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Middlesbrough 0-2 Arsenal - April 19, 2003 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 34

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

April 19, 2003

34 724

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Arsenal

48'

Sylvain Wiltord (right foot) Assist by Thierry Henry

82'

Thierry Henry

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48' - Goal Sylvain Wiltord

70' - Substitution Dorivais substituted by Luke Wilkshire70

82' - Goal Thierry Henry

83' - Substitution Juninho Paulistais substituted by Massimo Maccarone photo Joseph-Désiré Job

83' - Substitution Malcolm Christieis substituted by Joseph-Désiré Job83

84' - Substitution Ashley Coleis substituted by Oleg Luzhny

89' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp

90' - Substitution Robert Pirèsis substituted by Giovanni van Bronckhorst

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Arsenal

Middlesbrough Arsenal

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Cooper

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age36 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Doriva70

Doriva

Brazil

B.date28/05/1972

Age30 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age27 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Juninho Paulista83

Juninho Paulista

Brazil

B.date22/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

Christie83

Malcolm Christie

England

B.date11/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Nemeth

Szilard Nemeth

Slovakia

B.date08/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		30	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		30	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Cooper		36	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Doriva	70	30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening		24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juninho Paulista	83	30	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Christie	83	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Szilard Nemeth		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Taylor

Stuart Taylor

England

B.date28/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

18 Cygan

Pascal Cygan

France

B.date29/04/1974

Age28 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

23 Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Cole84

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

12 Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

19 Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft Defensive Midfielder

7 Pirès90

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Wiltord48

Sylvain Wiltord

France

B.date10/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8 Ljungberg

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age26 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

14 Henry8289

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Stuart Taylor		22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Pascal Cygan		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Ashley Cole	84	22	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Pirès	90	29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Ray Parlour		30	423	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Sylvain Wiltord	48	28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg		26	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry	8289	25	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

138

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Luke Wilkshire	70	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joseph-Désiré Job	83	25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Massimo Maccarone	83	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	90	28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Oleg Luzhny	84	34	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	89	33	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Szilard Nemeth

Joseph-Désiré Job

OUT

George Boateng

Geremi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pascal Cygan

Martin Keown

OUT

Ray Parlour

Patrick Vieira

OUT

Sylvain Wiltord

Dennis Bergkamp

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

McClaren vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 2003

McClaren vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

376

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Wenger vs Middlesbrough

10 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 19, 2003

Wenger vs McClaren

5 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 2003

Referee

David Elleray

4 victories	5 draws	4 losses	Middlesbrough13 matches	General total	Arsenal19 matches	12 victories	3 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Middlesbrough3 matches	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 19, 2003					Latest figure on April 19, 2003

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Key figures

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home (since 01/03/2003). It was the best streak for the club since 22/10/2001-03/02/2002 (9 matches).

Malcolm Christie played his game number 100 in Premier League

Arsenal keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 23/03/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/12/2002-11/03/2003 time period (20 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Southampton11/01/2003

LMiddlesbrough 2-5 Aston Villa28/01/2003

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Everton01/03/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Newcastle United05/03/2003

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Charlton22/03/2003

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 West Bromwich Albion05/04/2003

Overall

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Everton01/03/2003

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Newcastle United05/03/2003

VLeeds United 2-3 Middlesbrough15/03/2003

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Charlton22/03/2003

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 West Bromwich Albion05/04/2003

DManchester City 0-0 Middlesbrough12/04/2003

Current form

Away

VManchester City 1-5 Arsenal22/02/2003

DAjax Amsterdam 0-0 Arsenal26/02/2003

LBlackburn 2-0 Arsenal15/03/2003

LValencia CF 2-1 Arsenal19/03/2003

VChelsea 1-3 Arsenal25/03/2003

DAston Villa 1-1 Arsenal05/04/2003

Overall

LValencia CF 2-1 Arsenal19/03/2003

VArsenal 2-1 Everton23/03/2003

VChelsea 1-3 Arsenal25/03/2003

DAston Villa 1-1 Arsenal05/04/2003

VArsenal 1-0 Sheffield United13/04/2003

DArsenal 2-2 Manchester United16/04/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	17	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
12	Victories (Competition total)	20
9	Victories (Home / Away)	6
10	Draws (Competition total)	8
7	Draws (Home / Away)	6
11	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	69
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	30
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.09
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.88
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.09
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
2-2 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Geremi	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	21 goals	Thierry Henry
Szilard Nemeth	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Thierry Henry
Massimo Maccarone	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Thierry Henry
Massimo Maccarone	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robert Pirès
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	15 assists	Thierry Henry
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	7 assists	Thierry Henry
Malcolm Christie	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	15 goals, 12 assists during the last 20 matches	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

23 v

15 d

20 l

85 gf

82 ga

Away

54 matches

6 v

14 d

34 l

53 gf

128 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

113 matches

29 v

29 d

55 l

138 gf

211 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

34 v

14 d

6 l

128 gf

53 ga

Away

58 matches

20 v

15 d

23 l

82 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

113 matches

55 v

29 d

29 l

211 gf

138 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 19, 1980
Home	5 - 0	May 19, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 19, 1935
Away	6 - 1	April 24, 1999

Latest head to head

December 21, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Arsenal

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 14, 2002 - FA Cup 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Arsenal

December 29, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Arsenal

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 18, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

0 - 4

Arsenal

April 14, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Arsenal

0 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Armstrong	5 goals	1977 - 1981
Ricard Hamilton	5 goals	1999 - 2001
David Mills	3 goals	1975 - 1978
Alun Armstrong	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Graeme Souness	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Phil Stamp	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1997 - 2001
Graham Rix	5 goals	1980 - 1984
Ted Drake	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Frank Stapleton	5 goals	1975 - 1981
Marc Overmars	5 goals	1998 - 1999
Ian Wright	4 goals	1992 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Craggs	16 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
Anthony McAndrew	12 matches	1976 - 1982
Steve Vickers	12 matches	1995 - 2001
Robbie Mustoe	12 matches	1995 - 2002
Mark Schwarzer	10 matches	1998 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

David O'Leary	15 matches	1975 - 1993
Tony Adams	14 matches	1988 - 2001
Graham Rix	14 matches	1977 - 1984
Ray Parlour	13 matches	1992 - 2002
Frank Stapleton	12 matches	1975 - 1981
David Seaman	12 matches	1992 - 2002