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Man United 1-0 Sunderland - October 06, 1976 / League Cup 1976/1977

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League Cup 1976/1977 - Round of 32

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

October 06, 1976

47 689

Man United

1 - 0

Sunderland

Brian Greenhoff

75'

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46' - Substitution Gordon Hillis substituted by Arthur Albiston46

75' - Goal Brian Greenhoff75

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Sunderland

Man United Sunderland

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Greenhoff75

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age19 years

positionRight full-back

Daly

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age27 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

McCreery

David McCreery

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1957

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age21 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hill46

Gordon Hill

England

B.date01/04/1954

Age22 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		34	417	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		27	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff	75	23	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly		22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		22	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David McCreery		19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hill	46	22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

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Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Arthur Albiston	46	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lou Macari

Colin Waldron

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

183

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Docherty vs Sunderland

6 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 06, 1976

Docherty vs Stokoe

6 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 06, 1976

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Stokoe

191

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Stokoe vs Man United

0 victory

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 06, 1976

Stokoe vs Docherty

1 victory

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 06, 1976

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Key figures

No key stat for this match

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 2-2 Birmingham City21/08/1976

VManchester United 5-0 Tranmere Rovers01/09/1976

LManchester United 2-3 Tottenham04/09/1976

VManchester United 2-0 Middlesbrough18/09/1976

DManchester United 2-2 Sunderland22/09/1976

VManchester United 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam29/09/1976

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Middlesbrough18/09/1976

DManchester United 2-2 Sunderland22/09/1976

VManchester City 1-3 Manchester United25/09/1976

VManchester United 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam29/09/1976

VLeeds United 0-2 Manchester United02/10/1976

DSunderland 2-2 Manchester United04/10/1976

Current form

Away

LBlackpool 1-0 Sunderland20/04/1976

DStoke City 0-0 Sunderland21/08/1976

LBristol City 4-1 Sunderland04/09/1976

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Sunderland11/09/1976

DManchester United 2-2 Sunderland22/09/1976

DWest Ham 1-1 Sunderland25/09/1976

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Sunderland11/09/1976

LSunderland 0-2 Manchester City18/09/1976

DManchester United 2-2 Sunderland22/09/1976

DWest Ham 1-1 Sunderland25/09/1976

LSunderland 0-1 Everton02/10/1976

DSunderland 2-2 Manchester United04/10/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	7	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	6	7
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	4	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
5-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (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

Gerry Daly	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Tony Towers
Stuart Pearson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tony Towers
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Tony Towers
Gerry Daly	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Tony Towers

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

24 v

10 d

11 l

96 gf

60 ga

Away

45 matches

10 v

13 d

22 l

58 gf

103 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

91 matches

35 v

23 d

33 l

156 gf

164 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

22 v

13 d

10 l

103 gf

58 ga

Away

45 matches

11 v

10 d

24 l

60 gf

96 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

91 matches

33 v

23 d

35 l

164 gf

156 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 26, 1966
Home	5 - 0	November 26, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 11, 1926
Away	5 - 0	March 04, 1893

Latest head to head

October 04, 1976 - League Cup 1976/1977

Sunderland

2 - 2

Man United

September 22, 1976 - League Cup 1976/1977

Man United

2 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

January 18, 1975 - Division 2 1974/1975

Sunderland

0 - 0

Man United

November 30, 1974 - Division 2 1974/1975

Man United

3 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

December 27, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Sunderland

1 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Denis Law	8 goals	1964 - 1969
David Herd	7 goals	1964 - 1966
George Best	7 goals	1964 - 1969
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1958 - 1964
Liam Whelan	3 goals	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

George Mulhall	2 goals	1968 - 1969
Ray Train	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Colin Suggett	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Neil Martin	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Tony Towers	2 goals	1976 - 1976
John O'Hare	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Bobby Charlton	18 matches	1957 - 1969
George Best	15 matches	1964 - 1969
Bill Foulkes	14 matches	1956 - 1968
Pat Crerand	14 matches	1964 - 1969
Tony Dunne	11 matches	1964 - 1969
Denis Law	10 matches	1964 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

George Herd	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Jimmy Montgomery	9 matches	1966 - 1969
Martin Harvey	9 matches	1964 - 1969
George Mulhall	9 matches	1964 - 1969
Cecil Irwin	8 matches	1964 - 1969
Len Ashurst	8 matches	1964 - 1969