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Arsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton - December 27, 2011 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Round 18

Emirates Stadium - London - England

December 27, 2011 - 14:00

59 686

Arsenal

1 - 1

Wolverhampton

Assist by Yossi Benayoun (left foot) Gervinho

38'

Steven Fletcher (header) Assist by Stephen Hunt

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8' - Goal Gervinho8

32' - Yellow card Roger Johnson

38' - Goal Steven Fletcher

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50' - Substitution Ronald Zubaris substituted by Richard Stearman

57' - Yellow card Thomas Vermaelen57

63' - Substitution Yossi Benayounis substituted by Andrey Arshavin63

69' - Yellow card Alexandre Song69

71' - Substitution Alexandre Songis substituted by Aaron Ramsey71

71' - Substitution Anthony Fordeis substituted by Adlène Guedioura

73' - Yellow card Adlène Guedioura

75' - Red card Nenad Milijas

85' - Substitution Johan Djourouis substituted by Marouane Chamakh85

86' - Substitution Stephen Huntis substituted by Kevin Doyle

92' - Yellow card Wayne Hennessey

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 1

Wolverhampton

Arsenal Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

27Gervinho8

Gervinho

Ivory Coast

B.date27/05/1987

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

30Benayoun63

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age31 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Rosicky

Tomas Rosicky

Czech Republic

B.date04/10/1980

Age31 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

8Arteta

Mikel Arteta

Spain

B.date26/03/1982

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

17Song7169

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Vermaelen57

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age27 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

20Djourou85

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age24 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

13Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age21 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Wojciech Szczesny		21	50	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Johan Djourou	85	24	132	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker		27	19	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Thomas Vermaelen	57	26	68	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		26	63	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song	7169	24	178	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikel Arteta		29	20	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Yossi Benayoun	63	31	14	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Robin van Persie		28	254	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Tomas Rosicky		31	143	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Gervinho	8	24	22	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wolverhampton

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Fletcher38

Steven Fletcher

Scotland

B.date26/03/1987

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

17Jarvis

Matthew Jarvis

England

B.date22/05/1986

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

20Milijas75

Nenad Milijas

Serbia

B.date30/04/1983

Age28 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

8Henry

Karl Henry

England

B.date26/11/1982

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

12Hunt86

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

37Forde71

Anthony Forde

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/11/1993

Age18 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

11Ward

Stephen Ward

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/08/1985

Age26 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

16Berra

Christophe Berra

Scotland

B.date31/01/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

14Johnson32

Roger Johnson

England

B.date28/04/1983

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

23Zubar50

Ronald Zubar

Guadeloupe

B.date20/09/1985

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

1Hennessey92

Wayne Hennessey

Wales

B.date24/01/1987

Age24 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Wayne Hennessey	92	24	150	8.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Ronald Zubar	50	26	50	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Christophe Berra		26	107	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Roger Johnson	32	28	18	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Stephen Ward		26	176	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nenad Milijas	75	28	61	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Karl Henry		29	216	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Anthony Forde	71	18	3	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Stephen Hunt	86	30	42	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Matthew Jarvis		25	153	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Steven Fletcher	38	24	47	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		34
49	D	Ignasi Miquel		19
16	M	Aaron Ramsey	71	21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Francis Coquelin		20
23	M	Andrey Arshavin	63	30	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain		18
29	F	Marouane Chamakh	85	27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Dorus de Vries		30
5	D	Richard Stearman	50	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	D	Ethan Ebanks-Landell		19
3	D	George Elokobi		25
34	M	Adlène Guedioura	7173	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Adam Hammill		23
29	F	Kevin Doyle	86	28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Yossi Benayoun

Theo Walcott

OUT

Tomas Rosicky

Emmanuel Frimpong

OUT

Johan Djourou

Aaron Ramsey

OUT

Alexandre Song

Francis Coquelin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anthony Forde

Ethan Ebanks-Landell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

876

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Wolverhampton

10 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 27, 2011

Wenger vs McCarthy

7 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 27, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

261

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McCarthy vs Arsenal

1 victory

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 2011

McCarthy vs Wenger

0 victory

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 2011

Referee

Stuart Attwell

8 victories	7 draws	6 losses	Arsenal21 matches	General total	Wolverhampton31 matches	12 victories	8 draws	11 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	Wolverhampton2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 04, 2023					Latest figure on April 24, 2024

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Sammy Chung head of (01/07/1976-08/11/1978), you can see a maanger go beneath Mick McCarthy with 23% of draws in Premier League (22%).

