Blackburn 2-0 Arsenal - March 15, 2003 / Premier League 2002/2003
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22'
BLA
18' - Substitution
Martin Keownis substituted by Gilberto Silva
22' - Goal
Damien Duff22
BLA
52' - Goal
Kerimoglu Tugay52
69' - Substitution
Damien Duffis substituted by Nils-Eric Johansson69
69' - Substitution
Eduis substituted by Francis Jeffers
69' - Substitution
Robert Pirèsis substituted by Sylvain Wiltord
78' - Substitution
Dwight Yorkeis substituted by Paul Gallagher78
ARS
ARS
Team line-ups
Blackburn
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Brad Friedel | 31 | 91 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Garry Flitcroft | 30 | 156 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Craig Short | 34 | 57 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Martin Taylor | 23 | 82 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Henning Berg | 33 | 252 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Vratislav Gresko | 25 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Damien Duff | 2269 | 24 | 148 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Kerimoglu Tugay | 52 | 32 | 83 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Keith Gillespie | 28 | 95 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Dwight Yorke | 78 | 31 | 37 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Hakan Sükür | 31 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
29.3 years
Average number of matches played for the team
92
Arsenal
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Stuart Taylor | 22 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Martin Keown | 18 | 36 | 429 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 18 | D |
Pascal Cygan | 28 | 25 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 12 | D |
Lauren | 26 | 109 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 28 | 56 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Edu | 69 | 24 | 58 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 7 | M |
Robert Pirès | 69 | 29 | 128 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
M |
Ray Parlour | 30 | 418 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
| 8 | M |
Freddie Ljungberg | 25 | 173 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 14 | F |
Thierry Henry | 25 | 193 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 10 | F |
Dennis Bergkamp | 33 | 306 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
27.8 years
Average number of matches played for the team
174
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D |
Nils-Eric Johansson | 69 | 23 | 63 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Paul Gallagher | 78 | 18 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | M |
Gilberto Silva | 18 | 26 | 41 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
M |
Sylvain Wiltord | 69 | 28 | 145 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Francis Jeffers | 69 | 22 | 34 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Damien Duff
IN
David Dunn
OUT
Dwight Yorke
IN
Andy Cole
OUT
Craig Short
IN
Lucas Neill
OUT
Hakan Sükür
IN
Egil Ostenstad
OUT
Vratislav Gresko
IN
James McEveley
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Stuart Taylor
IN
David Seaman
OUT
Freddie Ljungberg
IN
Sylvain Wiltord
OUT
Edu
IN
Gilberto Silva
OUT
Ray Parlour
IN
Patrick Vieira
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
49
158
Success rate in this team:
44 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
51 %
Souness vs Arsenal
5 victories
2 draws
6 losses
Souness vs Wenger
3 victories
1 draw
4 losses
Manager
Age
Match num
53
369
Success rate in this team:
57 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
49 %
Wenger vs Blackburn
6 victories
2 draws
4 losses
Wenger vs Souness
4 victories
1 draw
3 losses
Referee
Steve Bennett
9 victories |
5 draws |
5 losses |
Blackburn19 matches | General total | Arsenal28 matches | 17 victories |
9 draws |
2 losses |
1 victory |
1 draw |
0 loss |
Blackburn2 matches | Season total | Arsenal2 matches | 1 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on May 09, 2010 | Latest figure on February 20, 2010 | |||||||
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Key figures
End of streak for Arsenal after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 01/02/2003).
Blackburn keeps its 4 consecutive wins running (since 08/02/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/02/2001-07/03/2001 time period (4 matches).
End of streak for Arsenal after 20 consecutive matches without a loss (since 10/12/2002). It was the best streak for the club since 23/03/2002-06/10/2002 (24 matches).
