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Arsenal 2-0 West Ham - August 17, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 1

Highbury - London - England

August 17, 1996

38 056

Arsenal

2 - 0

West Ham

John Hartson

27'

(penalty) Dennis Bergkamp

40'

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27' - Goal John Hartson27

40' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp40

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66' - Substitution Frank Lampardis substituted by Robbie Slater

70' - Substitution Keith Rowlandis substituted by Stan Lazaridis

71' - Substitution Dennis Bergkampis substituted by Ian Wright71

84' - Substitution John Hartsonis substituted by Paul Dickov84

87' - Substitution Slaven Bilicis substituted by Rio Ferdinand

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 0

West Ham

Arsenal West Ham

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Hartson2784

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Bergkamp4071

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age27 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Morrow

Steve Morrow

Northern Ireland

B.date02/07/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Linighan

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age33 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		32	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		33	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Morrow		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan		34	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		30	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		32	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		32	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		23	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		28	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Bergkamp	4071	27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson	2784	21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

217

West Ham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Dowie

Iain Dowie

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1965

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Jones

Steve Jones

England

B.date17/03/1970

Age26 years

positionForward

Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Williamson

Danny Williamson

England

B.date05/12/1973

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lampard66

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age18 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Dicks

Julian Dicks

England

B.date08/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Rowland70

Keith Rowland

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1971

Age24 years

positionDefender

Rieper

Marc Rieper

Denmark

B.date05/06/1968

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Bilic87

Slaven Bilic

Croatia

B.date11/09/1968

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Miklosko

Ludek Miklosko

Czech Republic

B.date09/12/1961

Age34 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ludek Miklosko		34	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Rowland	70	24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Slaven Bilic	87	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Rieper		28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker		31	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Dicks		28	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	66	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Williamson		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Jones		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Iain Dowie		31	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Dickov	84	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ian Wright	71	32	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Rio Ferdinand	87	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Slater	66	31	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis	70	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Hartson

Ian Wright

OUT

Steve Bould

Scott Marshall

OUT

Steve Morrow

David Platt

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Jones

Tony Cottee

OUT

Frank Lampard

Steve Potts

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stewart Houston

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Houston vs West Ham

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 17, 1996

Houston vs Redknapp

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 17, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Redknapp vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 17, 1996

Redknapp vs Houston

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 17, 1996

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Key figures

Dennis Bergkamp played his game number 400 in his professional career

No West Ham manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Harry Redknapp has done less than 1.26 goals conceded per game in Premier League.

It's the first time Dennis Bergkamp scores 1 goal vs West Ham in his professional career

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-1 Manchester City05/03/1996

VArsenal 2-0 Newcastle United23/03/1996

VArsenal 2-1 Leeds United06/04/1996

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham15/04/1996

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool01/05/1996

VArsenal 2-1 Bolton Wanderers05/05/1996

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Leeds United06/04/1996

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Arsenal08/04/1996

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham15/04/1996

DBlackburn 1-1 Arsenal27/04/1996

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool01/05/1996

VArsenal 2-1 Bolton Wanderers05/05/1996

Current form

Away

VChelsea 1-2 West Ham17/02/1996

DCoventry 2-2 West Ham02/03/1996

LNewcastle United 3-0 West Ham18/03/1996

LLiverpool 2-0 West Ham08/04/1996

DAston Villa 1-1 West Ham17/04/1996

LQueens Park Rangers 3-0 West Ham27/04/1996

Overall

DWest Ham 1-1 Wimbledon FC06/04/1996

LLiverpool 2-0 West Ham08/04/1996

VWest Ham 1-0 Bolton Wanderers13/04/1996

DAston Villa 1-1 West Ham17/04/1996

LQueens Park Rangers 3-0 West Ham27/04/1996

DWest Ham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday05/05/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	3
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	7	3

Statistical comparison of the season

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

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Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

19 v

13 d

14 l

70 gf

57 ga

Away

45 matches

17 v

15 d

13 l

68 gf

67 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

92 matches

36 v

28 d

28 l

138 gf

125 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

13 v

15 d

17 l

67 gf

68 ga

Away

46 matches

14 v

13 d

19 l

57 gf

70 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

92 matches

28 v

28 d

36 l

125 gf

138 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 20, 1976
Home	6 - 1	March 20, 1976

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 07, 1927
Away	3 - 0	November 14, 1964

Latest head to head

February 24, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

West Ham

0 - 1

Arsenal

September 16, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

1 - 0

West Ham

March 05, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

0 - 1

West Ham

September 25, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

West Ham

0 - 2

Arsenal

April 30, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Arsenal

0 - 2

West Ham

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Alan Ball	7 goals	1972 - 1976
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1965
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1974
Ian Wright	4 goals	1992 - 1995
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1974 - 1976
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Byrne	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Tony Cottee	4 goals	1984 - 1987
Geoff Hurst	4 goals	1964 - 1965
Trevor Brooking	4 goals	1968 - 1983
Alan Taylor	4 goals	1975 - 1978
John Dick	3 goals	1959 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

George Armstrong	23 matches	1965 - 1977
Peter Storey	23 matches	1965 - 1976
David O'Leary	21 matches	1975 - 1992
John Radford	21 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Simpson	19 matches	1964 - 1977
Paul Davis	18 matches	1981 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Billy Bonds	27 matches	1967 - 1988
Trevor Brooking	26 matches	1968 - 1984
Bobby Moore	25 matches	1960 - 1973
Frank Lampard	23 matches	1968 - 1983
Geoff Hurst	18 matches	1961 - 1971
Alan Devonshire	16 matches	1977 - 1989