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Arsenal 0-1 Newcastle United - May 03, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 36

Highbury - London - England

May 03, 1997

38 179

Arsenal

0 - 1

Newcastle United

44'

Robbie Elliott

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28' - Substitution Rob Leeis substituted by Lee Clark

44' - Goal Robbie Elliott

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46' - Substitution Tony Adamsis substituted by Ray Parlour46

52' - Substitution Faustino Asprillais substituted by Keith Gillespie

59' - Substitution David Plattis substituted by Nicolas Anelka59

79' - Red card Keith Gillespie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

0 - 1

Newcastle United

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Team line-ups

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams46

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

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

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age20 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Platt59

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wright

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	David Seaman		33	338	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams	46	30	515	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		30	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		33	455	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		33	423	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt	59	30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		29	424	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright		33	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp		27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

283

Newcastle United

1 Srnicek

Pavel Srnicek

Czech Republic

B.date10/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

26 Elliott44

Robbie Elliott

England

B.date25/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

2 Barton

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

3 Beresford

John Beresford

England

B.date04/09/1966

Age30 years

H1m65

positionLeft full-back

7 Lee28

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Asprilla52

Faustino Asprilla

Colombia

B.date10/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

10 Ferdinand

Les Ferdinand

England

B.date08/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Pavel Srnicek		29	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock		29	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		23	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Robbie Elliott	44	23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Warren Barton		28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	John Beresford		30	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee	28	31	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Faustino Asprilla	52	27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Les Ferdinand		30	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ray Parlour	46	24	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Nicolas Anelka	59	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
20	M		Lee Clark	28	24	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M		Keith Gillespie	5279	22	93	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

Pavel Srnicek

Shaka Hislop

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 1997

Wenger vs Dalglish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Dalglish vs Arsenal

12 victories

6 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 1997

Dalglish vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 1997

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win running (since 19/04/1997).

Arsenal keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw vs Newcastle United running (since 12/11/1988). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/11/1957 (9 matches)

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 19/04/1997).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArsenal 1-2 Manchester United19/02/1997

LArsenal 0-1 Wimbledon FC23/02/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Nottingham Forest08/03/1997

LArsenal 1-2 Liverpool24/03/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Leicester12/04/1997

DArsenal 1-1 Blackburn19/04/1997

Overall

VSouthampton 0-2 Arsenal15/03/1997

LArsenal 1-2 Liverpool24/03/1997

VChelsea 0-3 Arsenal05/04/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Leicester12/04/1997

DArsenal 1-1 Blackburn19/04/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal21/04/1997

Current form

Away

DSouthampton 2-2 Newcastle United18/01/1997

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Newcastle United22/02/1997

LLiverpool 4-3 Newcastle United10/03/1997

LMonaco 3-0 Newcastle United18/03/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Newcastle United23/03/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Newcastle United13/04/1997

Overall

LMonaco 3-0 Newcastle United18/03/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Newcastle United23/03/1997

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sunderland05/04/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Newcastle United13/04/1997

VNewcastle United 3-1 Chelsea16/04/1997

VNewcastle United 3-1 Derby County19/04/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	34
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
18	Victories (Competition total)	17
10	Victories (Home / Away)	5
11	Draws (Competition total)	9
5	Draws (Home / Away)	6
7	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	67
36	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.64	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.97
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

80	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
29	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
4	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ian Wright	21 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	24 goals	Alan Shearer
Ian Wright	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Les Ferdinand
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Alan Shearer
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Wright	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Alan Shearer

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

32 v

15 d

19 l

108 gf

72 ga

Away

67 matches

15 v

12 d

40 l

77 gf

136 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

134 matches

47 v

27 d

60 l

185 gf

209 ga

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

40 v

12 d

15 l

136 gf

77 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

134 matches

60 v

27 d

47 l

209 gf

185 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 17, 1960
Home	5 - 0	September 17, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 03, 1925
Away	4 - 1	August 25, 1923

Latest head to head

November 30, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Arsenal

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

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Ian Wright	6 goals	1993 - 1996
George Graham	5 goals	1967 - 1971
Ray Kennedy	4 goals	1971 - 1973
David Herd	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Frank Stapleton	2 goals	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

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
Micky Burns	3 goals	1976 - 1978
Len White	3 goals	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1959. 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
Pat Rice	17 matches	1970 - 1978
Peter Simpson	17 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Storey	17 matches	1966 - 1975
Tony Adams	13 matches	1984 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1959. 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	14 matches	1984 - 1996
Stewart Barrowclough	11 matches	1972 - 1978