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WBA 2-0 Man United - October 10, 1979 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 10

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

October 10, 1979

WBA

2 - 0

Man United

Bryan Robson

John Deehan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

2 - 0

Man United

WBA Man United

Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age20 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Brown

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Robson0

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Owen

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Barnes

Peter Barnes

England

B.date10/06/1957

Age22 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Deehan0

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age22 years

positionForward

Mills

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden	24	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	20	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	27	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	28	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson	26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	22	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	32	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Barnes	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Grimes

Ashley Grimes

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/08/1957

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age22 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	30	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl	22	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Grimes	22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	22	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	30	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	25	284	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas	25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	24	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Atkinson vs Man United

4 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 1979

Atkinson vs Sexton

4 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

118

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs WBA

8 victories

5 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on October 10, 1979

Sexton vs Atkinson

1 victory

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 10, 1979

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Sexton has reached 1.42 goals conceded per game .

No West Bromwich Albion manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Atkinson has done less than 1.04 goals conceded per game .

WBA keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 03/10/1979).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Fulham29/08/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-5 Nottingham Forest01/09/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester City15/09/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Coventry26/09/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Brighton & Hove29/09/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Carl Zeiss Jena03/10/1979

Overall

LCarl Zeiss Jena 2-0 West Bromwich Albion19/09/1979

DTottenham 1-1 West Bromwich Albion22/09/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Coventry26/09/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Brighton & Hove29/09/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Carl Zeiss Jena03/10/1979

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 West Bromwich Albion06/10/1979

Current form

Away

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester United18/08/1979

DArsenal 0-0 Manchester United25/08/1979

LTottenham 2-1 Manchester United29/08/1979

VAston Villa 0-3 Manchester United08/09/1979

LWolverhampton 3-1 Manchester United22/09/1979

LNorwich City 4-1 Manchester United26/09/1979

Overall

VAston Villa 0-3 Manchester United08/09/1979

VManchester United 1-0 Derby County15/09/1979

LWolverhampton 3-1 Manchester United22/09/1979

LNorwich City 4-1 Manchester United26/09/1979

VManchester United 4-0 Stoke City29/09/1979

VManchester United 2-0 Brighton & Hove06/10/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	5
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.78
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.56
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

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)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Bryan Robson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Gordon McQueen
Bryan Robson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Steve Coppell
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mickey Thomas
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mickey Thomas
Gary Owen	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	Lou Macari

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

23 v

13 d

10 l

91 gf

64 ga

Away

47 matches

12 v

13 d

22 l

70 gf

94 ga

Total

93 matches

35 v

26 d

32 l

161 gf

158 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

22 v

13 d

12 l

94 gf

70 ga

Away

46 matches

10 v

13 d

23 l

64 gf

91 ga

Total

93 matches

32 v

26 d

35 l

158 gf

161 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 22, 1977
Home	4 - 0	October 22, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 08, 1970
Away	4 - 1	January 18, 1964

Latest head to head

August 22, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Man United

2 - 0

WBA

May 05, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

WBA

1 - 0

Man United

December 30, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Man United

3 - 5

WBA

March 18, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

1 - 1

WBA

February 01, 1978 - FA Cup 1977/1978

WBA

3 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Tony Brown	13 goals	1964 - 1978
Jeff Astle	10 goals	1966 - 1973
Cyrille Regis	4 goals	1978 - 1979
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1967
Clive Clark	3 goals	1966 - 1966
David Cross	3 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Denis Law	11 goals	1962 - 1970
George Best	11 goals	1964 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1962 - 1970
Brian Kidd	7 goals	1968 - 1973
David Herd	6 goals	1962 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1956 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Tony Brown	23 matches	1964 - 1979
Bobby Hope	17 matches	1960 - 1971
Jeff Astle	15 matches	1964 - 1973
Clive Clark	15 matches	1961 - 1969
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969
Doug Fraser	14 matches	1964 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Bobby Charlton	28 matches	1957 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	23 matches	1956 - 1969
Tony Dunne	19 matches	1962 - 1972
George Best	18 matches	1963 - 1972
Alex Stepney	16 matches	1966 - 1978
Shay Brennan	15 matches	1959 - 1969