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Ipswich Town 0-2 Arsenal - April 18, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 39

Portman Road - Ipswich - England

April 18, 1981

0 - 2

Arsenal

Kenny Sansom

Peter Nicholas

logo Ipswich Town IT

0' - Goal Kenny Sansom photo Peter Nicholas

0' - Goal Peter Nicholas

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46' - Substitution Eric Gatesis substituted by Tommy Parkin46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ipswich Town

0 - 2

Arsenal

Ipswich Town Arsenal

Team line-ups

Ipswich Town

Cooper

Paul Cooper

England

B.date21/12/1953

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Butcher

Terry Butcher

England

B.date28/12/1958

Age22 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Wark

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Osman

Russell Osman

England

B.date14/02/1959

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age32 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

McCall

Steve McCall

England

B.date15/10/1960

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Mühren

Arnold Mühren

Netherlands

B.date02/06/1951

Age29 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Gates46

Eric Gates

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age25 years

positionStriker

Brazil

Alan Brazil

Scotland

B.date15/06/1959

Age21 years

positionForward

O'Callaghan

Kevin O'Callaghan

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/10/1961

Age19 years

positionLeft Winger

Mariner

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Cooper		27	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Butcher		22	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark		23	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Russell Osman		22	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		32	553	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McCall		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Mühren		29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eric Gates	46	25	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Brazil		21	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin O'Callaghan		19	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		27	207	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

187

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age35 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Devine

John Devine

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1958

Age22 years

positionDefender

Sansom0

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas0

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age27 years

positionStriker

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	35	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	34	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young	29	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	22	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Devine	22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot	27	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	27	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	24	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tommy Parkin	46	25	10	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

Kevin O'Callaghan

Frans Thijssen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

641

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Robson vs Arsenal

12 victories

5 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1981

Robson vs Neill

7 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

280

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Neill vs Ipswich Town

5 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1981

Neill vs Robson

5 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1981

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Key figures

Ipswich Town keeps its 16 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 26/12/1980). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/03/1978-16/12/1978 time period (17 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal running (since 04/04/1981).

The last time Ipswich Town has lost with a difference of 2 goals at home, It was on the 09/09/1978 (vs )

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VIpswich Town 3-1 Wolverhampton21/02/1981

VIpswich Town 1-0 Nottingham Forest10/03/1981

VIpswich Town 3-0 Tottenham14/03/1981

VIpswich Town 3-1 Saint-Étienne18/03/1981

VIpswich Town 4-1 Sunderland28/03/1981

VIpswich Town 1-0 FC Köln08/04/1981

Overall

VIpswich Town 4-1 Sunderland28/03/1981

LLeeds United 3-0 Ipswich Town31/03/1981

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Ipswich Town04/04/1981

VIpswich Town 1-0 FC Köln08/04/1981

LManchester City 1-0 Ipswich Town11/04/1981

VAston Villa 1-2 Ipswich Town14/04/1981

Current form

Away

LTottenham 2-0 Arsenal17/01/1981

DStoke City 1-1 Arsenal07/02/1981

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Arsenal21/02/1981

LLeicester 1-0 Arsenal07/03/1981

DNorwich City 1-1 Arsenal21/03/1981

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Arsenal04/04/1981

Overall

LLeicester 1-0 Arsenal07/03/1981

DNorwich City 1-1 Arsenal21/03/1981

VArsenal 1-0 Liverpool28/03/1981

VArsenal 2-1 Birmingham City31/03/1981

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Arsenal04/04/1981

DArsenal 0-0 Leeds United11/04/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	15	1
Unbeaten streak	46	1
Drawless streak	15	10
Scoring streak	18	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	38
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
22	Victories (Competition total)	15
14	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	15
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
0	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

73	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
42	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
1.97	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.37
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.11
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.42

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 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

John Wark	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Frank Stapleton
John Wark	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Frank Stapleton
John Wark	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Hollins
John Wark	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Brazil	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Frank Stapleton

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

6 v

4 d

6 l

22 gf

17 ga

Away

17 matches

6 v

3 d

8 l

21 gf

28 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

34 matches

13 v

7 d

14 l

44 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

8 v

3 d

6 l

28 gf

21 ga

Away

16 matches

6 v

4 d

6 l

17 gf

22 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

34 matches

14 v

7 d

13 l

45 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	March 05, 1977
Home	3 - 0	August 27, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 05, 1963
Away	2 - 1	October 09, 1979

Latest head to head

December 27, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Arsenal

1 - 1

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

October 09, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Ipswich Town

1 - 2

Arsenal

August 21, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Arsenal

0 - 2

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

March 17, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Ipswich Town

2 - 0

Arsenal

November 04, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Arsenal

4 - 1

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Mick Lambert	4 goals	1973 - 1974
Ted Phillips	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Raymond Crawford	3 goals	1962 - 1968
John Wark	3 goals	1977 - 1980
Kevin Beattie	2 goals	1974 - 1976
Roger Osborne	2 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/04/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ipswich Town

Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Charles George	4 goals	1970 - 1972
Joe Baker	3 goals	1962 - 1963
John Radford	3 goals	1968 - 1973
Alan Sunderland	2 goals	1979 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/04/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Mick Mills	24 matches	1969 - 1980
Allan Hunter	18 matches	1971 - 1979
Clive Woods	14 matches	1970 - 1979
Colin Viljoen	13 matches	1968 - 1978
Trevor Whymark	12 matches	1970 - 1978
Paul Cooper	11 matches	1975 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/04/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ipswich Town

Pat Rice	17 matches	1970 - 1979
Sammy Nelson	16 matches	1969 - 1979
George Armstrong	15 matches	1962 - 1977
Peter Storey	14 matches	1968 - 1975
Liam Brady	14 matches	1974 - 1979
Peter Simpson	13 matches	1968 - 1978