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Man United 1-3 Manchester City - April 12, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Journée 30

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 12, 1972

Man United

1 - 3

Manchester City

Martin Buchan

59'

Francis Lee

45+45'

Rodney Marsh

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0' - Goal Francis Lee photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee

46' - Substitution Michael Doyleis substituted by Rodney Marsh

90' - Goal Rodney Marsh

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59' - Goal Martin Buchan59

60' - Substitution Alan Gowlingis substituted by Denis Law60

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 3

Manchester City

Man United Manchester City

Team line-ups

Man United

Connaughton

John Connaughton

England

B.date23/09/1949

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age19 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Buchan59

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age34 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Gowling60

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Storey-Moore

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Connaughton		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		26	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	59	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	495	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		34	714	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling	60	23	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd		22	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		25	432	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

219

Manchester City

Healey

Ronald Healey

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/08/1952

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age37 years

positionCentral defender

Booth

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Doyle45+1

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age25 years

positionRight Midfielder

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age29 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age26 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Lee00

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age27 years

positionStriker

Davies

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronald Healey		19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book		37	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth		22	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie		20	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	45+1	25	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		19	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes		29	330	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell		26	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee		29	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee		27	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies		30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

168

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Denis Law	60	32	387	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Rodney Marsh	9045+1	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Gowling

Sammy McIlroy

OUT

Brian Kidd

Willie Morgan

OUT

Steve James

Tony Young

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Doyle

Rodney Marsh

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

O'Farrell vs Manchester City

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 1972

O'Farrell vs Allison

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Allison vs Man United

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 1972

Allison vs O'Farrell

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 1972

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 01/04/1972).

Manchester City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 01/04/1972).

Man United keeps its 4 matches with at least 3 goals conceded vs Manchester City running (since 12/12/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/02/1931 (2 matches)

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Middlesbrough26/02/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Everton08/03/1972

VManchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town11/03/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Stoke City18/03/1972

VManchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace25/03/1972

LManchester United 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1972

Overall

LStoke City 2-1 Manchester United22/03/1972

VManchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace25/03/1972

VCoventry 2-3 Manchester United01/04/1972

LManchester United 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1972

DSheffield United 1-1 Manchester United04/04/1972

LLeicester 2-0 Manchester United08/04/1972

Current form

Away

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City22/01/1972

DSheffield United 3-3 Manchester City12/02/1972

LLiverpool 3-0 Manchester City26/02/1972

VEverton 1-2 Manchester City11/03/1972

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester City25/03/1972

LSouthampton 2-0 Manchester City04/04/1972

Overall

VEverton 1-2 Manchester City11/03/1972

VManchester City 1-0 Chelsea18/03/1972

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester City25/03/1972

LManchester City 1-2 Stoke City01/04/1972

LSouthampton 2-0 Manchester City04/04/1972

VManchester City 3-1 West Ham08/04/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	38
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
17	Victories (Competition total)	21
11	Victories (Home / Away)	6
9	Draws (Competition total)	10
2	Draws (Home / Away)	7
11	Losses (Competition total)	7
5	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

62	Goals scored (Competition total)	70
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.84
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	24
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

George Best	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	30 goals	Francis Lee
George Best	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	11 goals	Francis Lee
Willie Morgan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
George Best	2 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Rodney Marsh

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

19 v

14 d

12 l

71 gf

60 ga

Away

45 matches

14 v

16 d

15 l

57 gf

68 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

91 matches

33 v

30 d

28 l

128 gf

131 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

15 v

16 d

14 l

68 gf

57 ga

Away

45 matches

12 v

14 d

19 l

60 gf

71 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

91 matches

28 v

30 d

33 l

131 gf

128 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 31, 1960
Home	5 - 1	December 31, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 12, 1955
Away	5 - 0	February 12, 1955

Latest head to head

November 06, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Manchester City

3 - 3

Man United

May 05, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Manchester City

3 - 4

Man United

December 12, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 4

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 28, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 24, 1970 - FA Cup 1969/1970

Man United

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1957 - 1971
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Denis Law	5 goals	1962 - 1971
Brian Kidd	5 goals	1970 - 1971
Alex Dawson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
George Best	3 goals	1968 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Francis Lee	7 goals	1968 - 1971
Colin Bell	5 goals	1967 - 1971
Mike Summerbee	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Alex Harley	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Michael Doyle	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Neil Young	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1957 - 1971
Bill Foulkes	17 matches	1956 - 1969
Nobby Stiles	15 matches	1960 - 1970
Tony Dunne	14 matches	1961 - 1971
David Sadler	13 matches	1966 - 1971
Alex Stepney	13 matches	1966 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Alan Oakes	13 matches	1961 - 1971
Neil Young	13 matches	1962 - 1971
Tony Book	10 matches	1966 - 1971
Michael Doyle	10 matches	1966 - 1971
Glyn Pardoe	9 matches	1966 - 1970
Colin Bell	9 matches	1966 - 1971