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Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal - March 04, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 32

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

March 04, 1961

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Arsenal

Peter McParland

32'

Jimmy MacEwan

73'

Joe Haverty

20'

John Barnwell

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7' - Goal Joe Haverty

20' - Goal John Barnwell

32' - Goal Peter McParland32

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73' - Goal Jimmy MacEwan73

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Arsenal

Aston Villa Arsenal

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Sidebottom

Geoffrey Sidebottom

England

B.date29/12/1936

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Neal

John Neal

England

B.date03/04/1932

Age28 years

positionDefender

Crowe

Victor Crowe

Wales

B.date31/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Winton

Doug Winton

Scotland

B.date06/10/1929

Age31 years

positionDefender

Dugdale

Jimmy Dugdale

England

B.date15/01/1932

Age29 years

positionDefender

Deakin

Alan Deakin

England

B.date27/11/1941

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Wylie

Ron Wylie

Scotland

B.date06/08/1933

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

McParland32

Peter McParland

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1934

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Hitchens

Gerald Hitchens

England

B.date08/10/1934

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

MacEwan73

Jimmy MacEwan

Scotland

B.date22/03/1929

Age31 years

positionForward

Thomson

Bobby Thomson

Scotland

B.date21/03/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Geoffrey Sidebottom		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Neal		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Crowe		29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Winton		31	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Dugdale		29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Deakin		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Wylie		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter McParland	32	26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Hitchens		26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy MacEwan	73	31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Thomson		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Kelsey

Alfred John Kelsey

Wales

B.date19/11/1929

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bacuzzi

Dave Bacuzzi

England

B.date12/10/1940

Age20 years

positionDefender

Charles

Melvyn Charles

Wales

B.date14/05/1935

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

McCullough

Billy McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date27/07/1935

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Barnwell20

John Barnwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1938

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Ward

Gerry Ward

England

B.date05/10/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Eastham

George Eastham

England

B.date23/09/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Henderson

Jackie Henderson

Scotland

B.date17/01/1932

Age29 years

positionStriker

Haverty7

Joe Haverty

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/02/1936

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Groves

Vic Groves

England

B.date05/11/1932

Age28 years

positionForward

Herd

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alfred John Kelsey		31	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Bacuzzi		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Melvyn Charles		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy McCullough		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnwell	20	22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Ward		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Eastham		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Henderson		29	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Haverty	7	25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vic Groves		28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd		26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy MacEwan

Harry Burrows

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Barnwell

Terry Neill

OUT

Gerry Ward

Alan Skirton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

117

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Mercer vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 04, 1961

Mercer vs Swindin

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 04, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

George Swindin

125

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Swindin vs Aston Villa

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 04, 1961

Swindin vs Mercer

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 04, 1961

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of George Ramsay head of (01/07/1884-01/07/1926), you can see a manager go over Joe Mercer with 1.91 goals scored per game (1.99).

Only back at the time of George Ramsay head of Aston Villa (01/07/1884-01/07/1926), you can see a maanger go beneath Joe Mercer with 21% of draws in Premier League (20%).

End of streak for Aston Villa after 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs Arsenal (since 02/10/1957). It was the best streak for the club since 10/03/1951-09/01/1954 (7 matches).

Read the next 3 key stats

General ranking

+1	5	Everton	35 pts	31 rd
-1	6	Leicester	33 pts	30 rd
+1	7	Aston Villa	32 pts	30 rd
+1	8	Arsenal	32 pts	32 rd
-2	9	Cardiff City	32 pts	32 rd

General ranking

-1	6	Leicester	33 pts	30 rd
+1	7	Aston Villa	32 pts	30 rd
+1	8	Arsenal	32 pts	32 rd
-2	9	Cardiff City	32 pts	32 rd
	10	Manchester United	31 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAston Villa 2-2 Blackburn21/01/1961

