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Blackburn 1-4 Arsenal - April 13, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 34

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

April 13, 1998

28 212

Blackburn

1 - 4

Arsenal

Kevin Gallacher

51'

Dennis Bergkamp

Ray Parlour

14'

Ray Parlour

42'

Nicolas Anelka

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2' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

7' - Goal Ray Parlour

14' - Goal Ray Parlour

42' - Goal Nicolas Anelka

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51' - Goal Kevin Gallacher51

58' - Substitution Callum Davidsonis substituted by Patrick Valéry58

69' - Substitution Nicolas Anelkais substituted by David Platt

79' - Substitution Billy McKinlayis substituted by Stuart Ripley photo James Beattie

79' - Substitution Martin Dahlinis substituted by James Beattie79

87' - Substitution Marc Overmarsis substituted by Stephen Hughes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 4

Arsenal

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Team line-ups

Blackburn

Fettis

Alan Fettis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/02/1971

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Davidson58

Callum Davidson

Scotland

B.date25/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

McKinlay79

Billy McKinlay

Scotland

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Dahlin79

Martin Dahlin

Sweden

B.date16/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Gallacher51

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Wilcox

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Fettis		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		32	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Callum Davidson	58	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay	79	28	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		29	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Dahlin	79	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher	51	31	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox		26	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Garde

Rémi Garde

France

B.date03/04/1966

Age32 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age35 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age34 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Parlour147

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Overmars87

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Anelka4269

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age19 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Bergkamp2

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		34	371	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rémi Garde		32	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		35	344	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		31	546	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		34	499	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		21	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour	147	25	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	87	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	4269	19	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	2	28	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

209

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Patrick Valéry	58	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley	79	30	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Beattie	79	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Stephen Hughes	87	21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		David Platt	69	31	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Dahlin

Chris Sutton

OUT

Callum Davidson

Damien Duff

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dennis Bergkamp

Christopher Wreh

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 13, 1998

Hodgson vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 13, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 13, 1998

Wenger vs Hodgson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 13, 1998

Referee

Martin Bodenham

2 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Blackburn6 matches	General total	Arsenal12 matches	4 victories	2 draws	6 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Blackburn1 match	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 13, 1998					Latest figure on April 13, 1998

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 11/03/1998).

Jason Wilcox played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in his professional career

The last time Arsenal has ended with the score 4-1 away from home, It was on the 14/09/1991 (vs )

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 5-0 Aston Villa17/01/1998

LBlackburn 0-3 Tottenham07/02/1998

DBlackburn 1-1 West Ham25/02/1998

VBlackburn 5-3 Leicester28/02/1998

VBlackburn 2-1 Barnsley31/03/1998

LBlackburn 1-3 Manchester United06/04/1998

Overall

VBlackburn 5-3 Leicester28/02/1998

LLeeds United 4-0 Blackburn11/03/1998

LEverton 1-0 Blackburn14/03/1998

VBlackburn 2-1 Barnsley31/03/1998

LBlackburn 1-3 Manchester United06/04/1998

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn11/04/1998

Current form

Away

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal25/02/1998

DWest Ham 0-0 Arsenal02/03/1998

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Arsenal11/03/1998

VManchester United 0-1 Arsenal14/03/1998

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal17/03/1998

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Arsenal31/03/1998

Overall

VManchester United 0-1 Arsenal14/03/1998

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal17/03/1998

VArsenal 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/03/1998

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Arsenal31/03/1998

VWolverhampton 0-1 Arsenal05/04/1998

VArsenal 3-1 Newcastle United11/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	5	10

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	31
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
14	Victories (Competition total)	18
10	Victories (Home / Away)	6
9	Draws (Competition total)	9
3	Draws (Home / Away)	7
9	Losses (Competition total)	4
3	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.66	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.68
2.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.27
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.87
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (4 times)

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	60
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	35
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Chris Sutton	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Dennis Bergkamp
Kevin Gallacher	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Dennis Bergkamp
Chris Sutton	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ian Wright
Chris Sutton	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Patrick Vieira
Damien Duff	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Nicolas Anelka

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

15 v

14 d

13 l

78 gf

61 ga

Away

45 matches

7 v

13 d

25 l

39 gf

90 ga

Total

87 matches

22 v

27 d

38 l

117 gf

151 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

25 v

13 d

7 l

90 gf

39 ga

Away

42 matches

13 v

14 d

15 l

61 gf

78 ga

Total

87 matches

38 v

27 d

22 l

151 gf

117 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 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Arsenal

1 - 3

Blackburn

April 19, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

1 - 1

Blackburn

October 12, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

0 - 2

Arsenal

April 27, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

November 26, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

0 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Frederick Pickering	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Kevin Gallacher	3 goals	1993 - 1997
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Mike England	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Louis Bimpson	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Andrew McEvoy	2 goals	1963 - 1966

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

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
Ted Drake	2 goals	1934 - 1934

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
Tim Sherwood	10 matches	1992 - 1997
Stuart Ripley	10 matches	1992 - 1997
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Keith Newton	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Jason Wilcox	9 matches	1992 - 1997

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

Billy McCullough	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Nigel Winterburn	11 matches	1992 - 1997
David Seaman	10 matches	1992 - 1997
George Eastham	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Lee Dixon	10 matches	1992 - 1997
Tony Adams	10 matches	1992 - 1997