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WBA 1-1 Arsenal - April 14, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 38

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

April 14, 1979

1 - 1

Arsenal

Tony Brown

Liam Brady

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Tony Brown0

0' - Goal Liam Brady

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Frank Stapletonis substituted by Steve Gatting

logo Arsenal ARS

Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age20 years

positionDefender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Trewick

John Trewick

England

B.date03/06/1957

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Tony Brown0

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age33 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham

England

B.date08/03/1956

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden	23	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	26	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	28	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	20	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Trewick	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	22	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	33	462	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	32	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis	21	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Laurie Cunningham	23	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

142

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Walford

Steve Walford

England

B.date05/01/1958

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Price

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Brady0

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age23 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton46

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age25 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		33	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		20	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walford		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		30	448	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		30	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price		23	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady		23	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	46	22	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		25	75	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

162

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Gatting	46	19	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tony Brown

David Mills

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sammy Nelson

Willie Young

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Atkinson vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 14, 1979

Atkinson vs Neill

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 14, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

159

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs WBA

5 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 14, 1979

Neill vs Atkinson

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 14, 1979

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Comments

Key figures

WBA keeps its 23 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 14/10/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/02/1966-17/09/1966 time period (24 matches).

Ron Atkinson has registered 50 participation in Premier League since the 12/01/1978 as the manager of next after this match..

WBA keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 26/02/1979). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/05/1977-17/12/1977 time period (13 matches).

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Chelsea14/03/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Red Star Belgrade21/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Queens Park Rangers24/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Derby County26/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester City04/04/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Everton07/04/1979

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Red Star Belgrade21/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Queens Park Rangers24/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Derby County26/03/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester City04/04/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Everton07/04/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion13/04/1979

Current form

Away

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal26/02/1979

LSouthampton 2-0 Arsenal03/03/1979

LIpswich Town 2-0 Arsenal17/03/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal19/03/1979

LBolton Wanderers 4-2 Arsenal26/03/1979

LLiverpool 3-0 Arsenal07/04/1979

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester City24/03/1979

LBolton Wanderers 4-2 Arsenal26/03/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton31/03/1979

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry03/04/1979

LLiverpool 3-0 Arsenal07/04/1979

VArsenal 1-0 Tottenham10/04/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	18	11
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	35
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
20	Victories (Competition total)	16
11	Victories (Home / Away)	6
7	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	9
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

63	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
2.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.49
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.03
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.31

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (3 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

Ally Brown	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Frank Stapleton
Ally Brown	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Liam Brady
Ally Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Liam Brady
Ally Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Liam Brady
Cyrille Regis	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Frank Stapleton

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

23 v

9 d

16 l

79 gf

60 ga

Away

48 matches

10 v

9 d

29 l

58 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

97 matches

33 v

18 d

46 l

137 gf

163 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

29 v

9 d

10 l

102 gf

58 ga

Away

48 matches

16 v

9 d

23 l

60 gf

79 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

97 matches

46 v

18 d

33 l

163 gf

137 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1922
Home	7 - 0	October 14, 1922

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 25, 1978
Away	3 - 0	January 30, 1935

Latest head to head

December 26, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Arsenal

1 - 2

WBA

March 25, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Arsenal

4 - 0

WBA

December 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

WBA

1 - 3

Arsenal

April 09, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

WBA

0 - 2

Arsenal

March 08, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Arsenal

1 - 2

WBA

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Clive Clark	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Tony Brown	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Bobby Hope	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Cram	3 goals	1966 - 1966
John Kaye	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1977 - 1978
George Armstrong	5 goals	1966 - 1970
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1972
Joe Baker	4 goals	1963 - 1963
Alan Skirton	3 goals	1961 - 1966
John Roberts	3 goals	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Tony Brown	17 matches	1964 - 1978
Jeff Astle	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Bobby Hope	16 matches	1960 - 1971
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969
Clive Clark	15 matches	1961 - 1968
John Kaye	15 matches	1963 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

George Armstrong	17 matches	1964 - 1977
Frank McLintock	17 matches	1964 - 1973
John Radford	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Storey	14 matches	1966 - 1972
Robert McNab	13 matches	1966 - 1973
Pat Rice	12 matches	1969 - 1978