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Arsenal 1-3 Blackburn - December 13, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 18

Highbury - London - England

December 13, 1997

38 147

Arsenal

1 - 3

Blackburn

Marc Overmars

18'

57'

Jason Wilcox

65'

Kevin Gallacher

89'

Tim Sherwood

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18' - Goal Marc Overmars18

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57' - Goal Jason Wilcox

65' - Substitution Ray Parlouris substituted by Patrick Vieira65

65' - Goal Kevin Gallacher

68' - Substitution Stuart Ripleyis substituted by Garry Flitcroft

76' - Substitution David Plattis substituted by Luis Boa Morte76

89' - Goal Tim Sherwood

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 3

Blackburn

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Team line-ups

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age34 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Parlour65

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Platt76

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Overmars18

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Wright

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		34	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		31	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		31	530	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		34	476	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		33	441	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour	65	24	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt	76	31	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	18	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp		28	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright		34	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

247

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Croft

Gary Croft

England

B.date17/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Ripley68

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

McKinlay

Billy McKinlay

Scotland

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Sherwood89

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Gallacher65

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Wilcox57

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Sutton

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		30	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		32	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Croft		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley	68	30	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood	89	28	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher	65	31	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox	57	26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton		24	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

134

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Patrick Vieira	65	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Luis Boa Morte	76	20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Garry Flitcroft	68	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jason Wilcox

Damien Duff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

Wenger vs Hodgson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

Hodgson vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 1997

Referee

Gary Willard

3 victories	2 draws	5 losses	Arsenal10 matches	General total	Blackburn9 matches	5 victories	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Arsenal3 matches	Season total	Blackburn3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 11, 1999					Latest figure on May 01, 1999

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Key figures

Lee Dixon played his game number 10 vs Blackburn in his professional career with Arsenal

Tony Adams played his game number 10 vs Blackburn in his professional career

Only back at the time of Billy Wright head of Arsenal (01/07/1962-01/07/1966), you can see a manager go over Arsène Wenger with 1.6 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.83).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 5-0 Barnsley04/10/1997

VArsenal 4-1 Birmingham City14/10/1997

DArsenal 0-0 Aston Villa26/10/1997

VArsenal 3-2 Manchester United09/11/1997

VArsenal 1-0 Coventry18/11/1997

LArsenal 0-1 Liverpool30/11/1997

Overall

LDerby County 3-0 Arsenal01/11/1997

VArsenal 3-2 Manchester United09/11/1997

VArsenal 1-0 Coventry18/11/1997

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Arsenal22/11/1997

LArsenal 0-1 Liverpool30/11/1997

VNewcastle United 0-1 Arsenal06/12/1997

Current form

Away

LPreston North End 1-0 Blackburn30/09/1997

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Blackburn04/10/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn15/10/1997

DNewcastle United 1-1 Blackburn25/10/1997

DBarnsley 1-1 Blackburn01/11/1997

LManchester United 4-0 Blackburn30/11/1997

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Blackburn25/10/1997

DBarnsley 1-1 Blackburn01/11/1997

VBlackburn 3-2 Everton08/11/1997

VBlackburn 1-0 Chelsea22/11/1997

LManchester United 4-0 Blackburn30/11/1997

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.76
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Dennis Bergkamp	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Chris Sutton
Ian Wright	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Chris Sutton
Ian Wright	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Chris Sutton
Ian Wright	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Wright	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Chris Sutton

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

25 v

13 d

6 l

89 gf

36 ga

Away

42 matches

13 v

14 d

15 l

61 gf

78 ga

Total

86 matches

38 v

27 d

21 l

150 gf

114 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

15 v

14 d

13 l

78 gf

61 ga

Away

44 matches

6 v

13 d

25 l

36 gf

89 ga

Total

86 matches

21 v

27 d

38 l

114 gf

150 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Home	8 - 0	February 25, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Away	3 - 1	September 04, 1946

Latest head to head

April 19, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

1 - 1

Blackburn

October 12, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

0 - 2

Arsenal

April 27, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

1 - 1

Arsenal

November 26, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

0 - 0

Blackburn

March 08, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Blackburn

3 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Melvyn Charles	4 goals	1960 - 1960
David Herd	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Ian Wright	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Alan Skirton	2 goals	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Frederick Pickering	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1993 - 1996
Louis Bimpson	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Andrew McEvoy	2 goals	1963 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	2 goals	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Billy McCullough	12 matches	1959 - 1965
George Eastham	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Nigel Winterburn	10 matches	1992 - 1997
Tony Adams	9 matches	1992 - 1997
David Seaman	9 matches	1992 - 1997
Alan Skirton	9 matches	1961 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Keith Newton	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Tim Sherwood	9 matches	1992 - 1997
Stuart Ripley	9 matches	1992 - 1996
Fred Else	9 matches	1961 - 1966