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Manchester City 0-1 Arsenal - January 01, 1991 / Division 1 1990/1991

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Division 1 1990/1991 - Round 21

Maine Road - Manchester - England

January 01, 1991

0 - 1

Arsenal

Alan Smith

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0' - Goal Alan Smith

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46' - Substitution David O'Learyis substituted by David Hillier photo Perry Groves

46' - Substitution Anders Limparis substituted by Perry Groves

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

0 - 1

Arsenal

Manchester City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Redmond

Steve Redmond

England

B.date02/11/1967

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Pointon

Neil Pointon

England

B.date28/11/1964

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Reid

Peter Reid

England

B.date20/06/1956

Age34 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Megson

Gary Megson

England

B.date02/05/1959

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ward

Mark Ward

England

B.date10/10/1962

Age28 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Brightwell

Ian Brightwell

England

B.date09/04/1968

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

White

David White

England

B.date30/10/1967

Age23 years

H1m91

positionRight Winger

Quinn

Niall Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/10/1966

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Clarke

Wayne Clarke

England

B.date28/02/1961

Age29 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton	29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry	25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Redmond	23	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Pointon	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Reid	34	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Megson	31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Ward	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Brightwell	22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David White	23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Niall Quinn	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Clarke	29	13	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

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary46

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Linighan

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Limpar46

Anders Limpar

Sweden

B.date24/09/1965

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Smith0

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age28 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	46	32	661	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		28	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		26	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		29	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		23	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Limpar	46	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		22	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		28	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

171

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Hillier	46	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Perry Groves	46	25	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wayne Clarke

Adrian Heath

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David O'Leary

Perry Groves

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Reid

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Reid vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 1991

Reid vs Graham

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 1991

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

226

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Graham vs Manchester City

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 1991

Graham vs Reid

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 1991

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Key figures

It's the first time Alan Smith scores a goal vs Manchester City in his professional career since the 28/03/1987 (with Leicester vs Manchester City )

Arsenal keeps its 3 consecutive wins running (since 26/12/1990).

Manchester City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal running (since 14/10/1989). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/04/1983-22/11/1986 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 1-2 Arsenal30/10/1990

LManchester City 2-3 Leeds United11/11/1990

VManchester City 2-1 Queens Park Rangers01/12/1990

VManchester City 2-1 Tottenham15/12/1990

VManchester City 2-1 Middlesbrough19/12/1990

LManchester City 0-2 Crystal Palace22/12/1990

Overall

VManchester City 2-1 Queens Park Rangers01/12/1990

VManchester City 2-1 Tottenham15/12/1990

VManchester City 2-1 Middlesbrough19/12/1990

LManchester City 0-2 Crystal Palace22/12/1990

LSouthampton 2-1 Manchester City26/12/1990

VNottingham Forest 1-3 Manchester City29/12/1990

Current form

Away

VManchester City 1-2 Arsenal30/10/1990

VCoventry 0-2 Arsenal03/11/1990

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Arsenal10/11/1990

VQueens Park Rangers 1-3 Arsenal24/11/1990

DLuton Town 1-1 Arsenal08/12/1990

DAston Villa 0-0 Arsenal23/12/1990

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Liverpool02/12/1990

DLuton Town 1-1 Arsenal08/12/1990

DArsenal 2-2 Wimbledon FC15/12/1990

DAston Villa 0-0 Arsenal23/12/1990

VArsenal 3-0 Derby County26/12/1990

VArsenal 4-1 Sheffield United29/12/1990

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	7	13

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	13	6
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	20
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
7	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
4	Losses (Competition total)	0
2	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 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

Niall Quinn	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Alan Smith
Niall Quinn	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Anders Limpar
Mark Ward	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Lee Dixon
Mark Ward	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Niall Quinn	6 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 8 matches	Alan Smith

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

26 v

20 d

25 l

105 gf

98 ga

Away

71 matches

13 v

14 d

44 l

66 gf

137 ga

Total

142 matches

39 v

34 d

69 l

171 gf

235 ga

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

44 v

14 d

13 l

137 gf

66 ga

Away

71 matches

25 v

20 d

26 l

98 gf

105 ga

Total

142 matches

69 v

34 d

39 l

235 gf

171 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 02, 1912
Home	4 - 0	January 18, 1908

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 14, 1989
Away	3 - 0	March 15, 1980

Latest head to head

October 30, 1990 - League Cup 1990/1991

Manchester City

1 - 2

Arsenal

March 10, 1990 - Division 1 1989/1990

Manchester City

1 - 1

Arsenal

October 14, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Arsenal

4 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 25, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Manchester City

3 - 0

Arsenal

November 22, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Francis Lee	4 goals	1968 - 1973
Dennis Tueart	4 goals	1974 - 1980
Joe Hayes	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Colin Bell	3 goals	1968 - 1971
Tommy Booth	3 goals	1973 - 1976
Matt Gray	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

John Radford	10 goals	1967 - 1974
Brian Talbot	4 goals	1981 - 1983
Alan Skirton	3 goals	1961 - 1962
David Herd	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Liam Brady	3 goals	1978 - 1980
Ray Bowden	3 goals	1934 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Alan Oakes	21 matches	1960 - 1975
Joe Corrigan	21 matches	1969 - 1982
Colin Bell	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Michael Doyle	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Paul Power	18 matches	1975 - 1986
Willie Donachie	16 matches	1971 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

David O'Leary	22 matches	1975 - 1989
Pat Rice	20 matches	1970 - 1979
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1967 - 1977
George Armstrong	18 matches	1962 - 1976
Sammy Nelson	18 matches	1971 - 1980
Peter Storey	17 matches	1967 - 1974