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Watford 1-2 Arsenal - December 26, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007
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Watford 1-2 Arsenal - December 26, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007

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83'

Robin van Persie (left foot) Assist by Theo Walcott

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0
19photo Gilberto Silva 19' - Goal Gilberto Silva
photo Tommy Smith 23' - Goal Tommy Smith23
HT

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46photo Philippe Senderosphoto Johan Djourou 46' - Substitution Johan Djourouis substituted by Philippe Senderos
photo Damien Francisphoto Hamer Bouazza 69' - Substitution Hamer Bouazzais substituted by Damien Francis69
71photo Theo Walcottphoto Alexander Hleb 71' - Substitution Alexander Hlebis substituted by Theo Walcott
photo Darius Hendersonphoto Anthony McNamee 78' - Substitution Anthony McNameeis substituted by Darius Hendersonphoto Damien Francis 78' - Yellow card Damien Francis78
79photo Júlio Baptistaphoto Tomas Rosicky 79' - Substitution Tomas Rosickyis substituted by Júlio Baptista
83photo Robin van Persie 83' - Goal Robin van Persie
photo Tamás Priskinphoto Danny Shittu 91' - Substitution Danny Shittuis substituted by Tamás Priskin91
FT

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Team line-ups

Watford

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
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Foster
photo Ben Foster
Ben Foster
England
B.date03/04/1983
Age23 years
H1m92  
positionGoalkeeper
Shittu90+1
photo Danny Shittu
Danny Shittu
Nigeria
B.date02/09/1980
Age26 years
H1m91  
positionCentral defender
DeMerit
photo Jay DeMerit
Jay DeMerit
United States
B.date04/12/1979
Age27 years
H1m80  
positionCentral defender
Mariappa
photo Adrian Mariappa
Adrian Mariappa
Jamaica
B.date03/10/1986
Age20 years
H1m80  
positionRight full-back
Stewart
photo Jordan Stewart
Jordan Stewart
England
B.date03/03/1982
Age24 years
H1m83  
positionLeft full-back
Mahon
photo Gavin Mahon
Gavin Mahon
England
B.date02/01/1977
Age29 years
H1m83  
positionDefensive Midfielder
Bangura
photo Al Bangura
Al Bangura
Sierra Leone
B.date24/01/1988
Age18 years
H1m76  
positionDefensive Midfielder
Bouazza69
photo Hamer Bouazza
Hamer Bouazza
Algeria
B.date22/02/1985
Age21 years
H1m78  
positionLeft Midfielder
Smith23
photo Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith
England
B.date22/05/1980
Age26 years
H1m79  
positionVersatile Midfielder
McNamee78
photo Anthony McNamee
Anthony McNamee
England
B.date13/07/1983
Age23 years
H1m68  
positionLeft Offensive Midfielder
Young
photo Ashley Young
Ashley Young
England
B.date09/07/1985
Age21 years
H1m80  
positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Ben Foster 23 62 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Danny Shittu 90+1 26 20 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Jay DeMerit 27 89 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Adrian Mariappa 20 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Jordan Stewart 24 59 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Gavin Mahon 29 177 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Al Bangura 18 51 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Hamer Bouazza 69 21 80 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Tommy Smith 23 26 132 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Anthony McNamee 78 23 95 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Ashley Young 21 105 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

80

Arsenal

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
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Lehmann
photo Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann
Germany
B.date10/11/1969
Age37 years
H1m90  
positionGoalkeeper
Djourou46
photo Johan Djourou
Johan Djourou
Switzerland
B.date18/01/1987
Age19 years
H1m91  
positionRight central defender
Touré
photo Kolo Touré
Kolo Touré
Ivory Coast
B.date19/03/1981
Age25 years
H1m83  
positionCentral defender
Hoyte
photo Justin Hoyte
Justin Hoyte
Trinidad and Tobago
B.date20/11/1984
Age22 years
H1m80  
positionRight full-back
Clichy
photo Gaël Clichy
Gaël Clichy
France
B.date26/07/1985
Age21 years
H1m76  
positionLeft full-back
Silva19
photo Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Silva
Brazil
B.date07/10/1976
Age30 years
H1m85  
positionDefensive Midfielder
Fàbregas
photo Cesc Fàbregas
Cesc Fàbregas
Spain
B.date04/05/1987
Age19 years
H1m79  
positionRight central midfielder
Hleb71
photo Alexander Hleb
Alexander Hleb
Belarus
B.date01/05/1981
Age25 years
H1m85  
positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder
Rosicky79
photo Tomas Rosicky
Tomas Rosicky
Czech Republic
B.date04/10/1980
Age26 years
H1m79  
positionPlaymaker
van Persie83
photo Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie
Netherlands
B.date06/08/1983
Age23 years
H1m83  
positionLeft Offensive Midfielder
Adebayor
photo Emmanuel Adebayor
Emmanuel Adebayor
Togo
B.date26/02/1984
Age22 years
H1m93  
positionCentre forward

