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Oxford United 2-0 Man United - January 20, 1988 / League Cup 1987/1988

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League Cup 1987/1988 - Quarter-finals

Kassam Stadium - Oxford - England

January 20, 1988

Oxford United

2 - 0

Man United

logo Oxford United OU

46' - Substitution Kevin Moranis substituted by Graeme Hogg photo Peter Davenport

46' - Substitution Gordon Strachanis substituted by Peter Davenport

logo Manchester United MU

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Oxford United

2 - 0

Man United

Oxford United Man United

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Man United

Turner

Chris Turner

England

B.date15/09/1958

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moran46

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Strachan46

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age30 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Olsen

Jesper Olsen

Denmark

B.date20/03/1961

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age22 years

H1m84

positionForward

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Turner		29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran	46	31	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson		27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		31	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		28	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan	46	30	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		31	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Olsen		26	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside		22	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

153

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Graeme Hogg	46	23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Peter Davenport	46	26	81	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

Norman Whiteside

Peter Davenport

OUT

Gordon Strachan

Steve Bruce

OUT

Clayton Blackmore

Remi Moses

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Maurice Evans

138

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Evans vs Man United

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1988

Evans vs Ferguson

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Oxford United

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1988

Ferguson vs Evans

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 1988

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Oxford United after 5 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Man United in League Cup (since 06/09/1972). It's a record streak. The first of history

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has done less than 1.39 goals scored per game .

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has done less than 23% of losses .

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DOxford United 1-1 Watford21/11/1987

LOxford United 1-3 Newcastle United05/12/1987

LOxford United 0-2 Nottingham Forest19/12/1987

LOxford United 0-3 Liverpool26/12/1987

LOxford United 2-5 Wimbledon FC02/01/1988

VOxford United 2-0 Leicester09/01/1988

Overall

LOxford United 0-3 Liverpool26/12/1987

LQueens Park Rangers 3-2 Oxford United28/12/1987

LOxford United 2-5 Wimbledon FC02/01/1988

VOxford United 2-0 Leicester09/01/1988

LReading 1-0 Oxford United13/01/1988

DPortsmouth 2-2 Oxford United16/01/1988

Current form

Away

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Manchester United21/11/1987

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 Manchester United05/12/1987

VPortsmouth 1-2 Manchester United19/12/1987

LNewcastle United 1-0 Manchester United26/12/1987

VWatford 0-1 Manchester United02/01/1988

VIpswich Town 1-2 Manchester United10/01/1988

Overall

LNewcastle United 1-0 Manchester United26/12/1987

VManchester United 2-1 Everton28/12/1987

DManchester United 0-0 Charlton01/01/1988

VWatford 0-1 Manchester United02/01/1988

VIpswich Town 1-2 Manchester United10/01/1988

LManchester United 0-2 Southampton16/01/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	3
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Brian McClair
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Brian McClair
-	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Brian McClair

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

9 gf

7 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

1 d

6 l

6 gf

19 ga

Total

13 matches

3 v

3 d

7 l

15 gf

26 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

6 v

1 d

0 l

19 gf

6 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

7 gf

9 ga

Total

13 matches

7 v

3 d

3 l

26 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 08, 1986
Home	2 - 0	November 08, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 02, 1974
Away	3 - 1	January 11, 1986

Latest head to head

December 12, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Man United

3 - 1

Oxford United logo Oxford United

April 04, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Man United

3 - 2

Oxford United logo Oxford United

November 08, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Oxford United

2 - 0

Man United

January 11, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Oxford United

1 - 3

Man United

September 07, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Man United

3 - 0

Oxford United logo Oxford United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Derek Clarke	1 goal	1976 - 1976
David Leworthy	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Ken Skeen	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Neil Slatter	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Tommy Caton	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Geoff Bray	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Oxford United

Peter Davenport	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Mark Hughes	2 goals	1983 - 1986
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1985 - 1987
Gerry Daly	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Norman Whiteside	2 goals	1985 - 1986
George Best	2 goals	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Les Phillips	4 matches	1986 - 1987
Trevor Hebberd	4 matches	1985 - 1987
Malcolm Shotton	3 matches	1985 - 1986
Gary Briggs	3 matches	1985 - 1987
John Aldridge	3 matches	1985 - 1986
David Langan	3 matches	1985 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Oxford United

Arthur Albiston	8 matches	1983 - 1987
Frank Stapleton	7 matches	1983 - 1987
Mike Duxbury	7 matches	1983 - 1987
Kevin Moran	6 matches	1983 - 1987
Bryan Robson	6 matches	1983 - 1987
Norman Whiteside	6 matches	1983 - 1987