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Watford 2-1 Arsenal - April 30, 1983 / Division 1 1982/1983

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Division 1 1982/1983 - Round 39

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

April 30, 1983

Watford

2 - 1

Arsenal

John Barnes

90'

(penalty) Luther Blissett

90'

Brian McDermott

logo Watford WAT

0' - Goal Brian McDermott

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46' - Substitution John Hawleyis substituted by Vladimir Petrovic

90' - Goal John Barnes photo Luther Blissett

90' - Goal Luther Blissett90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 1

Arsenal

Watford Arsenal

Team line-ups

Watford

Sherwood

Steve Sherwood

England

B.date12/10/1953

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Jackett

Kenny Jackett

Wales

B.date05/01/1962

Age21 years

positionDefender

Sims

Steve Sims

England

B.date02/07/1957

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Jobson

Richard Jobson

England

B.date09/05/1963

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age26 years

positionDefender

Bolton

Ian Bolton

England

B.date13/07/1953

Age29 years

positionDefender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age34 years

positionRight full-back

Barnes90

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Taylor

Les Taylor

England

B.date04/12/1956

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Callaghan

Nigel Callaghan

England

B.date12/09/1962

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Blissett90

Luther Blissett

England

B.date01/02/1958

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Sherwood		29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Jackett		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sims		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Jobson		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bolton		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		34	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	90	19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Taylor		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Callaghan		20	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luther Blissett	90	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age37 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hill

Colin Hill

Northern Ireland

B.date12/11/1963

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Whyte

Christopher Whyte

England

B.date02/09/1961

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kay

John Kay

England

B.date29/01/1964

Age19 years

positionFull-back

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age23 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott0

Brian McDermott

England

B.date08/04/1961

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hawley46

John Hawley

England

B.date08/05/1954

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		37	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hill		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		24	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Whyte		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kay		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		24	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		23	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		29	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		21	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian McDermott		22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hawley	46	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

125

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Vladimir Petrovic	46	27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel Callaghan

David Johnson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Hawley

Tony Woodcock

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

215

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Taylor vs Arsenal

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 1983

Taylor vs Neill

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 1983

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

391

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Neill vs Watford

6 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1983

Neill vs Taylor

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1983

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 17 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 03/01/1983). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/12/1982 (10 matches)

Watford keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League running (since 12/03/1983). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/01/1983 (8 matches)

Arsenal keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 04/04/1983).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 2-1 Aston Villa26/02/1983

VWatford 5-3 Notts County12/03/1983

LWatford 0-1 Tottenham19/03/1983

VWatford 2-1 Birmingham City22/03/1983

VWatford 5-2 Luton Town04/04/1983

LWatford 1-3 Nottingham Forest16/04/1983

Overall

LStoke City 4-0 Watford26/03/1983

LWest Ham 2-1 Watford02/04/1983

VWatford 5-2 Luton Town04/04/1983

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-3 Watford09/04/1983

LWatford 1-3 Nottingham Forest16/04/1983

LManchester United 2-0 Watford23/04/1983

Current form

Away

LManchester United 2-1 Arsenal23/02/1983

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Arsenal26/02/1983

LBirmingham City 2-1 Arsenal15/03/1983

VEverton 2-3 Arsenal26/03/1983

LTottenham 5-0 Arsenal04/04/1983

LNorwich City 3-1 Arsenal20/04/1983

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Southampton02/04/1983

LTottenham 5-0 Arsenal04/04/1983

VArsenal 2-1 Coventry09/04/1983

LManchester United 2-1 Arsenal16/04/1983

LNorwich City 3-1 Arsenal20/04/1983

VArsenal 3-0 Manchester City23/04/1983

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	15
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	7	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	37
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
20	Victories (Competition total)	14
14	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	10
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
14	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

67	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
45	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
50	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.35
2.37	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.94
1.32	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.78

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 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

Luther Blissett	23 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Tony Woodcock
Luther Blissett	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Tony Woodcock
Luther Blissett	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	John Hollins
Luther Blissett	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Luther Blissett	12 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Brian Talbot

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	November 27, 1982
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 03, 1906
Away	2 - 1	March 08, 1980

Latest head to head

November 27, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Arsenal

2 - 4

Watford

March 08, 1980 - FA Cup 1979/1980

Watford

1 - 2

Arsenal

February 03, 1906 - FA Cup 1906

Arsenal

3 - 0

Watford

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

	John Barnes	2 goals	1982 - 1982
	Kenny Jackett	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Frank Stapleton	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Brian Talbot	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Stewart Robson	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Luther Blissett	1 match	1982 - 1982
Pat Rice	1 match	1982 - 1982
Steve Sims	1 match	1982 - 1982
Kenny Jackett	1 match	1982 - 1982
John Barnes	1 match	1982 - 1982
Ross Jenkins	1 match	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Brian Talbot	2 matches	1980 - 1982
Graham Rix	2 matches	1980 - 1982
Alan Sunderland	2 matches	1980 - 1982
David O'Leary	2 matches	1980 - 1982
Willie Young	1 match	1980 - 1980
David Price	1 match	1980 - 1980