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WBA 0-0 Arsenal - November 23, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 18

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

November 23, 1985

0 - 0

Arsenal

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Derek Stathamis substituted by Gary Robson46

46' - Substitution Martin Hayesis substituted by Christopher Whyte

logo Arsenal ARS

Team line-ups

WBA

Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw

England

B.date28/04/1956

Age29 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Statham46

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age26 years

positionDefender

Bennett

Martyn Bennett

England

B.date04/08/1961

Age24 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Carlton Palmer

England

B.date05/12/1965

Age19 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age29 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Whitehead

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age31 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Crooks

Garth Crooks

England

B.date10/03/1958

Age27 years

H1m73

positionForward

Varadi

Imre Varadi

England

B.date08/07/1959

Age26 years

H1m75

positionForward

Dennison

Robbie Dennison

Northern Ireland

B.date30/04/1963

Age22 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Bradshaw		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	46	26	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martyn Bennett		24	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		33	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlton Palmer		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead		29	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garth Crooks		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Imre Varadi		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Dennison		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age24 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Caton

Tommy Caton

England

B.date06/10/1962

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age27 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age21 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Hayes46

Martin Hayes

England

B.date21/03/1966

Age19 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nicholas

Charly Nicholas

Scotland

B.date30/12/1961

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Woodcock

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Caton		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		27	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		21	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		23	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hayes	46	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charly Nicholas		23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock		29	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Gary Robson	46	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Christopher Whyte	46	24	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Keown

David O'Leary

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Nobby Stiles

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Stiles vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1985

Stiles vs Howe

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Howe vs WBA

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1985

Howe vs Stiles

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 1985

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Comments

Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Premier League running (since 21/09/1985).

Tony Woodcock played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

WBA keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 26/10/1985). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/05/1985-12/10/1985 time period (13 matches).

Read the next 1 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Tottenham05/10/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Birmingham City19/10/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Crystal Palace23/10/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-3 Coventry06/11/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Queens Park Rangers09/11/1985

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Chelsea13/11/1985

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/11/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-3 Coventry06/11/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Queens Park Rangers09/11/1985

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Chelsea13/11/1985

LLiverpool 4-1 West Bromwich Albion16/11/1985

DAston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion19/11/1985

Current form

Away

LChelsea 2-1 Arsenal21/09/1985

DHereford United 0-0 Arsenal25/09/1985

DWest Ham 0-0 Arsenal12/10/1985

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Arsenal26/10/1985

VManchester City 1-2 Arsenal30/10/1985

LEverton 6-1 Arsenal09/11/1985

Overall

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Arsenal26/10/1985

VManchester City 1-2 Arsenal30/10/1985

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester City02/11/1985

LEverton 6-1 Arsenal09/11/1985

VArsenal 2-1 Oxford United16/11/1985

DArsenal 0-0 Southampton19/11/1985

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
1	Victories (Competition total)	9
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
13	Losses (Competition total)	5
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
0.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
2.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.29
2.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.88

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Garth Crooks	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Tony Woodcock
Carl Valentine	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Charly Nicholas
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Ian Allinson
Garth Crooks	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Paul Davis

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

23 v

13 d

19 l

85 gf

71 ga

Away

54 matches

11 v

12 d

31 l

64 gf

113 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

110 matches

34 v

25 d

51 l

149 gf

185 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

31 v

12 d

11 l

113 gf

64 ga

Away

55 matches

19 v

13 d

23 l

71 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

110 matches

51 v

25 d

34 l

185 gf

149 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1922
Home	7 - 0	October 14, 1922

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 15, 1984
Away	3 - 0	January 30, 1935

Latest head to head

May 11, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

WBA

2 - 2

Arsenal

December 15, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Arsenal

4 - 0

WBA

May 05, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

WBA

1 - 3

Arsenal

December 03, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Arsenal

0 - 1

WBA

February 26, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

WBA

0 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Tony Brown	6 goals	1968 - 1979
Clive Clark	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Bobby Hope	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Cram	3 goals	1966 - 1966
Derek Kevan	2 goals	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1977 - 1978
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1977 - 1982
George Armstrong	5 goals	1966 - 1970
Joe Baker	4 goals	1963 - 1963
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1972
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1977 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Wile	18 matches	1971 - 1983
Tony Brown	18 matches	1964 - 1979
Ally Robertson	17 matches	1971 - 1985
Jeff Astle	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Bobby Hope	16 matches	1960 - 1971
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

George Armstrong	17 matches	1964 - 1977
Frank McLintock	17 matches	1964 - 1973
John Radford	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Storey	14 matches	1966 - 1972
Graham Rix	14 matches	1977 - 1985
Pat Rice	14 matches	1969 - 1980