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Aston Villa 3-0 Man United - December 26, 1989 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 19

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 26, 1989

3 - 0

Man United

Kevin Gage

David Platt

Ian Olney

logo Aston Villa AV

0' - Goal Kevin Gage photo David Platt

0' - Goal David Platt photo Ian Olney

0' - Goal Ian Olney0

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46' - Substitution Tony Daleyis substituted by Paul Birch46

46' - Substitution Lee Martinis substituted by Mike Duxbury photo Mark Robins

46' - Substitution Clayton Blackmoreis substituted by Mark Robins

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Man United

Aston Villa Man United

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Spink

Nigel Spink

England

B.date08/08/1958

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Mountfield

Derek Mountfield

England

B.date02/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Nielsen

Kent Nielsen

Denmark

B.date28/12/1961

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Gage0

Kevin Gage

England

B.date21/04/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Williams

Gareth Williams

England

B.date12/03/1967

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age31 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Platt0

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age23 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Daley46

Tony Daley

England

B.date18/10/1967

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

Ormondroyd

Ian Ormondroyd

England

B.date22/09/1964

Age25 years

H1m97

positionForward

Olney0

Ian Olney

England

B.date17/12/1969

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Spink		31	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Mountfield		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kent Nielsen		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Gage		25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gareth Williams		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		31	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt		23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Daley	46	22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Ormondroyd		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Olney		20	34	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

Man United

Leighton

Jim Leighton

Scotland

B.date24/07/1958

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Phelan

Mike Phelan

England

B.date24/09/1962

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Bruce

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Martin46

Lee Martin

England

B.date05/02/1968

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age33 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Blackmore46

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Sharpe

Lee Sharpe

England

B.date27/05/1971

Age18 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Leighton		31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Phelan		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce		28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Martin	46	21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		33	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore	46	25	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Sharpe		18	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		26	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Birch	46	27	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Mike Duxbury	46	30	369	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mark Robins	46	20	14	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

Lee Sharpe

Bryan Robson

OUT

Viv Anderson

Danny Wallace

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

123

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Taylor vs Man United

5 victories

6 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

Taylor vs Ferguson

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

152

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Ferguson vs Aston Villa

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

Ferguson vs Taylor

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1989

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Key figures

The last time Aston Villa has ended with the score 3-0 at home, It was on the 06/04/1985 (vs )

The last time Man United has ended with the score 0-3 in Premier League, It was on the 23/11/1985 (vs )

Aston Villa keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 30/09/1989). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/09/1987-31/10/1987 time period (8 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAston Villa 0-0 West Ham25/10/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace28/10/1989

VAston Villa 6-2 Everton05/11/1989

VAston Villa 4-1 Coventry18/11/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest02/12/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest22/12/1989

Overall

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Aston Villa25/11/1989

VHull City 1-2 Aston Villa28/11/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest02/12/1989

DLiverpool 1-1 Aston Villa09/12/1989

LMillwall 2-0 Aston Villa16/12/1989

VAston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest22/12/1989

Current form

Away

LManchester City 5-1 Manchester United23/09/1989

VCoventry 1-4 Manchester United21/10/1989

LCharlton 2-0 Manchester United04/11/1989

VLuton Town 1-3 Manchester United18/11/1989

LArsenal 1-0 Manchester United03/12/1989

DLiverpool 0-0 Manchester United23/12/1989

Overall

VLuton Town 1-3 Manchester United18/11/1989

DManchester United 0-0 Chelsea25/11/1989

LArsenal 1-0 Manchester United03/12/1989

LManchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace09/12/1989

LManchester United 0-1 Tottenham16/12/1989

DLiverpool 0-0 Manchester United23/12/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	5	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	5
Goalless streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
9	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.22
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.78

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 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

David Platt	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Mark Hughes
David Platt	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Mark Hughes
David Platt	11 goals during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 6 matches	Mark Hughes

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

30 v

14 d

16 l

131 gf

97 ga

Away

61 matches

10 v

12 d

39 l

61 gf

136 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

122 matches

41 v

26 d

55 l

194 gf

234 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

39 v

12 d

10 l

136 gf

61 ga

Away

60 matches

16 v

14 d

30 l

97 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

122 matches

55 v

26 d

41 l

234 gf

194 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 27, 1930
Home	7 - 0	December 27, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 24, 1964
Away	4 - 0	October 15, 1949

Latest head to head

March 12, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Man United

November 05, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Man United

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

May 09, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Man United

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 13, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Aston Villa

3 - 3

Man United

December 14, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Peter Withe	7 goals	1980 - 1984
Andy Gray	5 goals	1975 - 1977
Gordon Cowans	4 goals	1980 - 1988
Bobby Thomson	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Gary Shaw	3 goals	1980 - 1982
Allan Evans	2 goals	1984 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Tommy Taylor	8 goals	1956 - 1957
Denis Law	6 goals	1964 - 1967
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Mark Hughes	6 goals	1985 - 1985
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1957 - 1966
Sammy McIlroy	6 goals	1975 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Allan Evans	16 matches	1979 - 1988
Dennis Mortimer	14 matches	1976 - 1984
Gordon Cowans	13 matches	1978 - 1988
Charlie Aitken	13 matches	1961 - 1975
Andy Gray	12 matches	1975 - 1987
Gary Williams	11 matches	1978 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Bill Foulkes	21 matches	1956 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	19 matches	1957 - 1970
Arthur Albiston	18 matches	1976 - 1987
Steve Coppell	18 matches	1975 - 1983
Sammy McIlroy	15 matches	1975 - 1981
Gary Bailey	14 matches	1979 - 1985