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Arsenal 4-0 West Ham - September 24, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 8

Highbury - London - England

September 24, 1997

38 012

Arsenal

4 - 0

West Ham

Dennis Bergkamp

12'

Marc Overmars

39'

(penalty) Ian Wright

42'

Marc Overmars

45'

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12' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp12

15' - Substitution Lee Dixonis substituted by Gilles Grimandi15

39' - Goal Marc Overmars39

42' - Goal Ian Wright42

45' - Goal Marc Overmars45

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46' - Substitution Nigel Winterburnis substituted by David Platt46

65' - Substitution Ian Wrightis substituted by Nicolas Anelka65

81' - Substitution Rio Ferdinandis substituted by Steve Potts

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

4 - 0

West Ham

Arsenal West Ham

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dixon15

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn46

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Overmars3945

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Wright4265

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bergkamp12

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		34	348	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		30	519	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon	15	33	430	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn	46	33	465	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		24	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	3945	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright	4265	33	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	12	28	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

244

West Ham

Miklosko

Ludek Miklosko

Czech Republic

B.date09/12/1961

Age35 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Ferdinand81

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age18 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Pearce

Ian Pearce

England

B.date07/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Unsworth

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Lomas

Steve Lomas

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Bishop

Ian Bishop

England

B.date29/05/1965

Age32 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age19 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Dowie

Iain Dowie

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Hartson

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ludek Miklosko		35	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand	81	18	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Pearce		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Unsworth		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker		32	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Lomas		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bishop		32	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Iain Dowie		32	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gilles Grimandi	15	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt	46	31	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	65	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Potts	81	30	250	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

Ian Bishop

Eyal Berkovic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs West Ham

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 24, 1997

Wenger vs Redknapp

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 24, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

146

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Redknapp vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 1997

Redknapp vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 1997

Referee

Paul Alcock

3 victories	3 draws	2 losses	Arsenal8 matches	General total	West Ham11 matches	4 victories	3 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	West Ham3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 15, 2000					Latest figure on April 12, 2000

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Key figures

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has reached 50% of wins in Premier League.

Steve Potts played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in Premier League

It's the first time Marc Overmars scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with Arsenal

Read the next 33 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Leicester12/04/1997

DArsenal 1-1 Blackburn19/04/1997

LArsenal 0-1 Newcastle United03/05/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Coventry11/08/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham30/08/1997

VArsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers13/09/1997

Overall

VSouthampton 1-3 Arsenal23/08/1997

DLeicester 3-3 Arsenal27/08/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham30/08/1997

VArsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers13/09/1997

LPAOK FC 1-0 Arsenal16/09/1997

VChelsea 2-3 Arsenal21/09/1997

Current form

Away

LManchester United 2-0 West Ham11/05/1997

VBarnsley 1-2 West Ham09/08/1997

LEverton 2-1 West Ham23/08/1997

DCoventry 1-1 West Ham27/08/1997

LManchester United 2-1 West Ham13/09/1997

LHuddersfield Town 1-0 West Ham16/09/1997

Overall

LEverton 2-1 West Ham23/08/1997

DCoventry 1-1 West Ham27/08/1997

VWest Ham 3-1 Wimbledon FC30/08/1997

LManchester United 2-1 West Ham13/09/1997

LHuddersfield Town 1-0 West Ham16/09/1997

LWest Ham 0-1 Newcastle United20/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	4	3
Drawless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	6	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
2.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.43
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.29
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dennis Bergkamp	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	John Hartson
Ian Wright	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	John Hartson
Dennis Bergkamp	7 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 7 matches	John Hartson

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

20 v

13 d

14 l

72 gf

57 ga

Away

46 matches

18 v

15 d

13 l

70 gf

68 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

94 matches

38 v

28 d

28 l

142 gf

126 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

13 v

15 d

18 l

68 gf

70 ga

Away

47 matches

14 v

13 d

20 l

57 gf

72 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

94 matches

28 v

28 d

38 l

126 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 20, 1976
Home	6 - 1	March 20, 1976

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 07, 1927
Away	3 - 0	November 14, 1964

Latest head to head

January 29, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

West Ham

1 - 2

Arsenal

August 17, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

2 - 0

West Ham

February 24, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

West Ham

0 - 1

Arsenal

September 16, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

1 - 0

West Ham

March 05, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

0 - 1

West Ham

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Alan Ball	7 goals	1972 - 1976
Joe Baker	5 goals	1962 - 1965
Ian Wright	5 goals	1992 - 1997
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1974
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1974 - 1976
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Byrne	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Tony Cottee	4 goals	1984 - 1987
Geoff Hurst	4 goals	1964 - 1965
Trevor Brooking	4 goals	1968 - 1983
Alan Taylor	4 goals	1975 - 1978
Dave Dunmore	3 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

George Armstrong	23 matches	1965 - 1977
Peter Storey	23 matches	1965 - 1976
David O'Leary	21 matches	1975 - 1992
John Radford	21 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Simpson	19 matches	1964 - 1977
Paul Davis	18 matches	1981 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Billy Bonds	27 matches	1967 - 1988
Trevor Brooking	26 matches	1968 - 1984
Bobby Moore	25 matches	1960 - 1973
Frank Lampard	23 matches	1968 - 1983
Geoff Hurst	18 matches	1961 - 1971
Alan Devonshire	16 matches	1977 - 1989