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Man United 2-1 Chelsea - March 16, 1963 / FA Cup 1962/1963

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FA Cup 1962/1963 - Round of 16

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 16, 1963

48 298

2 - 1

Chelsea

Denis Law

16'

Albert Quixall

46'

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16' - Goal Denis Law16

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46' - Goal Albert Quixall46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Chelsea

Man United Chelsea

Team line-ups

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Cantwell

Noel Cantwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1932

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age20 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Quixall46

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Giles

Johnny Giles

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/11/1940

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Herd

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age28 years

positionForward

Law16

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		30	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		31	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		25	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell		31	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles		20	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		25	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall	46	29	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Giles		22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		26	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd		28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	16	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

136

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Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

791

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Busby vs Chelsea

21 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 16, 1963

Busby vs Docherty

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 1963

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Docherty vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 1963

Docherty vs Busby

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 1963

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Denis Law scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Man United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored in FA Cup running (since 14/03/1962). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/01/1961-31/01/1962 time period (5 matches).

Johnny Giles played his game number 100 in his professional career with Manchester United

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 2-2 Aston Villa24/11/1962

VManchester United 5-1 Nottingham Forest08/12/1962

DManchester United 1-1 Blackpool23/02/1963

VManchester United 5-0 Huddersfield Town04/03/1963

LManchester United 0-2 Tottenham09/03/1963

VManchester United 1-0 Aston Villa11/03/1963

Overall

VFulham 0-1 Manchester United26/12/1962

DManchester United 1-1 Blackpool23/02/1963

DBlackburn 2-2 Manchester United02/03/1963

VManchester United 5-0 Huddersfield Town04/03/1963

LManchester United 0-2 Tottenham09/03/1963

VManchester United 1-0 Aston Villa11/03/1963

Current form

Away

VLuton Town 0-2 Chelsea26/12/1962

DTranmere Rovers 2-2 Chelsea05/01/1963

LSwansea 2-0 Chelsea09/02/1963

LCardiff City 1-0 Chelsea23/02/1963

VCharlton 0-3 Chelsea06/03/1963

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea09/03/1963

Overall

VChelsea 3-1 Tranmere Rovers30/01/1963

LSwansea 2-0 Chelsea09/02/1963

LCardiff City 1-0 Chelsea23/02/1963

LChelsea 1-2 Huddersfield Town02/03/1963

VCharlton 0-3 Chelsea06/03/1963

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea09/03/1963

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Denis Law	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Denis Law	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Albert Quixall	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

19 v

7 d

5 l

60 gf

21 ga

Away

31 matches

15 v

7 d

9 l

62 gf

50 ga

Total

62 matches

34 v

14 d

14 l

122 gf

71 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

9 v

7 d

15 l

50 gf

62 ga

Away

31 matches

5 v

7 d

19 l

21 gf

60 ga

Total

62 matches

14 v

14 d

34 l

71 gf

122 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 26, 1960
Home	6 - 0	December 26, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 06, 1930
Away	2 - 0	January 03, 1920

Latest head to head

August 30, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Chelsea

2 - 0

Man United

August 23, 1961 - Division 1 1961/1962

Man United

3 - 2

Chelsea

December 26, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Man United

6 - 0

Chelsea

December 24, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Chelsea

1 - 2

Man United

September 02, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Chelsea

3 - 6

Man United

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1958 - 1960
Alex Dawson	6 goals	1958 - 1960
Dennis Viollet	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Tommy Taylor	3 goals	1956 - 1957
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1956 - 1957
Warren Bradley	2 goals	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1959
Peter Sillett	3 goals	1958 - 1959
Robert Tambling	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Peter Brabrook	2 goals	1958 - 1960
Ron Tindall	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Les Allen	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bill Foulkes	12 matches	1956 - 1961
Dennis Viollet	10 matches	1956 - 1961
Bobby Charlton	9 matches	1958 - 1961
Harry Gregg	9 matches	1958 - 1961
Albert Quixall	7 matches	1958 - 1961
Shay Brennan	5 matches	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Peter Brabrook	10 matches	1957 - 1961
Peter Sillett	8 matches	1958 - 1961
John Mortimore	8 matches	1957 - 1961
Jimmy Greaves	7 matches	1958 - 1960
John Sillett	6 matches	1957 - 1961
Mel Scott	6 matches	1958 - 1961