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Leeds United 2-0 Arsenal - September 21, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 10

Elland Road - Leeds - England

September 21, 1968

2 - 0

Arsenal

Jack Charlton

Michael O'Grady

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0' - Goal Jack Charlton photo Michael O'Grady

0' - Goal Michael O'Grady0

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46' - Substitution David Jenkinsis substituted by George Johnston

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

2 - 0

Arsenal

Leeds United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Sprake

Gary Sprake

Wales

B.date03/04/1945

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Charlton0

Jack Charlton

England

B.date08/05/1935

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age24 years

positionDefender

Hunter

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Reaney

Paul Reaney

England

B.date22/10/1944

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Cooper

Terry Cooper

England

B.date12/07/1944

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Bremner

Billy Bremner

Scotland

B.date09/12/1942

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age20 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lorimer

Peter Lorimer

Scotland

B.date14/12/1946

Age21 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

O'Grady0

Michael O'Grady

England

B.date11/10/1942

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Jones

Mick Jones

England

B.date25/04/1945

Age23 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Sprake	23	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Charlton	33	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley	24	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter	24	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Reaney	23	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Cooper	24	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Bremner	25	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt	20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Lorimer	21	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael O'Grady	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Jones	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

146

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age28 years

positionRight central defender

Neill

Terry Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date08/05/1942

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age23 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Court

David Court

England

B.date01/03/1944

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Sammels

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Jenkins46

David Jenkins

England

B.date02/09/1946

Age22 years

positionForward

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Gould

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age22 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock		28	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Neill		26	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey		23	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Court		24	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels		23	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Jenkins	46	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong		24	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		George Johnston	46	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

George Armstrong

John Radford

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Revie

402

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Revie vs Arsenal

9 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1968

Revie vs Mee

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

116

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Mee vs Leeds United

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 21, 1968

Mee vs Revie

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 21, 1968

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Key figures

Leeds United keeps its 8 consecutive wins vs Arsenal at home in Premier League running (since 19/03/1958). It's a record streak. The first of history

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has reached 28% of clean sheets .

Leeds United keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Arsenal in Premier League running (since 26/03/1960). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/04/1929 (4 matches)

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeeds United 4-1 Queens Park Rangers14/08/1968

VLeeds United 2-0 Stoke City17/08/1968

DLeeds United 1-1 Sunderland28/08/1968

VLeeds United 1-0 Liverpool31/08/1968

VLeeds United 1-0 Charlton04/09/1968

VLeeds United 2-1 Wolverhampton07/09/1968

Overall

VLeeds United 1-0 Liverpool31/08/1968

VLeeds United 1-0 Charlton04/09/1968

VLeeds United 2-1 Wolverhampton07/09/1968

DFerencváros 0-0 Leeds United11/09/1968

DLeicester 1-1 Leeds United14/09/1968

DStandard Liège 0-0 Leeds United18/09/1968

Current form

Away

LSunderland 2-0 Arsenal20/04/1968

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Arsenal04/05/1968

VTottenham 1-2 Arsenal10/08/1968

DWolverhampton 0-0 Arsenal21/08/1968

VIpswich Town 1-2 Arsenal24/08/1968

VSouthampton 1-2 Arsenal07/09/1968

Overall

VIpswich Town 1-2 Arsenal24/08/1968

VArsenal 4-1 Manchester City27/08/1968

VArsenal 2-1 Queens Park Rangers31/08/1968

VArsenal 1-0 Sunderland04/09/1968

VSouthampton 1-2 Arsenal07/09/1968

VArsenal 1-0 Stoke City14/09/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	3
Unbeaten streak	8	13
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	39	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	6
Unbeaten streak	5	15
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.89
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

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

Mick Jones	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	John Radford
Mick Jones	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	John Radford
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Terry Neill
Paul Madeley	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 9 matches	John Radford

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

12 v

6 d

4 l

44 gf

26 ga

Away

23 matches

5 v

2 d

16 l

25 gf

52 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

46 matches

18 v

8 d

20 l

70 gf

78 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

16 v

2 d

5 l

52 gf

25 ga

Away

22 matches

4 v

6 d

12 l

26 gf

44 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

46 matches

20 v

8 d

18 l

78 gf

70 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 05, 1966
Home	4 - 1	September 25, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 20, 1924
Away	1 - 0	April 09, 1938

Latest head to head

May 07, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Arsenal

4 - 3

Leeds United logo Leeds United

March 02, 1968 - League Cup 1967/1968

Leeds United

1 - 0

Arsenal

November 04, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Leeds United

3 - 1

Arsenal

November 05, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Arsenal

0 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

October 15, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Leeds United

3 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Johnny Giles	4 goals	1965 - 1968
Eric Stephenson	4 goals	1937 - 1939
Jim Storrie	3 goals	1964 - 1966
John Charles	2 goals	1956 - 1956
Jack Charlton	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Peter Lorimer	2 goals	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1939
Cliff Bastin	3 goals	1935 - 1938
David Herd	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Ray Bowden	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Frank McLintock	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Gordon Bremner	1 goal	1938 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Jack Charlton	11 matches	1956 - 1967
Billy Bremner	8 matches	1960 - 1968
Paul Reaney	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Norman Hunter	7 matches	1964 - 1967
Johnny Giles	7 matches	1964 - 1968
Gary Sprake	6 matches	1964 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

George Armstrong	8 matches	1964 - 1968
Jon Sammels	7 matches	1964 - 1968
Terry Neill	7 matches	1964 - 1968
Frank McLintock	6 matches	1964 - 1968
Peter Storey	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Jack Crayston	5 matches	1934 - 1939