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Arsenal 3-1 Man United - May 06, 1991 / Division 1 1990/1991

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Division 1 1990/1991 - Round 36

Highbury - London - England

May 06, 1991

40 229

Arsenal

3 - 1

Man United

Alan Smith

18'

Alan Smith

41'

(penalty) Alan Smith

45+13'

89'

Steve Bruce (penalty)

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12' - Substitution Mark Hughesis substituted by Darren Ferguson

18' - Goal Alan Smith18

41' - Goal Alan Smith41

58' - Goal Alan Smith58

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46' - Substitution David Hillieris substituted by David O'Leary photo Michael Thomas

46' - Substitution Anders Limparis substituted by Michael Thomas46

46' - Substitution Bryan Robsonis substituted by Russell Beardsmore

89' - Goal Steve Bruce

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 1

Man United

Arsenal Man United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hillier46

David Hillier

England

B.date19/12/1969

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Limpar46

Anders Limpar

Sweden

B.date24/09/1965

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Smith411858

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age28 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Campbell

Kevin Campbell

England

B.date04/02/1970

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		28	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		24	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		27	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		27	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hillier	46	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		29	376	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anders Limpar	46	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		23	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith	411858	28	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Campbell		21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

140

Man United

Walsh

Gary Walsh

England

B.date21/03/1968

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bruce89

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Phelan

Mike Phelan

England

B.date24/09/1962

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age23 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Robson46

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age34 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Webb

Neil Webb

England

B.date30/07/1963

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Hughes12

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Robins

Mark Robins

England

B.date22/12/1969

Age21 years

H1m70

positionStriker

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Walsh		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce	89	30	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Phelan		28	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy		33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	46	34	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Webb		27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		26	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	12	27	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Robins		21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		27	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

149

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David O'Leary	46	33	677	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Michael Thomas	46	23	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Darren Ferguson	12	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Russell Beardsmore	46	22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anders Limpar

Perry Groves

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Robins

Ryan Giggs

OUT

Mal Donaghy

Gary Pallister

OUT

Paul Ince

Denis Irwin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

250

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Graham vs Man United

7 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1991

Graham vs Ferguson

6 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1991

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

236

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Ferguson vs Arsenal

4 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1991

Ferguson vs Graham

4 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1991

Referee

Bob Nixon

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	General total	Man United4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	Season total	Man United2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 06, 1991					Latest figure on March 04, 1992

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Key figures

It's the first time Alan Smith scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs Manchester United in his professional career with Arsenal

Alan Smith scored 6 goals vs Manchester United in his professional career with Arsenal

Nigel Winterburn played his game number 10 vs Manchester United in his professional career with Arsenal

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-1 Cambridge United09/03/1991

VArsenal 2-0 Leeds United17/03/1991

DArsenal 1-1 Nottingham Forest20/03/1991

VArsenal 5-0 Aston Villa03/04/1991

DArsenal 2-2 Manchester City17/04/1991

VArsenal 2-0 Queens Park Rangers23/04/1991

Overall

VSheffield United 0-2 Arsenal06/04/1991

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal09/04/1991

LTottenham 3-1 Arsenal14/04/1991

DArsenal 2-2 Manchester City17/04/1991

VArsenal 2-0 Queens Park Rangers23/04/1991

DSunderland 0-0 Arsenal04/05/1991

Current form

Away

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester United13/03/1991

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester United16/03/1991

VMontpellier 0-2 Manchester United19/03/1991

VNorwich City 0-3 Manchester United30/03/1991

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United06/04/1991

VLegia Warsaw 1-3 Manchester United10/04/1991

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United06/04/1991

VLegia Warsaw 1-3 Manchester United10/04/1991

VManchester United 3-1 Derby County16/04/1991

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester United21/04/1991

DManchester United 1-1 Legia Warsaw24/04/1991

VManchester United 1-0 Manchester City04/05/1991

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	15	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	17	2
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	35
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
22	Victories (Competition total)	16
13	Victories (Home / Away)	5
13	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	8
1	Losses (Competition total)	8
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

65	Goals scored (Competition total)	56
42	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.6
2.47	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.35
0.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.09
0.47	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
24	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Alan Smith	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Brian McClair
Paul Merson	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Steve Bruce
Lee Dixon	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Steve Bruce
Lee Dixon	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	4 penalties	Steve Bruce
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Brian McClair
Alan Smith	6 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 1 assist during the last 9 matches	Brian McClair

Historical head to head

Home

77 matches

47 v

10 d

20 l

165 gf

98 ga

Away

76 matches

13 v

19 d

44 l

73 gf

148 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Total

156 matches

62 v

29 d

65 l

244 gf

251 ga

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

44 v

19 d

13 l

148 gf

73 ga

Away

77 matches

20 v

10 d

47 l

98 gf

165 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

6 ga

Total

156 matches

65 v

29 d

62 l

251 gf

244 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Home	5 - 0	January 30, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Away	6 - 2	November 28, 1990

Latest head to head

November 28, 1990 - League Cup 1990/1991

Arsenal

2 - 6

Man United

October 20, 1990 - Division 1 1990/1991

Man United

0 - 1

Arsenal

December 03, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Arsenal

1 - 0

Man United

August 19, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Man United

4 - 1

Arsenal

April 02, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Man United

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1976 - 1978
George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Ray Kennedy	5 goals	1970 - 1974
Liam Brady	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957
Mark Hughes	5 goals	1984 - 1990
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Gordon Strachan	4 goals	1984 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

David O'Leary	32 matches	1975 - 1989
George Armstrong	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Graham Rix	24 matches	1977 - 1988
Pat Rice	21 matches	1969 - 1979
Kenny Sansom	19 matches	1980 - 1988
Paul Davis	18 matches	1981 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Tony Dunne	22 matches	1962 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Arthur Albiston	20 matches	1977 - 1986
Martin Buchan	19 matches	1972 - 1982