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Blackburn 0-4 Arsenal - September 13, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 4

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

September 13, 2008

23 041

Blackburn

0 - 4

Arsenal

Robin van Persie (left foot) Assist by Theo Walcott

45'

Emmanuel Adebayor (header) Assist by Denilson

81'

Emmanuel Adebayor (penalty)

90'

Emmanuel Adebayor (left foot) Assist by Aaron Ramsey

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8' - Goal Robin van Persie

45' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor

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64' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Alexandre Song

69' - Substitution Morten Gamst Pedersenis substituted by Keith Treacy photo Benni McCarthy

69' - Substitution Jason Robertsis substituted by Benni McCarthy69

74' - Substitution Danny Simpsonis substituted by Matt Derbyshire74

81' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor

82' - Substitution Emmanuel Ebouéis substituted by Aaron Ramsey

84' - Substitution Robin van Persieis substituted by Jack Wilshere

90' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

0 - 4

Arsenal

Blackburn Arsenal

Team line-ups

Blackburn

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz

Paraguay

B.date16/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

Roberts69

Jason Roberts

Grenada

B.date25/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Pedersen69

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Andrews

Keith Andrews

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/09/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

New Zealand

B.date18/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Samba

Christopher Samba

Congo

B.date28/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Simpson74

Danny Simpson

England

B.date04/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date15/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Robinson		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Nelsen		30	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Samba		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Simpson	74	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Reid		27	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	69	27	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Andrews		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton		29	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Roberts	69	30	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roque Santa Cruz		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11van Persie884

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Adebayor458190

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

Walcott64

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age19 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

15Denilson

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

27Eboué82

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

22Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

10Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

5Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		31	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	William Gallas		31	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kolo Touré		27	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Emmanuel Eboué	82	25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Gaël Clichy		23	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson		20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Cesc Fàbregas		21	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie	884	25	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Theo Walcott	64	19	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Emmanuel Adebayor	458190	24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

122

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Keith Treacy	69	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Derbyshire	74	22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	69	30	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	M	Alexandre Song	64	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey	82	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Jack Wilshere	84	16	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Danny Simpson

Vincenzo Grella

OUT

Keith Andrews

André Ooijer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Theo Walcott

Samir Nasri

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Paul Ince

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Ince vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Ince vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

679

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

17 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Wenger vs Ince

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Referee

Michael Dean

16 victories	13 draws	10 losses	Blackburn39 matches	General total	Arsenal81 matches	39 victories	24 draws	18 losses
0 victory	2 draws	2 losses	Blackburn4 matches	Season total	Arsenal4 matches	2 victories	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2015					Latest figure on May 01, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time Emmanuel Adebayor scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs Blackburn in his professional career

Emmanuel Adebayor scored 5 goals vs Blackburn in Premier League with Arsenal

Arsenal keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 04/05/2008).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 3-1 Wigan22/03/2008

VBlackburn 2-1 Tottenham05/04/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Manchester United19/04/2008

VBlackburn 3-1 Derby County03/05/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Hull City23/08/2008

VBlackburn 4-1 Grimsby Town27/08/2008

Overall

VBlackburn 3-1 Derby County03/05/2008

LBirmingham City 4-1 Blackburn11/05/2008

VEverton 2-3 Blackburn16/08/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Hull City23/08/2008

VBlackburn 4-1 Grimsby Town27/08/2008

LWest Ham 4-1 Blackburn30/08/2008

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal08/04/2008

LManchester United 2-1 Arsenal13/04/2008

VDerby County 2-6 Arsenal28/04/2008

VSunderland 0-1 Arsenal11/05/2008

VFC Twente 0-2 Arsenal13/08/2008

LFulham 1-0 Arsenal23/08/2008

Overall

VSunderland 0-1 Arsenal11/05/2008

VFC Twente 0-2 Arsenal13/08/2008

VArsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion16/08/2008

LFulham 1-0 Arsenal23/08/2008

VArsenal 4-0 FC Twente27/08/2008

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United30/08/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	8	10
Conceding streak	8	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	8	11
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

70	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
9	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	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
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jason Roberts	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Robin van Persie
Jason Roberts	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robin van Persie
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Emmanuel Adebayor
Jason Roberts	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Robin van Persie

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

19 v

15 d

20 l

93 gf

79 ga

Away

55 matches

8 v

15 d

32 l

46 gf

113 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

110 matches

27 v

30 d

53 l

139 gf

195 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

32 v

15 d

8 l

113 gf

46 ga

Away

54 matches

20 v

15 d

19 l

79 gf

93 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

110 matches

53 v

30 d

27 l

195 gf

139 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Home	7 - 0	October 02, 1909

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Away	5 - 0	January 01, 1923

Latest head to head

February 11, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

2 - 0

Blackburn

December 18, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Blackburn

2 - 3

Arsenal

August 19, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

February 28, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

February 17, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Arsenal

0 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Frederick Pickering	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Matt Jansen	5 goals	2001 - 2002
Kevin Gallacher	4 goals	1993 - 1998
David Dunn	3 goals	2001 - 2007
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Bryan Douglas	2 goals	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Robin van Persie	7 goals	2005 - 2007
Thierry Henry	6 goals	2001 - 2007
Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1998 - 2003
Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Robert Pirès	4 goals	2001 - 2005
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Brad Friedel	20 matches	2001 - 2008
Kerimoglu Tugay	14 matches	2001 - 2008
Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Henning Berg	12 matches	1993 - 2003
Brett Emerton	12 matches	2003 - 2008
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Dennis Bergkamp	16 matches	1995 - 2005
David Seaman	15 matches	1992 - 2002
Ray Parlour	14 matches	1992 - 2003
Nigel Winterburn	14 matches	1992 - 1999
Martin Keown	13 matches	1993 - 2003
Lee Dixon	13 matches	1992 - 2001