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Arsenal 3-1 Everton - February 24, 1988 / League Cup 1987/1988

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League Cup 1987/1988 - Semi-finals

Highbury - London - England

February 24, 1988

Arsenal

3 - 1

Everton

David Rocastle

Michael Thomas

Alan Smith

Adrian Heath

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0' - Goal David Rocastle photo Michael Thomas

0' - Goal Michael Thomas photo Alan Smith

0' - Goal Alan Smith photo Paul Davis

0' - Substitution David O'Learyis substituted by Paul Davis0

0' - Goal Adrian Heath photo Adrian Heath

0' - Substitution Pat Van Den Hauweis substituted by Adrian Heath photo Alan Harper

0' - Substitution Ian Snodinis substituted by Alan Harper

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 1

Everton

Arsenal Everton

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary0

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age25 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Rocastle0

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas0

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Hayes

Martin Hayes

England

B.date21/03/1966

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Groves

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Smith0

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		27	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	0	29	577	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		21	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		29	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		20	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hayes		21	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

149

Everton

Southall

Neville Southall

Wales

B.date16/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Watson

Dave Watson

England

B.date20/11/1961

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Van Den Hauwe0

Pat Van Den Hauwe

Wales

B.date16/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Snodin0

Ian Snodin

England

B.date15/08/1963

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Stevens

Gary Stevens

England

B.date27/03/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Power

Paul Power

England

B.date30/10/1953

Age34 years

positionLeft full-back

Pointon

Neil Pointon

England

B.date28/11/1964

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Steven

Trevor Steven

England

B.date21/09/1963

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bracewell

Paul Bracewell

England

B.date19/07/1962

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Sharp

Graeme Sharp

Scotland

B.date16/10/1960

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Clarke

Wayne Clarke

England

B.date28/02/1961

Age26 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neville Southall		29	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Watson		26	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Van Den Hauwe	0	27	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Snodin	0	24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Stevens		24	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Power		34	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Pointon		23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Steven		24	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Bracewell		25	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graeme Sharp		27	317	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Clarke		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

155

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Davis	0	26	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Alan Harper	0	27	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Adrian Heath	0	27	288	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

Wayne Clarke

Adrian Heath

OUT

Paul Bracewell

Peter Reid

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs Everton

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 1988

Graham vs Harvey

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Harvey

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Harvey vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 1988

Harvey vs Graham

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 1988

Videos

December 11, 2014

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Everton after 9 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in League Cup (since 26/09/1984). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/11/1977 (6 matches)

Trevor Steven played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in his professional career

No Everton manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Colin Harvey has done less than 21% of losses .

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArsenal 0-2 Nottingham Forest26/12/1987

DArsenal 0-0 Queens Park Rangers02/01/1988

VArsenal 2-0 Millwall09/01/1988

LArsenal 1-2 Manchester United24/01/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Luton Town13/02/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Manchester United20/02/1988

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1988

LArsenal 1-2 Manchester United24/01/1988

VBrighton & Hove 1-2 Arsenal30/01/1988

VEverton 0-1 Arsenal07/02/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Luton Town13/02/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Manchester United20/02/1988

Current form

Away

DArsenal 1-1 Everton19/12/1987

LManchester United 2-1 Everton28/12/1987

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Everton01/01/1988

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Everton09/01/1988

VNorwich City 0-3 Everton16/01/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 0-5 Everton27/01/1988

Overall

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Everton03/02/1988

LEverton 0-1 Arsenal07/02/1988

VEverton 2-1 Middlesbrough09/02/1988

LEverton 1-2 Luton Town10/02/1988

VEverton 2-0 Queens Park Rangers13/02/1988

LEverton 0-1 Liverpool21/02/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
6	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (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 Smith	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Gary Stevens
Kevin Richardson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Gary Stevens
Michael Thomas	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Michael Thomas	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Perry Groves	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Adrian Heath

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

43 v

12 d

16 l

130 gf

74 ga

Away

72 matches

19 v

19 d

34 l

86 gf

111 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

144 matches

63 v

31 d

50 l

220 gf

188 ga

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

34 v

19 d

19 l

111 gf

86 ga

Away

71 matches

16 v

12 d

43 l

74 gf

130 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

144 matches

50 v

31 d

63 l

188 gf

220 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 10, 1963
Home	6 - 0	December 10, 1963

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 09, 1985
Away	4 - 0	September 02, 1908

Latest head to head

February 07, 1988 - League Cup 1987/1988

Everton

0 - 1

Arsenal

December 19, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

1 - 1

Everton

March 28, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

0 - 1

Everton

October 04, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Everton

0 - 1

Arsenal

April 12, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Arsenal

0 - 1

Everton

Best historical scorers against Everton

Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
Frank Stapleton	6 goals	1975 - 1980
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1982 - 1983
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1963 - 1963
David Herd	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Stewart Robson	3 goals	1982 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Dixie Dean	13 goals	1926 - 1937
Royston Vernon	9 goals	1960 - 1963
Alex Young	5 goals	1961 - 1963
Adrian Heath	5 goals	1982 - 1986
Frederick Pickering	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Bob Latchford	4 goals	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

David O'Leary	26 matches	1975 - 1988
Pat Rice	23 matches	1969 - 1980
George Armstrong	23 matches	1962 - 1977
John Radford	22 matches	1965 - 1976
Robert McNab	20 matches	1966 - 1975
Peter Storey	20 matches	1966 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/03/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Brian Labone	24 matches	1959 - 1970
Dixie Dean	21 matches	1925 - 1937
Gordon West	20 matches	1962 - 1973
Roger Kenyon	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Lyons Michael	18 matches	1972 - 1981
Colin Harvey	17 matches	1965 - 1973