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Arsenal 1-0 WBA - December 26, 2016 / Premier League 2016/2017

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Premier League 2016/2017 - Round 18

Emirates Stadium - London - England

December 26, 2016 - 15:00

59 925

Arsenal

1 - 0

WBA

Assist by Mesut Özil (header) Olivier Giroud

87'

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42' - Yellow card Olivier Giroud42

logo Arsenal ARS

62' - Substitution Nacer Chadliis substituted by James McClean

65' - Yellow card Kieran Gibbs65

71' - Substitution Kieran Gibbsis substituted by Nacho Monreal photo Lucas Pérez

71' - Substitution Alex Iwobiis substituted by Lucas Pérez71

74' - Substitution Francis Coquelinis substituted by Aaron Ramsey74

80' - Substitution Salomón Rondónis substituted by Hal Robson-Kanu

83' - Yellow card Ben Foster

87' - Goal Olivier Giroud87

88' - Yellow card Aaron Ramsey88

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Giroud8742

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age30 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

17Iwobi71

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

11Özil

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age28 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

7Sánchez

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age28 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

29Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

34Coquelin74

Francis Coquelin

France

B.date13/05/1991

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

3Gibbs7165

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

5Gabriel Paulista

Gabriel Paulista

Brazil

B.date26/11/1990

Age26 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

24Bellerín

Héctor Bellerín

Spain

B.date19/03/1995

Age21 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

33Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age34 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Petr Cech		34	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		31	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gabriel Paulista		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kieran Gibbs	7165	27	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Héctor Bellerín		21	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Francis Coquelin	74	25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Granit Xhaka		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil		28	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alex Iwobi	71	20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud	8742	30	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Alexis Sánchez		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

122

WBA

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Rondón80

Salomón Rondón

Venezuela

B.date16/09/1989

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

11Brunt

Chris Brunt

Northern Ireland

B.date14/12/1984

Age32 years

H1m87

positionLeft Midfielder

22Chadli62

Nacer Chadli

Belgium

B.date02/08/1989

Age27 years

H1m87

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Phillips

Matt Phillips

Scotland

B.date13/03/1991

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

24Fletcher

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age32 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

5Yacob

Claudio Yacob

Argentina

B.date18/07/1987

Age29 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

2Nyom

Allan Nyom

Cameroon

B.date10/05/1988

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

6Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

23McAuley

Gareth McAuley

Northern Ireland

B.date05/12/1979

Age37 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

25Dawson

Craig Dawson

England

B.date06/05/1990

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

1Foster83

Ben Foster

England

B.date03/04/1983

Age33 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ben Foster	83	33	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Gareth McAuley		37	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Craig Dawson		26	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jonny Evans		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Allan Nyom		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Claudio Yacob		29	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Chris Brunt		32	325	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher		32	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nacer Chadli	62	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Matt Phillips		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Salomón Rondón	80	27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	David Ospina		28
16	D	Rob Holding		21
18	D	Nacho Monreal	71	30	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Mohamed El Neny		24
8	M	Aaron Ramsey	7488	26	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde		18
9	F	Lucas Pérez	71	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Boaz Myhill		34
3	D	Jonas Olsson		33
8	D	Craig Gardner		30
20	D	Brendan Galloway		20
14	M	James McClean	62	27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	James Morrison		30
4	M	Hal Robson-Kanu	80	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kieran Gibbs

Nacho Monreal

OUT

Olivier Giroud

Theo Walcott

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jonny Evans

Jonas Olsson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1147

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wenger vs WBA

18 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2016

Wenger vs Pulis

11 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pulis vs Arsenal

4 victories

2 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2016

Pulis vs Wenger

4 victories

2 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2016

Referee

Neil Swarbrick

7 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Arsenal10 matches	General total	WBA20 matches	10 victories	3 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	WBA4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on February 03, 2018					Latest figure on December 23, 2017

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Key figures

WBA keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 03/12/2016). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/09/2015-21/11/2015 time period (9 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 22 matches with at least one goal scored vs WBA in Premier League running (since 26/04/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/10/1982 (13 matches)

Nacho Monreal played his game number 150 in his professional career with Arsenal

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

+1	2	Manchester City	39 pts	18 rd
-1	3	Liverpool	37 pts	17 rd
	4	Arsenal	37 pts	18 rd
	5	Tottenham	33 pts	17 rd
	6	Manchester United	33 pts	18 rd

General ranking

+2	7	Everton	26 pts	18 rd
-1	8	Southampton	24 pts	17 rd
-1	9	West Bromwich Albion	23 pts	18 rd
+2	10	Watford	22 pts	18 rd
+2	11	West Ham	22 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Reading25/10/2016

DArsenal 1-1 Tottenham06/11/2016

DArsenal 2-2 Paris SG23/11/2016

VArsenal 3-1 Bournemouth27/11/2016

LArsenal 0-2 Southampton30/11/2016

VArsenal 3-1 Stoke City10/12/2016

Overall

LArsenal 0-2 Southampton30/11/2016

VWest Ham 1-5 Arsenal03/12/2016

VFC Basel 1-4 Arsenal06/12/2016

VArsenal 3-1 Stoke City10/12/2016

LEverton 2-1 Arsenal13/12/2016

LManchester City 2-1 Arsenal18/12/2016

Current form

Away

DStoke City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion24/09/2016

DSunderland 1-1 West Bromwich Albion01/10/2016

LLiverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion22/10/2016

VLeicester 1-2 West Bromwich Albion06/11/2016

DHull City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion26/11/2016

LChelsea 1-0 West Bromwich Albion11/12/2016

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Burnley21/11/2016

DHull City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion26/11/2016

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Watford03/12/2016

LChelsea 1-0 West Bromwich Albion11/12/2016

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Swansea14/12/2016

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Manchester United17/12/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	5	12