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Jens Lehmann 37 167 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Johan Djourou 46 19 38 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Kolo Touré 25 217 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Justin Hoyte 22 34 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Gaël Clichy 21 73 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Gilberto Silva 19 30 187 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Cesc Fàbregas 19 127 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Alexander Hleb 71 25 67 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Tomas Rosicky 79 26 18 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Robin van Persie 83 23 105 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Emmanuel Adebayor 22 38 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

97

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
M
Damien Francis 6978 27 20 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Darius Henderson 78 25 56 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Tamás Priskin 90+1 20 8 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
D
Philippe Senderos 46 21 65 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Júlio Baptista 79 25 11 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Theo Walcott 71 17 20 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anthony McNamee

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Darius Henderson

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Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Boothroyd vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Boothroyd vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Watford

5 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Wenger vs Boothroyd

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Referee

Michael Dean

7 victories

10 draws

12 losses

Watford29 matchesGeneral total Arsenal81 matches

39 victories

24 draws

18 losses

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Watford3 matchesSeason total Arsenal3 matches

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 22, 2022Latest figure on May 01, 2022

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Key figures

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Watford keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal running (since 25/09/1999). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 22/12/1984 (2 matches)

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It's the first time Tommy Smith scores a goal in Premier League since the 29/04/2000 (with vs )

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It's the first time Tommy Smith scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

General ranking

-216 Middlesbrough 21 pts 20 rd
-117 Sheffield United 20 pts 20 rd
18 West Ham 18 pts 20 rd
19 Charlton 12 pts 19 rd
20 Watford 11 pts 19 rd

General ranking

1 Manchester United 50 pts 20 rd
2 Chelsea 46 pts 20 rd
+13 Arsenal 36 pts 20 rd
+14 Bolton Wanderers 36 pts 20 rd
+15 Portsmouth 35 pts 20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 2-1 Hull City24/10/2006

DWatford 0-0 Tottenham28/10/2006

VWatford 2-0 Middlesbrough04/11/2006

DWatford 2-2 Newcastle United07/11/2006

LWatford 0-1 Sheffield United28/11/2006

DWatford 0-0 Reading09/12/2006

Overall

LPortsmouth 2-1 Watford18/11/2006

LWatford 0-1 Sheffield United28/11/2006

DManchester City 0-0 Watford04/12/2006

DWatford 0-0 Reading09/12/2006

LNewcastle United 2-1 Watford16/12/2006

LLiverpool 2-0 Watford23/12/2006

Current form

Away

VEverton 0-1 Arsenal08/11/2006

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Arsenal25/11/2006

LFulham 2-1 Arsenal29/11/2006

DFC Porto 0-0 Arsenal06/12/2006

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal10/12/2006

VWigan 0-1 Arsenal13/12/2006

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Tottenham02/12/2006

DFC Porto 0-0 Arsenal06/12/2006

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal10/12/2006

VWigan 0-1 Arsenal13/12/2006

DArsenal 2-2 Portsmouth16/12/2006

VArsenal 6-2 Blackburn23/12/2006

Running streaks

Home Total
Drawing streak 1 0
Loosing streak 0 2
Unbeaten streak 1 0
Winless streak 3 8
Drawless streak 0 2
Goalless streak 2 1
Conceding streak 0 2
Invincibility streak 1 0

Running streaks

Away Total
Winning streak 1 1
Unbeaten streak 3 6
Drawless streak 1 1
Scoring streak 2 4
Conceding streak 0 2
Invincibility streak 1 0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

20

General ranking (Competition total)

4

20

General ranking (Home / Away)

4

637

FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)

8

20

FBDB index ranking (National)

4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18

Number of games (Competition total)

19

8

Number of games (Home / Away)

9

1

Victories (Competition total)

9

1

Victories (Home / Away)

4

8

Draws (Competition total)

6

5

Draws (Home / Away)

1

9

Losses (Competition total)

4

2

Losses (Home / Away)

4

Goals

11

Goals scored (Competition total)

35

7

Goals scored (Home / Away)

11

24

Goals conceded (Competition total)

17

7

Goals conceded (Home / Away)

9

0.61

Goals scored per match average (Competition total)

1.84

0.88

Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)

1.22

1.33

Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)

0.89

0.88

Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)

1

Betting aid

7

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)

10

2

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)

4

6

Clean sheets (Competition total)

7

4

Clean sheets (Home / Away)

3

10

Matches without scoring (Competition total)

2

4

Matches without scoring (Home / Away)

2

7

The 2 teams score (Competition total)

10

3

The 2 teams score (Home / Away)

4

0-0
(3 times)

Most frequent score (Home / Away)

0-1
(2 times)

Bookings

23

Yellow cards (Competition total)

35

10

Yellow cards (Home / Away)

21

1

Red cards (Competition total)

1

1

Red cards (Home / Away)

