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Man United 2-0 Crystal Palace - October 04, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 10

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

October 04, 1997

55 143

Man United

2 - 0

Crystal Palace

Teddy Sheringham

17'

(o.g) Hermann Hreidarsson

30'

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17' - Goal Teddy Sheringham17

30' - Own goal Hermann Hreidarsson30

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72' - Substitution Ronny Johnsenis substituted by Karel Poborsky72

72' - Substitution Andy Linighanis substituted by Dougie Freedman

85' - Substitution Phil Nevilleis substituted by Denis Irwin85

85' - Substitution Attilio Lombardois substituted by Itzhac Zohar

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 0

Crystal Palace

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Team line-ups

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen72

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

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

P. Neville85

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Sheringham17

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen	72	28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		32	407	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville	85	20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		22	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		22	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		23	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		22	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		22	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham	17	31	10	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

146

Crystal Palace

Miller

Kevin Miller

England

B.date15/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Linighan72

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age35 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Hreidarsson30

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Gordon

Dean Gordon

England

B.date10/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Warhurst

Paul Warhurst

England

B.date26/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

England

B.date24/12/1972

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Lombardo85

Attilio Lombardo

Italy

B.date06/01/1966

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Roberts

Andy Roberts

England

B.date20/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Fullarton

Jamie Fullarton

Scotland

B.date20/07/1974

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Rodger

Simon Rodger

England

B.date03/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Ndah

George Ndah

Nigeria

B.date23/12/1974

Age22 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Miller		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan	72	35	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson	30	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Gordon		24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Warhurst		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Edworthy		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Attilio Lombardo	85	31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Roberts		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Fullarton		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Rodger		26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Ndah		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Denis Irwin	85	31	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Karel Poborsky	72	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Itzhac Zohar	85	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Dougie Freedman	72	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Phil Neville

Denis Irwin

OUT

Paul Scholes

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Ndah

Neil Shipperley

OUT

Attilio Lombardo

Itzhac Zohar

OUT

Andy Roberts

Carl Veart

OUT

Simon Rodger

Danny Boxall

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

585

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Crystal Palace

10 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 04, 1997

Ferguson vs Coppell

8 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 04, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

526

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Man United

2 victories

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on October 04, 1997

Coppell vs Ferguson

2 victories

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on October 04, 1997

Referee

Stephen Lodge

14 victories	5 draws	2 losses	Man United21 matches	General total	Crystal Palace6 matches	4 victories	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Man United2 matches	Season total	Crystal Palace2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 28, 2001					Latest figure on March 18, 1998

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Crystal Palace at home running (since 26/08/1922). It's a record streak. The first of history

Man United keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss vs Crystal Palace running (since 30/11/1991). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 22/08/1989 (5 matches)

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has done less than 0.91 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 West Ham11/05/1997

VManchester United 1-0 Southampton13/08/1997

VManchester United 3-0 Coventry30/08/1997

VManchester United 2-1 West Ham13/09/1997

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea24/09/1997

VManchester United 3-2 Juventus01/10/1997

Overall

VManchester United 2-1 West Ham13/09/1997

VVSS Kosice 0-3 Manchester United17/09/1997

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Manchester United20/09/1997

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea24/09/1997

LLeeds United 1-0 Manchester United27/09/1997

VManchester United 3-2 Juventus01/10/1997

Current form

Away

VEverton 1-2 Crystal Palace09/08/1997

VLeeds United 0-2 Crystal Palace23/08/1997

LSouthampton 1-0 Crystal Palace27/08/1997

LHull City 1-0 Crystal Palace16/09/1997

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Crystal Palace20/09/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Crystal Palace24/09/1997

Overall

LCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea13/09/1997

LHull City 1-0 Crystal Palace16/09/1997

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Crystal Palace20/09/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Crystal Palace24/09/1997

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Bolton Wanderers27/09/1997

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Hull City30/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
5	Victories (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
3	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
0.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

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

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	23
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Roy Keane	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Attilio Lombardo
Roy Keane	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Attilio Lombardo
Paul Scholes	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Paul Warhurst

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

13 v

2 d

2 l

33 gf

10 ga

Away

15 matches

7 v

4 d

4 l

25 gf

23 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

8 gf

5 ga

Total

36 matches

22 v

8 d

6 l

66 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

4 v

4 d

7 l

23 gf

25 ga

Away

17 matches

2 v

2 d

13 l

10 gf

33 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

5 gf

8 ga

Total

36 matches

6 v

8 d

22 l

38 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 25, 1972
Home	4 - 0	March 25, 1972

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 16, 1972
Away	2 - 1	December 09, 1989

Latest head to head

April 12, 1995 - FA Cup 1994/1995

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Man United

April 09, 1995 - FA Cup 1994/1995

Man United

2 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

Man United

November 19, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

3 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

April 21, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Mark Hughes	6 goals	1990 - 1993
Denis Law	6 goals	1971 - 1972
Brian Kidd	5 goals	1970 - 1973
Brian McClair	3 goals	1987 - 1991
Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1969 - 1972
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1989 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ian Wright	4 goals	1989 - 1991
Mel Blyth	2 goals	1969 - 1971
John Salako	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Mark Bright	2 goals	1989 - 1989
Paddy Mulligan	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Don Rogers	2 goals	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Brian McClair	14 matches	1987 - 1995
Gary Pallister	13 matches	1989 - 1995
Paul Ince	12 matches	1989 - 1995
Mark Hughes	12 matches	1985 - 1995
Steve Bruce	10 matches	1989 - 1995
Bryan Robson	10 matches	1985 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Nigel Martyn	12 matches	1989 - 1995
Andy Thorn	9 matches	1989 - 1993
John Salako	9 matches	1990 - 1995
Geoffrey Thomas	9 matches	1989 - 1992
Richard Shaw	9 matches	1990 - 1995
Mark Bright	9 matches	1989 - 1992