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Arsenal 2-0 Blackpool - April 18, 1949 / Division 1 1948/1949

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Division 1 1948/1949 - Round 39

Highbury - London - England

April 18, 1949

Arsenal

2 - 0

Blackpool

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 0

Blackpool

Arsenal Blackpool

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Blackpool

Farm

George Farm

Scotland

B.date13/07/1924

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Suart

Ron Suart

England

B.date1920

Age29 years

positionDefender

Hayward

Eric Hayward

England

B.date02/08/1917

Age31 years

positionDefender

Shimwell

Eddie Shimwell

England

B.date27/02/1920

Age29 years

positionDefender

Kelly

Hugh Kelly

Scotland

B.date23/07/1923

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Garrett

Tommy Garrett

England

B.date28/02/1926

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Mortensen

Stan Mortensen

England

B.date26/05/1921

Age27 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Fenton

Ewan Fenton

Scotland

B.date17/11/1929

Age19 years

positionRight Midfielder

Johnston

Harry Johnston

England

B.date26/09/1919

Age29 years

positionForward

McIntosh

Billy McIntosh

Scotland

B.date07/12/1919

Age29 years

positionForward

McCall

Andy McCall

Scotland

B.date15/03/1925

Age24 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	George Farm	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Suart	29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Hayward	31	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie Shimwell	29	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hugh Kelly	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Garrett	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Mortensen	27	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ewan Fenton	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Johnston	29	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy McIntosh	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy McCall	24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Andy McCall

Rex Adams

OUT

Ewan Fenton

William Wardle

OUT

Tommy Garrett

Douglas Davidson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tom Whittaker

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Whittaker vs Blackpool

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 1949

Whittaker vs Smith

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 1949

Manager

Age

Match num

Joseph Smith

313

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Smith vs Arsenal

4 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1949

Smith vs Whittaker

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1949

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Key figures

No key stat for this match

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-0 Tottenham08/01/1949

VArsenal 5-3 Sheffield United15/01/1949

VArsenal 5-0 Sunderland05/02/1949

VArsenal 5-0 Bolton Wanderers26/02/1949

DArsenal 0-0 Preston North End12/03/1949

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough09/04/1949

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Preston North End12/03/1949

LNewcastle United 3-2 Arsenal19/03/1949

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal02/04/1949

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough09/04/1949

DBlackpool 1-1 Arsenal15/04/1949

DEverton 0-0 Arsenal16/04/1949

Current form

Away

DStoke City 1-1 Blackpool29/01/1949

DLiverpool 1-1 Blackpool19/02/1949

LEverton 5-0 Blackpool05/03/1949

DManchester City 1-1 Blackpool19/03/1949

LNewcastle United 3-1 Blackpool02/04/1949

DBirmingham City 1-1 Blackpool16/04/1949

Overall

DManchester City 1-1 Blackpool19/03/1949

LBlackpool 0-1 Charlton26/03/1949

LNewcastle United 3-1 Blackpool02/04/1949

VBlackpool 1-0 Portsmouth09/04/1949

DBlackpool 1-1 Arsenal15/04/1949

DBirmingham City 1-1 Blackpool16/04/1949

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	9	4
Winless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	7	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	38
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
14	Victories (Competition total)	11
10	Victories (Home / Away)	3
13	Draws (Competition total)	14
5	Draws (Home / Away)	8
10	Losses (Competition total)	13
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

63	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	28
40	Goals conceded (Competition total)	60
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
1.7	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.32
2.53	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.47
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.95

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	14
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Stan Mortensen
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Stan Mortensen
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Stan Mortensen
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Stan Mortensen
-	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 7 matches	Stan Mortensen

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

13 v

3 d

0 l

41 gf

12 ga

Away

17 matches

5 v

8 d

4 l

28 gf

22 ga

Total

33 matches

18 v

11 d

4 l

69 gf

34 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

4 v

8 d

5 l

22 gf

28 ga

Away

16 matches

0 v

3 d

13 l

12 gf

41 ga

Total

33 matches

4 v

11 d

18 l

34 gf

69 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 27, 1930
Home	7 - 1	December 27, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 27, 1948
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 15, 1949 - Division 1 1948/1949

Blackpool

1 - 1

Arsenal

March 27, 1948 - Division 1 1947/1948

Blackpool

3 - 0

Arsenal

November 08, 1947 - Division 1 1947/1948

Arsenal

2 - 1

Blackpool

February 08, 1947 - Division 1 1946/1947

Arsenal

1 - 1

Blackpool

October 05, 1946 - Division 1 1946/1947

Blackpool

2 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Stan Mortensen	5 goals	1946 - 1949
Jimmy McIntosh	1 goal	1947 - 1947
George Dick	1 goal	1946 - 1946
Andy McCall	1 goal	1948 - 1948

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

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Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Stan Mortensen	5 matches	1946 - 1949
Harry Johnston	5 matches	1946 - 1949
Eric Hayward	4 matches	1947 - 1949
Ron Suart	4 matches	1946 - 1949
Eddie Shimwell	4 matches	1947 - 1949
Jock Wallace	3 matches	1946 - 1947