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | VBlackburn 1-0 Middlesbrough01/01/2003 | DBlackburn 1-1 Birmingham City18/01/2003 | LBlackburn 1-3 Manchester United22/01/2003 | DBlackburn 3-3 Sunderland25/01/2003 | VBlackburn 1-0 Southampton08/02/2003 | VBlackburn 1-0 Manchester City01/03/2003 |
| Overall | LWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn29/01/2003 | LAston Villa 3-0 Blackburn02/02/2003 | DSunderland 2-2 Blackburn05/02/2003 | VBlackburn 1-0 Southampton08/02/2003 | VChelsea 1-2 Blackburn22/02/2003 | VBlackburn 1-0 Manchester City01/03/2003 |
Current form
| Away | VFarnborough 1-5 Arsenal25/01/2003 | DLiverpool 2-2 Arsenal29/01/2003 | DNewcastle United 1-1 Arsenal09/02/2003 | VManchester United 0-2 Arsenal15/02/2003 | VManchester City 1-5 Arsenal22/02/2003 | DAjax Amsterdam 0-0 Arsenal26/02/2003 |
| Overall | DArsenal 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam18/02/2003 | VManchester City 1-5 Arsenal22/02/2003 | DAjax Amsterdam 0-0 Arsenal26/02/2003 | VArsenal 2-0 Charlton02/03/2003 | DArsenal 2-2 Chelsea08/03/2003 | DArsenal 1-1 AS Roma11/03/2003 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 2 | 3 |
| Unbeaten streak | 3 | 4 |
| Drawless streak | 2 | 3 |
| Scoring streak | 10 | 4 |
| Invincibility streak | 2 | 1 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing streak | 1 | 2 |
| Unbeaten streak | 9 | 20 |
| Winless streak | 1 | 2 |
| Scoring streak | 0 | 3 |
| Goalless streak | 1 | 0 |
| Conceding streak | 0 | 2 |
| Invincibility streak | 1 | 0 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
29 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
29 |
|
15 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
14 |
|
11 |
Victories (Competition total) |
19 |
|
7 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
6 |
|
10 |
Draws (Competition total) |
6 |
|
5 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
5 |
|
8 |
Losses (Competition total) |
4 |
|
3 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
3 |
Goals
|
35 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
64 |
|
20 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
29 |
|
32 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
30 |
|
14 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
17 |
|
1.21 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
2.21 |
|
1.33 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
2.07 |
|
1.1 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1.03 |
|
0.93 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
1.21 |
Betting aid
|
13 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
19 |
|
6 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
9 |
|
10 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
8 |
|
7 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
6 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
1 |
|
3 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
16 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
20 |
|
7 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
10 |
|
1-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
1-1 |
Bookings
|
49 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
43 |
|
20 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
26 |
|
4 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
2 |
|
1 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
2 |
Key players
| Dwight Yorke | 7 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 19 goals | Thierry Henry |  |
 | David Dunn | 5 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | 8 goals | Thierry Henry | |
| David Dunn | 2 penalties | Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total) | 3 penalties | Thierry Henry | |
| David Dunn | 2 penalties | Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away) | 1 penalty | Robert Pirès | |
| - | Player with most assists (Competition total) | 14 assists | Thierry Henry | |
||
| - | Player with most assists (Home / Away) | 7 assists | Thierry Henry | |
||
| David Dunn | 2 goals during the last 2 matches | The fittest player | 13 goals, 11 assists during the last 16 matches | Thierry Henry | |
Historical head to head
Home
86 gf
70 ga
Away
44 gf
98 ga
Total
130 gf
168 ga
Historical head to head
Home
98 gf
44 ga
Away
70 gf
86 ga
Total
168 gf
130 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 7 - 0 |
October 02, 1909 |
| Home | 7 - 0 |
October 02, 1909 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 8 - 0 |
February 25, 1933 |
| Away | 5 - 0 |
January 01, 1923 |
Latest head to head
October 26, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003
January 30, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002
December 11, 2001 - League Cup 2001/2002
October 20, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002
March 10, 2001 - FA Cup 2000/2001
Best historical scorers against Arsenal
|
Frederick Pickering | 6 goals | 1962 - 1963 |
 |
Matt Jansen | 5 goals | 2001 - 2002 |
 |
Kevin Gallacher | 4 goals | 1993 - 1998 |
 |
Alan Shearer | 3 goals | 1992 - 1995 |
|
Mike England | 2 goals | 1964 - 1965 |
 |
Louis Bimpson | 2 goals | 1960 - 1960 |
Best historical scorers against Blackburn
 |
Joe Baker | 6 goals | 1962 - 1965 |
 |
Dennis Bergkamp | 5 goals | 1998 - 2002 |
|
Melvyn Charles | 4 goals | 1960 - 1960 |
 |
Geoff Strong | 4 goals | 1960 - 1963 |
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Ian Wright | 3 goals | 1996 - 1996 |
 |
David Herd | 3 goals | 1959 - 1960 |
Players with most games played vs Arsenal
|
Ronnie Clayton | 14 matches | 1959 - 1966 |
 |
Tim Sherwood | 12 matches | 1992 - 1998 |
 |
Jason Wilcox | 12 matches | 1992 - 1999 |
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Henning Berg | 11 matches | 1993 - 2002 |
|
Stuart Ripley | 11 matches | 1992 - 1998 |
 |
Bryan Douglas | 10 matches | 1959 - 1964 |
Players with most games played vs Blackburn
 |
David Seaman | 15 matches | 1992 - 2002 |
 |
Nigel Winterburn | 14 matches | 1992 - 1999 |
 |
Tony Adams | 13 matches | 1992 - 2001 |
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Lee Dixon | 13 matches | 1992 - 2001 |
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Ray Parlour | 12 matches | 1992 - 2002 |
|
Billy McCullough | 12 matches | 1959 - 1965 |
They played in both sides
55 matches
2 matches
27 matches
47 matches
1 match
15 matches
1 match
8 matches
1 match
301 matches
They played in both sides
1 match
301 matches
27 matches
47 matches
1 match
15 matches
1 match
8 matches
55 matches
2 matches
Competition info
The other matches
March 15, 2003
March 16, 2003
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