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Man United 1-0 Southampton - August 13, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 2

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 13, 1997

55 008

Man United

1 - 0

Southampton

David Beckham

78'

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46' - Substitution Ronny Johnsenis substituted by Henning Berg46

55' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by David Beckham55

56' - Substitution Stig Johansenis substituted by Micky Evans

78' - Goal David Beckham78

79' - Substitution Ulrich van Gobbelis substituted by Andrew Williams photo Matt Robinson

79' - Substitution Robbie Slateris substituted by Matt Robinson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Southampton

Man United Southampton

Team line-ups

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen46

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Scholes55

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Cruyff

Jordi Cruyff

Netherlands

B.date09/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Forward

Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen	46	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		32	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville		20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		31	352	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	55	22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		22	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		23	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordi Cruyff		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham		31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

168

Southampton

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

van Gobbel79

Ulrich van Gobbel

Netherlands

B.date16/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Todd

Lee Todd

England

B.date07/03/1972

Age25 years

positionDefender

Monkou

Ken Monkou

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Slater79

Robbie Slater

Australia

B.date22/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Maddison

Neil Maddison

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Oakley

Matt Oakley

England

B.date17/08/1977

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Magilton

Jim Magilton

Northern Ireland

B.date06/05/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Johansen56

Stig Johansen

Norway

B.date13/06/1972

Age25 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Ostenstad

Egil Ostenstad

Norway

B.date02/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ulrich van Gobbel	79	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Todd		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Monkou		32	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali		28	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Slater	79	32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Maddison		27	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Oakley		19	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Magilton		28	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stig Johansen	56	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad		25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Henning Berg	46	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		David Beckham	7855	22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Matt Robinson	79	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrew Williams	79	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Evans	56	24	14	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

Ulrich van Gobbel

Richard Dryden

OUT

Stig Johansen

Andrew Williams

OUT

Francis Benali

Micky Evans

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

575

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Southampton

15 victories

8 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Ferguson vs Jones

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Jones vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Jones vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Referee

Graham Barber

7 victories	4 draws	7 losses	Man United18 matches	General total	Southampton15 matches	6 victories	3 draws	6 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Southampton2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 03, 2004					Latest figure on April 17, 2004

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Key figures

Gary Pallister played his game number 20 vs Southampton in his professional career with Manchester United

Man United keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Southampton at home running (since 02/09/1931). It's a record streak. The first of history

Southampton keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 22/04/1997).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday15/03/1997

LManchester United 2-3 Derby County05/04/1997

LManchester United 0-1 Borussia Dortmund23/04/1997

DManchester United 3-3 Middlesbrough05/05/1997

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United08/05/1997

VManchester United 2-0 West Ham11/05/1997

Overall

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United03/05/1997

DManchester United 3-3 Middlesbrough05/05/1997

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United08/05/1997

VManchester United 2-0 West Ham11/05/1997

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea03/08/1997

VTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

Current form

Away

DLeeds United 0-0 Southampton12/03/1997

LChelsea 1-0 Southampton19/03/1997

VNottingham Forest 1-3 Southampton05/04/1997

DDerby County 1-1 Southampton09/04/1997

VSunderland 0-1 Southampton22/04/1997

LAston Villa 1-0 Southampton11/05/1997

Overall

VSouthampton 2-0 West Ham12/04/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Coventry19/04/1997

VSunderland 0-1 Southampton22/04/1997

VSouthampton 2-0 Blackburn03/05/1997

LAston Villa 1-0 Southampton11/05/1997

LSouthampton 0-1 Bolton Wanderers09/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

	Nicky Butt	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)		-
	Nicky Butt	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player		-

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

28 v

9 d

7 l

83 gf

45 ga

Away

43 matches

12 v

17 d

14 l

56 gf

59 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

89 matches

41 v

26 d

22 l

140 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

14 v

17 d

12 l

59 gf

56 ga

Away

44 matches

7 v

9 d

28 l

45 gf

83 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

89 matches

22 v

26 d

41 l

105 gf

140 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 13, 1986
Home	5 - 1	September 13, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	October 26, 1996
Away	4 - 1	August 16, 1969

Latest head to head

February 01, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

October 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Southampton

6 - 3

Man United

April 13, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Southampton

3 - 1

Man United

March 11, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Man United

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

November 18, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

4 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Mark Hughes	9 goals	1985 - 1994
George Best	9 goals	1968 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Ryan Giggs	5 goals	1993 - 1996
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1981 - 1988
Alan Gowling	4 goals	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ron Davies	12 goals	1966 - 1972
Matt Le Tissier	6 goals	1986 - 1996
Mick Channon	4 goals	1968 - 1974
Nick Holmes	4 goals	1977 - 1987
Jimmy Gabriel	4 goals	1970 - 1972
Egil Ostenstad	4 goals	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Bryan Robson	22 matches	1981 - 1992
Mark Hughes	22 matches	1984 - 1995
Brian McClair	21 matches	1987 - 1996
Gary Pallister	19 matches	1989 - 1997
Alex Stepney	18 matches	1966 - 1977
Arthur Albiston	18 matches	1979 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Matt Le Tissier	24 matches	1986 - 1997
Mick Channon	23 matches	1967 - 1982
Glenn Cockerill	20 matches	1986 - 1993
Terry Paine	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Nick Holmes	17 matches	1976 - 1987
Danny Wallace	16 matches	1980 - 1988