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Tottenham 1-2 Arsenal - October 18, 1987 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Round 12

White Hart Lane - London - England

October 18, 1987

Tottenham

1 - 2

Arsenal

Nico Claesen

45'

David Rocastle

45'

Michael Thomas

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0' - Goal Nico Claesen0

45' - Goal David Rocastle photo Michael Thomas

45' - Goal Michael Thomas

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46' - Substitution Shaun Closeis substituted by Clive Allen photo Vinny Samways

46' - Substitution Steve Hodgeis substituted by Vinny Samways46

46' - Substitution Perry Grovesis substituted by Martin Hayes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

1 - 2

Arsenal

Tottenham Arsenal

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Parks

Anthony Parks

England

B.date28/01/1963

Age24 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Close46

Shaun Close

England

B.date08/09/1966

Age21 years

positionDefender

Stevens

Gary Stevens

England

B.date30/03/1962

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Mabbutt

Gary Mabbutt

England

B.date23/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Fairclough

Chris Fairclough

England

B.date12/04/1964

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

England

B.date02/10/1964

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Hodge46

Steve Hodge

England

B.date25/10/1962

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Allen

Paul Allen

England

B.date28/08/1962

Age25 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentina

B.date03/08/1952

Age35 years

H1m69

positionRight central midfielder

Claesen0

Nico Claesen

Belgium

B.date01/10/1962

Age25 years

H1m71

positionStriker

Waddle

Chris Waddle

England

B.date14/12/1960

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Anthony Parks		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Close	46	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Stevens		25	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Mabbutt		26	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Fairclough		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mitchell Thomas		23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hodge	46	24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Allen		25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Osvaldo Ardiles		35	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nico Claesen		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Waddle		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Rocastle45

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas45

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Williams

Steve Williams

England

B.date12/07/1958

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age24 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Groves46

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		26	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		29	557	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		21	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		29	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle	45	20	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas	45	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		25	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Williams		29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves	46	22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

156

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Vinny Samways	46	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Clive Allen	46	26	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Martin Hayes	46	21	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anthony Parks

Ray Clemence

OUT

Chris Waddle

Vinny Samways

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Pleat vs Arsenal

3 victories

5 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1987

Pleat vs Graham

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Graham vs Tottenham

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 1987

Graham vs Pleat

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1987

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Tottenham after 13 consecutive wins at home (since 07/03/1987). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/01/1920 (12 matches)

Arsenal keeps its 8 consecutive wins running (since 12/09/1987). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/01/1932-27/02/1932 time period (9 matches).

Tottenham keeps its 3 1-2 vs Arsenal running (since 01/03/1987). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 3-1 Newcastle United19/08/1987

VTottenham 1-0 Chelsea22/08/1987

VTottenham 3-0 Oxford United01/09/1987

VTottenham 2-1 Southampton12/09/1987

VTottenham 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday03/10/1987

VTottenham 3-0 Torquay United07/10/1987

Overall

VWest Ham 0-1 Tottenham19/09/1987

LTorquay United 1-0 Tottenham23/09/1987

LManchester United 1-0 Tottenham26/09/1987

VTottenham 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday03/10/1987

VTottenham 3-0 Torquay United07/10/1987

LNorwich City 2-1 Tottenham10/10/1987

Current form

Away

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal19/08/1987

LQueens Park Rangers 2-0 Arsenal22/08/1987

DLuton Town 1-1 Arsenal31/08/1987

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal12/09/1987

VDoncaster Rovers 0-3 Arsenal23/09/1987

VCharlton 0-3 Arsenal03/10/1987

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Wimbledon FC19/09/1987

VDoncaster Rovers 0-3 Arsenal23/09/1987

VArsenal 1-0 West Ham26/09/1987

VCharlton 0-3 Arsenal03/10/1987

VArsenal 1-0 Doncaster Rovers06/10/1987

VArsenal 2-0 Oxford United10/10/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	13	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	13	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	29	7
Scoring streak	31	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	7
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	4	9
Invincibility streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.8
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

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

Nico Claesen	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Smith
Nico Claesen	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tony Adams
Clive Allen	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Michael Thomas
Clive Allen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Nico Claesen	6 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Paul Davis

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

25 v

11 d

20 l

93 gf

83 ga

Away

53 matches

17 v

11 d

25 l

65 gf

82 ga

Total

109 matches

42 v

22 d

45 l

158 gf

165 ga

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

25 v

11 d

17 l

82 gf

65 ga

Away

56 matches

20 v

11 d

25 l

83 gf

93 ga

Total

109 matches

45 v

22 d

42 l

165 gf

158 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 04, 1983
Home	5 - 0	April 04, 1983

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 06, 1935
Away	6 - 0	March 06, 1935

Latest head to head

March 04, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

Tottenham

1 - 2

Arsenal

March 01, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

Tottenham

1 - 2

Arsenal

February 08, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

Arsenal

0 - 1

Tottenham

January 04, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Tottenham

1 - 2

Arsenal

September 06, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

0 - 0

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Smith	8 goals	1957 - 1963
Jimmy Greaves	7 goals	1963 - 1968
Alan Gilzean	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Les Allen	6 goals	1960 - 1961
Steve Archibald	6 goals	1981 - 1984
Cliff Jones	6 goals	1962 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Alan Sunderland	8 goals	1978 - 1982
Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Charly Nicholas	5 goals	1983 - 1985
John Radford	5 goals	1965 - 1972
Geoff Strong	4 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Steve Perryman	31 matches	1970 - 1986
Glenn Hoddle	23 matches	1976 - 1987
Pat Jennings	23 matches	1964 - 1976
Cyril Knowles	22 matches	1964 - 1975
Alan Gilzean	19 matches	1965 - 1974
Tony Galvin	18 matches	1979 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

David O'Leary	25 matches	1975 - 1987
George Armstrong	25 matches	1963 - 1977
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Graham Rix	20 matches	1977 - 1987
Kenny Sansom	19 matches	1980 - 1987
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1964 - 1976