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Arsenal 1-0 Blackburn - February 26, 1994 / Premier League 1993/1994

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Premier League 1993/1994 - Round 31

Highbury - London - England

February 26, 1994

35 030

Arsenal

1 - 0

Blackburn

Paul Merson

73'

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26' - Substitution Kevin Gallacheris substituted by Mark Atkins

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73' - Goal Paul Merson73

83' - Substitution Kevin Moranis substituted by Andy Morrison

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Blackburn

Arsenal Blackburn

Team line-ups

Arsenal

1 Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

6 Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

12 Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

2 Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

3 Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

17 Jensen

John Jensen

Denmark

B.date03/05/1965

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

23 Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

4 Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

10 Merson73

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age25 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

7 Campbell

Kevin Campbell

England

B.date04/02/1970

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

9 Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age31 years

H1m91

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Seaman		30	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tony Adams		27	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Steve Bould		31	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lee Dixon		29	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nigel Winterburn		30	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	John Jensen		28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ray Parlour		20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Paul Davis		32	430	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Paul Merson	73	25	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Kevin Campbell		24	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Smith		31	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

244

Blackburn

26 Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

21 Moran83

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age37 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

12 Marker

Nicky Marker

England

B.date03/05/1965

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

20 Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 May

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

6 Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

23 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age25 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Ripley

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

8 Gallacher26

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age27 years

H1m70

positionStriker

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

11 Wilcox

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Tim Flowers		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Kevin Moran	83	37	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Nicky Marker		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Henning Berg		24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	David May		23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Graeme Le Saux		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	David Batty		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Stuart Ripley		26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Kevin Gallacher	26	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jason Wilcox		22	64	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	D		Andy Morrison	83	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D		Mark Atkins	26	25	54	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

Nicky Marker

Mark Atkins

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

404

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs Blackburn

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1994

Graham vs Dalglish

6 victories

5 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1994

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

133

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Dalglish vs Arsenal

10 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1994

Dalglish vs Graham

9 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1994

Referee

Joseph Worrall

5 victories	0 draw	3 losses	Arsenal8 matches	General total	Blackburn8 matches	6 victories	0 draw	2 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	Blackburn4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 14, 1995					Latest figure on January 14, 1995

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Key figures

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has reached 51% of wins .

End of streak for Arsenal after 5 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 22/01/1994). It was the best streak for the club since 21/11/1992-19/12/1992 (6 matches).

End of streak for Blackburn after 12 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League (since 05/12/1993). It was the best streak for the club since 20/03/1993-12/09/1993 (18 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

	1	Manchester United	68 pts	29 rd
	2	Blackburn	61 pts	30 rd
+1	3	Arsenal	51 pts	30 rd
-1	4	Newcastle United	48 pts	29 rd
+2	5	Liverpool	47 pts	30 rd

General ranking

	1	Manchester United	68 pts	29 rd
	2	Blackburn	61 pts	30 rd
+1	3	Arsenal	51 pts	30 rd
-1	4	Newcastle United	48 pts	29 rd
+2	5	Liverpool	47 pts	30 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Tottenham06/12/1993

VArsenal 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday12/12/1993

VArsenal 3-0 Sheffield United29/12/1993

DArsenal 0-0 Queens Park Rangers03/01/1994

DArsenal 1-1 Oldham Athletic22/01/1994

LArsenal 1-3 Bolton Wanderers09/02/1994

Overall

DManchester City 0-0 Arsenal15/01/1994

DArsenal 1-1 Oldham Athletic22/01/1994

DBolton Wanderers 2-2 Arsenal31/01/1994

LArsenal 1-3 Bolton Wanderers09/02/1994

DNorwich City 1-1 Arsenal13/02/1994

DEverton 1-1 Arsenal19/02/1994

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-1 Blackburn01/01/1994

VSheffield United 1-2 Blackburn15/01/1994

VPortsmouth 1-3 Blackburn19/01/1994

DCharlton 0-0 Blackburn29/01/1994

VTottenham 0-2 Blackburn12/02/1994

DNorwich City 2-2 Blackburn22/02/1994

Overall

DCharlton 0-0 Blackburn29/01/1994

VBlackburn 3-0 Wimbledon FC05/02/1994

LBlackburn 0-1 Charlton08/02/1994

VTottenham 0-2 Blackburn12/02/1994

VBlackburn 1-0 Newcastle United19/02/1994

DNorwich City 2-2 Blackburn22/02/1994

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	2
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
12	Victories (Competition total)	18
7	Victories (Home / Away)	8
12	Draws (Competition total)	7
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.52
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.57
0.55	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.76
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.93

