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Man United 2-1 Arsenal - February 23, 1983 / League Cup 1982/1983

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League Cup 1982/1983 - Semi-finals

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

February 23, 1983

Man United

2 - 1

Arsenal

Kevin Moran

Steve Coppell

Raphael Meade

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0' - Goal Kevin Moran photo Steve Coppell

0' - Goal Steve Coppell0

0' - Goal Raphael Meade photo Paul Davis

0' - Substitution John Hollinsis substituted by Paul Davis

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46' - Substitution Bryan Robsonis substituted by Ray Wilkins46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Arsenal

Man United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Moran0

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age25 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Moses

Remi Moses

England

B.date14/11/1960

Age22 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Robson46

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Mühren

Arnold Mühren

Netherlands

B.date02/06/1951

Age31 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Coppell0

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age27 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age17 years

H1m84

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		24	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		30	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran		26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		23	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		25	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Remi Moses		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	46	26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Mühren		31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		27	377	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		26	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside		17	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

138

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age37 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins0

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Whyte

Christopher Whyte

England

B.date02/09/1961

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age18 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age23 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petrovic

Vladimir Petrovic

Serbia

B.date01/07/1955

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Woodcock

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age27 years

positionForward

Meade0

Raphael Meade

England

B.date22/11/1962

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		37	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	0	36	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Whyte		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		24	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		18	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimir Petrovic		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		29	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		25	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Raphael Meade		20	26	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

125

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ray Wilkins	46	26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Davis	0	21	95	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

Raphael Meade

Paul Davis

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Atkinson vs Arsenal

3 victories

7 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1983

Atkinson vs Neill

3 victories

7 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1983

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

376

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Neill vs Man United

7 victories

7 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1983

Neill vs Atkinson

2 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 1983

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Comments

Key figures

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Atkinson has done less than 1.44 goals scored per game .

Man United keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw at home in League Cup running (since 06/10/1976). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 18/12/1974 (7 matches)

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Atkinson has done less than 0.71 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Sunderland27/12/1982

VManchester United 3-1 Aston Villa01/01/1983

DManchester United 0-0 West Bromwich Albion03/01/1983

VManchester United 2-0 West Ham08/01/1983

VManchester United 4-0 Nottingham Forest18/01/1983

VManchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest22/01/1983

Overall

VManchester United 4-0 Nottingham Forest18/01/1983

VManchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest22/01/1983

VLuton Town 0-2 Manchester United29/01/1983

DIpswich Town 1-1 Manchester United05/02/1983

VArsenal 2-4 Manchester United15/02/1983

VDerby County 0-1 Manchester United19/02/1983

Current form

Away

LSunderland 3-0 Arsenal18/12/1982

DSouthampton 2-2 Arsenal28/12/1982

LLiverpool 3-1 Arsenal03/01/1983

LNotts County 1-0 Arsenal22/01/1983

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal02/02/1983

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal19/02/1983

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Leeds United29/01/1983

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal02/02/1983

VArsenal 3-1 Brighton & Hove05/02/1983

VArsenal 2-1 Leeds United09/02/1983

LArsenal 2-4 Manchester United15/02/1983

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal19/02/1983

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	23	10
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	3	8
Invincibility streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	12	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.86
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Steve Coppell	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Alan Sunderland
Gordon McQueen	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tony Woodcock
Steve Coppell	5 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Tony Woodcock

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

39 v

17 d

11 l

131 gf

66 ga

Away

67 matches

15 v

10 d

42 l

82 gf

150 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

135 matches

54 v

27 d

54 l

215 gf

219 ga

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

42 v

10 d

15 l

150 gf

82 ga

Away

67 matches

11 v

17 d

39 l

66 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

135 matches

54 v

27 d

54 l

219 gf

215 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Home	6 - 1	April 26, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Away	4 - 1	April 27, 1909

Latest head to head

February 15, 1983 - League Cup 1982/1983

Arsenal

2 - 4

Man United

September 25, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Man United

0 - 0

Arsenal

February 20, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Man United

0 - 0

Arsenal

September 26, 1981 - Division 1 1981/1982

Arsenal

0 - 0

Man United

December 20, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Arsenal

2 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957
Steve Coppell	5 goals	1975 - 1983
Tommy Taylor	4 goals	1957 - 1958
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1958 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1976 - 1978
George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Ray Kennedy	5 goals	1970 - 1974
George Armstrong	4 goals	1965 - 1975
Liam Brady	4 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Tony Dunne	22 matches	1962 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Martin Buchan	19 matches	1972 - 1982
Denis Law	17 matches	1962 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

George Armstrong	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Pat Rice	21 matches	1969 - 1979
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1966 - 1976
Peter Storey	17 matches	1966 - 1976
John Radford	16 matches	1965 - 1974
Frank McLintock	16 matches	1964 - 1972