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Arsenal 1-0 Burnley - April 20, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 36

Highbury - London - England

April 20, 1971

47 484

1 - 0

Burnley

Charles George

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Burnley

Arsenal Burnley

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age31 years

positionRight central defender

Roberts

John Roberts

Wales

B.date11/09/1946

Age24 years

positionDefender

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Radford

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age24 years

positionStriker

George0

Charles George

England

B.date10/10/1950

Age20 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	29	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	31	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Roberts	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	26	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham	26	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	26	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	24	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charles George	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

137

Burnley

Mellor

Peter Mellor

England

B.date20/11/1947

Age23 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Latcham

Les Latcham

England

B.date22/12/1942

Age28 years

positionDefender

Docherty

Mick Docherty

England

B.date29/10/1950

Age20 years

positionDefender

Waldron

Colin Waldron

England

B.date22/06/1948

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Thomas

Dave Thomas

England

B.date05/10/1950

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Probert

Eric Probert

England

B.date17/02/1952

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Nulty

Geoff Nulty

England

B.date13/02/1949

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Dobson

Martin Dobson

England

B.date14/02/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Collins

Doug Collins

England

B.date28/08/1945

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Fletcher

Paul Fletcher

England

B.date13/01/1951

Age20 years

positionForward

Bellamy

Arthur Bellamy

England

B.date05/04/1942

Age29 years

H1m75

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Mellor	23	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Les Latcham	28	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Docherty	20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Waldron	22	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Thomas	20	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eric Probert	19	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoff Nulty	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Dobson	23	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Doug Collins	25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Fletcher	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arthur Bellamy	29	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Roberts

Peter Storey

OUT

Eddie Kelly

Robert McNab

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dave Thomas

John Angus

OUT

Eric Probert

Ralph Coates

OUT

Peter Mellor

Anthony K Waiters

OUT

Colin Waldron

Frank Casper

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

277

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Mee vs Burnley

9 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1971

Mee vs Adamson

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Adamson

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Adamson vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1971

Adamson vs Mee

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1971

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 26 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Premier League running (since 07/02/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/02/1968 (21 matches)

Burnley keeps its 3 consecutive losses away from home running (since 03/04/1971).

Arsenal keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 09/01/1971). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/04/1963-09/10/1963 time period (17 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Arsenal	60 pts	38 rd
2	Leeds United	58 pts	39 rd
3	Chelsea	48 pts	39 rd
4	Wolverhampton	47 pts	39 rd
5	Liverpool	46 pts	39 rd

General ranking

18	Crystal Palace	33 pts	38 rd
19	Ipswich Town	32 pts	39 rd
20	West Ham	31 pts	39 rd
21	Burnley	25 pts	39 rd
22	Blackpool	19 pts	39 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 1-0 Leicester15/03/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Blackpool20/03/1971

DArsenal 2-2 Stoke City27/03/1971

VArsenal 2-0 Chelsea03/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Coventry06/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United17/04/1971

Overall

VStoke City 0-2 Arsenal31/03/1971

VArsenal 2-0 Chelsea03/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Coventry06/04/1971

VSouthampton 1-2 Arsenal10/04/1971

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Arsenal13/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United17/04/1971

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Burnley06/02/1971

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Burnley20/02/1971

VCrystal Palace 0-2 Burnley27/02/1971

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Burnley13/03/1971

LLeeds United 4-0 Burnley03/04/1971

LCoventry 3-0 Burnley17/04/1971

Overall

DBurnley 0-0 Tottenham20/03/1971

DBurnley 2-2 Ipswich Town27/03/1971

LLeeds United 4-0 Burnley03/04/1971

VBurnley 1-0 Blackpool10/04/1971

VBurnley 1-0 West Ham13/04/1971

LCoventry 3-0 Burnley17/04/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	6
Unbeaten streak	16	7
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	11	7
Invincibility streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	6	4
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	21
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	21

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	38
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
26	Victories (Competition total)	6
16	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	13
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
5	Losses (Competition total)	19
0	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

