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Arsenal 2-1 Middlesbrough - December 29, 2001 / Premier League 2001/2002

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Premier League 2001/2002 - Round 20

Highbury - London - England

December 29, 2001

37 948

Arsenal

2 - 1

Middlesbrough

Robert Pirès

55'

Ashley Cole

80'

22'

Noel Whelan

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22' - Goal Noel Whelan

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55' - Goal Robert Pirès55

59' - Substitution Ugo Ehioguis substituted by Colin Cooper

69' - Substitution Carlos Marinelliis substituted by Allan Johnston

70' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Sylvain Wiltord photo Dennis Bergkamp

70' - Substitution Nwankwo Kanuis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp70

76' - Substitution Noel Whelanis substituted by Andy Campbell

80' - Goal Ashley Cole80

82' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Gilles Grimandi82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Middlesbrough

Arsenal Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Taylor

Stuart Taylor

England

B.date28/11/1980

Age21 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age35 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

van Bronckhorst

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1975

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Luzhny

Oleg Luzhny

Ukraine

B.date05/08/1968

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Cole80

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age25 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ljungberg70

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age24 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

Pirès55

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Kanu70

Nwankwo Kanu

Nigeria

B.date01/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m96

positionStriker

Henry82

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stuart Taylor		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		35	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giovanni van Bronckhorst		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oleg Luzhny		33	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole	80	21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		25	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg	70	24	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robert Pirès	55	28	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu	70	25	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry	82	24	127	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

117

Middlesbrough

Crossley

Mark Crossley

Wales

B.date16/06/1969

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu59

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Stockdale

Robbie Stockdale

Scotland

B.date30/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age34 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age33 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Marinelli69

Carlos Marinelli

Argentina

B.date14/03/1982

Age19 years

H1m74

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Whelan2276

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Hamilton

Ricard Hamilton

Colombia

B.date01/01/1974

Age27 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Crossley		32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu	59	29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		31	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robbie Stockdale		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		34	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		33	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Marinelli	69	19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan	2276	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricard Hamilton		27	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gilles Grimandi	82	31	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sylvain Wiltord	70	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	70	32	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Colin Cooper	59	34	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Johnston	69	28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Campbell	76	22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Lauren

OUT

Oleg Luzhny

Ray Parlour

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ricard Hamilton

Alen Boksic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

293

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Wenger vs Middlesbrough

7 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 2001

Wenger vs McClaren

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

McClaren vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 2001

McClaren vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 29, 2001

Referee

Andy D'Urso

8 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Arsenal11 matches	General total	Middlesbrough20 matches	8 victories	2 draws	10 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal3 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on January 10, 2004					Latest figure on March 17, 2015

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Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 4 consecutive losses running (since 08/12/2001).

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 23/12/2001).

Arsenal keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 23/12/2001).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-1 Manchester United25/11/2001

VArsenal 2-0 Grimsby Town27/11/2001

VArsenal 3-1 Juventus04/12/2001

VArsenal 3-2 Aston Villa09/12/2001

LArsenal 1-3 Newcastle United18/12/2001

VArsenal 2-1 Chelsea26/12/2001

Overall

VArsenal 3-2 Aston Villa09/12/2001

LBlackburn 4-0 Arsenal11/12/2001

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal15/12/2001

LArsenal 1-3 Newcastle United18/12/2001

VLiverpool 1-2 Arsenal23/12/2001

VArsenal 2-1 Chelsea26/12/2001

Current form

Away

DCharlton 0-0 Middlesbrough13/10/2001

LTottenham 2-1 Middlesbrough27/10/2001

DAston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough17/11/2001

VBlackburn 0-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2001

LLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough08/12/2001

LNewcastle United 3-0 Middlesbrough26/12/2001

Overall

DAston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough17/11/2001

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Ipswich Town25/11/2001

VBlackburn 0-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2001

LLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough08/12/2001

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Manchester United15/12/2001

LNewcastle United 3-0 Middlesbrough26/12/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	9	3
Scoring streak	17	4
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	3	4
Goalless streak	2	3
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
10	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
2.05	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.6
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.3

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

50	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Thierry Henry	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Alen Boksic
Thierry Henry	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Alen Boksic
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alen Boksic
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	16 goals, 3 assists during the last 19 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 12 matches	Alen Boksic

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

32 v

14 d

6 l

124 gf

52 ga

Away

58 matches

20 v

15 d

23 l

82 gf

85 ga

Total

110 matches

52 v

29 d

29 l

206 gf

137 ga

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

23 v

15 d

20 l

85 gf

82 ga

Away

52 matches

6 v

14 d

32 l

52 gf

124 ga

Total

110 matches

29 v

29 d

52 l

137 gf

206 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 19, 1935
Home	8 - 0	April 19, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 19, 1980
Away	3 - 0	April 14, 2001

Latest head to head

August 18, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

0 - 4

Arsenal

April 14, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Arsenal

0 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 04, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Arsenal

March 12, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Arsenal

November 30, 1999 - League Cup 1999/2000

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1997 - 2001
Marc Overmars	5 goals	1998 - 1999
Graham Rix	5 goals	1980 - 1984
Ted Drake	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Frank Stapleton	5 goals	1975 - 1981
Ian Wright	4 goals	1992 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Armstrong	5 goals	1977 - 1981
Ricard Hamilton	5 goals	1999 - 2001
David Mills	3 goals	1975 - 1978
Paul Wilkinson	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Billy Ashcroft	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Alun Armstrong	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

David O'Leary	15 matches	1975 - 1993
Graham Rix	14 matches	1977 - 1984
Tony Adams	14 matches	1988 - 2001
Pat Rice	12 matches	1974 - 1980
Ray Parlour	12 matches	1992 - 2001
Frank Stapleton	12 matches	1975 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Craggs	16 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
Anthony McAndrew	12 matches	1976 - 1982
Steve Vickers	12 matches	1995 - 2001
Robbie Mustoe	10 matches	1995 - 2001
Curtis Fleming	9 matches	1992 - 2001