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Newcastle United 1-2 Arsenal - November 30, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 15

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

November 30, 1996

36 565

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Arsenal

Alan Shearer

21'

11'

Lee Dixon

60'

Ian Wright

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11' - Goal Lee Dixon

21' - Goal Alan Shearer21

22' - Red card Tony Adams

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46' - Substitution Faustino Asprillais substituted by Paul Kitson46

60' - Goal Ian Wright

74' - Substitution Martin Keownis substituted by Ray Parlour

77' - Substitution Rob Leeis substituted by Steve Watson77

82' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Andy Linighan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Arsenal

Newcastle United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Srnicek

Pavel Srnicek

Czech Republic

B.date10/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

26 Elliott

Robbie Elliott

England

B.date25/12/1973

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

7 Lee77

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age27 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

18 Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age21 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11 Asprilla46

Faustino Asprilla

Colombia

B.date10/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

8 Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age35 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

14 Ginola

David Ginola

France

B.date25/01/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

9 Shearer21

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Pavel Srnicek		28	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock		28	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Robbie Elliott		22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee	77	30	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Keith Gillespie		21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Faustino Asprilla	46	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Peter Beardsley		35	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	David Ginola		29	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer	21	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Keown74

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams22

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dixon11

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age20 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Merson82

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Platt

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Wright60

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Hartson

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		35	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown	74	30	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams	22	30	494	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon	11	32	406	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		32	431	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	82	28	405	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt		30	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright	60	33	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson		21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

261

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
19	D		Steve Watson	77	22	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F		Paul Kitson	46	25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Andy Linighan	82	34	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Ray Parlour	74	23	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

243

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Keegan vs Arsenal

4 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on November 30, 1996

Keegan vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 30, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 30, 1996

Wenger vs Keegan

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 30, 1996

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Comments

Key figures

David Platt played his game number 50 in his professional career with

John Lukic played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

Kevin Keegan has registered 250 goal(s) conceded since the 05/02/1992 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 4-3 Aston Villa30/09/1996

VNewcastle United 5-0 Manchester United20/10/1996

VNewcastle United 1-0 Oldham Athletic23/10/1996

VNewcastle United 4-0 Ferencváros29/10/1996

VNewcastle United 3-1 Middlesbrough03/11/1996

DNewcastle United 1-1 West Ham16/11/1996

Overall

VNewcastle United 4-0 Ferencváros29/10/1996

VNewcastle United 3-1 Middlesbrough03/11/1996

DNewcastle United 1-1 West Ham16/11/1996

DMetz 1-1 Newcastle United19/11/1996

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United23/11/1996

LMiddlesbrough 3-1 Newcastle United27/11/1996

Current form

Away

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Arsenal21/09/1996

LBorussia M'gladbach 3-2 Arsenal25/09/1996

VBlackburn 0-2 Arsenal12/10/1996

DWimbledon FC 2-2 Arsenal02/11/1996

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal16/11/1996

LLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal27/11/1996

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Leeds United26/10/1996

DWimbledon FC 2-2 Arsenal02/11/1996

VArsenal 5-2 Stoke City12/11/1996

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal16/11/1996

VArsenal 3-1 Tottenham24/11/1996

LLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal27/11/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	15	6
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
9	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.79	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.93
2.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.43
1.07	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.86
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alan Shearer	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Ian Wright
Alan Shearer	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Ian Wright
Alan Shearer	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Ian Wright
Alan Shearer	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Shearer	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 12 matches	Ian Wright

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

40 v

12 d

14 l

135 gf

75 ga

Away

66 matches

19 v

15 d

32 l

72 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

133 matches

60 v

27 d

46 l

208 gf

183 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

32 v

15 d

19 l

108 gf

72 ga

Away

66 matches

14 v

12 d

40 l

75 gf

135 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

133 matches

46 v

27 d

60 l

183 gf

208 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 03, 1925
Home	7 - 0	October 03, 1925

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 17, 1960
Away	3 - 0	October 29, 1949

Latest head to head

March 23, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

2 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

January 10, 1996 - League Cup 1995/1996

Arsenal

2 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

January 02, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Arsenal

March 19, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Arsenal

September 18, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

2 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Peter Beardsley	6 goals	1984 - 1995
Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1971 - 1975
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1966 - 1970
Wyn Davies	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Ivor Allchurch	3 goals	1958 - 1959
Micky Burns	3 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

George Graham	5 goals	1967 - 1971
Ian Wright	5 goals	1993 - 1996
Ray Kennedy	4 goals	1971 - 1973
David Herd	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Brian Talbot	2 goals	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Frank Clark	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Bobby Moncur	16 matches	1965 - 1973
Dave Craig	16 matches	1965 - 1977
Willie McFaul	15 matches	1968 - 1975
Peter Beardsley	13 matches	1984 - 1996
Stewart Barrowclough	11 matches	1972 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

George Armstrong	20 matches	1965 - 1977
John Radford	18 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Storey	17 matches	1966 - 1975
Pat Rice	17 matches	1970 - 1978
Peter Simpson	17 matches	1965 - 1975
George Graham	13 matches	1966 - 1972