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Southampton 1-3 Arsenal - August 23, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 3

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

August 23, 1997

15 246

Southampton

1 - 3

Arsenal

Neil Maddison

25'

20'

Marc Overmars

57'

Dennis Bergkamp

79'

Dennis Bergkamp

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20' - Goal Marc Overmars

25' - Goal Neil Maddison25

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46' - Substitution Egil Ostenstadis substituted by Stig Johansen46

57' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

63' - Substitution Matt Oakleyis substituted by David Hughes63

65' - Substitution Emmanuel Petitis substituted by David Platt

73' - Substitution Duncan Speddingis substituted by Micky Evans73

75' - Substitution Gilles Grimandiis substituted by Scott Marshall

79' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

87' - Substitution Marc Overmarsis substituted by Luis Boa Morte

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

1 - 3

Arsenal

Southampton Arsenal

Team line-ups

Southampton

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Monkou

Ken Monkou

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Todd

Lee Todd

England

B.date07/03/1972

Age25 years

positionDefender

Spedding73

Duncan Spedding

England

B.date07/09/1977

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Oakley63

Matt Oakley

England

B.date17/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Maddison25

Neil Maddison

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Magilton

Jim Magilton

Northern Ireland

B.date06/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Ostenstad46

Egil Ostenstad

Norway

B.date02/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionForward

Davies

Kevin Davies

England

B.date26/03/1977

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Monkou		32	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Todd		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Duncan Spedding	73	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Dodd		26	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali		28	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Oakley	63	20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Maddison	25	27	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Magilton		28	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad	46	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Davies		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Garde

Rémi Garde

France

B.date03/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

Grimandi75

Gilles Grimandi

France

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petit65

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Overmars2087

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Bergkamp7957

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Wright

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		33	342	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rémi Garde		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gilles Grimandi	75	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		33	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit	65	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		24	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	2087	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	7957	28	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright		33	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

154

			Age	Match num	Note
M	David Hughes	63	24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stig Johansen	46	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Evans	73	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Scott Marshall	75	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte	87	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt	65	31	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Davies

Stig Johansen

OUT

Duncan Spedding

Ulrich van Gobbel

OUT

Jason Dodd

Robbie Slater

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Bould

Scott Marshall

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Jones vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Jones vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Southampton

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Wenger vs Jones

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Referee

David Elleray

8 victories	7 draws	10 losses	Southampton25 matches	General total	Arsenal19 matches	12 victories	3 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Southampton3 matches	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 22, 2003					Latest figure on April 19, 2003

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Key figures

Ian Wright played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

The last time Southampton has ended with the score 1-3 at home, It was on the 22/10/1995 (vs )

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has reached 48% of wins in Premier League.

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSouthampton 0-2 Arsenal15/03/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Leicester22/03/1997

VSouthampton 2-0 West Ham12/04/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Coventry19/04/1997

VSouthampton 2-0 Blackburn03/05/1997

LSouthampton 0-1 Bolton Wanderers09/08/1997

Overall

DSouthampton 2-2 Coventry19/04/1997

VSunderland 0-1 Southampton22/04/1997

VSouthampton 2-0 Blackburn03/05/1997

LAston Villa 1-0 Southampton11/05/1997

LSouthampton 0-1 Bolton Wanderers09/08/1997

LManchester United 1-0 Southampton13/08/1997

Current form

Away

VEverton 0-2 Arsenal01/03/1997

VSouthampton 0-2 Arsenal15/03/1997

VChelsea 0-3 Arsenal05/04/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal21/04/1997

VDerby County 1-3 Arsenal11/05/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal09/08/1997

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Blackburn19/04/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal21/04/1997

LArsenal 0-1 Newcastle United03/05/1997

VDerby County 1-3 Arsenal11/05/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal09/08/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Coventry11/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	5
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	10	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Ian Wright
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ian Wright
-	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Ian Wright

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

12 v

7 d

11 l

37 gf

41 ga

Away

33 matches

2 v

10 d

21 l

27 gf

59 ga

Total

63 matches

14 v

17 d

32 l

64 gf

100 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

21 v

10 d

2 l

59 gf

27 ga

Away

30 matches

11 v

7 d

12 l

41 gf

37 ga

Total

63 matches

32 v

17 d

14 l

100 gf

64 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 07, 1985
Home	3 - 0	December 07, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 19, 1994
Away	4 - 0	March 19, 1994

Latest head to head

March 15, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Southampton

0 - 2

Arsenal

December 04, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

3 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

December 09, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Southampton

0 - 0

Arsenal

September 23, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

4 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

January 24, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Armstrong	6 goals	1982 - 1985
Terry Paine	4 goals	1966 - 1971
Ron Davies	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Steve Moran	4 goals	1980 - 1985
David Puckett	3 goals	1982 - 1982
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Ian Wright	11 goals	1991 - 1996
John Radford	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Paul Merson	5 goals	1989 - 1996
Alan Smith	5 goals	1988 - 1992
David Rocastle	3 goals	1989 - 1991
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1977 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Nick Holmes	22 matches	1974 - 1985
Mick Channon	19 matches	1968 - 1982
Matt Le Tissier	16 matches	1986 - 1997
Glenn Cockerill	16 matches	1985 - 1993
Steve Williams	16 matches	1977 - 1983
Terry Paine	15 matches	1966 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

David O'Leary	23 matches	1979 - 1990
Paul Davis	23 matches	1982 - 1993
Tony Adams	22 matches	1984 - 1997
Kenny Sansom	18 matches	1980 - 1988
Nigel Winterburn	18 matches	1987 - 1997
Graham Rix	17 matches	1977 - 1985