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Sunderland 1-0 Arsenal - January 11, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 23

Roker Park - Sunderland - England

January 11, 1997

21 154

Sunderland

1 - 0

Arsenal

(o.g) Tony Adams

66'

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29' - Red card Dennis Bergkamp

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46' - Substitution Michael Bridgesis substituted by Craig Russell46

66' - Own goal Tony Adams66

80' - Substitution Nigel Winterburnis substituted by Stephen Hughes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

1 - 0

Arsenal

Sunderland Arsenal

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Perez

Lionel Perez

France

B.date24/04/1967

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hall

Gareth Hall

Wales

B.date20/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Ord

Richard Ord

England

B.date03/03/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Williams

Darren Williams

England

B.date28/04/1977

Age19 years

H1m72

positionCentral defender

Melville

Andy Melville

Wales

B.date29/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Kubicki

Dariusz Kubicki

Poland

B.date06/06/1963

Age33 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Bracewell

Paul Bracewell

England

B.date19/07/1962

Age34 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Mullin

John Mullin

England

B.date11/08/1975

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Bridges46

Michael Bridges

England

B.date05/08/1978

Age18 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Kelly

David Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1965

Age31 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lionel Perez		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Hall		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Ord		26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Williams		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Melville		28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dariusz Kubicki		33	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Bracewell		34	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Mullin		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Bridges	46	18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Kelly		31	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams66

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Keown

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

Winterburn80

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

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Platt

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Bergkamp29

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age27 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Hartson

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		33	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams	66	30	501	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		30	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn	80	33	439	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		23	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		28	413	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt		30	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	29	27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

231

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Craig Russell	46	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Stephen Hughes	80	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Williams

Steve Agnew

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Seaman

John Lukic

OUT

David Platt

Steve Morrow

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Reid

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Reid vs Arsenal

2 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 11, 1997

Reid vs Wenger

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Sunderland

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1997

Wenger vs Reid

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 1997

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 consecutive matches without a loss (since 26/12/1996).

No Sunderland manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Peter Reid has reached 46% of clean sheets .

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 01/01/1997).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSunderland 2-2 Middlesbrough14/10/1996

VSunderland 1-0 Aston Villa26/10/1996

DSunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1996

LSunderland 1-3 Wimbledon FC07/12/1996

VSunderland 3-0 Chelsea15/12/1996

VSunderland 2-0 Derby County26/12/1996

Overall

VSunderland 3-0 Chelsea15/12/1996

LManchester United 5-0 Sunderland21/12/1996

VSunderland 2-0 Derby County26/12/1996

LWest Ham 2-0 Sunderland28/12/1996

DCoventry 2-2 Sunderland01/01/1997

DArsenal 1-1 Sunderland04/01/1997

Current form

Away

DWimbledon FC 2-2 Arsenal02/11/1996

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal16/11/1996

LLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal27/11/1996

VNewcastle United 1-2 Arsenal30/11/1996

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Arsenal21/12/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Arsenal26/12/1996

Overall

DArsenal 2-2 Derby County07/12/1996

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Arsenal21/12/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Arsenal26/12/1996

DArsenal 2-2 Aston Villa28/12/1996

VArsenal 2-0 Middlesbrough01/01/1997

DArsenal 1-1 Sunderland04/01/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	8	2
Conceding streak	0	3
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
6	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	3
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.86
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.95
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 times)

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	46
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Craig Russell	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Ian Wright
Craig Russell	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Ian Wright
Alex Rae	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Ian Wright
Alex Rae	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Michael Bridges	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	16 goals during the last 19 matches	Ian Wright

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

28 v

18 d

10 l

114 gf

67 ga

Away

60 matches

16 v

13 d

31 l

64 gf

115 ga

Total

116 matches

44 v

31 d

41 l

178 gf

182 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

31 v

13 d

16 l

115 gf

64 ga

Away

56 matches

10 v

18 d

28 l

67 gf

114 ga

Total

116 matches

41 v

31 d

44 l

182 gf

178 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 12, 1953
Home	7 - 1	September 12, 1953

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 24, 1949
Away	4 - 1	January 04, 1947

Latest head to head

January 04, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Arsenal

1 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

September 28, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

2 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

May 04, 1991 - Division 1 1990/1991

Sunderland

0 - 0

Arsenal

January 05, 1991 - FA Cup 1990/1991

Arsenal

2 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

October 27, 1990 - Division 1 1990/1991

Arsenal

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Gary Rowell	6 goals	1980 - 1984
Charles Hurley	2 goals	1966 - 1968
Clive Walker	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Billy Hughes	2 goals	1969 - 1973
Colin West	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Kevin Arnott	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Jon Sammels	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Alan Skirton	3 goals	1966 - 1966
John Hartson	2 goals	1996 - 1997
George Eastham	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Tony Woodcock	2 goals	1983 - 1984
John Radford	2 goals	1965 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Jimmy Montgomery	12 matches	1966 - 1976
Shaun Elliott	11 matches	1977 - 1985
Len Ashurst	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Martin Harvey	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Gordon Chisholm	9 matches	1980 - 1985
Charles Hurley	8 matches	1964 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

John Radford	11 matches	1965 - 1970
Paul Davis	11 matches	1980 - 1991
David O'Leary	11 matches	1976 - 1991
Peter Storey	11 matches	1966 - 1973
Frank McLintock	11 matches	1965 - 1970
George Armstrong	10 matches	1964 - 1976