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Man United 2-0 Derby County - February 21, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 27

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

February 21, 1998

55 170

2 - 0

Derby County

Ryan Giggs

18'

(penalty) Denis Irwin

71'

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18' - Goal Ryan Giggs18

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71' - Goal Denis Irwin71

75' - Substitution Denis Irwinis substituted by Michael Clegg photo Jordi Cruyff

75' - Substitution Andy Coleis substituted by Jordi Cruyff75

79' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Brian McClair79

87' - Substitution Rory Delapis substituted by Ron Willems

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 0

Derby County

Man United Derby County

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Cole75

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Giggs1879

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

P. Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Irwin7175

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		34	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		32	430	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin	7175	32	374	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Neville		21	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		23	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	1879	24	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		23	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		22	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole	75	26	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham		31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

195

Derby County

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Wanchope

Paulo Wanchope

Costa Rica

B.date31/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionStriker

Sturridge

Dean Sturridge

England

B.date27/07/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Baiano

Francesco Baiano

Italy

B.date24/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

Carsley

Lee Carsley

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Eranio

Stefano Eranio

Italy

B.date29/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight Defensive Midfielder

Powell

Chris Powell

England

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Delap87

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Dailly

Christian Dailly

Scotland

B.date23/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m82

positionVersatile Defender

Stimac

Igor Stimac

Croatia

B.date06/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Rowett

Gary Rowett

England

B.date06/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Poom

Mart Poom

Estonia

B.date03/02/1972

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mart Poom		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christian Dailly		24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Rowett		23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Stimac		30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Powell		28	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stefano Eranio		31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rory Delap	87	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Carsley		23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Sturridge		24	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paulo Wanchope		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Francesco Baiano		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Michael Clegg	75	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair	79	34	469	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordi Cruyff	75	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Ron Willems	87	31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Phil Neville

Brian McClair

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Francesco Baiano

Ron Willems

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

610

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Derby County

4 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Ferguson vs Smith

9 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

127

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Smith vs Man United

4 victories

9 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Smith vs Ferguson

1 victory

5 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Referee

Mike Reed

8 victories	4 draws	1 loss	Man United13 matches	General total	Derby County8 matches	4 victories	1 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Derby County3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 20, 1999					Latest figure on November 20, 1999

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Derby County at home in Premier League running (since 09/11/1929). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 22/10/1927 (3 matches)

It's the first time Denis Irwin scores a goal in Premier League since the 17/08/1996 (with vs )

Man United keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 07/02/1998).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Everton26/12/1997

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham10/01/1998

VManchester United 5-1 Walsall24/01/1998

LManchester United 0-1 Leicester31/01/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Bolton Wanderers07/02/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Barnsley15/02/1998

Overall

LSouthampton 1-0 Manchester United19/01/1998

VManchester United 5-1 Walsall24/01/1998

LManchester United 0-1 Leicester31/01/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Bolton Wanderers07/02/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Barnsley15/02/1998

VAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United18/02/1998

Current form

Away

DBolton Wanderers 3-3 Derby County14/12/1997

DNewcastle United 0-0 Derby County17/12/1997

LBarnsley 1-0 Derby County28/12/1997

DWimbledon FC 0-0 Derby County17/01/1998

LCoventry 2-0 Derby County24/01/1998

VEverton 1-2 Derby County14/02/1998

Overall

VDerby County 3-1 Blackburn11/01/1998

DWimbledon FC 0-0 Derby County17/01/1998

LCoventry 2-0 Derby County24/01/1998

VDerby County 2-1 Tottenham31/01/1998

LDerby County 0-1 Aston Villa07/02/1998

VEverton 1-2 Derby County14/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
16	Victories (Competition total)	12
10	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	41
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
2.08	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.58
2.54	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.23
0.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.23
0.46	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.85

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	57
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Andy Cole	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Francesco Baiano
Andy Cole	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Francesco Baiano
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Stefano Eranio
Ryan Giggs	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Paulo Wanchope

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

22 v

10 d

10 l

78 gf

43 ga

Away

44 matches

12 v

16 d

16 l

71 gf

91 ga

Total

86 matches

34 v

26 d

26 l

149 gf

134 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

16 v

16 d

12 l

91 gf

71 ga

Away

42 matches

10 v

10 d

22 l

43 gf

78 ga

Total

86 matches

26 v

26 d

34 l

134 gf

149 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 31, 1892
Home	7 - 1	December 31, 1892

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 18, 1931
Away	6 - 2	March 17, 1894

Latest head to head

October 18, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Derby County

2 - 2

Man United

April 05, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

2 - 3

Derby County logo Derby County

September 04, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Derby County

1 - 1

Man United

April 16, 1991 - Division 1 1990/1991

Man United

3 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

November 10, 1990 - Division 1 1990/1991

Derby County

0 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Denis Law	6 goals	1966 - 1971
Brian McClair	5 goals	1988 - 1991
Gordon Hill	4 goals	1976 - 1978
George Best	4 goals	1966 - 1971
Andy Ritchie	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Lou Macari	2 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Kevin Hector	5 goals	1969 - 1974
Paul Goddard	2 goals	1989 - 1989
Charles George	2 goals	1975 - 1975
John O'Hare	2 goals	1971 - 1971
Dean Saunders	2 goals	1988 - 1989
Roy McFarland	2 goals	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Alex Stepney	17 matches	1969 - 1977
Martin Buchan	14 matches	1972 - 1980
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1960 - 1972
Sammy McIlroy	12 matches	1974 - 1980
Steve Coppell	12 matches	1975 - 1983
Lou Macari	11 matches	1974 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Roy McFarland	14 matches	1969 - 1979
Kevin Hector	13 matches	1969 - 1977
Archie Gemmill	12 matches	1970 - 1977
Colin Todd	11 matches	1971 - 1977
Steve Powell	10 matches	1972 - 1980
Colin Boulton	10 matches	1971 - 1977