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Arsenal 2-2 Derby County - December 07, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 16

Highbury - London - England

December 07, 1996

38 018

2 - 2

Derby County

Tony Adams

45'

Patrick Vieira

90'

62'

Dean Sturridge

71'

Darryl Powell

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45' - Goal Tony Adams45

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62' - Goal Dean Sturridge

71' - Goal Darryl Powell

77' - Substitution Andy Linighanis substituted by Paul Shaw77

85' - Substitution Aljosa Asanovicis substituted by Christian Dailly

90' - Goal Patrick Vieira90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 2

Derby County

Arsenal Derby County

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Linighan77

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams45

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Vieira90

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age20 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Platt

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wright

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	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan	77	34	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams	45	30	496	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		32	433	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		32	408	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira	90	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt		30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		28	407	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright		33	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson		21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

259

Derby County

Hoult

Russell Hoult

England

B.date22/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Rowett

Gary Rowett

England

B.date06/03/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Laursen

Jacob Laursen

Denmark

B.date06/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age37 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Stimac

Igor Stimac

Croatia

B.date06/09/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

C. Powell

Chris Powell

England

B.date08/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Asanovic85

Aljosa Asanovic

Croatia

B.date14/12/1965

Age30 years

H1m86

positionLeft Midfielder

D. Powell71

Darryl Powell

Jamaica

B.date15/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Flynn

Sean Flynn

England

B.date13/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Ward

Ashley Ward

England

B.date24/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Sturridge62

Dean Sturridge

England

B.date27/07/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Russell Hoult		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Rowett		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jacob Laursen		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		37	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Stimac		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Powell		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aljosa Asanovic	85	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darryl Powell	71	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Flynn		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ashley Ward		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Sturridge	62	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Shaw	77	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Christian Dailly	85	23	17	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

Chris Powell

Dean Yates

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Derby County

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 1996

Wenger vs Smith

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Smith vs Arsenal

3 victories

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 07, 1996

Smith vs Wenger

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 1996

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Key figures

It's the first time Patrick Vieira scores a goal in his professional career since the 06/05/1995 (with vs )

Arsenal keeps its 16 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Premier League running (since 03/02/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/04/1990-31/08/1991 time period (25 matches).

End of streak for Derby County after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 02/11/1996).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Sunderland28/09/1996

DArsenal 0-0 Coventry19/10/1996

VArsenal 3-0 Leeds United26/10/1996

VArsenal 5-2 Stoke City12/11/1996

VArsenal 3-1 Tottenham24/11/1996

VArsenal 3-1 Southampton04/12/1996

Overall

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

VNewcastle United 1-2 Arsenal30/11/1996

VArsenal 3-1 Southampton04/12/1996

Current form

Away

VBlackburn 1-2 Derby County09/09/1996

LLuton Town 1-0 Derby County17/09/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Derby County21/09/1996

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Derby County19/10/1996

LLiverpool 2-1 Derby County27/10/1996

DWest Ham 1-1 Derby County23/11/1996

Overall

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Derby County19/10/1996

LLiverpool 2-1 Derby County27/10/1996

VDerby County 2-0 Leicester02/11/1996

VDerby County 2-1 Middlesbrough17/11/1996

DWest Ham 1-1 Derby County23/11/1996

VDerby County 2-1 Coventry30/11/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	15
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
10	Victories (Competition total)	5
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
2	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.13
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.86
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.14

Betting aid

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

Bookings

41	Yellow cards (Competition total)	32
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ian Wright	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Dean Sturridge
Ian Wright	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Christian Dailly
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Aljosa Asanovic
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Wright	13 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Aljosa Asanovic

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

24 v

9 d

12 l

80 gf

49 ga

Away

44 matches

9 v

10 d

25 l

50 gf

86 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

91 matches

34 v

20 d

37 l

132 gf

136 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

25 v

10 d

9 l

86 gf

50 ga

Away

45 matches

12 v

9 d

24 l

49 gf

80 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

91 matches

37 v

20 d

34 l

136 gf

132 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 08, 1969
Home	4 - 0	November 08, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 25, 1972
Away	3 - 1	November 26, 1977

Latest head to head

December 01, 1992 - League Cup 1992/1993

Arsenal

2 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

October 28, 1992 - League Cup 1992/1993

Derby County

1 - 1

Arsenal

March 30, 1991 - Division 1 1990/1991

Derby County

0 - 2

Arsenal

December 26, 1990 - Division 1 1990/1991

Arsenal

3 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

March 24, 1990 - Division 1 1989/1990

Derby County

1 - 3

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Alan Smith	6 goals	1989 - 1991
Charles George	6 goals	1969 - 1974
Alan Ball	3 goals	1974 - 1974
John Radford	3 goals	1970 - 1975
Kevin Campbell	3 goals	1990 - 1992
Martin Hayes	2 goals	1990 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Steve Powell	4 goals	1973 - 1977
Roy McFarland	3 goals	1971 - 1973
Alan Hinton	3 goals	1971 - 1972
Kevin Hector	3 goals	1970 - 1972
John O'Hare	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Bruce Rioch	2 goals	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Pat Rice	22 matches	1970 - 1980
George Armstrong	16 matches	1969 - 1977
Peter Storey	14 matches	1969 - 1976
Peter Simpson	14 matches	1969 - 1976
Sammy Nelson	13 matches	1971 - 1980
Alan Ball	12 matches	1972 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Roy McFarland	19 matches	1969 - 1978
Kevin Hector	18 matches	1969 - 1977
Colin Todd	18 matches	1971 - 1978
Archie Gemmill	15 matches	1970 - 1977
Colin Boulton	15 matches	1971 - 1977
Ron Webster	15 matches	1969 - 1977