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Crystal Palace 2-2 Arsenal - April 11, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 40

Selhurst Park - London - England

April 11, 1972

Crystal Palace

2 - 2

Arsenal

John Craven

Bobby Kellard

John Radford

Alan Ball

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0' - Goal John Craven photo Bobby Kellard

0' - Goal Bobby Kellard0

0' - Goal John Radford photo Alan Ball

0' - Goal Alan Ball

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

2 - 2

Arsenal

Crystal Palace Arsenal

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Jackson

John Jackson

England

B.date05/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age24 years

positionDefender

McCormick

John McCormick

Scotland

B.date18/07/1936

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Wall

Peter Wall

England

B.date13/09/1944

Age27 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Goodwin

Sam Goodwin

Scotland

B.date14/03/1943

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Craven0

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Kellard0

Bobby Kellard

England

B.date01/03/1943

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Wallace

Willie Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/06/1940

Age31 years

positionStriker

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age30 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Jackson	29	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth	27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McCormick	35	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Wall	27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor	25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sam Goodwin	29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Kellard	29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Wallace	31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

John Roberts

Wales

B.date11/09/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

George

Charles George

England

B.date10/10/1950

Age21 years

positionForward

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Radford0

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age25 years

positionStriker

Ball0

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age26 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	30	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Roberts	25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	27	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	23	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	26	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham	27	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charles George	21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	27	358	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	25	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

172

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Roberts

Frank McLintock

OUT

George Armstrong

Ray Kennedy

OUT

John Radford

Peter Marinello

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bert Head

290

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Head vs Arsenal

1 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 11, 1972

Head vs Mee

1 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 11, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

335

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Mee vs Crystal Palace

4 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 11, 1972

Mee vs Head

4 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 11, 1972

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Key figures

It's the first time Alan Ball scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Crystal Palace keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Arsenal running (since 14/11/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

Arsenal keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 28/03/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/11/1971-29/02/1972 time period (16 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCrystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City22/01/1972

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Coventry12/02/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Wolverhampton18/03/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Derby County28/03/1972

LCrystal Palace 2-3 Southampton01/04/1972

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Leicester03/04/1972

Overall

DEverton 0-0 Crystal Palace21/03/1972

LManchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace25/03/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Derby County28/03/1972

LCrystal Palace 2-3 Southampton01/04/1972

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Leicester03/04/1972

LChelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace08/04/1972

Current form

Away

LManchester City 2-0 Arsenal04/03/1972

LAjax Amsterdam 2-1 Arsenal08/03/1972

LNewcastle United 2-0 Arsenal11/03/1972

VLeyton Orient 0-1 Arsenal18/03/1972

LLeeds United 3-0 Arsenal25/03/1972

DLeicester 0-0 Arsenal04/04/1972

Overall

LArsenal 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam22/03/1972

LLeeds United 3-0 Arsenal25/03/1972

VArsenal 1-0 Southampton28/03/1972

VArsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest01/04/1972

DLeicester 0-0 Arsenal04/04/1972

VArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton08/04/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	9	8
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	17	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
7	Victories (Competition total)	19
3	Victories (Home / Away)	6
11	Draws (Competition total)	6
6	Draws (Home / Away)	5
20	Losses (Competition total)	11
9	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
62	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
29	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
0.92	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.39
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.97
1.61	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.32

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	17
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
14	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (4 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

Robert Tambling	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Ray Kennedy
Gerald Queen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Ray Kennedy
Mel Blyth	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	George Graham

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

7 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

12 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

2 d

5 l

5 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

12 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

1 ga

Total

8 matches

5 v

2 d

1 l

19 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 09, 1970
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 27, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 01, 1969

Latest head to head

November 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Arsenal

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

March 13, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Arsenal

November 14, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

November 09, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Arsenal

0 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

October 28, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

0 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Alan Birchenall	1 goal	1970 - 1970
John Craven	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Per Bartram	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

John Radford	6 goals	1969 - 1971
George Graham	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Jon Sammels	1 goal	1971 - 1971
George Armstrong	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Eddie Kelly	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Charles George	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

David Payne	5 matches	1969 - 1971
John Jackson	5 matches	1969 - 1971
John McCormick	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Mel Blyth	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Gerald Queen	4 matches	1969 - 1971
Anthony Taylor	4 matches	1969 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Peter Storey	5 matches	1969 - 1971
John Radford	5 matches	1969 - 1971
George Graham	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Frank McLintock	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Bob Wilson	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Robert McNab	4 matches	1969 - 1971