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Arsenal 3-0 Reading - November 29, 2005 / League Cup 2005/2006

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League Cup 2005/2006 - Round of 16

Highbury - London - England

November 29, 2005

36 167

3 - 0

Reading

José Antonio Reyes

12'

Robin van Persie

42'

Arturo Lupoli

65'

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12' - Goal José Antonio Reyes12

42' - Goal Robin van Persie42

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59' - Substitution Nicky Shoreyis substituted by Chris Makin

63' - Substitution Robin van Persieis substituted by Arturo Lupoli63

65' - Goal Arturo Lupoli65

72' - Substitution Leroy Litais substituted by Kevin Doyle

75' - Substitution José Antonio Reyesis substituted by Pascal Cygan75

83' - Substitution Quincy Owusu-Abeyieis substituted by Nicklas Bendtner83

83' - Substitution Graham Stackis substituted by Marcus Hahnemann

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 0

Reading

Arsenal Reading

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age18 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Senderos

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Gilbert

Kerrea Gilbert

England

B.date28/02/1987

Age18 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Muamba

Fabrice Muamba

England

B.date06/04/1988

Age17 years

H1m90

positionLeft central midfielder

Flamini

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Reyes1275

José Antonio Reyes

Spain

B.date01/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Owusu-Abeyie83

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

Ghana

B.date15/04/1986

Age19 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Larsson

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

van Persie4263

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Manuel Almunia		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Senderos		20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmanuel Eboué		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kerrea Gilbert		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fabrice Muamba		17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Flamini		21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Antonio Reyes	1275	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	83	19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastian Larsson		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin van Persie	4263	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Stack83

Graham Stack

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/09/1981

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Shorey59

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age22 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Oster

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hunt

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lita72

Leroy Lita

England

B.date28/12/1984

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Kitson

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Graham Stack	83	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		28	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey	59	24	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		31	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		22	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		25	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita	72	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson		25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Pascal Cygan	75	31	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arturo Lupoli	6563	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	83	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann	83	33	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Makin	59	32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	72	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manuel Almunia

Jens Lehmann

OUT

Robin van Persie

Thierry Henry

OUT

Johan Djourou

Pascal Cygan

OUT

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

Robert Pirès

OUT

Fabrice Muamba

Gilberto Silva

OUT

Philippe Senderos

Sol Campbell

OUT

Emmanuel Eboué

Lauren

OUT

Mathieu Flamini

Cesc Fàbregas

OUT

Kerrea Gilbert

Kolo Touré

OUT

Sebastian Larsson

Dennis Bergkamp

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Oster

Glen Little

OUT

Graham Stack

Marcus Hahnemann

OUT

Stephen Hunt

Bobby Convey

OUT

Dave Kitson

Kevin Doyle

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

518

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Reading

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 29, 2005

Wenger vs Coppell

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on November 29, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

115

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Coppell vs Arsenal

0 victory

4 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on November 29, 2005

Coppell vs Wenger

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on November 29, 2005

Referee

Lee Mason

20 victories	7 draws	3 losses	Arsenal30 matches	General total	Reading17 matches	7 victories	3 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	Season total	Reading1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 04, 2020					Latest figure on December 14, 2019

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Reading running (since 16/02/1935). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Reading after 15 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 17/09/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/12/2002 (12 matches)

Arsenal keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in League Cup running (since 28/10/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/10/1991-10/01/1996 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Everton19/09/2005

VArsenal 1-0 Birmingham City02/10/2005

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester City22/10/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Sparta Prague02/11/2005

VArsenal 3-1 Sunderland05/11/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Blackburn26/11/2005

Overall

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal29/10/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Sparta Prague02/11/2005

VArsenal 3-1 Sunderland05/11/2005

VWigan 2-3 Arsenal19/11/2005

VFC Thun 0-1 Arsenal22/11/2005

VArsenal 3-0 Blackburn26/11/2005

Current form

Away

DSouthampton 0-0 Reading28/09/2005

DHull City 1-1 Reading18/10/2005

VStoke City 0-1 Reading22/10/2005

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Reading05/11/2005

VIpswich Town 0-3 Reading22/11/2005

VPlymouth 0-2 Reading26/11/2005

Overall

DReading 1-1 Leeds United29/10/2005

VReading 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday01/11/2005

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Reading05/11/2005

VReading 3-1 Hull City19/11/2005

VIpswich Town 0-3 Reading22/11/2005

VPlymouth 0-2 Reading26/11/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	15	5
Unbeaten streak	17	9
Drawless streak	15	5
Scoring streak	37	12
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	5
Unbeaten streak	11	23
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	5	11
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	0
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	0

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	3
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robin van Persie	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Dave Kitson
Robin van Persie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Robin van Persie	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	Dave Kitson

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

6 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

2 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	January 10, 1987
Home	1 - 0	October 11, 1967

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

January 10, 1987 - FA Cup 1986/1987

Reading

1 - 3

Arsenal

February 05, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Reading

1 - 2

Arsenal

October 11, 1967 - League Cup 1967/1968

Arsenal

1 - 0

Reading

February 16, 1935 - FA Cup 1934/1935

Reading

0 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Reading

Charly Nicholas	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Martin Hayes	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Cliff Bastin	1 goal	1935 - 1935
Pat Rice	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Wagstaff

1 goal

1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Charles George	1 match	1972 - 1972
John Lukic	1 match	1987 - 1987
George Graham	1 match	1972 - 1972
Kenny Sansom	1 match	1987 - 1987
George Male	1 match	1935 - 1935
David O'Leary	1 match	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Stuart Morgan	1 match	1972 - 1972
Alan Wooler	1 match	1972 - 1972
Will Dixon	1 match	1972 - 1972
Les Chappell	1 match	1972 - 1972
Peter Harman	1 match	1972 - 1972
Dennis Butler	1 match	1972 - 1972