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Arsenal 6-2 Blackburn - December 23, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007

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Premier League 2006/2007 - Round 19

Emirates Stadium - London - England

December 23, 2006

59 913

Arsenal

6 - 2

Blackburn

Assist by Robin van PersieGilberto Silva

10'

Assist by Emmanuel AdebayorAlexander Hleb

24'

(penalty) Emmanuel Adebayor

27'

Assist by Gilberto SilvaRobin van Persie

85'

Assist by Cesc FàbregasRobin van Persie

88'

Mathieu Flamini

90+3'

Shabani Nonda (penalty)

69'

Shabani Nonda

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3' - Goal Shabani Nonda

10' - Goal Gilberto Silva10

24' - Goal Alexander Hleb24

27' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor27

27' - Yellow card Lucas Neill

28' - Yellow card Robin van Persie28

31' - Yellow card Alexander Hleb31

35' - Yellow card Emmanuel Adebayor35

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48' - Yellow card Brett Emerton

63' - Substitution Michael Grayis substituted by Matt Derbyshire

69' - Goal Shabani Nonda

72' - Substitution Tomas Rosickyis substituted by Mathieu Flamini72

85' - Goal Robin van Persie85

88' - Goal Robin van Persie photo Theo Walcott

88' - Substitution Alexander Hlebis substituted by Theo Walcott88

89' - Substitution Emmanuel Adebayoris substituted by Júlio Baptista89

92' - Yellow card Robbie Savage

93' - Goal Mathieu Flamini93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

6 - 2

Blackburn

Arsenal Blackburn

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age37 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age19 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Hoyte

Justin Hoyte

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date20/11/1984

Age22 years

H1m80

positionFull-back

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Silva10

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age19 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Hleb248831

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age25 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Rosicky72

Tomas Rosicky

Czech Republic

B.date04/10/1980

Age26 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

van Persie858828

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Adebayor278935

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age22 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jens Lehmann		37	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kolo Touré		25	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Justin Hoyte		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		21	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilberto Silva	10	30	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas		19	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Hleb	248831	25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tomas Rosicky	72	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robin van Persie	858828	23	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emmanuel Adebayor	278935	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Todd

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Ooijer

André Ooijer

Netherlands

B.date11/07/1974

Age32 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Neill27

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Gray63

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age32 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Emerton48

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Bentley

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age36 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Savage92

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Nonda693

Shabani Nonda

DR Congo

B.date06/03/1977

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		35	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Todd		32	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Ooijer		32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill	27	28	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray	63	32	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton	48	27	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley		22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay		36	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage	92	32	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen		25	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shabani Nonda	693	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Júlio Baptista	89	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Flamini	9372	22	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theo Walcott	88	17	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Matt Derbyshire	63	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tomas Rosicky

Freddie Ljungberg

OUT

Emmanuel Adebayor

Jérémie Aliadière

OUT

Justin Hoyte

Emmanuel Eboué

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shabani Nonda

Benni McCarthy

OUT

Brett Emerton

James McEveley

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

585

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

13 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 2006

Wenger vs Hughes

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

112

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Hughes vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 2006

Hughes vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 2006

Referee

Howard Webb

18 victories	8 draws	10 losses	Arsenal36 matches	General total	Blackburn32 matches	7 victories	9 draws	16 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Arsenal4 matches	Season total	Blackburn4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on February 16, 2014					Latest figure on April 02, 2012

Videos

March 20, 2015

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Blackburn after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 23/11/2006).

It's the first time Emmanuel Adebayor scores 1 goal vs Blackburn in his professional career

End of streak for Arsenal after 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Blackburn (since 14/12/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 31/08/1994 (6 matches)

Read the next 28 key stats

General ranking

2	Chelsea	45 pts	19 rd
3	Liverpool	34 pts	19 rd
4	Arsenal	33 pts	19 rd
5	Bolton Wanderers	33 pts	19 rd
6	Portsmouth	32 pts	19 rd

General ranking

-1	15	Manchester City	20 pts	19 rd
-1	16	Sheffield United	20 pts	19 rd
-1	17	Blackburn	19 pts	18 rd
	18	West Ham	18 pts	19 rd
	19	Charlton	12 pts	19 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 0-0 CSKA Moscow01/11/2006

VArsenal 3-0 Liverpool12/11/2006

DArsenal 1-1 Newcastle United18/11/2006

VArsenal 3-1 Hamburger SV21/11/2006

VArsenal 3-0 Tottenham02/12/2006

DArsenal 2-2 Portsmouth16/12/2006

Overall

LFulham 2-1 Arsenal29/11/2006

VArsenal 3-0 Tottenham02/12/2006

DFC Porto 0-0 Arsenal06/12/2006

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal10/12/2006

VWigan 0-1 Arsenal13/12/2006

DArsenal 2-2 Portsmouth16/12/2006

Current form

Away

VWisla Krakow 1-2 Blackburn19/10/2006

LWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn29/10/2006

LAston Villa 2-0 Blackburn05/11/2006

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 0-0 Blackburn23/11/2006

LCharlton 1-0 Blackburn05/12/2006

VReading 1-2 Blackburn16/12/2006

Overall

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 0-0 Blackburn23/11/2006

VBlackburn 2-0 Fulham02/12/2006

LCharlton 1-0 Blackburn05/12/2006

LBlackburn 1-3 Newcastle United09/12/2006

VBlackburn 1-0 Nancy13/12/2006

VReading 1-2 Blackburn16/12/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	23	5
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	16
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	12
9	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	38
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	8
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.61	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.63
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.29
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (1 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
1	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Thierry Henry	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Benni McCarthy
Thierry Henry	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Benni McCarthy
Thierry Henry	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gilberto Silva	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Cesc Fàbregas	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Kerimoglu Tugay
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	David Bentley
Emmanuel Adebayor	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Benni McCarthy

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

30 v

14 d

8 l

105 gf

44 ga

Away

50 matches

18 v

14 d

18 l

73 gf

89 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

103 matches

49 v

28 d

26 l

181 gf

133 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

18 v

14 d

18 l

89 gf

73 ga

Away

52 matches

8 v

14 d

30 l

44 gf

105 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

103 matches

26 v

28 d

49 l

133 gf

181 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Home	8 - 0	February 25, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Away	3 - 1	December 13, 1997

Latest head to head

February 25, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

November 26, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

3 - 0

Blackburn

April 16, 2005 - FA Cup 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 0

Blackburn

March 19, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Blackburn

0 - 1

Arsenal

August 25, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1998 - 2003
Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Thierry Henry	5 goals	2001 - 2005
Robin van Persie	4 goals	2005 - 2005
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Melvyn Charles	4 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Frederick Pickering	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Matt Jansen	5 goals	2001 - 2002
Kevin Gallacher	4 goals	1993 - 1998
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Mike England	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Louis Bimpson	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Dennis Bergkamp	16 matches	1995 - 2005
David Seaman	15 matches	1992 - 2002
Ray Parlour	14 matches	1992 - 2003
Nigel Winterburn	14 matches	1992 - 1999
Lee Dixon	13 matches	1992 - 2001
Martin Keown	13 matches	1993 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Brad Friedel	13 matches	2001 - 2006
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1992 - 1999
Henning Berg	12 matches	1993 - 2003
Stuart Ripley	11 matches	1992 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Frank Stapleton

301 matches

2 matches

1975 - 1991

Joe Haverty

47 matches

27 matches

1959 - 1962

Francis Jeffers

39 matches

12 matches

2001 - 2006

Paul Dickov

24 matches

61 matches

1993 - 2006

Kaba Diawara

15 matches

1 match

1999 - 2000

David Bentley

9 matches

58 matches

2003 - 2006

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andy Cole

2 matches

100 matches

1990 - 2004

Paul Dickov

24 matches

61 matches

1993 - 2006

David Bentley

9 matches

58 matches

2003 - 2006

Joe Haverty

47 matches

27 matches

1959 - 1962

Francis Jeffers

39 matches

12 matches

2001 - 2006

Frank Stapleton

301 matches

2 matches

1975 - 1991

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	47	19	15	2	2	41	10	+31
2	Chelsea	45	19	14	3	2	33	13	+20
3	Liverpool	34	19	10	4	5	28	15	+13
4	Arsenal	33	19	9	6	4	35	17	+18
5	Bolton Wanderers	33	19	10	3	6	22	15	+7
6	Portsmouth	32	19	9	5	5	28	17	+11
7	Tottenham	28	19	8	4	7	23	25	-2
+28	Everton	27	19	7	6	6	24	20	+4
-19	Reading	26	19	8	2	9	20	25	-5
-110	Aston Villa	25	19	5	10	4	21	21	0
+211	Newcastle United	25	19	7	4	8	20	21	-1
-112	Fulham	24	19	6	6	7	18	28	-10
-113	Wigan	22	19	6	4	9	22	26	-4
+314	Middlesbrough	20	19	5	5	9	17	24	-7
-115	Manchester City	20	19	5	5	9	15	24	-9
-116	Sheffield United	20	19	5	5	9	15	25	-10
-117	Blackburn	19	18	5	4	9	18	28	-10
18	West Ham	18	19	5	3	11	11	24	-13
19	Charlton	12	19	3	3	13	13	33	-20
20	Watford	11	18	1	8	9	11	24	-13

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Arsenal 6-2 Blackburn - December 23, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007

Arsenal

6 - 2

Blackburn

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 Blackburn

Wenger vs Hughes

Manager

Hughes vs Arsenal

Hughes 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 Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

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