Wolverhampton keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 04/12/2011).

Wayne Hennessey played his game number 150 in his professional career with

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 0-0 Marseille01/11/2011

VArsenal 3-0 West Bromwich Albion05/11/2011

VArsenal 2-1 Borussia Dortmund23/11/2011

DArsenal 1-1 Fulham26/11/2011

LArsenal 0-1 Manchester City29/11/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Everton10/12/2011

Overall

LArsenal 0-1 Manchester City29/11/2011

VWigan 0-4 Arsenal03/12/2011

LOlympiacos 3-1 Arsenal06/12/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Everton10/12/2011

LManchester City 1-0 Arsenal18/12/2011

VAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal21/12/2011

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 2-1 Wolverhampton24/09/2011

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Wolverhampton16/10/2011

LManchester City 3-1 Wolverhampton29/10/2011

LEverton 2-1 Wolverhampton19/11/2011

LChelsea 3-0 Wolverhampton26/11/2011

LManchester United 4-1 Wolverhampton10/12/2011

Overall

LEverton 2-1 Wolverhampton19/11/2011

LChelsea 3-0 Wolverhampton26/11/2011

VWolverhampton 2-1 Sunderland04/12/2011

LManchester United 4-1 Wolverhampton10/12/2011

LWolverhampton 1-2 Stoke City17/12/2011

DWolverhampton 2-2 Norwich City20/12/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	6	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	7	3
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	6	13

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	173
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
10	Victories (Competition total)	4
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.12
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.88
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.13

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
3	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robin van Persie	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Steven Fletcher
Robin van Persie	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Steven Fletcher
Robin van Persie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Stephen Hunt
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Stephen Hunt
Alexandre Song	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Jamie O'Hara
Theo Walcott	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Stephen Hunt
Robin van Persie	16 goals, 2 assists during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Steven Fletcher

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

34 v

13 d

9 l

131 gf

72 ga

Away

53 matches

21 v

12 d

20 l

81 gf

90 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

110 matches

56 v

25 d

29 l

213 gf

162 ga

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

20 v

12 d

21 l

90 gf

81 ga

Away

56 matches

9 v

13 d

34 l

72 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

110 matches

29 v

25 d

56 l

162 gf

213 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 01, 1934
Home	7 - 0	December 01, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 07, 1959
Away	5 - 1	April 22, 1961

Latest head to head

February 12, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

November 10, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Wolverhampton

0 - 2

Arsenal

April 03, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Arsenal

1 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

November 07, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Wolverhampton

1 - 4

Arsenal

January 29, 2005 - FA Cup 2004/2005

Arsenal

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

John Radford	9 goals	1965 - 1972
George Graham	7 goals	1967 - 1972
Frank Stapleton	6 goals	1978 - 1981
Geoff Strong	5 goals	1962 - 1963
David Herd	4 goals	1959 - 1960
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Richards	9 goals	1972 - 1981
Derek Dougan	9 goals	1967 - 1973
Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1959 - 1963
Norman Deeley	5 goals	1959 - 1960
Peter Broadbent	4 goals	1959 - 1962
Kenny Hibbitt	4 goals	1971 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Pat Rice	21 matches	1970 - 1980
John Radford	18 matches	1965 - 1976
George Armstrong	18 matches	1963 - 1976
Peter Storey	17 matches	1967 - 1976
Robert McNab	14 matches	1967 - 1975
David O'Leary	13 matches	1975 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Derek Parkin	22 matches	1968 - 1981
Kenny Hibbitt	21 matches	1971 - 1984
John Richards	20 matches	1970 - 1982
John McAlle	19 matches	1969 - 1981
Geoff Palmer	16 matches	1973 - 1984
Phil Parkes	15 matches	1968 - 1977