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Tottenham 0-5 Arsenal - December 23, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 21

White Hart Lane - London - England

December 23, 1978

Tottenham

0 - 5

Arsenal

Liam Brady

Alan Sunderland

Frank Stapleton

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0' - Goal Liam Brady photo Alan Sunderland

0' - Goal Alan Sunderland photo Alan Sunderland

0' - Goal Alan Sunderland photo Frank Stapleton

0' - Goal Frank Stapleton

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46' - Substitution John Prattis substituted by Chris Jones46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

0 - 5

Arsenal

Tottenham Arsenal

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Kendall

Mark Kendall

Wales

B.date20/09/1958

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Naylor

Terry Naylor

England

B.date05/12/1948

Age30 years

positionDefender

Holmes

James Holmes

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1953

Age25 years

positionDefender

Lacy

John Lacy

England

B.date14/08/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Gorman

John Gorman

Scotland

B.date16/08/1949

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Perryman

Steve Perryman

England

B.date21/12/1951

Age27 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pratt46

John Pratt

England

B.date26/06/1948

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Taylor

Peter Taylor

England

B.date03/01/1953

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentina

B.date03/08/1952

Age26 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

Lee

Colin Lee

England

B.date12/06/1956

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle

England

B.date27/10/1957

Age21 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Kendall		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Naylor		30	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Holmes		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Lacy		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gorman		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Perryman		27	419	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Pratt	46	30	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Taylor		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Osvaldo Ardiles		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Lee		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Hoddle		21	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Gatting

Steve Gatting

England

B.date29/05/1959

Age19 years

positionLeft central defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Walford

Steve Walford

England

B.date05/01/1958

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

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

Brady0

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age22 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland000

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age25 years

positionStriker

Stapleton0

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	33	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	20	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Gatting	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young	27	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walford	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	29	423	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price	23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady	22	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix	21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	22	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

125

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Chris Jones	46	22	90	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

Terry Naylor

Don McAllister

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

113

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Burkinshaw vs Arsenal

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

Burkinshaw vs Neill

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

133

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs Tottenham

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

Neill vs Burkinshaw

4 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 1978

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

The last time Arsenal has won with a difference of 5 goals away from home in Premier League, It was on the 29/01/1972 (vs )

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of Arsenal (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Terry Neill with 48% of wins (49%).

The last time Arsenal has scored at least 5 goals away from home in Premier League, It was on the 29/01/1972 (vs )

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1978

VTottenham 2-0 Bolton Wanderers28/10/1978

LTottenham 1-3 Nottingham Forest11/11/1978

DTottenham 0-0 Liverpool22/11/1978

VTottenham 1-0 Wolverhampton25/11/1978

VTottenham 1-0 Ipswich Town09/12/1978

Overall

LTottenham 1-3 Nottingham Forest11/11/1978

VChelsea 1-3 Tottenham18/11/1978

DTottenham 0-0 Liverpool22/11/1978

VTottenham 1-0 Wolverhampton25/11/1978

VTottenham 1-0 Ipswich Town09/12/1978

LManchester United 2-0 Tottenham16/12/1978

Current form

Away

LHajduk Split 2-1 Arsenal18/10/1978

VBristol City 1-3 Arsenal28/10/1978

VLeeds United 0-1 Arsenal11/11/1978

LRed Star Belgrade 1-0 Arsenal22/11/1978

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal25/11/1978

DNorwich City 0-0 Arsenal09/12/1978

Overall

LRed Star Belgrade 1-0 Arsenal22/11/1978

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal25/11/1978

VArsenal 1-0 Liverpool02/12/1978

DArsenal 1-1 Red Star Belgrade06/12/1978

DNorwich City 0-0 Arsenal09/12/1978

VArsenal 2-0 Derby County16/12/1978

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
8	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	3
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.16	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.89
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Peter Taylor	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Liam Brady
John Pratt	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Liam Brady
Glenn Hoddle	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Liam Brady
Glenn Hoddle	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Liam Brady
John Pratt	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 8 matches	Frank Stapleton

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

20 v

10 d

12 l

74 gf

60 ga

Away

43 matches

14 v

9 d

20 l

57 gf

71 ga

Total

85 matches

34 v

19 d

32 l

131 gf

131 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

20 v

9 d

14 l

71 gf

57 ga

Away

42 matches

12 v

10 d

20 l

60 gf

74 ga

Total

85 matches

32 v

19 d

34 l

131 gf

131 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 25, 1911
Home	5 - 0	December 25, 1911

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 06, 1935
Away	6 - 0	March 06, 1935

Latest head to head

April 11, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Arsenal

1 - 0

Tottenham

December 27, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Tottenham

2 - 2

Arsenal

April 03, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Arsenal

0 - 2

Tottenham

September 27, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Tottenham

0 - 0

Arsenal

April 26, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Arsenal

1 - 0

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Smith	9 goals	1957 - 1963
Alan Gilzean	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Jimmy Greaves	7 goals	1963 - 1968
Cliff Jones	6 goals	1962 - 1966
Les Allen	6 goals	1960 - 1961
Martin Chivers	5 goals	1969 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
John Radford	5 goals	1965 - 1972
David Herd	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Malcolm Macdonald	3 goals	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Pat Jennings	23 matches	1964 - 1976
Cyril Knowles	22 matches	1964 - 1975
Alan Gilzean	19 matches	1965 - 1974
Phil Beal	18 matches	1964 - 1975
Jimmy Greaves	17 matches	1961 - 1969
Maurice Norman	16 matches	1958 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

George Armstrong	25 matches	1963 - 1977
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Storey	16 matches	1966 - 1976
Frank McLintock	14 matches	1964 - 1972
Pat Rice	14 matches	1968 - 1977