66	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
39	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.71
2.05	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.44
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.55
0.32	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
22	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
15	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	18
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	11
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 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

Ray Kennedy	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Eric Probert
Ray Kennedy	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Ralph Coates
Charles George	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	Geoff Nulty

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

25 v

8 d

8 l

95 gf

45 ga

Away

44 matches

14 v

9 d

21 l

59 gf

69 ga

Total

85 matches

39 v

17 d

29 l

154 gf

114 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

21 v

9 d

14 l

69 gf

59 ga

Away

41 matches

8 v

8 d

25 l

45 gf

95 ga

Total

85 matches

29 v

17 d

39 l

114 gf

154 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	February 20, 1937
Home	6 - 1	September 14, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 06, 1897
Away	5 - 2	December 17, 1960

Latest head to head

September 12, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Burnley

1 - 2

Arsenal

December 13, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Arsenal

3 - 2

Burnley

September 13, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Burnley

0 - 1

Arsenal

February 15, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Arsenal

2 - 0

Burnley

November 30, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Burnley

0 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1964
George Armstrong	4 goals	1964 - 1969
Joe Baker	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Alan Skirton	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Melvyn Charles	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Bobby Gould	2 goals	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Connelly	6 goals	1959 - 1962
Ray Pointer	5 goals	1960 - 1960
Ian Towers	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Alex Elder	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Jimmy McIlroy	2 goals	1960 - 1961
John Angus	2 goals	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

George Armstrong	16 matches	1962 - 1970
Billy McCullough	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Jon Sammels	11 matches	1964 - 1969
Frank McLintock	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Peter Storey	10 matches	1966 - 1970
Robert McNab	9 matches	1966 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Angus	17 matches	1959 - 1970
Brian Miller	15 matches	1959 - 1966
Adam Blacklaw	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Alex Elder	12 matches	1959 - 1966
Arthur Bellamy	10 matches	1963 - 1969
John Connelly	10 matches	1959 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jim Furnell

142 matches

1 match

1961 - 1968

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jim Furnell

142 matches

1 match

1961 - 1968

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

November 18, 1970

Leeds United

4 1

Stoke City

Line-ups available

February 13, 1971

Wolverhampton

1 0

Chelsea

Line-ups available

March 24, 1971

Crystal Palace

0 3

Huddersfield

Line-ups available

April 06, 1971

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

April 09, 1971

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

April 12, 1971

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

April 13, 1971

Coventry

2 1

Man United

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	60	38	27	6	5	67	26	+41
2	Leeds United	58	39	24	10	5	66	30	+36
3	Chelsea	48	39	17	14	8	50	40	+10
4	Wolverhampton	47	39	20	7	12	61	53	+8
5	Liverpool	46	39	15	16	8	38	22	+16
6	Tottenham	45	37	16	13	8	49	31	+18
7	Southampton	44	38	16	12	10	49	38	+11
8	Manchester City	40	38	12	16	10	42	33	+9
9	Coventry	39	39	15	9	15	34	36	-2
10	Manchester United	38	39	14	10	15	57	60	-3
11	Newcastle United	38	39	13	12	14	40	43	-3
12	Derby County	37	39	14	9	16	52	53	-1
13	Everton	36	40	12	12	16	54	58	-4
14	Nottingham Forest	35	39	14	7	18	42	58	-16
15	Stoke City	34	38	11	12	15	42	46	-4
16	West Bromwich Albion	34	39	10	14	15	56	68	-12
17	Huddersfield Town	33	39	10	13	16	37	46	-9
18	Crystal Palace	33	38	11	11	16	36	46	-10
19	Ipswich Town	32	39	12	8	19	40	45	-5
20	West Ham	31	39	9	13	17	44	57	-13
21	Burnley	25	39	6	13	20	27	60	-33
22	Blackpool	19	39	3	13	23	30	64	-34

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Arsenal 1-0 Burnley - April 20, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

1 - 0

Burnley

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

Mee vs Burnley

Mee vs Adamson

Manager

Adamson vs Arsenal

Adamson vs Mee

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 Burnley

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking