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Arsenal 3-1 Leeds United - December 20, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 18

Highbury - London - England

December 20, 1998

38 025

Arsenal

3 - 1

Leeds United

Dennis Bergkamp

28'

Patrick Vieira

53'

Emmanuel Petit

82'

66'

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

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28' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp28

44' - Substitution Robert Molenaaris substituted by David Wetherall

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53' - Goal Patrick Vieira53

66' - Goal Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

71' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Gilles Grimandi71

81' - Substitution Danny Granvilleis substituted by Alan Smith

82' - Goal Emmanuel Petit82

86' - Red card Gilles Grimandi86

87' - Substitution Marc Overmarsis substituted by Christopher Wreh87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 1

Leeds United

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Team line-ups

Arsenal

Manninger

Alex Manninger

Austria

B.date04/06/1977

Age21 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age36 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age32 years

H1m86

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

Vieira53

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age22 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petit82

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Ljungberg71

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Overmars87

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age19 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Bergkamp28

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Manninger		21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		36	360	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		32	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nelson Vivas		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		34	487	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira	53	22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit	82	28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg	71	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	87	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka		19	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	28	29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

145

Leeds United

Martyn

Nigel Martyn

England

B.date11/08/1966

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Molenaar44

Robert Molenaar

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Woodgate

Jonathan Woodgate

England

B.date22/01/1980

Age18 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Haaland

Alf-Inge Haaland

Norway

B.date23/11/1972

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Granville81

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Harte

Ian Harte

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/1977

Age21 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Halle

Gunnar Halle

Norway

B.date11/08/1965

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hopkin

David Hopkin

Scotland

B.date21/08/1970

Age28 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bowyer

Lee Bowyer

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Kewell

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age20 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Hasselbaink66

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Martyn		32	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Molenaar	44	29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonathan Woodgate		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alf-Inge Haaland		26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville	81	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Harte		21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gunnar Halle		33	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hopkin		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Bowyer		21	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell		20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	66	26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gilles Grimandi	7186	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Christopher Wreh	87	23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Wetherall	44	27	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Alan Smith	81	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emmanuel Petit

Ray Parlour

OUT

Alex Manninger

David Seaman

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alf-Inge Haaland

Lucas Radebe

OUT

Danny Granville

Alan Smith

OUT

Gunnar Halle

David Batty

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

117

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Wenger vs Leeds United

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1998

Wenger vs O'Leary

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

David O'Leary

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

O'Leary vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1998

O'Leary vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1998

Referee

Paul Durkin

23 victories	10 draws	6 losses	Arsenal39 matches	General total	Leeds United25 matches	3 victories	10 draws	12 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal4 matches	Season total	Leeds United2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 15, 2004					Latest figure on April 13, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Emmanuel Petit scores 1 goal vs Leeds United in his professional career

It's the first time Dennis Bergkamp scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 26/10/1996 (with Arsenal vs )

Martin Keown played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Dynamo Kyiv21/10/1998

VArsenal 1-0 Everton08/11/1998

LArsenal 0-5 Chelsea11/11/1998

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham14/11/1998

LArsenal 0-1 Lens25/11/1998

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough29/11/1998

Overall

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

LAston Villa 3-2 Arsenal13/12/1998

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds United17/10/1998

LAS Roma 1-0 Leeds United20/10/1998

DDerby County 2-2 Leeds United31/10/1998

LLeicester 2-1 Leeds United11/11/1998

VLiverpool 1-3 Leeds United14/11/1998

LManchester United 3-2 Leeds United29/11/1998

Overall

LLeicester 2-1 Leeds United11/11/1998

VLiverpool 1-3 Leeds United14/11/1998

VLeeds United 4-1 Charlton21/11/1998

LManchester United 3-2 Leeds United29/11/1998

VLeeds United 4-0 West Ham05/12/1998

VLeeds United 2-0 Coventry14/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	4	7
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	7
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.65
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.59	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.82
0.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Nicolas Anelka	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Nicolas Anelka	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Dennis Bergkamp	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Dennis Bergkamp	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dennis Bergkamp	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Lee Bowyer

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

26 v

14 d

12 l

91 gf

52 ga

Away

49 matches

10 v

16 d

23 l

56 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

103 matches

36 v

30 d

37 l

147 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

23 v

16 d

10 l

85 gf

56 ga

Away

52 matches

12 v

14 d

26 l

52 gf

91 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

103 matches

37 v

30 d

36 l

139 gf

147 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	September 04, 1979
Home	7 - 0	September 04, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 09, 1973
Away	3 - 0	May 05, 1966

Latest head to head

January 10, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Arsenal

2 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

August 09, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leeds United

1 - 1

Arsenal

February 04, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Arsenal

0 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

February 01, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leeds United

0 - 0

Arsenal

October 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

3 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Ian Wright	7 goals	1993 - 1997
Liam Brady	5 goals	1975 - 1979
Paul Merson	5 goals	1991 - 1995
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1939
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1979 - 1983
Kevin Campbell	3 goals	1991 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Peter Lorimer	9 goals	1967 - 1973
Lee Chapman	7 goals	1990 - 1993
Allan Clarke	6 goals	1972 - 1977
Joe Jordan	5 goals	1973 - 1976
Johnny Giles	5 goals	1965 - 1969
Jack Charlton	4 goals	1964 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

George Armstrong	25 matches	1964 - 1977
Peter Storey	22 matches	1965 - 1975
David O'Leary	22 matches	1975 - 1993
David Seaman	22 matches	1990 - 1998
Nigel Winterburn	21 matches	1990 - 1998
Pat Rice	21 matches	1969 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Paul Madeley	30 matches	1965 - 1980
Paul Reaney	26 matches	1964 - 1977
Billy Bremner	24 matches	1960 - 1976
Norman Hunter	23 matches	1964 - 1976
John Lukic	22 matches	1980 - 1996
Peter Lorimer	21 matches	1965 - 1977