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Arsenal 1-0 Luton Town - December 27, 1958 / Division 1 1958/1959

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Division 1 1958/1959 - Round 24

Highbury - London - England

December 27, 1958

Arsenal

1 - 0

Luton Town

Jimmy Bloomfield

20'

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20' - Goal Jimmy Bloomfield20

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Luton Town

Arsenal Luton Town

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Kelsey

Alfred John Kelsey

Wales

B.date19/11/1929

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Scotland

B.date24/04/1928

Age30 years

positionDefender

Dodgin Jr

Bill Dodgin Jr

England

B.date04/11/1931

Age27 years

positionDefender

McCullough

Billy McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date27/07/1935

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Wills

Len Wills

England

B.date08/11/1927

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Petts

John Petts

England

B.date02/10/1938

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Bloomfield20

Jimmy Bloomfield

England

B.date15/02/1934

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Groves

Vic Groves

England

B.date05/11/1932

Age26 years

positionForward

Clapton

Danny R Clapton

England

B.date22/07/1934

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Julians

Len Julians

England

B.date19/06/1933

Age25 years

positionStriker

Henderson

Jackie Henderson

Scotland

B.date17/01/1932

Age26 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alfred John Kelsey		29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Docherty		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Dodgin Jr		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy McCullough		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Wills		31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Petts		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bloomfield	20	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vic Groves		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny R Clapton		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Len Julians		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Henderson		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Luton Town

Baynham

Ron Baynham

England

B.date10/06/1929

Age29 years

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positionGoalkeeper

Groves

John Groves

England

B.date16/09/1933

Age25 years

positionDefender

McNally

Brendan McNally

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/01/1935

Age23 years

positionDefender

Hawkes

Ken Hawkes

England

B.date06/05/1933

Age25 years

positionDefender

Kelly

Terry Kelly

England

B.date16/01/1932

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Pacey

David Pacey

England

B.date02/10/1936

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Adam

Jimmy Adam

Scotland

B.date13/05/1931

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Bingham

Billy Bingham

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1931

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Cummins

George Cummins

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/03/1931

Age27 years

positionForward

Brown

Allan Brown

Scotland

B.date12/10/1926

Age32 years

positionForward

Gregory

Tony Gregory

England

B.date16/05/1937

Age21 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ron Baynham	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Groves	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendan McNally	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Hawkes	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Kelly	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Pacey	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Adam	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Bingham	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Cummins	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Allan Brown	32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Gregory	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 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

Bill Dodgin Jr

Dennis Evans

OUT

John Petts

Gerry Ward

OUT

Billy McCullough

Jim Fotheringham

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brendan McNally

Syd Owen

OUT

Terry Kelly

Seamus Dunne

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Swindin

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Swindin vs Luton Town

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 27, 1958

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Luton Town running (since 31/03/1956). It's a record streak. The first of history

Arsenal keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Luton Town at home in Premier League running (since 31/03/1956). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Arsenal has ended with the score 1-0 vs Luton Town, It was on the 13/01/1934

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton18/10/1958

VArsenal 3-2 Newcastle United01/11/1958

VArsenal 3-1 Nottingham Forest15/11/1958

LArsenal 1-4 Blackpool29/11/1958

LArsenal 1-2 Aston Villa13/12/1958

LArsenal 1-2 Preston North End20/12/1958

Overall

VChelsea 0-3 Arsenal22/11/1958

LArsenal 1-4 Blackpool29/11/1958

VPortsmouth 0-1 Arsenal06/12/1958

LArsenal 1-2 Aston Villa13/12/1958

LArsenal 1-2 Preston North End20/12/1958

LLuton Town 6-3 Arsenal26/12/1958

Current form

Away

LLeicester 3-1 Luton Town04/10/1958

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Luton Town11/10/1958

DPortsmouth 2-2 Luton Town25/10/1958

LNewcastle United 1-0 Luton Town08/11/1958

LManchester United 2-1 Luton Town22/11/1958

LBlackpool 3-0 Luton Town06/12/1958

Overall

LLuton Town 1-2 Tottenham15/11/1958

LManchester United 2-1 Luton Town22/11/1958

LLuton Town 0-1 Wolverhampton29/11/1958

LBlackpool 3-0 Luton Town06/12/1958

DLuton Town 1-1 Blackburn13/12/1958

VLuton Town 6-3 Arsenal26/12/1958

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	3	3
Drawless streak	5	7
Scoring streak	13	7
Conceding streak	11	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	8	0
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	8	15

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	22
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
12	Victories (Competition total)	7
8	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	8
1	Draws (Home / Away)	4
9	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.68
2.92	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.45
1.58	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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 Herd	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Gordon Turner
David Herd	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Gordon Turner
Dennis Evans	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gordon Turner
Dennis Evans	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jimmy Bloomfield	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Billy Bingham

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

5 v

0 d

1 l

18 gf

6 ga

Away

9 matches

6 v

1 d

2 l

14 gf

14 ga

Total

15 matches

11 v

1 d

3 l

32 gf

20 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

2 v

1 d

6 l

14 gf

14 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

0 d

5 l

6 gf

18 ga

Total

15 matches

3 v

1 d

11 l

20 gf

32 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	December 31, 1898
Home	6 - 2	December 31, 1898

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 28, 1957
Away	3 - 1	March 09, 1957

Latest head to head

December 26, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Luton Town

6 - 3

Arsenal

December 28, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Luton Town

4 - 0

Arsenal

August 31, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Arsenal

2 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

March 09, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Arsenal

1 - 3

Luton Town logo Luton Town

December 08, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Luton Town

1 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Jimmy Bloomfield	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Len Julians	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Dennis Evans	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Billy Bingham	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Allan Brown	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Jimmy Adam	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Tony Gregory	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Jim Fotheringham	1 match	1958 - 1958
Dennis Evans	1 match	1958 - 1958
Tommy Docherty	1 match	1958 - 1958
Vic Groves	1 match	1958 - 1958
Danny R Clapton	1 match	1958 - 1958
Gerry Ward	1 match	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

David Pacey	1 match	1958 - 1958
Allan Brown	1 match	1958 - 1958
Tony Gregory	1 match	1958 - 1958
Seamus Dunne	1 match	1958 - 1958
Billy Bingham	1 match	1958 - 1958
Syd Owen	1 match	1958 - 1958