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	8	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	8
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
9	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	92
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
10	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.35
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.12	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.24
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alexis Sánchez	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Salomón Rondón
Theo Walcott	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Gareth McAuley
Santi Cazorla	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Nacer Chadli
Santi Cazorla	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alexis Sánchez	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Matt Phillips
Alexis Sánchez	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Matt Phillips
Alexis Sánchez	12 goals, 6 assists during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Salomón Rondón

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

40 v

14 d

12 l

141 gf

74 ga

Away

69 matches

27 v

17 d

25 l

94 gf

98 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

136 matches

68 v

31 d

37 l

236 gf

172 ga

Historical head to head

Home

69 matches

25 v

17 d

27 l

98 gf

94 ga

Away

66 matches

12 v

14 d

40 l

74 gf

141 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

136 matches

37 v

31 d

68 l

172 gf

236 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 15, 1984
Home	4 - 0	December 15, 1984

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1922
Away	4 - 2	November 28, 1959

Latest head to head

April 21, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Arsenal

2 - 0

WBA

November 21, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

WBA

2 - 1

Arsenal

May 24, 2015 - Premier League 2014/2015

Arsenal

4 - 1

WBA

November 29, 2014 - Premier League 2014/2015

WBA

0 - 1

Arsenal

May 04, 2014 - Premier League 2013/2014

Arsenal

1 - 0

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1977 - 1978
George Armstrong	5 goals	1966 - 1970
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1977 - 1982
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1972
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1977 - 1980
Jérémie Aliadière	4 goals	2002 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Brown	6 goals	1968 - 1979
Clive Clark	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Bobby Hope	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Cram	3 goals	1966 - 1966
Peter Odemwingie	2 goals	2010 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

George Armstrong	17 matches	1964 - 1977
Frank McLintock	17 matches	1964 - 1973
John Radford	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Graham Rix	15 matches	1977 - 1986
David O'Leary	14 matches	1977 - 1986
Peter Storey	14 matches	1966 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ally Robertson	18 matches	1971 - 1985
John Wile	18 matches	1971 - 1983
Tony Brown	18 matches	1964 - 1979
Bobby Hope	16 matches	1960 - 1971
Jeff Astle	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kevin Campbell

226 matches

49 matches

1988 - 2006

Nwankwo Kanu

198 matches

58 matches

1999 - 2006

Nicolas Anelka

89 matches

12 matches

1997 - 2014

John Hartson

70 matches

24 matches

1995 - 2007

Don Howe

70 matches

161 matches

1959 - 1966

Bobby Gould

67 matches

56 matches

1968 - 1972

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brendon Batson

11 matches

184 matches

1972 - 1982

Don Howe

70 matches

161 matches

1959 - 1966

Jerome Thomas

3 matches

106 matches

2003 - 2013

Paul Barron

8 matches

63 matches

1978 - 1985

Nwankwo Kanu

198 matches

58 matches

1999 - 2006

Bobby Gould

67 matches

56 matches

1968 - 1972

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2016

Watford

1 1

Crystal Palace

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December 27, 2016

Liverpool

4 1

Stoke City

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December 28, 2016

Southampton

1 4

Tottenham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	46	18	15	1	2	38	11	+27
+12	Manchester City	39	18	12	3	3	39	20	+19
-13	Liverpool	37	17	11	4	2	41	20	+21
4	Arsenal	37	18	11	4	3	39	19	+20
5	Tottenham	33	17	9	6	2	29	12	+17
6	Manchester United	33	18	9	6	3	27	18	+9
+27	Everton	26	18	7	5	6	23	21	+2
-18	Southampton	24	17	6	6	5	17	16	+1
-19	West Bromwich Albion	23	18	6	5	7	23	22	+1
+210	Watford	22	18	6	4	8	22	30	-8
+211	West Ham	22	18	6	4	8	23	32	-9
-112	Stoke City	21	17	5	6	6	19	24	-5
-313	Bournemouth	21	18	6	3	9	23	31	-8
+214	Burnley	20	18	6	2	10	17	28	-11
-115	Middlesbrough	18	18	4	6	8	16	20	-4
-116	Leicester	17	18	4	5	9	23	31	-8
17	Crystal Palace	16	18	4	4	10	29	33	-4
18	Sunderland	14	18	4	2	12	16	31	-15
19	Swansea	12	18	3	3	12	21	41	-20
20	Hull City	12	18	3	3	12	14	39	-25

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Arsenal 1-0 WBA - December 26, 2016 / Premier League 2016/2017

Arsenal

1 - 0

WBA

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

Wenger vs WBA

Wenger vs Pulis

Manager

Pulis vs Arsenal

Pulis vs Wenger

Referee

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 WBA

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs WBA

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking