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ARSENAL 2 - 1 FOREST - Mon Aug 17, 1998 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Aug 17, 1998 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Arsenal
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highbury
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 1998-99
Referee:: Mike Riley
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 38,064
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 15 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 1)
Arsenal:: Jan 16, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3825 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 2146 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 4409 (of 5679)
Total:: 6014 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: LDDDLD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (78) - Geoff Thomas (1997-98) last goal

ARSENAL
Manager: Arsene Wenger
Prior form: (Old to recent)

Goals:
Emmanuel Petit (58)
Marc Overmars (79)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Dave Beasant
17	M	Thierry Bonalair
6	M	Jon Olav Hjelde off for Des Lyttle (46)
5	D	Steve Chettle
3	D	Alan Rogers
7	M	Steve Stone (0)	200th appearance
10	M	Andy Johnson off for Marlon Harewood (83)
15	D	Craig Armstrong
20	M	Glynn Hodges (0)	Debut
16	M	Geoff Thomas (1997-98) (78)
19	F	Jean-Claude Darcheville off for Dougie Freedman (80)	Debut
Subs
22	D	Des Lyttle on for Jon Olav Hjelde (46)
29	F	Marlon Harewood on for Andy Johnson (83)
14	F	Dougie Freedman on for Jean-Claude Darcheville (80)	Debut
23	F	Andy Dawson	First bench appearance
13	GK	Mark Crossley

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	David Seaman
2	D	Lee Dixon
3	D	Nigel Winterburn
6	D	Tony Adams
14	D	Martin Keown
4	M	Patrick Vieira
15	M	Ray Parlour
17	M	Emmanuel Petit
9	M	Nicolas Anelka
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp
11	F	Marc Overmars

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Mon Aug 17, 1998)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-1	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

PREMIER LEAGUE								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
1	Wimbledon	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
2	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
3	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
4	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
5	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
6	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
7	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
8	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
9	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
10	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
11	Everton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
12	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
13	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
14	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
15	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	LDDDLD
17	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
18	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
19	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
20	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L

Table after:

	PREMIER LEAGUE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Wimbledon	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
13	2	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	2-1
1	3	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W
1	4	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
1	5	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W
1	6	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
1	7	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	8	Aston Villa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	10	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	11	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	12	Everton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	13	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	14	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	15	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
1	16	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
1	17	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	1-2
	18	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	20	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L