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Arsenal 1-0 WBA - August 16, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 1

Emirates Stadium - London - England

August 16, 2008

60 071

1 - 0

WBA

Assist by Denilson (right foot) Samir Nasri

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4' - Goal Samir Nasri4

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68' - Substitution Marek Cechis substituted by Sherjill MacDonald

69' - Substitution Nicklas Bendtneris substituted by Robin van Persie69

72' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Kolo Touré72

74' - Substitution Ishmael Milleris substituted by Roman Bednár

80' - Substitution Chris Bruntis substituted by Craig Beattie

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Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

26Bendtner69

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age20 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

Walcott72

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age19 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

27Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

8Nasri4

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

15Denilson

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

22Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

10Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Johan Djourou		21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	William Gallas		30	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Emmanuel Eboué		25	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Gaël Clichy		23	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson		20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Theo Walcott	72	19	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Samir Nasri	4	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Nicklas Bendtner	69	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Emmanuel Adebayor		24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Miller74

Ishmael Miller

England

B.date05/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

Kim

Do-heon Kim

South Korea

B.date14/07/1982

Age26 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

Brunt80

Chris Brunt

Northern Ireland

B.date14/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m87

positionLeft Midfielder

Morrison

James Morrison

Scotland

B.date25/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Cech68

Marek Cech

Slovakia

B.date26/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Barnett

Leon Barnett

England

B.date30/11/1985

Age22 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Meïté

Abdoulaye Meïté

Ivory Coast

B.date06/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Hoefkens

Carl Hoefkens

Belgium

B.date06/10/1978

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Carson

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Carson		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carl Hoefkens		29	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abdoulaye Meïté		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leon Barnett		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marek Cech	68	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Robinson		29	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ishmael Miller	74	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Brunt	80	23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Morrison		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening		29	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Do-heon Kim		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
5	D		Kolo Touré	72	27	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M		Robin van Persie	69	25	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Craig Beattie	80	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sherjill MacDonald	68	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roman Bednár	74	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicklas Bendtner

Robin van Persie

OUT

Samir Nasri

Aaron Ramsey

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Scott Carson

Dean Kiely

OUT

Do-heon Kim

Zoltán Gera

OUT

Marek Cech

Neil Clement

OUT

Abdoulaye Meïté

Kevin Phillips

OUT

Ishmael Miller

Robert Koren

OUT

James Morrison

Roman Bednár

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

675

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs WBA

7 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Wenger vs Mowbray

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Mowbray

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Mowbray vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Mowbray vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Referee

Howard Webb

18 victories	8 draws	10 losses	Arsenal36 matches	General total	WBA16 matches	2 victories	4 draws	10 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal3 matches	Season total	WBA2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 16, 2014					Latest figure on January 11, 2014

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Key figures

End of streak for WBA after 6 matches with at least one goal scored (since 08/04/2008).

WBA keeps its 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home running (since 16/02/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/01/2002-17/08/2002 time period (11 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 6 consecutive wins running (since 19/04/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/08/2007-23/10/2007 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa01/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough15/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool02/04/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool05/04/2008

VArsenal 2-0 Reading19/04/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Everton04/05/2008

Overall

LManchester United 2-1 Arsenal13/04/2008

VArsenal 2-0 Reading19/04/2008

VDerby County 2-6 Arsenal28/04/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Everton04/05/2008

VSunderland 0-1 Arsenal11/05/2008

VFC Twente 0-2 Arsenal13/08/2008

Current form

Away

DCharlton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion21/03/2008

DCardiff City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion01/04/2008

VBlackpool 1-3 West Bromwich Albion08/04/2008

VWolverhampton 0-1 West Bromwich Albion15/04/2008

VNorwich City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion19/04/2008

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 West Bromwich Albion04/05/2008

Overall

VBlackpool 1-3 West Bromwich Albion08/04/2008

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Watford12/04/2008

VWolverhampton 0-1 West Bromwich Albion15/04/2008

VNorwich City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion19/04/2008

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Southampton28/04/2008

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 West Bromwich Albion04/05/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	32	5
Drawless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	6	12
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	9	6
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	4	6
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	0
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	0

Results

No statistics here yet

Goals

No statistics here yet

Betting aid

No statistics here yet

Bookings

No statistics here yet

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

33 v

14 d

11 l

124 gf

70 ga

Away

61 matches

23 v

14 d

24 l

80 gf

88 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

120 matches

57 v

28 d

35 l

205 gf

158 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

24 v

14 d

23 l

88 gf

80 ga

Away

58 matches

11 v

14 d

33 l

70 gf

124 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

120 matches

35 v

28 d

57 l

158 gf

205 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

October 24, 2006 - League Cup 2006/2007

WBA

0 - 2

Arsenal

April 15, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

3 - 1

WBA

October 15, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

WBA

2 - 1

Arsenal

May 02, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

WBA

0 - 2

Arsenal

November 20, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

1 - 1

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1977 - 1978
George Armstrong	5 goals	1966 - 1970
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1977 - 1982
Joe Baker	4 goals	1963 - 1963
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1972
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

Clive Clark	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Tony Brown	6 goals	1968 - 1979
Derek Kevan	6 goals	1958 - 1961
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Bobby Hope	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Cram	3 goals	1966 - 1966

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

Frank McLintock	17 matches	1964 - 1973
George Armstrong	17 matches	1964 - 1977
John Radford	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Graham Rix	15 matches	1977 - 1986
Pat Rice	14 matches	1969 - 1980
David O'Leary	14 matches	1977 - 1986

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

Tony Brown	18 matches	1964 - 1979
Ally Robertson	18 matches	1971 - 1985
John Wile	18 matches	1971 - 1983
Bobby Hope	16 matches	1960 - 1971
Graham Williams	16 matches	1958 - 1969
Jeff Astle	16 matches	1964 - 1973