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Arsenal 2-2 Sunderland - December 30, 2000 / Premier League 2000/2001

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Premier League 2000/2001 - Round 21

Highbury - London - England

December 30, 2000

38 026

Arsenal

2 - 2

Sunderland

Patrick Vieira

Assist by Thierry Henry (right foot) Lee Dixon

40'

53'

Kevin Phillips

83'

Gavin McCann

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5' - Goal Patrick Vieira5

40' - Goal Lee Dixon40

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53' - Goal Kevin Phillips

56' - Substitution Niall Quinnis substituted by Danny Dichio

69' - Substitution Nwankwo Kanuis substituted by Ray Parlour69

79' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Tomas Danilevicius79

83' - Goal Gavin McCann

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 2

Sunderland

Arsenal Sunderland

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Manninger

Alex Manninger

Austria

B.date04/06/1977

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age34 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Grimandi

Gilles Grimandi

France

B.date11/11/1970

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Latvia

B.date21/01/1976

Age24 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Dixon40

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age36 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Sylvinho

Brazil

B.date12/04/1974

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vieira5

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age24 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pirès

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age27 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Ljungberg

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Henry79

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age23 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Kanu69

Nwankwo Kanu

Nigeria

B.date01/08/1976

Age24 years

H1m96

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Manninger		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		34	638	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gilles Grimandi		30	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igors Stepanovs		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon	40	36	576	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvinho		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira	5	24	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robert Pirès		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg		23	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry	79	23	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu	69	24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

176

Sunderland

Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age24 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Varga

Stanislav Varga

Slovakia

B.date08/10/1972

Age28 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Craddock

Jody Craddock

England

B.date25/07/1975

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Makin

Chris Makin

England

B.date08/05/1973

Age27 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Schwarz

Stefan Schwarz

Sweden

B.date18/04/1969

Age31 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Hutchison

Don Hutchison

Scotland

B.date09/05/1971

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Rae

Alex Rae

Scotland

B.date30/09/1969

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

McCann83

Gavin McCann

England

B.date10/01/1978

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age26 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Quinn56

Niall Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/10/1966

Age34 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Phillips53

Kevin Phillips

England

B.date25/07/1973

Age27 years

H1m71

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Sorensen		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stanislav Varga		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jody Craddock		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Makin		27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stefan Schwarz		31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Don Hutchison		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex Rae		31	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin McCann	83	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray		26	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Niall Quinn	56	34	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Phillips	53	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ray Parlour	69	27	336	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Tomas Danilevicius	79	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Danny Dichio	56	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Freddie Ljungberg

Ray Parlour

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stanislav Varga

Emerson Thome

OUT

Stefan Schwarz

Julio Arca

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

233

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Wenger vs Sunderland

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 2000

Wenger vs Reid

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 2000

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Reid

282

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Reid vs Arsenal

3 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 2000

Reid vs Wenger

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 30, 2000

Referee

Graham Barber

17 victories	6 draws	2 losses	Arsenal25 matches	General total	Sunderland12 matches	3 victories	5 draws	4 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal3 matches	Season total	Sunderland2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on April 03, 2004					Latest figure on February 14, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Lee Dixon scores a goal in Premier League since the 09/05/2000 (with Arsenal vs Sheffield Wednesday )

End of streak for Arsenal after 3 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Premier League (since 02/12/2000).

End of streak for Sunderland after 9 consecutive matches without a draw (since 18/11/2000). It was the best streak for the club since 03/01/1998-24/02/1998 (10 matches).

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArsenal 1-2 Ipswich Town01/11/2000

DArsenal 0-0 Derby County11/11/2000

VArsenal 1-0 Southampton02/12/2000

DArsenal 2-2 Bayern Munich05/12/2000

VArsenal 5-0 Newcastle United09/12/2000

VArsenal 6-1 Leicester26/12/2000

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Southampton02/12/2000

DArsenal 2-2 Bayern Munich05/12/2000

VArsenal 5-0 Newcastle United09/12/2000

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal18/12/2000

LLiverpool 4-0 Arsenal23/12/2000

VArsenal 6-1 Leicester26/12/2000

Current form

Away

LTottenham 2-1 Sunderland04/11/2000

VNewcastle United 1-2 Sunderland18/11/2000

VCharlton 0-1 Sunderland25/11/2000

LLeeds United 2-0 Sunderland16/12/2000

LCrystal Palace 2-1 Sunderland19/12/2000

VBradford 1-4 Sunderland26/12/2000

Overall

VSunderland 2-0 Everton04/12/2000

VSunderland 1-0 Middlesbrough09/12/2000

LLeeds United 2-0 Sunderland16/12/2000

LCrystal Palace 2-1 Sunderland19/12/2000

VSunderland 1-0 Manchester City23/12/2000

VBradford 1-4 Sunderland26/12/2000

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	9
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
11	Victories (Competition total)	10
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.95
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-4 (1 times)

Bookings

21	Yellow cards (Competition total)	32
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Thierry Henry	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Kevin Phillips
Thierry Henry	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Kevin Phillips
Thierry Henry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kevin Phillips
Thierry Henry	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Kevin Kilbane
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Kevin Kilbane
Thierry Henry	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Kevin Phillips

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

32 v

13 d

16 l

119 gf

65 ga

Away

60 matches

11 v

19 d

30 l

69 gf

116 ga

Total

121 matches

43 v

32 d

46 l

188 gf

181 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

30 v

19 d

11 l

116 gf

69 ga

Away

61 matches

16 v

13 d

32 l

65 gf

119 ga

Total

121 matches

46 v

32 d

43 l

181 gf

188 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 24, 1949
Home	5 - 0	December 24, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 12, 1953
Away	4 - 0	November 21, 1908

Latest head to head

August 19, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Sunderland

1 - 0

Arsenal

January 15, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Arsenal

4 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

August 14, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Sunderland

0 - 0

Arsenal

January 15, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Sunderland

0 - 2

Arsenal

January 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Sunderland

1 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Jon Sammels	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Alan Skirton	3 goals	1966 - 1966
George Eastham	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Tony Woodcock	2 goals	1983 - 1984
John Radford	2 goals	1965 - 1967
Thierry Henry	2 goals	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Gary Rowell	6 goals	1980 - 1984
Colin West	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Charles Hurley	2 goals	1966 - 1968
Clive Walker	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Billy Hughes	2 goals	1969 - 1973
Niall Quinn	2 goals	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

John Radford	11 matches	1965 - 1970
Paul Davis	11 matches	1980 - 1991
David O'Leary	11 matches	1976 - 1991
Peter Storey	11 matches	1966 - 1973
Frank McLintock	11 matches	1965 - 1970
George Armstrong	10 matches	1964 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Jimmy Montgomery	12 matches	1966 - 1976
Shaun Elliott	11 matches	1977 - 1985
Len Ashurst	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Martin Harvey	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Gordon Chisholm	9 matches	1980 - 1985
Charles Hurley	8 matches	1964 - 1969