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Middlesbrough 3-0 Arsenal - February 15, 1977 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 18

Ayresome Park - Middlesbrough - England

February 15, 1977

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

Arsenal

Peter Brine

David Armstrong

David Mills

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0' - Goal Peter Brine photo David Armstrong

0' - Goal David Armstrong photo David Mills

0' - Goal David Mills0

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46' - Substitution Alf Woodis substituted by Alan Willey46

46' - Substitution Pat Howardis substituted by Richie Powling

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

Arsenal

Middlesbrough Arsenal

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Cuff

Patrick Cuff

England

B.date19/03/1952

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Maddren

Willie Maddren

England

B.date11/01/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Boam

Stuart Boam

England

B.date28/01/1948

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Cooper

Terry Cooper

England

B.date12/07/1944

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Brine0

Peter Brine

England

B.date18/07/1953

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong0

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Boersma

Phil Boersma

England

B.date24/09/1949

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wood46

Alf Wood

England

B.date25/10/1945

Age31 years

positionForward

Mills0

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Patrick Cuff		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Maddren		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Boam		29	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Cooper		32	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs		28	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		23	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Brine		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		22	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Boersma		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alf Wood	46	31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills		25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Howard46

Pat Howard

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age20 years

positionDefender

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Ross

Trevor Ross

England

B.date16/01/1957

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Matthews

John Matthews

England

B.date01/11/1955

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Macdonald

Malcolm Macdonald

England

B.date07/01/1950

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		29	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Howard	46	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson		32	414	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		27	330	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		27	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Ross		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Matthews		21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Macdonald		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alan Willey	46	20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Richie Powling	46	20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Brine

Graeme Hedley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wilf Rostron

David O'Leary

OUT

John Matthews

Liam Brady

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jack Charlton

179

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Charlton vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 15, 1977

Charlton vs Neill

7 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 15, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Neill vs Middlesbrough

4 victories

0 draw

10 losses

Latest figure on February 15, 1977

Neill vs Charlton

1 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on February 15, 1977

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Comments

Key figures

The last time Middlesbrough has won with a difference of 3 goals vs Arsenal, It was on the 11/09/1909

Middlesbrough keeps its 4 matches without conceding any goal vs Arsenal at home running (since 28/03/1953). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/04/1906 (3 matches)

It's the first time David Mills scores a goal vs in Premier League since the 25/10/1975 (with vs )

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa27/12/1976

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Stoke City01/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Wimbledon FC11/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Derby County15/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 4-0 Hereford United29/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Tottenham05/02/1977

Overall

DWimbledon FC 0-0 Middlesbrough08/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Wimbledon FC11/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Derby County15/01/1977

DCoventry 1-1 Middlesbrough22/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 4-0 Hereford United29/01/1977

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Tottenham05/02/1977

Current form

Away

DDerby County 0-0 Arsenal15/12/1976

DTottenham 2-2 Arsenal27/12/1976

VNotts County 0-1 Arsenal08/01/1977

DBirmingham City 3-3 Arsenal18/01/1977

LBristol City 2-0 Arsenal22/01/1977

LManchester City 1-0 Arsenal12/02/1977

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Norwich City15/01/1977

DBirmingham City 3-3 Arsenal18/01/1977

LBristol City 2-0 Arsenal22/01/1977

VArsenal 3-1 Coventry29/01/1977

DArsenal 0-0 Sunderland05/02/1977

LManchester City 1-0 Arsenal12/02/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	7	12
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	4	5
Invincibility streak	5	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	25
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
11	Victories (Competition total)	10
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	41
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
0.92	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.64
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.38
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
0.46	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (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

David Mills	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Malcolm Macdonald
David Mills	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Malcolm Macdonald
David Armstrong	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Malcolm Macdonald
David Mills	7 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	13 goals during the last 13 matches	Malcolm Macdonald

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

16 v

13 d

10 l

55 gf

48 ga

Away

38 matches

5 v

8 d

25 l

40 gf

101 ga

Total

77 matches

21 v

21 d

35 l

95 gf

149 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

25 v

8 d

5 l

101 gf

40 ga

Away

39 matches

10 v

13 d

16 l

48 gf

55 ga

Total

77 matches

35 v

21 d

21 l

149 gf

95 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	September 11, 1909
Home	5 - 2	September 11, 1909

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 19, 1935
Away	3 - 0	November 03, 1951

Latest head to head

February 28, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Arsenal

October 25, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Arsenal

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

January 18, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Arsenal

November 30, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Arsenal

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 24, 1954 - Division 1 1953/1954

Arsenal

3 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Mills

1 goal

1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Ted Drake	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Tim Rogers	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Frank Stapleton	1 goal	1975 - 1975
John Radford	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Alan Ball	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Alexander Cropley	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Jim Platt	4 matches	1974 - 1976
Stuart Boam	4 matches	1974 - 1976
Graeme Souness	4 matches	1974 - 1976
John Hickton	4 matches	1974 - 1976
John Craggs	4 matches	1974 - 1976
Willie Maddren	4 matches	1974 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Brian Kidd	4 matches	1974 - 1976
Jimmy Rimmer	4 matches	1974 - 1976
Pat Rice	4 matches	1974 - 1976
Alan Ball	4 matches	1974 - 1976
Peter Simpson	3 matches	1974 - 1975
Eddie Kelly	3 matches	1974 - 1975