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Arsenal 4-0 Blackburn - March 14, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 29

Emirates Stadium - London - England

March 14, 2009

60 091

Arsenal

4 - 0

Blackburn

Assist by Andrey Arshavin (o.g) André Ooijer

Assist by Denilson (right foot) Andrey Arshavin

65'

Assist by Andrey Arshavin (right foot) Emmanuel Eboué

88'

(penalty) Emmanuel Eboué

90'

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1' - Own goal André Ooijer1

13' - Substitution Gaël Givetis substituted by David Dunn

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55' - Substitution Stephen Warnockis substituted by Martin Olsson

65' - Goal Andrey Arshavin65

65' - Substitution Zurab Khizanishviliis substituted by Benni McCarthy

79' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Abou Diaby photo Carlos Vela

79' - Substitution Nicklas Bendtneris substituted by Carlos Vela79

83' - Substitution Samir Nasriis substituted by Emmanuel Eboué83

88' - Goal Emmanuel Eboué88

90' - Goal Emmanuel Eboué90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

4 - 0

Blackburn

Arsenal Blackburn

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

26Bendtner79

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age21 years

H1m93

positionStriker

8Nasri83

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Arshavin65

Andrey Arshavin

Russia

B.date29/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

Walcott79

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age19 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

17Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Denilson

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

22Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

5Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age26 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	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Johan Djourou		22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kolo Touré		27	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Gaël Clichy		23	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		26	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song		21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson		21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Theo Walcott	79	19	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Samir Nasri	83	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Andrey Arshavin	65	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Nicklas Bendtner	79	21	79	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

102

Blackburn

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Roberts

Jason Roberts

Grenada

B.date25/01/1978

Age31 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Warnock55

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Diouf

El-Hadji Diouf

Senegal

B.date15/01/1981

Age28 years

H1m80

positionWinger

Khizanishvili65

Zurab Khizanishvili

Georgia

B.date06/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Mokoena

Aaron Mokoena

South Africa

B.date25/11/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Givet13

Gaël Givet

France

B.date09/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Samba

Christopher Samba

Congo

B.date28/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Ooijer1

André Ooijer

Netherlands

B.date11/07/1974

Age34 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Simpson

Danny Simpson

England

B.date04/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date15/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Robinson		29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zurab Khizanishvili	65	27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Givet	13	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Ooijer	1	34	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Samba		24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aaron Mokoena		28	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Warnock	55	27	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Simpson		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen		27	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	El-Hadji Diouf		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Roberts		31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
27	D	Emmanuel Eboué	889083	25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby	79	22	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Carlos Vela	79	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Martin Olsson	55	20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	13	29	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	65	31	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Johan Djourou

William Gallas

OUT

Theo Walcott

Emmanuel Eboué

OUT

Alexandre Song

Robin van Persie

OUT

Andrey Arshavin

Abou Diaby

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Zurab Khizanishvili

Ryan Nelsen

OUT

Aaron Mokoena

Kerimoglu Tugay

OUT

Danny Simpson

Keith Andrews

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

719

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

18 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Wenger vs Allardyce

8 victories

7 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Sam Allardyce

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Allardyce vs Arsenal

4 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Allardyce vs Wenger

4 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Referee

Philip Dowd

15 victories	11 draws	5 losses	Arsenal31 matches	General total	Blackburn29 matches	15 victories	6 draws	8 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal3 matches	Season total	Blackburn1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 09, 2014					Latest figure on February 01, 2012

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Key figures

It's the first time Andrey Arshavin scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Alexandre Song played his game number 50 in Premier League

End of streak for Arsenal after 3 matches without scoring any goal at home in Premier League (since 31/01/2009). It was the best streak for the club since 18/01/1987-28/03/1987 (4 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 0-0 West Ham31/01/2009

VArsenal 4-0 Cardiff City16/02/2009

DArsenal 0-0 Sunderland21/02/2009

VArsenal 1-0 AS Roma24/02/2009

DArsenal 0-0 Fulham28/02/2009

VArsenal 3-0 Burnley08/03/2009

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Sunderland21/02/2009

VArsenal 1-0 AS Roma24/02/2009

DArsenal 0-0 Fulham28/02/2009

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-3 Arsenal03/03/2009

VArsenal 3-0 Burnley08/03/2009

LAS Roma 1-0 Arsenal11/03/2009

Current form

Away

DSunderland 0-0 Blackburn24/01/2009

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn31/01/2009

LManchester United 2-1 Blackburn21/02/2009

LCoventry 1-0 Blackburn24/02/2009

VHull City 1-2 Blackburn01/03/2009

VFulham 1-2 Blackburn11/03/2009

Overall

DBlackburn 2-2 Coventry14/02/2009

LManchester United 2-1 Blackburn21/02/2009

LCoventry 1-0 Blackburn24/02/2009

VHull City 1-2 Blackburn01/03/2009

DBlackburn 0-0 Everton04/03/2009

VFulham 1-2 Blackburn11/03/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	7	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	128
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	16

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	9
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	12
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.46	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
0.93	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.57
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.64

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	59
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	35
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Robin van Persie	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Benni McCarthy
Robin van Persie	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Roque Santa Cruz
Emmanuel Adebayor	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Benni McCarthy
Robin van Persie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Benni McCarthy
Robin van Persie	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Robin van Persie	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Nicklas Bendtner	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jason Roberts

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

32 v

15 d

8 l

113 gf

46 ga

Away

55 matches

21 v

15 d

19 l

83 gf

93 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

111 matches

54 v

30 d

27 l

199 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

19 v

15 d

21 l

93 gf

83 ga

Away

55 matches

8 v

15 d

32 l

46 gf

113 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

111 matches

27 v

30 d

54 l

139 gf

199 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

September 13, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Blackburn

0 - 4

Arsenal

February 11, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

2 - 0

Blackburn

December 18, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Blackburn

2 - 3

Arsenal

August 19, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

February 28, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Robin van Persie	8 goals	2005 - 2008
Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1998 - 2003
Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Thierry Henry	6 goals	2001 - 2007
Emmanuel Adebayor	5 goals	2006 - 2008
Robert Pirès	4 goals	2001 - 2005

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
David Dunn	3 goals	2001 - 2007
Shabani Nonda	2 goals	2006 - 2006

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
Nigel Winterburn	14 matches	1992 - 1999
Ray Parlour	14 matches	1992 - 2003
Tony Adams	13 matches	1992 - 2001
Patrick Vieira	13 matches	1996 - 2005

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

Brad Friedel	20 matches	2001 - 2008
Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Kerimoglu Tugay	14 matches	2001 - 2008
Brett Emerton	13 matches	2003 - 2008
Henning Berg	12 matches	1993 - 2003
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1998