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Arsenal 5-2 WBA - August 27, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 3

Highbury - London - England

August 27, 2002

37 920

Arsenal

5 - 2

WBA

Ashley Cole

Lauren

21'

Sylvain Wiltord

24'

Sylvain Wiltord

77'

Assist by Thierry Henry (right foot) Jérémie Aliadière

90'

51'

Scott Dobie

87'

Jason Roberts

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3' - Goal Ashley Cole3

21' - Goal Lauren21

24' - Goal Sylvain Wiltord24

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51' - Goal Scott Dobie

62' - Substitution Derek McInnesis substituted by Lee Marshall

67' - Substitution Nwankwo Kanuis substituted by Ray Parlour67

77' - Goal Sylvain Wiltord77

79' - Substitution Patrick Vieirais substituted by Kolo Touré79

82' - Substitution Sylvain Wiltordis substituted by Jérémie Aliadière82

87' - Goal Jason Roberts

90' - Goal Jérémie Aliadière90

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Team line-ups

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age38 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age36 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

23 Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

12 Lauren21

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Cole3

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

4 Vieira79

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

19 Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Edu

Edu

Brazil

B.date15/05/1978

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentre Midfield

Wiltord247782

Sylvain Wiltord

France

B.date10/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kanu67

Nwankwo Kanu

Nigeria

B.date01/08/1976

Age26 years

H1m96

positionStriker

14 Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	David Seaman		38	525	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Martin Keown		36	403	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren	21	25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Ashley Cole	3	21	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Patrick Vieira	79	26	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Edu		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Sylvain Wiltord	247782	28	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Nwankwo Kanu	67	26	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry		25	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

169

WBA

Hoult

Russell Hoult

England

B.date22/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Gilchrist

Phil Gilchrist

England

B.date25/08/1973

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Sigurdsson

Larus Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date04/06/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Gregan

Sean Gregan

England

B.date29/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Moore

Darren Moore

Jamaica

B.date22/04/1974

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Clement

Neil Clement

England

B.date03/10/1978

Age23 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Balis

Igor Balis

Slovakia

B.date05/01/1970

Age32 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

McInnes62

Derek McInnes

Scotland

B.date05/07/1971

Age31 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnson

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dobie51

Scott Dobie

Scotland

B.date10/10/1978

Age23 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Roberts87

Jason Roberts

Grenada

B.date25/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Russell Hoult		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Gilchrist		29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larus Sigurdsson		29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sean Gregan		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Moore		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Clement		23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Balis		32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Derek McInnes	62	31	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Johnson		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Dobie	51	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Roberts	87	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
28	D	Kolo Touré	79	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Ray Parlour	67	29	404	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Jérémie Aliadière	9082	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Lee Marshall	62	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nwankwo Kanu

Dennis Bergkamp

OUT

Gilberto Silva

Ray Parlour

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

326

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Wenger vs WBA

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 2002

Wenger vs Megson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Megson

120

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Megson vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 2002

Megson vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 2002

Referee

Paul Durkin

23 victories	10 draws	6 losses	Arsenal39 matches	General total	WBA4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal4 matches	Season total	WBA3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 15, 2004					Latest figure on October 14, 2003

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Key figures

The last time Sylvain Wiltord scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with Arsenal , it was on the 16/02/2002 (avec Arsenal vs Gillingham )

The last time Arsenal has scored at least 5 goals in Premier League, It was on the 26/12/2000 (vs )

It's the first time Jason Roberts scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-0 Sunderland30/03/2002

VArsenal 2-1 Tottenham06/04/2002

VArsenal 2-0 Ipswich Town21/04/2002

VArsenal 2-0 West Ham24/04/2002

VArsenal 4-3 Everton11/05/2002

VArsenal 2-0 Birmingham City18/08/2002

Overall

VArsenal 2-0 Chelsea04/05/2002

VManchester United 0-1 Arsenal08/05/2002

VArsenal 4-3 Everton11/05/2002

VArsenal 1-0 Liverpool11/08/2002

VArsenal 2-0 Birmingham City18/08/2002

DWest Ham 2-2 Arsenal24/08/2002

Current form

Away

VWimbledon FC 0-1 West Bromwich Albion02/03/2002

VSheffield United 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/03/2002

VNottingham Forest 0-1 West Bromwich Albion22/03/2002

VCoventry 0-1 West Bromwich Albion01/04/2002

VBradford 0-1 West Bromwich Albion13/04/2002

LManchester United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion17/08/2002

Overall

VCoventry 0-1 West Bromwich Albion01/04/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Rotherham United07/04/2002

VBradford 0-1 West Bromwich Albion13/04/2002

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Crystal Palace21/04/2002

LManchester United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion17/08/2002

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-3 Leeds United24/08/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	14
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	12	0
Scoring streak	7	14
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Thierry Henry	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Lee Marshall
Thierry Henry	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Thierry Henry	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Lee Marshall

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

31 v

13 d

11 l

115 gf

66 ga

Away

56 matches

19 v

14 d

23 l

71 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

112 matches

51 v

27 d

34 l

187 gf

151 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

23 v

14 d

19 l

85 gf

71 ga

Away

55 matches

11 v

13 d

31 l

66 gf

115 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

112 matches

34 v

27 d

51 l

151 gf

187 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 15, 1984
Home	4 - 0	December 15, 1984

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1922
Away	4 - 2	November 28, 1959

Latest head to head

April 26, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Arsenal

2 - 2

WBA

November 23, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

WBA

0 - 0

Arsenal

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

Best historical scorers against WBA

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1977 - 1978
George Armstrong	5 goals	1966 - 1970
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1977 - 1982
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.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Clive Clark	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Tony Brown	6 goals	1968 - 1979
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Bobby Hope	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Cram	3 goals	1966 - 1966
George Reilly	2 goals	1986 - 1986

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

Frank McLintock	17 matches	1964 - 1973
George Armstrong	17 matches	1964 - 1977
John Radford	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Graham Rix	15 matches	1977 - 1986
Pat Rice	14 matches	1969 - 1980
David O'Leary	14 matches	1977 - 1986

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

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