1

Key players

photo Ashley YoungAshley Young3 goalsTeam's best scorer (Competition total)7 goalsRobin van Persiephoto Robin van Persie
photo Ashley YoungAshley Young3 goalsTeam's best scorer (Home / Away)4 goalsRobin van Persiephoto Robin van Persie
-Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)2 penaltiesThierry Henryphoto Thierry Henry
-Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)1 penaltyThierry Henryphoto Thierry Henry
photo Marlon KingMarlon King1 assistPlayer with most assists (Competition total)4 assistsCesc Fàbregasphoto Cesc Fàbregas
photo Ashley YoungAshley Young1 assistPlayer with most assists (Home / Away)2 assistsCesc Fàbregasphoto Cesc Fàbregas
photo Hamer BouazzaHamer Bouazza1 goal during the last 2 matchesThe fittest player2 goals, 1 assist during the last matchRobin van Persiephoto Robin van Persie

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches
5 v
0 d
4 l

19 gf

15 ga

Away

9 matches
3 v
1 d
5 l

10 gf

16 ga

Neutral ground

1 match
1 v
0 d
0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

19 matches
9 v
1 d
9 l

32 gf

32 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches
5 v
1 d
3 l

16 gf

10 ga

Away

9 matches
4 v
0 d
5 l

15 gf

19 ga

Neutral ground

1 match
0 v
0 d
1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

19 matches
9 v
1 d
9 l

32 gf

32 ga

Largest victory

Overall
3 - 0
April 01, 1986
Home
3 - 0
April 01, 1986

Largest victory

Overall
3 - 0
October 14, 2006
Away
4 - 2
January 05, 2002

Latest head to head

October 14, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

January 05, 2002 - FA Cup 2001/2002

April 23, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

September 25, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

April 15, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

photo John Barnes John Barnes 4 goals 1982 - 1986
photo Luther Blissett Luther Blissett 4 goals 1983 - 1987
photo Mo Johnston Mo Johnston 3 goals 1983 - 1984
photo Kenny Jackett Kenny Jackett 3 goals 1982 - 1987
photo Malcolm Allen Malcolm Allen 2 goals 1986 - 1986
photo Marcus Gayle Marcus Gayle 1 goal 2002 - 2002
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

photo Thierry Henry Thierry Henry 4 goals 2000 - 2006
photo Raphael Meade Raphael Meade 3 goals 1983 - 1983
photo Frank Stapleton Frank Stapleton 2 goals 1980 - 1980
photo Brian Talbot Brian Talbot 2 goals 1982 - 1984
photo Nwankwo Kanu Nwankwo Kanu 2 goals 1999 - 2002
photo Charly Nicholas Charly Nicholas 2 goals 1984 - 1984
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

photo Kenny Jackett Kenny Jackett 11 matches 1982 - 1988
photo Wilf Rostron Wilf Rostron 10 matches 1982 - 1988
photo John Barnes John Barnes 10 matches 1982 - 1987
photo John McClelland John McClelland 7 matches 1984 - 1988
photo Luther Blissett Luther Blissett 7 matches 1982 - 1987
photo Tony Coton Tony Coton 7 matches 1984 - 1988
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

photo Kenny Sansom Kenny Sansom 12 matches 1982 - 1988
photo David O'Leary David O'Leary 11 matches 1980 - 1987
photo Paul Davis Paul Davis 9 matches 1982 - 1988
photo John Lukic John Lukic 8 matches 1984 - 1988
photo Tony Adams Tony Adams 8 matches 1984 - 1999
photo Charly Nicholas Charly Nicholas 7 matches 1983 - 1987
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

231 matches

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19 matches

1975 - 1988

86 matches

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11 matches

1997 - 2004

48 matches

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327 matches

1979 - 1986

47 matches

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logo Arsenal

503 matches

1967 - 1984

39 matches

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124 matches

1986 - 1990

23 matches

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26 matches

1999 - 2005
Total : 9 players
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/11/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

47 matches

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503 matches

1967 - 1984

48 matches

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logo Arsenal

327 matches

1979 - 1986

39 matches

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logo Arsenal

124 matches

1986 - 1990

3 matches

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logo Arsenal

80 matches

1981 - 1992

17 matches

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logo Arsenal

75 matches

1994 - 2001

23 matches

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26 matches

1999 - 2005
Total : 9 players
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Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2006

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Post-match general ranking

pts m v d l GF GA diff
1
logo Manchester United Manchester United 502016224411+33
2
logo Chelsea Chelsea 462014423515+20
+13
logo Arsenal Arsenal 362010643718+19
+14
logo Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 362011362416+8
+15
logo Portsmouth Portsmouth 352010553018+12
-36
logo Liverpool Liverpool 342010462816+12
7
logo Tottenham Tottenham 31209472526-1
8
logo Everton Everton 28207762420+4
9
logo Reading Reading 27208392227-5
10
logo Aston Villa Aston Villa 252051052223-1
11
logo Newcastle United Newcastle United 25207492123-2
12
logo Fulham Fulham 24196671828-10
+213
logo Manchester City Manchester City 23206591624-8
-114
logo Wigan Wigan 222064102329-6
+215
logo Blackburn Blackburn 22196491928-9
-216
logo Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 21205691724-7
-117
logo Sheffield United Sheffield United 202055101526-11
18
logo West Ham West Ham 182053121226-14
19
logo Charlton Charlton 121933131333-20
20
logo Watford Watford 111918101226-14
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