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Aston Villa 3-2 Arsenal - December 13, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 17

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 13, 1998

39 217

Aston Villa

3 - 2

Arsenal

Julian Joachim

62'

Dion Dublin

65'

Dion Dublin

83'

14'

Dennis Bergkamp

45'

Dennis Bergkamp

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14' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

45' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

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54' - Substitution Gareth Barryis substituted by Stan Collymore54

62' - Goal Julian Joachim62

65' - Goal Dion Dublin65

68' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Gilles Grimandi

83' - Goal Dion Dublin83

86' - Substitution Julian Joachimis substituted by Simon Grayson86

89' - Substitution Ray Parlouris substituted by Luis Boa Morte

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 2

Arsenal

Aston Villa Arsenal

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Oakes

Michael Oakes

England

B.date30/10/1973

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Taylor

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barry54

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age17 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Hendrie

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thompson

Alan Thompson

England

B.date22/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Joachim6286

Julian Joachim

England

B.date20/09/1974

Age24 years

H1m68

positionStriker

Dublin6583

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Oakes		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		26	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Watson		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		28	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor		30	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Barry	54	17	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Hendrie		21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Thompson		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julian Joachim	6286	24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	6583	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age36 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Vivas

Nelson Vivas

Argentina

B.date18/10/1969

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age34 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age22 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Parlour89

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Ljungberg68

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Overmars

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Bergkamp4514

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		35	400	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		32	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		36	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nelson Vivas		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		34	486	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour	89	25	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg	68	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	4514	29	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka		19	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

195

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Simon Grayson	86	28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Stan Collymore	54	27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gilles Grimandi	68	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Luis Boa Morte	89	21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ray Parlour

Luis Boa Morte

OUT

Martin Keown

Matthew Upson

OUT

Dennis Bergkamp

Christopher Wreh

OUT

Lee Dixon

David Grondin

OUT

Freddie Ljungberg

Alberto Méndez

OUT

Patrick Vieira

Gilles Grimandi

OUT

Marc Overmars

Paolo Vernazza

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Gregory

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Gregory vs Arsenal

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1998

Gregory vs Wenger

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

116

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Wenger vs Aston Villa

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 1998

Wenger vs Gregory

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 1998

Referee

Stephen Lodge

7 victories	6 draws	6 losses	Aston Villa19 matches	General total	Arsenal13 matches	7 victories	4 draws	2 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa3 matches	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2001					Latest figure on January 06, 2001

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Key figures

Dennis Bergkamp scored 5 goals vs Aston Villa in his professional career

Lee Dixon played his game number 20 vs in his professional career with

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has done less than 20% of losses .

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 1-0 Derby County26/09/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester24/10/1998

LAston Villa 1-3 Celta Vigo03/11/1998

VAston Villa 3-2 Tottenham07/11/1998

LAston Villa 2-4 Liverpool21/11/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United05/12/1998

Overall

VAston Villa 3-2 Tottenham07/11/1998

VSouthampton 1-4 Aston Villa14/11/1998

LAston Villa 2-4 Liverpool21/11/1998

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa28/11/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United05/12/1998

LChelsea 2-1 Aston Villa09/12/1998

Current form

Away

VDerby County 1-2 Arsenal28/10/1998

VCoventry 0-1 Arsenal31/10/1998

LDynamo Kyiv 3-1 Arsenal04/11/1998

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Arsenal21/11/1998

DDerby County 0-0 Arsenal05/12/1998

VPanathinaikos 1-3 Arsenal09/12/1998

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham14/11/1998

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Arsenal21/11/1998

LArsenal 0-1 Lens25/11/1998

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough29/11/1998

DDerby County 0-0 Arsenal05/12/1998

VPanathinaikos 1-3 Arsenal09/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	15	10
Conceding streak	5	9

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.44
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Dion Dublin	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Dion Dublin	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Lee Hendrie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dennis Bergkamp
Lee Hendrie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Julian Joachim	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 11 matches	Nicolas Anelka

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

39 v

18 d

18 l

143 gf

101 ga

Away

79 matches

23 v

18 d

38 l

92 gf

133 ga

Total

154 matches

62 v

36 d

56 l

235 gf

234 ga

Historical head to head

Home

79 matches

38 v

18 d

23 l

133 gf

92 ga

Away

75 matches

18 v

18 d

39 l

101 gf

143 ga

Total

154 matches

56 v

36 d

62 l

234 gf

235 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Home	5 - 0	August 28, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Away	7 - 1	December 14, 1935

Latest head to head

May 10, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Arsenal

October 26, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Arsenal

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 28, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Arsenal

February 21, 1996 - League Cup 1995/1996

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Thomson	6 goals	1961 - 1962
Tony Hateley	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Dwight Yorke	5 goals	1995 - 1998
Peter McParland	4 goals	1958 - 1961
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Gary Shelton	3 goals	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Tony Woodcock	8 goals	1982 - 1985
Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Ian Wright	7 goals	1993 - 1996
Alan Skirton	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1964
Graham Rix	5 goals	1980 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gordon Cowans	20 matches	1977 - 1991
Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1988
Nigel Spink	18 matches	1983 - 1994
Paul McGrath	15 matches	1989 - 1996
Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1984
Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1961 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David O'Leary	31 matches	1975 - 1992
Nigel Winterburn	22 matches	1988 - 1998
Paul Davis	19 matches	1981 - 1994
Lee Dixon	19 matches	1988 - 1997
Paul Merson	18 matches	1988 - 1996
Tony Adams	17 matches	1986 - 1998