VAston Villa 2-1 Peterborough United01/02/1961

VAston Villa 5-3 Plymouth06/02/1961

LAston Villa 1-2 Tottenham11/02/1961

LAston Villa 0-2 Tottenham18/02/1961

VAston Villa 3-0 Wrexham22/02/1961

Overall

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa04/02/1961

VAston Villa 5-3 Plymouth06/02/1961

LAston Villa 1-2 Tottenham11/02/1961

LAston Villa 0-2 Tottenham18/02/1961

VAston Villa 3-0 Wrexham22/02/1961

LNewcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa25/02/1961

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Arsenal23/12/1960

VNottingham Forest 3-5 Arsenal31/12/1960

LSunderland 2-1 Arsenal07/01/1961

LTottenham 4-2 Arsenal21/01/1961

DNewcastle United 3-3 Arsenal04/02/1961

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Arsenal18/02/1961

Overall

VArsenal 5-4 Manchester City14/01/1961

LTottenham 4-2 Arsenal21/01/1961

DNewcastle United 3-3 Arsenal04/02/1961

LArsenal 2-3 Cardiff City11/02/1961

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Arsenal18/02/1961

LArsenal 1-3 Leicester25/02/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	8	16
Conceding streak	13	21

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	9
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
13	Victories (Competition total)	13
10	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
11	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	63
36	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
57	Goals conceded (Competition total)	65
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
2.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.03
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
1.97	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.1
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.47

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (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

Gerald Hitchens	24 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	25 goals	David Herd
Gerald Hitchens	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	David Herd
Gerald Hitchens	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gerald Hitchens	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gerald Hitchens	6 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	24 goals during the last 26 matches	David Herd

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

24 v

9 d

10 l

94 gf

59 ga

Away

46 matches

14 v

7 d

25 l

54 gf

78 ga

Total

89 matches

38 v

16 d

35 l

148 gf

137 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

25 v

7 d

14 l

78 gf

54 ga

Away

43 matches

10 v

9 d

24 l

59 gf

94 ga

Total

89 matches

35 v

16 d

38 l

137 gf

148 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Home	5 - 0	August 28, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Away	7 - 1	December 14, 1935

Latest head to head

October 15, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Arsenal

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 13, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Arsenal

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 22, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Arsenal

December 26, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Arsenal

October 02, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Arsenal

4 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Peter McParland	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Bill Myerscough	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Jimmy MacEwan	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Cliff Bastin	2 goals	1934 - 1935
David Herd	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Gerry Ward	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Jackie Henderson	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Pat Beasley	1 goal	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

David Nigel Sims	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Victor Crowe	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Peter McParland	3 matches	1958 - 1960
John Jackie Sewell	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Stan Lynn	2 matches	1958 - 1958
Jimmy Dugdale	2 matches	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Edris Hapgood	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Jack Crayston	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Ted Drake	3 matches	1934 - 1935
Alfred John Kelsey	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Tommy Docherty	3 matches	1958 - 1960
Danny R Clapton	3 matches	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 04, 1961

West Ham

1 2

WBA

Line-ups available

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March 08, 1961

Wolverhampton

2 1

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

March 15, 1961

Blackpool

0 1

S Wednesday

Line-ups available

April 12, 1961

Man United

6 0

Burnley

Line-ups available

April 26, 1961

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	53	31	25	3	3	91	37	+54
2	Sheffield Wednesday	44	30	18	8	4	61	34	+27
3	Wolverhampton	43	32	19	5	8	82	63	+19
4	Burnley	36	29	17	2	10	78	53	+25
+15	Everton	35	31	15	5	11	63	56	+7
-16	Leicester	33	30	14	5	11	65	54	+11
+17	Aston Villa	32	30	13	6	11	61	59	+2
+18	Arsenal	32	32	13	6	13	65	67	-2
-29	Cardiff City	32	32	12	8	12	49	58	-9
10	Manchester United	31	31	13	5	13	62	59	+3
11	Blackburn	31	31	12	7	12	58	60	-2
12	Nottingham Forest	29	31	12	5	14	48	59	-11
13	West Ham	28	30	12	4	14	66	65	+1
+114	Chelsea	27	31	11	5	15	69	75	-6
+315	Bolton Wanderers	26	31	10	6	15	47	57	-10
+316	West Bromwich Albion	26	33	11	4	18	52	66	-14
-317	Birmingham City	26	30	11	4	15	47	60	-13
-218	Fulham	25	32	11	3	18	55	78	-23
-219	Manchester City	24	29	9	6	14	58	69	-11
20	Newcastle United	23	31	8	7	16	70	87	-17
+121	Blackpool	21	30	8	5	17	56	63	-7
-122	Preston North End	21	31	8	5	18	30	54	-24

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Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal - March 04, 1961 / Division 1 1960/1961

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Arsenal

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Mercer vs Arsenal

Mercer vs Swindin

Manager

Swindin vs Aston Villa

Swindin vs Mercer

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking