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Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa - December 28, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 21

Highbury - London - England

December 28, 1996

38 130

2 - 2

Aston Villa

Ian Wright

13'

Paul Merson

73'

68'

Savo Milosevic

74'

Dwight Yorke

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13' - Goal Ian Wright13

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67' - Substitution Rémi Gardeis substituted by Steve Morrow67

68' - Goal Savo Milosevic

73' - Goal Paul Merson73

74' - Goal Dwight Yorke

87' - Substitution Mark Draperis substituted by Tommy Johnson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 2

Aston Villa

Arsenal Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Garde67

Rémi Garde

France

B.date03/04/1966

Age30 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age20 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Merson73

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wright13

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age27 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		36	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rémi Garde	67	30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		30	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		30	498	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		33	436	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		23	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	73	28	410	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright	13	33	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp		27	57	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

237

Aston Villa

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age24 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Nelson

Fernando Nelson

Portugal

B.date05/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Draper87

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Milosevic68

Savo Milosevic

Serbia

B.date02/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Yorke74

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich		24	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		27	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		24	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Riccardo Scimeca		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Nelson		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor		28	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper	87	26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		33	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Savo Milosevic	68	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	74	25	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Morrow	67	26	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tommy Johnson	87	25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Patrick Vieira

David Platt

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:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Aston Villa

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Wenger vs Little

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Little

105

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Little vs Arsenal

0 victory

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Little vs Wenger

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

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Comments

Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 17 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).

Andy Townsend played his game number 20 vs in Premier League

Ray Parlour played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

DArsenal 2-2 Derby County07/12/1996

Overall

LLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal27/11/1996

VNewcastle United 1-2 Arsenal30/11/1996

VArsenal 3-1 Southampton04/12/1996

DArsenal 2-2 Derby County07/12/1996

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Arsenal21/12/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Arsenal26/12/1996

Current form

Away

VLeeds United 1-2 Aston Villa22/10/1996

LSunderland 1-0 Aston Villa26/10/1996

VCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa23/11/1996

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Aston Villa26/11/1996

VWest Ham 0-2 Aston Villa04/12/1996

VSouthampton 0-1 Aston Villa07/12/1996

Overall

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Aston Villa26/11/1996

VAston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough30/11/1996

VWest Ham 0-2 Aston Villa04/12/1996

VSouthampton 0-1 Aston Villa07/12/1996

VAston Villa 5-0 Wimbledon FC22/12/1996

LAston Villa 0-2 Chelsea26/12/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	14
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
10	Victories (Competition total)	10
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.84	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.42
2.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.22
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.89
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

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

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ian Wright	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Dwight Yorke
Ian Wright	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Dwight Yorke
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dwight Yorke
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Wright	14 goals during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 12 matches	Dwight Yorke

Historical head to head

Home

77 matches

38 v

16 d

23 l

131 gf

90 ga

Away

74 matches

18 v

18 d

38 l

101 gf

142 ga

Total

151 matches

56 v

34 d

61 l

232 gf

232 ga

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

38 v

18 d

18 l

142 gf

101 ga

Away

77 matches

23 v

16 d

38 l

90 gf

131 ga

Total

151 matches

61 v

34 d

56 l

232 gf

232 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Home	5 - 0	April 03, 1991

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Away	5 - 2	November 24, 1928

Latest head to head

September 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Arsenal

February 21, 1996 - League Cup 1995/1996

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Arsenal

February 14, 1996 - League Cup 1995/1996

Arsenal

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 02, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Arsenal

October 21, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Tony Woodcock	8 goals	1982 - 1985
Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Ian Wright	6 goals	1993 - 1995
Alan Skirton	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Alan Smith	5 goals	1988 - 1991
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Hateley	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	6 goals	1961 - 1962
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Gary Shelton	3 goals	1979 - 1979
Dwight Yorke	3 goals	1995 - 1996
Tony Morley	3 goals	1980 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David O'Leary	31 matches	1975 - 1992
Paul Davis	19 matches	1981 - 1994
Nigel Winterburn	19 matches	1988 - 1996
Lee Dixon	18 matches	1988 - 1996
Graham Rix	17 matches	1977 - 1986
Paul Merson	17 matches	1988 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gordon Cowans	20 matches	1977 - 1991
Nigel Spink	18 matches	1983 - 1994
Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1988
Paul McGrath	15 matches	1989 - 1996
Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1984
Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1961 - 1976