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WBA 1-2 Arsenal - December 26, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Journée 20

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

December 26, 2002

27 025

WBA

1 - 2

Arsenal

Danny Dichio

48'

Francis Jeffers (left foot) Assist by Thierry Henry

85'

Thierry Henry

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3' - Goal Danny Dichio3

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48' - Goal Francis Jeffers

69' - Substitution Giovanni van Bronckhorstis substituted by Robert Pirès photo Nwankwo Kanu

69' - Substitution Francis Jeffersis substituted by Nwankwo Kanu

80' - Substitution Sylvain Wiltordis substituted by Kolo Touré

84' - Substitution Ronnie Wallworkis substituted by James Chambers84

85' - Goal Thierry Henry

86' - Substitution Adam Chambersis substituted by Scott Dobie86

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Team line-ups

WBA

Hoult

Russell Hoult

England

B.date22/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Wallwork84

Ronnie Wallwork

England

B.date10/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Clement

Neil Clement

England

B.date03/10/1978

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Moore

Darren Moore

Jamaica

B.date22/04/1974

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Gregan

Sean Gregan

England

B.date29/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sigurdsson

Larus Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date04/06/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Chambers86

Adam Chambers

England

B.date20/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Koumas

Jason Koumas

Wales

B.date25/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Johnson

Andy Johnson

Wales

B.date02/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dichio3

Danny Dichio

England

B.date19/10/1974

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Roberts

Jason Roberts

Grenada

B.date25/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Russell Hoult		30	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronnie Wallwork	84	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Clement		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Moore		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sean Gregan		28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larus Sigurdsson		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Chambers	86	22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Koumas		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Johnson		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Dichio	3	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Roberts		24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age39 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

23 Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age36 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

van Bronckhorst69

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1975

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

12 Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

19 Silva

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft Defensive Midfielder

4 Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Wiltord80

Sylvain Wiltord

France

B.date10/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Jeffers4869

Francis Jeffers

England

B.date25/01/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

14 Henry85

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	David Seaman		39	545	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		28	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Martin Keown		36	415	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	69	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Ashley Cole		22	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Patrick Vieira		26	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Sylvain Wiltord	80	28	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Francis Jeffers	4869	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry	85	25	178	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

175

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		James Chambers	84	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Scott Dobie	86	24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
28	D	Kolo Touré	80	21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Pirès	69	29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Nwankwo Kanu	69	26	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ronnie Wallwork

Derek McInnes

OUT

Adam Chambers

Igor Balis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Patrick Vieira

Robert Pirès

OUT

Francis Jeffers

Freddie Ljungberg

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Megson

138

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Megson vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Megson vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

352

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Wenger vs WBA

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Wenger vs Megson

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2002

Referee

Graham Poll

4 victories	2 draws	5 losses	WBA11 matches	General total	Arsenal44 matches	18 victories	12 draws	14 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	WBA3 matches	Season total	Arsenal1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 28, 2007					Latest figure on May 13, 2007

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Key figures

It's the first time Francis Jeffers scores a goal in Premier League since the 11/05/2002 (with vs )

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 15/12/2002).

Arsène Wenger has registered 200 success since the 30/09/1996 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-2 Blackburn30/09/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Birmingham City19/10/2002

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester City02/11/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa16/11/2002

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Middlesbrough30/11/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Sunderland21/12/2002

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa16/11/2002

LEverton 1-0 West Bromwich Albion23/11/2002

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Middlesbrough30/11/2002

LTottenham 3-1 West Bromwich Albion08/12/2002

LAston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion14/12/2002

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Sunderland21/12/2002

Current form

Away

LBorussia Dortmund 2-1 Arsenal30/10/2002

VFulham 0-1 Arsenal03/11/2002

LSouthampton 3-2 Arsenal23/11/2002

VAS Roma 1-3 Arsenal27/11/2002

LManchester United 2-0 Arsenal07/12/2002

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal15/12/2002

Overall

VAS Roma 1-3 Arsenal27/11/2002

VArsenal 3-1 Aston Villa30/11/2002

LManchester United 2-0 Arsenal07/12/2002

DArsenal 0-0 Valencia CF10/12/2002

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal15/12/2002

VArsenal 2-0 Middlesbrough21/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
4	Victories (Competition total)	12
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	4
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
0.79	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.05
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Jason Roberts	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Thierry Henry
Danny Dichio	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Thierry Henry
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Thierry Henry
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robert Pirès
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Thierry Henry
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Thierry Henry
Jason Koumas	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 4 assists during the last 6 matches	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

23 v

14 d

19 l

85 gf

71 ga

Away

56 matches

11 v

13 d

32 l

68 gf

120 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

113 matches

34 v

27 d

52 l

153 gf

192 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

32 v

13 d

11 l

120 gf

68 ga

Away

56 matches

19 v

14 d

23 l

71 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

113 matches

52 v

27 d

34 l

192 gf

153 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 15, 1984
Away	3 - 0	January 30, 1935

Latest head to head

August 27, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Arsenal

5 - 2

WBA

April 26, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Arsenal

2 - 2

WBA

November 23, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

WBA

0 - 0

Arsenal

May 11, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

WBA

2 - 2

Arsenal

December 15, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Arsenal

4 - 0

WBA

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Clive Clark	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Tony Brown	6 goals	1968 - 1979
Alec Jackson	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Bobby Hope	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Bobby Cram	3 goals	1966 - 1966
David Cross	2 goals	1977 - 1977

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
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1977 - 1982
George Armstrong	5 goals	1966 - 1970
Joe Baker	4 goals	1963 - 1963
John Radford	4 goals	1966 - 1972
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1977 - 1980

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

John Wile	18 matches	1971 - 1983
Tony Brown	18 matches	1964 - 1979
Ally Robertson	18 matches	1971 - 1985
Jeff Astle	16 matches	1964 - 1973
Bobby Hope	16 matches	1960 - 1971
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969

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
Graham Rix	15 matches	1977 - 1986
David O'Leary	14 matches	1977 - 1986
Peter Storey	14 matches	1966 - 1972