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Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace - February 21, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 27

Highbury - London - England

February 21, 1998

38 094

Arsenal

1 - 0

Crystal Palace

Gilles Grimandi

49'

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49' - Goal Gilles Grimandi49

67' - Substitution Jamie Smithis substituted by Marcus Bent

77' - Substitution Bruce Dyeris substituted by David Tuttle

80' - Substitution Paolo Vernazzais substituted by Gavin McGowan80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Crystal Palace

Arsenal Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Manninger

Alex Manninger

Austria

B.date04/06/1977

Age20 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age18 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Grimandi49

Gilles Grimandi

France

B.date11/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hughes

Stephen Hughes

England

B.date18/09/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Vernazza80

Paolo Vernazza

England

B.date01/11/1979

Age18 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Boa Morte

Luis Boa Morte

Portugal

B.date04/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Platt

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age18 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Manninger		20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		31	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gilles Grimandi	49	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		33	451	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hughes		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paolo Vernazza	80	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt		31	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka		18	26	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

Crystal Palace

Miller

Kevin Miller

England

B.date15/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ismaël

Valérien Ismaël

France

B.date28/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Gordon

Dean Gordon

England

B.date10/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Smith67

Jamie Smith

England

B.date17/09/1974

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

England

B.date24/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Rodger

Simon Rodger

England

B.date03/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Roberts

Andy Roberts

England

B.date20/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Fullarton

Jamie Fullarton

Scotland

B.date20/07/1974

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Dyer77

Bruce Dyer

Montserrat

B.date13/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Brolin

Tomas Brolin

Sweden

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Miller		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valérien Ismaël		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Gordon		25	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Smith	67	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Edworthy		25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Rodger		26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Roberts		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Fullarton		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer	77	22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tomas Brolin		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gavin McGowan	80	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Tuttle	77	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Marcus Bent	67	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paolo Vernazza

Emmanuel Petit

OUT

Luis Boa Morte

Ray Parlour

OUT

Martin Keown

Tony Adams

OUT

Matthew Upson

Marc Overmars

OUT

Stephen Hughes

Dennis Bergkamp

OUT

David Platt

Nigel Winterburn

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Wenger vs Coppell

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

545

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Coppell vs Arsenal

0 victory

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Coppell vs Wenger

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Referee

Jeff Winter

10 victories	6 draws	2 losses	Arsenal18 matches	General total	Crystal Palace3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	Season total	Crystal Palace3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 06, 2004					Latest figure on February 21, 1998

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Key figures

Lee Dixon played his game number 10 vs Crystal Palace in Premier League

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has reached 49% of wins in Premier League.

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal vs Crystal Palace in Premier League running (since 25/02/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/02/1991 (2 matches)

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 0-0 Port Vale03/01/1998

VArsenal 2-1 Leeds United10/01/1998

VArsenal 2-1 Chelsea28/01/1998

VArsenal 3-0 Southampton31/01/1998

VArsenal 2-0 Chelsea08/02/1998

DArsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace15/02/1998

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Arsenal24/01/1998

VArsenal 2-1 Chelsea28/01/1998

VArsenal 3-0 Southampton31/01/1998

VArsenal 2-0 Chelsea08/02/1998

DArsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace15/02/1998

LChelsea 3-1 Arsenal18/02/1998

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 4-1 Crystal Palace03/12/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Crystal Palace06/12/1997

DDerby County 0-0 Crystal Palace20/12/1997

DBlackburn 2-2 Crystal Palace28/12/1997

LBarnsley 1-0 Crystal Palace17/01/1998

DArsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace15/02/1998

Overall

LCrystal Palace 1-3 Everton10/01/1998

LBarnsley 1-0 Crystal Palace17/01/1998

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Leicester24/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Leeds United31/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-3 Wimbledon FC09/02/1998

DArsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace15/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	6	3
Goalless streak	2	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	25
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
12	Victories (Competition total)	5
9	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
4	Losses (Competition total)	12
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.84
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.08
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.48
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.08

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	48
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dennis Bergkamp	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Neil Shipperley
Ian Wright	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Neil Shipperley
Ian Wright	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Bruce Dyer
Ian Wright	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Patrick Vieira	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Patrick Vieira	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Stephen Hughes	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 6 matches	Neil Shipperley

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

10 v

3 d

2 l

35 gf

11 ga

Away

14 matches

7 v

6 d

1 l

27 gf

12 ga

Total

29 matches

17 v

9 d

3 l

62 gf

23 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

1 v

6 d

7 l

12 gf

27 ga

Away

15 matches

2 v

3 d

10 l

11 gf

35 ga

Total

29 matches

3 v

9 d

17 l

23 gf

62 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 27, 1934
Home	7 - 0	January 27, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 09, 1970
Away	2 - 0	November 09, 1970

Latest head to head

February 15, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Arsenal

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

October 18, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Crystal Palace

0 - 0

Arsenal

February 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Crystal Palace

0 - 3

Arsenal

October 01, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

1 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

May 08, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

Arsenal

3 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

John Radford	8 goals	1969 - 1972
Paul Merson	6 goals	1991 - 1995
Alan Smith	6 goals	1990 - 1993
Ian Wright	5 goals	1992 - 1994
Kevin Campbell	5 goals	1991 - 1993
Alan Ball	2 goals	1972 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Craven	4 goals	1971 - 1972
Tony Sealy	2 goals	1980 - 1980
John Salako	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Simon Osborn	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Andy Gray	1 goal	1990 - 1990
Bobby Kellard	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Nigel Winterburn	13 matches	1990 - 1998
Lee Dixon	12 matches	1990 - 1998
Paul Merson	12 matches	1990 - 1995
David Seaman	11 matches	1990 - 1997
Tony Adams	11 matches	1990 - 1997
Kevin Campbell	10 matches	1990 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Nigel Martyn	11 matches	1990 - 1995
Geoffrey Thomas	10 matches	1990 - 1993
Richard Shaw	9 matches	1990 - 1995
David Payne	8 matches	1969 - 1973
Andy Thorn	8 matches	1990 - 1993
Eddie McGoldrick	8 matches	1990 - 1993