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Arsenal 1-1 Blackburn - April 19, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 34

Highbury - London - England

April 19, 1997

38 086

Arsenal

1 - 1

Blackburn

David Platt

18'

89'

Garry Flitcroft

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18' - Goal David Platt18

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81' - Substitution Jeff Kennais substituted by Per Werner Pedersen

89' - Substitution Stephen Hughesis substituted by Ray Parlour89

89' - Goal Garry Flitcroft

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 1

Blackburn

Arsenal Blackburn

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hughes89

Stephen Hughes

England

B.date18/09/1976

Age20 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age20 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Platt18

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Wright

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age27 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		33	336	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		34	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		30	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		30	513	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		33	453	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		33	421	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hughes	89	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt	18	30	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright		33	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp		27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

245

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Flitcroft89

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Pearce

Ian Pearce

England

B.date07/05/1974

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kenna81

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

McKinlay

Billy McKinlay

Scotland

B.date22/04/1969

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Sutton

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Gallacher

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Wilcox

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		30	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		27	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft	89	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Pearce		22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		31	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna	81	26	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		28	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton		24	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher		30	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox		25	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

124

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ray Parlour	89	24	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Per Werner Pedersen	81	28	9	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 Pearce

Paul Warhurst

OUT

Chris Sutton

Graeme Le Saux

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1997

Wenger vs Parkes

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Parkes

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Parkes vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1997

Parkes vs Wenger

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1997

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 18/01/1997).

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 05/04/1997).

Chris Sutton played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in Premier League

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArsenal 0-1 Leeds United04/02/1997

LArsenal 1-2 Manchester United19/02/1997

LArsenal 0-1 Wimbledon FC23/02/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Nottingham Forest08/03/1997

LArsenal 1-2 Liverpool24/03/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Leicester12/04/1997

Overall

VEverton 0-2 Arsenal01/03/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Nottingham Forest08/03/1997

VSouthampton 0-2 Arsenal15/03/1997

LArsenal 1-2 Liverpool24/03/1997

VChelsea 0-3 Arsenal05/04/1997

VArsenal 2-0 Leicester12/04/1997

Current form

Away

DSunderland 0-0 Blackburn18/01/1997

LTottenham 2-1 Blackburn29/01/1997

DLiverpool 0-0 Blackburn22/02/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn05/03/1997

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Blackburn19/03/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Blackburn07/04/1997

Overall

DBlackburn 1-1 Nottingham Forest11/03/1997

VBlackburn 3-1 Wimbledon FC15/03/1997

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Blackburn19/03/1997

LBlackburn 0-2 Aston Villa22/03/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Blackburn07/04/1997

LBlackburn 2-3 Manchester United12/04/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	8
Scoring streak	3	6
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	6	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	33
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
18	Victories (Competition total)	8
10	Victories (Home / Away)	1
9	Draws (Competition total)	13
4	Draws (Home / Away)	10
7	Losses (Competition total)	12
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.06
2.06	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.76
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (5 times)

Bookings

74	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
4	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ian Wright	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Chris Sutton
Ian Wright	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Chris Sutton
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Chris Sutton
Ian Wright	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Wright	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 16 matches	Kevin Gallacher

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

25 v

12 d

6 l

88 gf

35 ga

Away

42 matches

13 v

14 d

15 l

61 gf

78 ga

Total

85 matches

38 v

26 d

21 l

149 gf

113 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

15 v

14 d

13 l

78 gf

61 ga

Away

43 matches

6 v

12 d

25 l

35 gf

88 ga

Total

85 matches

21 v

26 d

38 l

113 gf

149 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Home	8 - 0	February 25, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Away	3 - 1	September 04, 1946

Latest head to head

October 12, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

0 - 2

Arsenal

April 27, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

November 26, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

0 - 0

Blackburn

March 08, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Blackburn

3 - 1

Arsenal

August 31, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

0 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Melvyn Charles	4 goals	1960 - 1960
David Herd	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Ian Wright	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Alan Skirton	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 Arsenal

Frederick Pickering	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1993 - 1996
Louis Bimpson	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Andrew McEvoy	2 goals	1963 - 1966
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.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Billy McCullough	12 matches	1959 - 1965
George Eastham	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Alan Skirton	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Nigel Winterburn	9 matches	1992 - 1996
Tony Adams	8 matches	1992 - 1996
Joe Baker	8 matches	1962 - 1966

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

Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Fred Else	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Stuart Ripley	9 matches	1992 - 1996
Keith Newton	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Mike Harrison	8 matches	1962 - 1966