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ian Wright	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	25 goals	Alan Shearer
Ian Wright	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	12 goals	Alan Shearer
Ian Wright	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Alan Shearer
Ian Wright	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Campbell	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Kevin Gallacher

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

24 v

10 d

6 l

87 gf

35 ga

Away

39 matches

12 v

13 d

14 l

57 gf

74 ga

Total

79 matches

36 v

23 d

20 l

144 gf

109 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

14 v

13 d

12 l

74 gf

57 ga

Away

40 matches

6 v

10 d

24 l

35 gf

87 ga

Total

79 matches

20 v

23 d

36 l

109 gf

144 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

September 01, 1993 - Premier League 1993/1994

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

September 12, 1992 - Premier League 1992/1993

Arsenal

0 - 1

Blackburn

August 18, 1992 - Premier League 1992/1993

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

November 01, 1967 - League Cup 1967/1968

Arsenal

2 - 1

Blackburn

January 22, 1966 - FA Cup 1965/1966

Blackburn

3 - 0

Arsenal

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
Alan Skirton	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Ted Drake	2 goals	1934 - 1934

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
Bryan Douglas	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Mike England	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Louis Bimpson	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Andrew McEvoy	2 goals	1963 - 1966
Kevin Gallacher	1 goal	1993 - 1993

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
Joe Baker	8 matches	1962 - 1966
Geoff Strong	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Terry Neill	6 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
Keith Newton	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Mike England	8 matches	1960 - 1966
Matt Woods	8 matches	1959 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Frank Stapleton

301 matches

1 match

1975 - 1991

Joe Haverty

47 matches

27 matches

1959 - 1962

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Joe Haverty

47 matches

27 matches

1959 - 1962

Frank Stapleton

301 matches

1 match

1975 - 1991

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 26, 1994

West Ham

2 2

Man United

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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February 27, 1994

Chelsea

4 3

Tottenham

Line-ups available

February 28, 1994

Oldham Athletic

1 1

Leeds United

Line-ups available

March 16, 1994

Sheffield United

1 1

QPR

Line-ups available

March 23, 1994

Newcastle United

2 0

Ipswich Town

Line-ups available

March 30, 1994

Aston Villa

0 0

Everton

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	68	29	20	8	1	59	27	+32
2	Blackburn	61	30	18	7	5	44	23	+21
+13	Arsenal	51	30	13	12	5	34	16	+18
-14	Newcastle United	48	29	14	6	9	51	30	+21
+25	Liverpool	47	30	13	8	9	49	40	+9
-16	Leeds United	46	28	12	10	6	41	29	+12
-17	Aston Villa	45	28	12	9	7	36	27	+9
8	Sheffield Wednesday	44	29	11	11	7	53	38	+15
9	Norwich City	44	30	10	14	6	49	39	+10
10	Queens Park Rangers	39	27	11	6	10	42	36	+6
11	Coventry	38	31	9	11	11	32	37	-5
+212	West Ham	37	29	9	10	10	27	37	-10
-113	Ipswich Town	36	29	8	12	9	26	32	-6
-114	Wimbledon FC	36	28	9	9	10	31	39	-8
15	Everton	33	30	9	6	15	33	41	-8
16	Tottenham	30	29	7	9	13	36	39	-3
17	Southampton	30	29	9	3	17	32	41	-9
+118	Manchester City	29	30	6	11	13	25	38	-13
-119	Chelsea	26	27	6	8	13	26	36	-10
20	Oldham Athletic	26	28	6	8	14	24	47	-23
21	Sheffield United	23	29	4	11	14	24	45	-21
22	Swindon Town	23	31	4	11	16	35	72	-37

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Arsenal 1-0 Blackburn - February 26, 1994 / Premier League 1993/1994

Arsenal

1 - 0

Blackburn

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Graham vs Blackburn

Graham vs Dalglish

Manager

Dalglish vs Arsenal

Dalglish vs Graham

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking