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Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal - December 31, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 20

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 31, 2005

37 114

0 - 0

Arsenal

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49' - Yellow card Mark Delaney49

68' - Substitution Robin van Persieis substituted by Dennis Bergkamp

75' - Yellow card Pascal Cygan

76' - Substitution Luke Mooreis substituted by Juan Pablo Angel76

76' - Substitution Alexander Hlebis substituted by José Antonio Reyes

79' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Robert Pirès

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Arsenal

Aston Villa Arsenal

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

1 Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age29 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

18 Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

19 Ridgewell

Liam Ridgewell

England

B.date21/07/1984

Age21 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2 Delaney49

Mark Delaney

Wales

B.date13/05/1976

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefender

24 Bakke

Eirik Bakke

Norway

B.date13/09/1977

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

6 Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

8 McCann

Gavin McCann

England

B.date10/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

11 Milner

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age19 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

12 Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age20 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

22 Moore76

Luke Moore

England

B.date13/02/1986

Age19 years

H1m80

positionStriker

10 Baros

Milan Baros

Czech Republic

B.date28/10/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Thomas Sorensen		29	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Aaron Hughes		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Liam Ridgewell		21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Delaney	49	29	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Eirik Bakke		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry		24	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gavin McCann		27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	James Milner		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Steven Davis		20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Luke Moore	76	19	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Milan Baros		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

1 Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age36 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

18 Cygan75

Pascal Cygan

France

B.date29/04/1974

Age31 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

28 Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

23 Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

12 Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

16 Flamini

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

15 Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age18 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

8 Ljungberg79

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age28 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

13 Hleb76

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age24 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

11 van Persie68

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

14 Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		36	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Pascal Cygan	75	31	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		24	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		31	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		28	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Mathieu Flamini		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cesc Fàbregas		18	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg	79	28	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Alexander Hleb	76	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie	68	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry		28	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

147

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
9	F		Juan Pablo Angel	76	30	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
7	M	Robert Pirès	79	32	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	José Antonio Reyes	76	22	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	68	36	409	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eirik Bakke

Wilfried Bouma

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Freddie Ljungberg

Robert Pirès

OUT

Cesc Fàbregas

Gilberto Silva

OUT

Alexander Hleb

José Antonio Reyes

OUT

Robin van Persie

Dennis Bergkamp

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David O'Leary

109

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

O'Leary vs Arsenal

3 victories

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

O'Leary vs Wenger

3 victories

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

526

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Aston Villa

10 victories

6 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Wenger vs O'Leary

8 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Referee

Uriah Rennie

9 victories	9 draws	3 losses	Aston Villa21 matches	General total	Arsenal19 matches	11 victories	5 draws	3 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Aston Villa1 match	Season total	Arsenal4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on January 12, 2008					Latest figure on August 26, 2006

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Key figures

End of streak for Aston Villa after 4 matches lost with a difference of 0 goals vs Arsenal (since 26/08/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/10/1995 (2 matches)

Lauren played his game number 10 vs Aston Villa in Premier League with Arsenal

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home in Premier League running (since 10/12/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/12/2004-02/05/2005 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

-1	11	Newcastle United	25 pts	19 rd
	12	Charlton	25 pts	18 rd
	13	Aston Villa	22 pts	20 rd
+1	14	Middlesbrough	21 pts	19 rd
-1	15	Fulham	20 pts	20 rd

General ranking

4	Tottenham	37 pts	20 rd
5	Wigan	34 pts	20 rd
6	Arsenal	33 pts	19 rd
7	Bolton Wanderers	31 pts	18 rd
8	Manchester City	28 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-2 Wigan22/10/2005

VAston Villa 1-0 Burnley25/10/2005

LAston Villa 0-2 Liverpool05/11/2005

VAston Villa 1-0 Charlton26/11/2005

LAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United17/12/2005

VAston Villa 4-0 Everton26/12/2005

Overall

LDoncaster Rovers 3-0 Aston Villa29/11/2005

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa03/12/2005

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa10/12/2005

LAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United17/12/2005

VAston Villa 4-0 Everton26/12/2005

DFulham 3-3 Aston Villa28/12/2005

Current form

Away

VWigan 2-3 Arsenal19/11/2005

VFC Thun 0-1 Arsenal22/11/2005

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Arsenal03/12/2005

LNewcastle United 1-0 Arsenal10/12/2005

DDoncaster Rovers 2-2 Arsenal21/12/2005

VCharlton 0-1 Arsenal26/12/2005

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam07/12/2005

LNewcastle United 1-0 Arsenal10/12/2005

LArsenal 0-2 Chelsea18/12/2005

DDoncaster Rovers 2-2 Arsenal21/12/2005

VCharlton 0-1 Arsenal26/12/2005

VArsenal 4-0 Portsmouth28/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	3
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	General ranking (Competition total)	6
15	General ranking (Home / Away)	13
193	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	12
15	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
5	Victories (Competition total)	10
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	6
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.21	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.78
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.22

Betting aid

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

Bookings

30	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Milan Baros	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Thierry Henry
Milan Baros	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Thierry Henry
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Thierry Henry
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Thierry Henry
Liam Ridgewell	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

40 v

21 d

21 l

150 gf

112 ga

Away

86 matches

23 v

18 d

45 l

97 gf

149 ga

Total

168 matches

63 v

39 d

66 l

247 gf

261 ga

Historical head to head

Home

86 matches

45 v

18 d

23 l

149 gf

97 ga

Away

82 matches

21 v

21 d

40 l

112 gf

150 ga

Total

168 matches

66 v

39 d

63 l

261 gf

247 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 28, 1920
Home	5 - 0	August 28, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1935
Away	7 - 1	December 14, 1935

Latest head to head

February 05, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Arsenal

October 16, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 18, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Arsenal

August 26, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Arsenal

2 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

April 05, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Hateley	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Bobby Thomson	6 goals	1961 - 1962
Dwight Yorke	5 goals	1995 - 1998
Jimmy MacEwan	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Savo Milosevic	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Gary Shelton	3 goals	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Thierry Henry	10 goals	2000 - 2005
Ted Drake	8 goals	1935 - 1935
Tony Woodcock	8 goals	1982 - 1985
Ian Wright	7 goals	1993 - 1996
Alan Skirton	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gordon Cowans	20 matches	1977 - 1991
Nigel Spink	18 matches	1983 - 1994
Allan Evans	18 matches	1978 - 1988
Ugo Ehiogu	16 matches	1991 - 2000
Paul McGrath	15 matches	1989 - 1996
Alan Wright	15 matches	1995 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

David O'Leary	31 matches	1975 - 1992
Lee Dixon	26 matches	1988 - 2002
Nigel Winterburn	24 matches	1988 - 2000
Ray Parlour	22 matches	1992 - 2004
David Seaman	21 matches	1990 - 2002
Tony Adams	20 matches	1986 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jimmy Rimmer

244 matches

146 matches

1974 - 1982

Kevin Richardson

161 matches

124 matches

1987 - 1995

Paul Merson

145 matches

425 matches

1986 - 2002

David Platt

110 matches

108 matches

1988 - 1998

John MacLeod

107 matches

102 matches

1961 - 1967

Martin Keown

70 matches

449 matches

1985 - 2004

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Martin Keown

70 matches

449 matches

1985 - 2004

Paul Merson

145 matches

425 matches

1986 - 2002

George Graham

8 matches

258 matches

1963 - 1972

Jimmy Rimmer

244 matches

146 matches

1974 - 1982

Kevin Richardson

161 matches

124 matches

1987 - 1995

David Platt

110 matches

108 matches

1988 - 1998

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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December 31, 2005

Charlton

2 0

West Ham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	55	20	18	1	1	43	9	+34
2	Manchester United	44	20	13	5	2	40	17	+23
3	Liverpool	40	18	12	4	2	26	9	+17
4	Tottenham	37	20	10	7	3	29	18	+11
5	Wigan	34	20	11	1	8	25	24	+1
6	Arsenal	33	19	10	3	6	27	15	+12
7	Bolton Wanderers	31	18	9	4	5	23	18	+5
8	Manchester City	28	20	8	4	8	27	22	+5
+29	Blackburn	27	19	8	3	8	24	24	0
-110	West Ham	26	20	7	5	8	26	27	-1
-111	Newcastle United	25	19	7	4	8	18	21	-3
12	Charlton	25	18	8	1	9	23	27	-4
13	Aston Villa	22	20	5	7	8	23	29	-6
+114	Middlesbrough	21	19	5	6	8	23	28	-5
-115	Fulham	20	20	5	5	10	23	29	-6
+116	Everton	20	20	6	2	12	11	30	-19
-117	West Bromwich Albion	19	20	5	4	11	19	29	-10
18	Portsmouth	17	20	4	5	11	15	31	-16
19	Birmingham City	13	19	3	4	12	13	29	-16
20	Sunderland	6	19	1	3	15	14	36	-22

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Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal - December 31, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Arsenal

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

O'Leary vs Arsenal

O'Leary vs Wenger

Manager

Wenger vs Aston Villa

Wenger vs O'Leary

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking