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Blackburn 0-2 Arsenal - March 13, 2004 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 28

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

March 13, 2004

0 - 2

Arsenal

57'

Thierry Henry

87'

Robert Pirès

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57' - Goal Thierry Henry

73' - Substitution Matt Jansenis substituted by Dwight Yorke73

77' - Substitution Jonathan Douglasis substituted by Vratislav Gresko77

77' - Substitution José Antonio Reyesis substituted by Gaël Clichy

84' - Substitution Andy Toddis substituted by Markus Babbel84

87' - Goal Robert Pirès

89' - Substitution Robert Pirèsis substituted by Pascal Cygan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

0 - 2

Arsenal

Blackburn Arsenal

Team line-ups

Blackburn

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

15 Todd84

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

6 Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age35 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2 Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

26 Douglas77

Jonathan Douglas

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/11/1981

Age22 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

23 Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

35 Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

8 Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

25 Andresen

Martin Andresen

Norway

B.date02/02/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

10 Jansen73

Matt Jansen

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

9 Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		32	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Andy Todd	84	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Craig Short		35	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lucas Neill		26	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Jonathan Douglas	77	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Brett Emerton		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Michael Gray		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kerimoglu Tugay		33	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Martin Andresen		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Matt Jansen	73	26	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andy Cole		32	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

1 Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age34 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

23 Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

28 Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12 Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

3 Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

19 Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

4 Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age27 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Pirès8789

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

17 Edu

Edu

Brazil

B.date15/05/1978

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentre Midfield

9 Reyes77

José Antonio Reyes

Spain

B.date01/09/1983

Age20 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

14 Henry57

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		34	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		29	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		27	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		23	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		27	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Patrick Vieira		27	349	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Pirès	8789	30	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Edu		25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	José Antonio Reyes	77	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry	57	26	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
11	D	Markus Babbel	84	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Vratislav Gresko	77	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Dwight Yorke	73	32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	D		Pascal Cygan	89	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D		Gaël Clichy	77	18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Todd

Markus Babbel

OUT

Matt Jansen

Paul Gallagher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

José Antonio Reyes

Freddie Ljungberg

OUT

Gilberto Silva

Dennis Bergkamp

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

198

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Souness vs Arsenal

5 victories

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 13, 2004

Souness vs Wenger

3 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on March 13, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

427

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

8 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 13, 2004

Wenger vs Souness

6 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 13, 2004

Referee

Alan Wiley

7 victories	12 draws	16 losses	Blackburn35 matches	General total	Arsenal49 matches	32 victories	9 draws	8 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Blackburn3 matches	Season total	Arsenal5 matches	3 victories	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on February 28, 2010					Latest figure on March 06, 2010

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 10/01/2004). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/09/2002-09/11/2002 time period (15 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 19 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 04/10/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/02/1930-25/12/1931 time period (42 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 30 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 07/05/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/12/2001-06/10/2002 time period (30 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBlackburn 0-2 Aston Villa20/12/2003

DBlackburn 2-2 Middlesbrough26/12/2003

LBlackburn 3-4 Bolton Wanderers10/01/2004

LBlackburn 2-3 Chelsea01/02/2004

DBlackburn 1-1 Newcastle United11/02/2004

DBlackburn 1-1 Southampton28/02/2004

Overall

DManchester City 1-1 Blackburn17/01/2004

LBlackburn 2-3 Chelsea01/02/2004

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn07/02/2004

DBlackburn 1-1 Newcastle United11/02/2004

LCharlton 3-2 Blackburn21/02/2004

DBlackburn 1-1 Southampton28/02/2004

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal18/01/2004

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal03/02/2004

VWolverhampton 1-3 Arsenal07/02/2004

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal21/02/2004

VCelta Vigo 2-3 Arsenal24/02/2004

VPortsmouth 1-5 Arsenal06/03/2004

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Chelsea15/02/2004

VChelsea 1-2 Arsenal21/02/2004

VCelta Vigo 2-3 Arsenal24/02/2004

VArsenal 2-1 Charlton28/02/2004

VPortsmouth 1-5 Arsenal06/03/2004

VArsenal 2-0 Celta Vigo10/03/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	5	8
Conceding streak	6	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	8
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Drawless streak	6	14
Scoring streak	18	11
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
7	Victories (Competition total)	20
3	Victories (Home / Away)	9
7	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
13	Losses (Competition total)	0
7	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	53
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.96
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.93
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
1.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.64

Betting aid

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

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Andy Cole	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	20 goals	Thierry Henry
Andy Cole	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Thierry Henry
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Thierry Henry
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Thierry Henry
Brett Emerton	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Thierry Henry
Brett Emerton	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Thierry Henry
Andy Cole	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	10 goals, 1 assist during the last 10 matches	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

17 v

14 d

16 l

88 gf

70 ga

Away

50 matches

8 v

14 d

28 l

44 gf

99 ga

Total

97 matches

25 v

28 d

44 l

132 gf

169 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

28 v

14 d

8 l

99 gf

44 ga

Away

47 matches

16 v

14 d

17 l

70 gf

88 ga

Total

97 matches

44 v

28 d

25 l

169 gf

132 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Home	7 - 0	October 02, 1909

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Away	5 - 0	January 01, 1923

Latest head to head

December 14, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Arsenal

1 - 0

Blackburn

March 15, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Blackburn

2 - 0

Arsenal

October 26, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Arsenal

1 - 2

Blackburn

January 30, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Blackburn

2 - 3

Arsenal

December 11, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002

Blackburn

4 - 0

Arsenal

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.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1998 - 2003
Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Melvyn Charles	4 goals	1960 - 1960
Ian Wright	3 goals	1996 - 1996
David Herd	3 goals	1959 - 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 Arsenal

Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Henning Berg	12 matches	1993 - 2003
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1992 - 1999
Stuart Ripley	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1959 - 1964

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

David Seaman	15 matches	1992 - 2002
Nigel Winterburn	14 matches	1992 - 1999
Ray Parlour	14 matches	1992 - 2003
Lee Dixon	13 matches	1992 - 2001
Tony Adams	13 matches	1992 - 2001
Dennis Bergkamp	13 matches	1995 - 2003