FA Cup 1975/1976

Wolverhampton

3 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Derek Dougan	9 goals	1967 - 1973
John Richards	5 goals	1972 - 1976
Jimmy Murray	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Christopher Crowe	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Norman Deeley	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Terry Wharton	3 goals	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

John Radford	9 goals	1965 - 1972
George Graham	7 goals	1967 - 1972
Geoff Strong	5 goals	1962 - 1963
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Ray Kennedy	4 goals	1971 - 1974
Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Derek Parkin	17 matches	1968 - 1978
John McAlle	16 matches	1969 - 1978
Phil Parkes	15 matches	1968 - 1977
John Richards	13 matches	1970 - 1978
Frank Munro	13 matches	1969 - 1976
Michael A Bailey	12 matches	1967 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

John Radford	18 matches	1965 - 1976
George Armstrong	18 matches	1963 - 1976
Peter Storey	17 matches	1967 - 1976
Pat Rice	16 matches	1970 - 1978
Robert McNab	14 matches	1967 - 1975
Peter Simpson	13 matches	1968 - 1975