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Luton Town 1-1 Arsenal - August 31, 1987 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Round 5

Kenilworth Road Stadium - Luton - England

August 31, 1987

Luton Town

1 - 1

Arsenal

(penalty) Danny Wilson

45'

Paul Davis

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0' - Goal Danny Wilson0

45' - Goal Paul Davis

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46' - Substitution Mike Newellis substituted by Mark Stein46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Luton Town

1 - 1

Arsenal

Luton Town Arsenal

Team line-ups

Luton Town

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Foster

Steve Foster

England

B.date24/09/1957

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Donaghy

Mal Donaghy

Northern Ireland

B.date13/09/1957

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Breacker

Tim Breacker

England

B.date02/07/1965

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Grimes

Ashley Grimes

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/08/1957

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Wilson0

Danny Wilson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1960

Age27 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Preece

David Preece

England

B.date28/05/1963

Age24 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Hill

Ricky Hill

England

B.date05/03/1959

Age28 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Newell46

Mike Newell

England

B.date27/01/1965

Age22 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Stein

Brian Stein

South Africa

B.date19/10/1957

Age29 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Nwajiobi

Emeka Nwajiobi

Nigeria

B.date25/05/1959

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		29	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Foster		29	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mal Donaghy		29	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim Breacker		22	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Grimes		30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Wilson		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Preece		24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricky Hill		28	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Newell	46	22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Stein		29	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emeka Nwajiobi		28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age28 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Davis45

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Groves

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		20	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		29	550	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		28	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		20	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams		29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis	45	25	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		29	454	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

190

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mark Stein	46	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian Stein

Gary Cobb

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Harford

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Harford vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1987

Harford vs Graham

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Graham vs Luton Town

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1987

Graham vs Harford

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 1987

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Luton Town keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win running (since 05/05/1987). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/03/1984-17/04/1984 time period (7 matches).

David O'Leary played his game number 10 vs Luton Town in Premier League

It's the first time Paul Davis scores a goal vs Luton Town in his professional career since the 19/03/1983 (with Arsenal vs Luton Town )

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLuton Town 0-0 Wimbledon FC04/04/1987

VLuton Town 2-0 Coventry18/04/1987

DLuton Town 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday25/04/1987

LLuton Town 2-3 Oxford United05/05/1987

LLuton Town 0-1 Coventry18/08/1987

DLuton Town 2-2 West Ham22/08/1987

Overall

LLuton Town 2-3 Oxford United05/05/1987

LEverton 3-1 Luton Town09/05/1987

LDerby County 1-0 Luton Town15/08/1987

LLuton Town 0-1 Coventry18/08/1987

DLuton Town 2-2 West Ham22/08/1987

LChelsea 3-0 Luton Town29/08/1987

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 3-1 Arsenal08/04/1987

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Arsenal18/04/1987

LManchester City 3-0 Arsenal25/04/1987

VQueens Park Rangers 1-4 Arsenal04/05/1987

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal19/08/1987

LQueens Park Rangers 2-0 Arsenal22/08/1987

Overall

VQueens Park Rangers 1-4 Arsenal04/05/1987

LArsenal 1-2 Norwich City09/05/1987

LArsenal 1-2 Liverpool15/08/1987

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal19/08/1987

LQueens Park Rangers 2-0 Arsenal22/08/1987

VArsenal 6-0 Portsmouth29/08/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	4	6
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Mick Harford	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Alan Smith
Mick Harford	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mick Harford	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Alan Smith

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

5 v

5 d

9 l

29 gf

25 ga

Away

15 matches

2 v

2 d

11 l

15 gf

35 ga

Total

34 matches

7 v

7 d

20 l

44 gf

60 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

11 v

2 d

2 l

35 gf

15 ga

Away

19 matches

9 v

5 d

5 l

25 gf

29 ga

Total

34 matches

20 v

7 d

7 l

60 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 28, 1957
Home	4 - 0	December 28, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	December 31, 1898
Away	2 - 0	October 02, 1897

Latest head to head

December 20, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

3 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

September 13, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Luton Town

0 - 0

Arsenal

March 05, 1986 - FA Cup 1985/1986

Luton Town

3 - 0

Arsenal

March 03, 1986 - FA Cup 1985/1986

Arsenal

0 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

February 15, 1986 - FA Cup 1985/1986

Luton Town

2 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Mick Harford	3 goals	1985 - 1986
Brian Stein	2 goals	1984 - 1985
Tony Gregory	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Emeka Nwajiobi	2 goals	1985 - 1985
David Moss	2 goals	1982 - 1983
Don Shanks	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Tony Woodcock	7 goals	1983 - 1985
Ian Allinson	3 goals	1984 - 1986
Brian Kidd	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Graham Rix	2 goals	1982 - 1986
Paul Davis	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Niall Quinn	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Mal Donaghy	10 matches	1982 - 1986
Brian Stein	9 matches	1982 - 1986
Ricky Hill	8 matches	1982 - 1986
Les Sealey	7 matches	1983 - 1986
Tim Breacker	5 matches	1984 - 1986
Peter Nicholas	5 matches	1985 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Kenny Sansom	13 matches	1982 - 1986
David O'Leary	12 matches	1982 - 1986
Graham Rix	10 matches	1982 - 1986
Charly Nicholas	10 matches	1983 - 1986
John Lukic	9 matches	1984 - 1986
Viv Anderson	9 matches	1984 - 1986