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Arsenal 2-0 Brighton & Hove - January 26, 1980 / FA Cup 1979/1980

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FA Cup 1979/1980 - Round of 32

Highbury - London - England

January 26, 1980

2 - 0

Brighton & Hove

Sammy Nelson

Brian Talbot

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0' - Goal Sammy Nelson photo Brian Talbot

0' - Goal Brian Talbot0

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 0

Brighton & Hove

Arsenal Brighton & Hove

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age34 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson0

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Price

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age24 years

positionCentre Midfield

Talbot0

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Brady

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age23 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age26 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	34	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	21	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young	28	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	30	482	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson	30	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price	24	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady	23	282	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix	22	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	23	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	26	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

209

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David O'Leary

Steve Walford

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

207

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs Brighton & Hove

5 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 26, 1980

Neill vs Mullery

4 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 26, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Mullery

135

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Mullery vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 26, 1980

Mullery vs Neill

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 26, 1980

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Brian Talbot scores 1 goal vs Brighton & Hove in his professional career with Arsenal

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches won with a difference of 2 goals vs Brighton & Hove running (since 03/11/1979). It's a record streak. The first of history

Brighton & Hove keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw in FA Cup running (since 06/12/1976). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 28/11/1973-03/01/1976 time period (7 matches).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-1 Coventry08/12/1979

DArsenal 1-1 Norwich City21/12/1979

VArsenal 1-0 Tottenham26/12/1979

VArsenal 2-1 Cardiff City08/01/1980

LArsenal 0-1 Leeds United12/01/1980

VArsenal 2-0 Derby County19/01/1980

Overall

LManchester United 3-0 Arsenal29/12/1979

VSouthampton 0-1 Arsenal01/01/1980

DCardiff City 0-0 Arsenal05/01/1980

VArsenal 2-1 Cardiff City08/01/1980

LArsenal 0-1 Leeds United12/01/1980

VArsenal 2-0 Derby County19/01/1980

Current form

Away

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Brighton & Hove24/11/1979

LEverton 2-0 Brighton & Hove08/12/1979

VWolverhampton 1-3 Brighton & Hove21/12/1979

DBristol City 2-2 Brighton & Hove01/01/1980

VMansfield Town 0-2 Brighton & Hove05/01/1980

VBolton Wanderers 0-2 Brighton & Hove12/01/1980

Overall

VBrighton & Hove 3-0 Crystal Palace26/12/1979

VBrighton & Hove 4-1 Manchester City29/12/1979

DBristol City 2-2 Brighton & Hove01/01/1980

VMansfield Town 0-2 Brighton & Hove05/01/1980

VBolton Wanderers 0-2 Brighton & Hove12/01/1980

LBrighton & Hove 0-2 Tottenham19/01/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

Alan Sunderland	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Alan Sunderland	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Alan Sunderland	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Total

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

13 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

7 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

0 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 13, 1979
Home	4 - 0	November 13, 1979

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

November 13, 1979 - League Cup 1979/1980

Arsenal

4 - 0

Brighton & Hove logo Brighton & Hove

November 03, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Arsenal

3 - 0

Brighton & Hove logo Brighton & Hove

October 30, 1979 - League Cup 1979/1980

Brighton & Hove

0 - 0

Arsenal

August 18, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Brighton & Hove

0 - 4

Arsenal

January 12, 1935 - FA Cup 1934/1935

Brighton & Hove

0 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Brighton & Hove

Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1979 - 1979
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1979 - 1979
Liam Brady	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Paul Vaessen	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Graham Rix	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Joe Hulme	1 goal	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Brighton & Hove

Liam Brady	4 matches	1979 - 1979
Pat Jennings	4 matches	1979 - 1979
David O'Leary	4 matches	1979 - 1979
Brian Talbot	4 matches	1979 - 1979
Graham Rix	4 matches	1979 - 1979
Frank Stapleton	4 matches	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Peter O'Sullivan	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Gerry Ryan	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Peter Sayer	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Gary Williams	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Brian Horton	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Peter Ward	2 matches	1979 - 1979