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Middlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal - December 13, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 17

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

December 13, 2008

27 320

1 - 1

Arsenal

Assist by Sanli Tuncay (header) Jérémie Aliadière

29'

17'

Emmanuel Adebayor (header) Assist by Cesc Fàbregas

logo Middlesbrough MID

17' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor

29' - Goal Jérémie Aliadière29

logo Middlesbrough MID

82' - Substitution Abou Diabyis substituted by Nicklas Bendtner

90' - Substitution Didier Digardis substituted by Mohamed Shawky photo Marvin Emnes

90' - Substitution Adam Johnsonis substituted by Marvin Emnes90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Arsenal

Middlesbrough Arsenal

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Aliadière29

Jérémie Aliadière

France

B.date30/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

Tuncay

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Arca

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Digard90

Didier Digard

France

B.date12/07/1986

Age22 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnson90

Adam Johnson

England

B.date14/07/1987

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Riggott

Chris Riggott

England

B.date01/09/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

McMahon

Tony McMahon

England

B.date24/03/1986

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Turnbull

Ross Turnbull

England

B.date04/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ross Turnbull		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Riggott		28	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Huth		24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony McMahon		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Didier Digard	90	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Arca		27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Johnson	90	21	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sanli Tuncay		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing		24	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jérémie Aliadière	29	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Adebayor17

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

11van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

2Diaby82

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

17Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

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

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

10Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft 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	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Johan Djourou		21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	William Gallas		31	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		25	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Gaël Clichy		23	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song		21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby	82	22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson		20	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Cesc Fàbregas		21	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie		25	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Emmanuel Adebayor	17	24	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mohamed Shawky	90	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Marvin Emnes	90	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
26	F		Nicklas Bendtner	82	20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tony McMahon

Justin Hoyte

OUT

Chris Riggott

David Wheater

OUT

Robert Huth

Andrew Taylor

OUT

Adam Johnson

Afonso Alves

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bacary Sagna

Emmanuel Eboué

OUT

Emmanuel Adebayor

Nicklas Bendtner

OUT

Robin van Persie

Carlos Vela

OUT

Gaël Clichy

Mikaël Silvestre

OUT

Cesc Fàbregas

Aaron Ramsey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

111

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Southgate vs Arsenal

1 victory

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Southgate vs Wenger

1 victory

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

701

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Middlesbrough

16 victories

6 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Wenger vs Southgate

0 victory

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Referee

Peter Walton

5 victories	6 draws	1 loss	Middlesbrough12 matches	General total	Arsenal13 matches	9 victories	4 draws	0 loss
0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Middlesbrough2 matches	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on March 06, 2012					Latest figure on August 13, 2011

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Jack Charlton head of (01/07/1973-01/07/1977), you can see a maanger go beneath Gareth Southgate with 1.12 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.11).

Arsenal keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 02/12/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/03/2007-13/05/2007 time period (5 matches).

Chris Riggott played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in Premier League

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 West Bromwich Albion27/09/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-5 Chelsea18/10/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Manchester City29/10/2008

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 West Ham01/11/2008

LMiddlesbrough 1-3 Bolton Wanderers22/11/2008

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Newcastle United29/11/2008

Overall

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 West Ham01/11/2008

VAston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough09/11/2008

DEverton 1-1 Middlesbrough16/11/2008

LMiddlesbrough 1-3 Bolton Wanderers22/11/2008

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Newcastle United29/11/2008

LHull City 2-1 Middlesbrough06/12/2008

Current form

Away

VWest Ham 0-2 Arsenal26/10/2008

LStoke City 2-1 Arsenal01/11/2008

LManchester City 3-0 Arsenal22/11/2008

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal30/11/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Arsenal02/12/2008

LFC Porto 2-0 Arsenal10/12/2008

Overall

LManchester City 3-0 Arsenal22/11/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Dynamo Kyiv25/11/2008

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal30/11/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Arsenal02/12/2008

VArsenal 1-0 Wigan06/12/2008

LFC Porto 2-0 Arsenal10/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	7	9
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

101	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	6
10	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
5	Victories (Competition total)	9
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

23	Yellow cards (Competition total)	23
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Mido	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Robin van Persie
Mido	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Denilson
Sanli Tuncay	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Emmanuel Adebayor

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

26 v

16 d

23 l

92 gf

93 ga

Away

61 matches

7 v

16 d

38 l

61 gf

150 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

127 matches

33 v

32 d

62 l

153 gf

244 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

38 v

16 d

7 l

150 gf

61 ga

Away

65 matches

23 v

16 d

26 l

93 gf

92 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

127 matches

62 v

32 d

33 l

244 gf

153 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 19, 1980
Home	5 - 0	May 19, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 19, 1935
Away	6 - 1	April 24, 1999

Latest head to head

March 15, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 09, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Arsenal

February 03, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Arsenal

September 09, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Arsenal

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

January 14, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

7 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Ricard Hamilton	5 goals	1999 - 2001
David Armstrong	5 goals	1977 - 1981
David Mills	3 goals	1975 - 1978
Massimo Maccarone	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Yakubu Ayegbeni	2 goals	2005 - 2007
Juninho Paulista	2 goals	1996 - 2004

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 Middlesbrough

Thierry Henry	13 goals	1999 - 2007
Dennis Bergkamp	8 goals	1997 - 2004
Robert Pirès	7 goals	2001 - 2006
Marc Overmars	5 goals	1998 - 1999
Frank Stapleton	5 goals	1975 - 1981
Graham Rix	5 goals	1980 - 1984

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

Mark Schwarzer	20 matches	1998 - 2008
John Craggs	16 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
George Boateng	13 matches	2002 - 2008
Juninho Paulista	12 matches	1996 - 2004
Steve Vickers	12 matches	1995 - 2001

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

Ray Parlour	19 matches	1992 - 2004
Freddie Ljungberg	16 matches	1998 - 2006
Dennis Bergkamp	16 matches	1995 - 2005
Thierry Henry	16 matches	1999 - 2007
Patrick Vieira	15 matches	1996 - 2005
David O'Leary	15 matches	1975 - 1993