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Arsenal 0-0 Norwich City - February 28, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 29

Highbury - London - England

February 28, 1978

0 - 0

Norwich City

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46' - Substitution Malcolm Macdonaldis substituted by Mark Heeley46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

0 - 0

Norwich City

Arsenal Norwich City

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Price

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

Brady

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age22 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Macdonald46

Malcolm Macdonald

England

B.date07/01/1950

Age28 years

positionForward

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age24 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		19	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		28	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		28	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price		22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady		22	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Macdonald	46	28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		21	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		24	20	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

117

Norwich City

Hansbury

Roger Hansbury

England

B.date26/01/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Jones

David Jones

Wales

B.date11/02/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Powell

Tony Powell

England

B.date11/06/1947

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age29 years

positionDefender

Sullivan

Colin Sullivan

England

B.date24/06/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

McGuire

Michael McGuire

England

B.date04/09/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Ryan

John Ryan

England

B.date20/07/1947

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Paddon

Graham Paddon

England

B.date24/08/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Keith Robson

England

B.date15/11/1953

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Peters

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age34 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Reeves

Kevin Reeves

England

B.date20/10/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Roger Hansbury	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Jones	26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Powell	30	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	29	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Sullivan	26	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGuire	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ryan	30	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Paddon	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Robson	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters	34	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Reeves	20	47	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mark Heeley	46	18	3	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

Alan Hudson

Graham Rix

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Reeves

Roger Gibbins

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Neill vs Norwich City

5 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1978

Neill vs Bond

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Bond

211

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Bond vs Arsenal

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1978

Bond vs Neill

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1978

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 5 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League (since 14/01/1978).

Arsenal keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 21/01/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/01/1977-23/03/1977 time period (11 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 3 consecutive draws in Premier League running (since 11/02/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/12/1973-08/12/1973 time period (3 matches).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-1 Wolverhampton14/01/1978

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester City28/01/1978

VArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton28/01/1978

LArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa04/02/1978

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool14/02/1978

VArsenal 4-1 Walsall18/02/1978

Overall

LArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa04/02/1978

LLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal07/02/1978

DLeicester 1-1 Arsenal11/02/1978

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool14/02/1978

VArsenal 4-1 Walsall18/02/1978

DWest Ham 2-2 Arsenal25/02/1978

Current form

Away

DChelsea 1-1 Norwich City17/12/1977

LCoventry 5-4 Norwich City27/12/1977

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Norwich City31/12/1977

DLeyton Orient 1-1 Norwich City06/01/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Norwich City14/01/1978

LBristol City 3-0 Norwich City04/02/1978

Overall

DLeyton Orient 1-1 Norwich City06/01/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Norwich City14/01/1978

LNorwich City 0-1 Leyton Orient16/01/1978

LNorwich City 1-3 Manchester City21/01/1978

LBristol City 3-0 Norwich City04/02/1978

DNorwich City 3-3 Nottingham Forest25/02/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	15	9
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	6	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
14	Victories (Competition total)	9
8	Victories (Home / Away)	1
7	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
8	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.14
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.14

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Frank Stapleton	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	John Ryan
Frank Stapleton	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Kevin Reeves
Liam Brady	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	John Ryan
Liam Brady	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Ryan
Malcolm Macdonald	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Ryan

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Away

7 matches

4 v

0 d

3 l

16 gf

8 ga

Total

13 matches

8 v

0 d

5 l

24 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

0 d

4 l

8 gf

16 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

0 d

8 l

14 gf

24 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 12, 1952
Home	2 - 0	January 12, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 21, 1972
Away	3 - 0	November 21, 1972

Latest head to head

September 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Norwich City

1 - 0

Arsenal

January 15, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Arsenal

1 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

August 25, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Norwich City

1 - 3

Arsenal

February 07, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Norwich City

3 - 1

Arsenal

August 26, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Arsenal

2 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Alan Ball	5 goals	1972 - 1975
Eddie Kelly	2 goals	1974 - 1975
John Radford	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Peter Storey	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Sammy Nelson	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Malcolm Macdonald	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Martin Peters	4 goals	1975 - 1976
Graham Paddon	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Terry Anderson	2 goals	1972 - 1972
David Cross	1 goal	1972 - 1972
John Ryan	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Edward MacDougall	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Pat Rice	10 matches	1972 - 1977
Alan Ball	9 matches	1972 - 1976
Peter Simpson	8 matches	1972 - 1977
George Armstrong	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Peter Storey	8 matches	1972 - 1976
John Radford	6 matches	1972 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Kevin Keelan	10 matches	1972 - 1977
Duncan Forbes	7 matches	1972 - 1976
Colin Suggett	7 matches	1973 - 1977
Max Briggs	5 matches	1972 - 1974
Colin Sullivan	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Martin Peters	5 matches	1975 - 1977