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Blackburn 1-0 Arsenal - February 25, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 27

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

February 25, 2006

22 504

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

Morten Gamst Pedersen

17'

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17' - Goal Morten Gamst Pedersen17

19' - Substitution Morten Gamst Pedersenis substituted by Sergio Peter19

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46' - Substitution José Antonio Reyesis substituted by Robert Pirès

63' - Substitution Abou Diabyis substituted by Alexander Hleb

67' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by David Bentley67

82' - Substitution Gilberto Silvais substituted by Arturo Lupoli

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

Blackburn Arsenal

Team line-ups

Blackburn

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

2 Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

4 Todd

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

6 Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

New Zealand

B.date18/10/1977

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

14 Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

12 Pedersen1719

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

16 Tugay67

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age35 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

8 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

33 Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age31 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

17 Sinama-Pongolle

Florent Sinama-Pongolle

France

B.date20/10/1984

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight Winger

11 Bellamy

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		34	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lucas Neill		27	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Andy Todd		31	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ryan Nelsen		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Steven Reid		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	1719	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kerimoglu Tugay	67	35	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robbie Savage		31	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	M	Michael Gray		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Florent Sinama-Pongolle		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Craig Bellamy		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

1 Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age36 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

28 Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

20 Senderos

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age21 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

27 Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

19 Silva82

Gilberto Silva

Brazil

B.date07/10/1976

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

2 Diaby63

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age19 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

16 Flamini

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

15 Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age18 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

9 Reyes46

José Antonio Reyes

Spain

B.date01/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

14 Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

25 Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		36	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		24	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Philippe Senderos		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Emmanuel Eboué		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Gilberto Silva	82	29	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby	63	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Mathieu Flamini		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cesc Fàbregas		18	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	José Antonio Reyes	46	22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry		28	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Emmanuel Adebayor		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
31	M		Sergio Peter	19	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M		David Bentley	67	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
7	M	Robert Pirès	46	32	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Alexander Hleb	63	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Arturo Lupoli	82	18	9	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

Abou Diaby

Freddie Ljungberg

OUT

Emmanuel Adebayor

Alexander Hleb

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Hughes vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Hughes vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

539

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Blackburn

12 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Wenger vs Hughes

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Referee

Uriah Rennie

6 victories	5 draws	9 losses	Blackburn20 matches	General total	Arsenal19 matches	11 victories	5 draws	3 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Blackburn4 matches	Season total	Arsenal4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on May 03, 2008					Latest figure on August 26, 2006

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Key figures

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has done less than 18% of losses .

Blackburn keeps its 3 consecutive wins at home running (since 01/02/2006).

It's the first time Morten Gamst Pedersen scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

	3	Liverpool	51 pts	26 rd
	4	Tottenham	46 pts	27 rd
+2	5	Blackburn	43 pts	27 rd
-1	6	Arsenal	41 pts	27 rd
-1	7	West Ham	41 pts	26 rd

General ranking

	4	Tottenham	46 pts	27 rd
+2	5	Blackburn	43 pts	27 rd
-1	6	Arsenal	41 pts	27 rd
-1	7	West Ham	41 pts	26 rd
	8	Wigan	40 pts	27 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 2-1 Portsmouth02/01/2006

VBlackburn 3-0 Queens Park Rangers07/01/2006

DBlackburn 1-1 Manchester United11/01/2006

DBlackburn 0-0 Bolton Wanderers14/01/2006

VBlackburn 4-3 Manchester United01/02/2006

VBlackburn 2-0 Sunderland15/02/2006

Overall

LManchester United 2-1 Blackburn25/01/2006

LWest Ham 4-2 Blackburn28/01/2006

VBlackburn 4-3 Manchester United01/02/2006

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Blackburn04/02/2006

LEverton 1-0 Blackburn11/02/2006

VBlackburn 2-0 Sunderland15/02/2006

Current form

Away

LWigan 1-0 Arsenal10/01/2006

LEverton 1-0 Arsenal21/01/2006

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Arsenal28/01/2006

VBirmingham City 0-2 Arsenal04/02/2006

LLiverpool 1-0 Arsenal14/02/2006

VReal Madrid 0-1 Arsenal21/02/2006

Overall

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Arsenal28/01/2006

LArsenal 2-3 West Ham01/02/2006

VBirmingham City 0-2 Arsenal04/02/2006

DArsenal 1-1 Bolton Wanderers11/02/2006

LLiverpool 1-0 Arsenal14/02/2006

VReal Madrid 0-1 Arsenal21/02/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Drawless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	5
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	13
42	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	13
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
12	Victories (Competition total)	12
8	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
10	Losses (Competition total)	9
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.69
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.81
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	45
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
4	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Craig Bellamy	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Thierry Henry
Paul Dickov	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Thierry Henry
Paul Dickov	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Thierry Henry
Paul Dickov	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Brett Emerton	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Thierry Henry
Robbie Savage	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Cesc Fàbregas
Craig Bellamy	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	7 goals, 3 assists during the last 9 matches	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

17 v

14 d

18 l

88 gf

73 ga

Away

52 matches

8 v

14 d

30 l

44 gf

105 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

102 matches

25 v

28 d

49 l

132 gf

181 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

30 v

14 d

8 l

105 gf

44 ga

Away

49 matches

18 v

14 d

17 l

73 gf

88 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

102 matches

49 v

28 d

25 l

181 gf

132 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 02, 1909
Home	7 - 0	October 02, 1909

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 25, 1933
Away	5 - 0	January 01, 1923

Latest head to head

November 26, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

3 - 0

Blackburn

April 16, 2005 - FA Cup 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 0

Blackburn

March 19, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Blackburn

0 - 1

Arsenal

August 25, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Arsenal

3 - 0

Blackburn

March 13, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Blackburn

0 - 2

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Frederick Pickering	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Matt Jansen	5 goals	2001 - 2002
Kevin Gallacher	4 goals	1993 - 1998
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Mike England	2 goals	1964 - 1965
David Dunn	2 goals	2001 - 2001

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 Blackburn

Joe Baker	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Dennis Bergkamp	6 goals	1998 - 2003
Thierry Henry	5 goals	2001 - 2005
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Melvyn Charles	4 goals	1960 - 1960
Robert Pirès	4 goals	2001 - 2005

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
Brad Friedel	12 matches	2001 - 2005
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1992 - 1999
Henning Berg	12 matches	1993 - 2003
Stuart Ripley	11 matches	1992 - 1998

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

Dennis Bergkamp	16 matches	1995 - 2005
David Seaman	15 matches	1992 - 2002
Nigel Winterburn	14 matches	1992 - 1999
Ray Parlour	14 matches	1992 - 2003
Tony Adams	13 matches	1992 - 2001
Martin Keown	13 matches	1993 - 2003

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

They played in both sides

Andy Cole

100 matches

2 matches

1990 - 2004

Paul Dickov

55 matches

24 matches

1993 - 2006

Joe Haverty

27 matches

47 matches

1959 - 1962

David Bentley

22 matches

9 matches

2003 - 2006

Kaba Diawara

1 match

15 matches

1999 - 2000

Alan Miller

1 match

8 matches

1992 - 2000

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Frank Stapleton

1 match

301 matches

1975 - 1991

Joe Haverty

27 matches

47 matches

1959 - 1962

Paul Dickov

55 matches

24 matches

1993 - 2006

Kaba Diawara

1 match

15 matches

1999 - 2000

David Bentley

22 matches

9 matches

2003 - 2006

Alan Miller

1 match

8 matches

1992 - 2000

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 19, 2006

Tottenham

2 2

Wigan

Line-ups available

February 25, 2006

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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February 26, 2006

Line-ups available

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March 29, 2006

Man United

1 0

West Ham

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	69	27	22	3	2	54	16	+38
2	Manchester United	54	26	16	6	4	52	27	+25
3	Liverpool	51	26	15	6	5	32	17	+15
4	Tottenham	46	27	12	10	5	37	24	+13
+25	Blackburn	43	27	13	4	10	34	31	+3
-16	Arsenal	41	27	12	5	10	39	22	+17
-17	West Ham	41	26	12	5	9	39	34	+5
8	Wigan	40	27	12	4	11	32	34	-2
9	Bolton Wanderers	39	24	10	9	5	30	23	+7
10	Manchester City	37	26	11	4	11	36	30	+6
+211	Newcastle United	36	27	10	6	11	26	29	-3
-112	Everton	36	27	11	3	13	19	34	-15
-113	Charlton	35	27	10	5	12	32	37	-5
14	Fulham	32	26	9	5	12	36	37	-1
15	Aston Villa	31	27	7	10	10	32	35	-3
16	Middlesbrough	28	25	7	7	11	33	44	-11
17	West Bromwich Albion	26	26	7	5	14	24	38	-14
18	Birmingham City	23	26	6	5	15	22	37	-15
19	Portsmouth	18	27	4	6	17	18	47	-29
20	Sunderland	10	27	2	4	21	18	49	-31

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Blackburn 1-0 Arsenal - February 25, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

Blackburn

1 - 0

Arsenal

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Hughes vs Arsenal

Hughes vs Wenger

Manager

Wenger vs Blackburn

Wenger vs Hughes

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking