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Man United 0-1 Arsenal - December 21, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 22

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 21, 1985

Man United

0 - 1

Arsenal

90'

Charly Nicholas

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90' - Goal Charly Nicholas

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 1

Arsenal

Man United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Garton

Billy Garton

England

B.date15/03/1965

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age28 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Olsen

Jesper Olsen

Denmark

B.date20/03/1961

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age20 years

H1m84

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	27	366	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath	26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Garton	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	31	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan	28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Olsen	24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	29	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside	20	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age25 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Caesar

Gus Caesar

England

B.date05/03/1966

Age19 years

positionDefender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age27 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age21 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Quinn

Niall Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/10/1966

Age19 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Allinson

Ian Allinson

England

B.date01/10/1957

Age28 years

positionForward

Nicholas90

Charly Nicholas

Scotland

B.date30/12/1961

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gus Caesar		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		27	471	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		27	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		21	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		24	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		28	404	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Niall Quinn		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Allinson		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charly Nicholas	90	23	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

160

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Bailey

Chris Turner

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gus Caesar

Viv Anderson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

254

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Atkinson vs Arsenal

9 victories

7 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1985

Atkinson vs Howe

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

102

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Howe vs Man United

2 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1985

Howe vs Atkinson

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1985

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Key figures

The last time Man United has ended with the score 0-1 vs Arsenal at home, It was on the 05/09/1925

End of streak for Man United after 19 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Premier League (since 02/02/1985). It was the best streak for the club since 12/04/1982-27/08/1983 (26 matches).

Charly Nicholas played his game number 100 in Premier League

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 1-0 West Ham29/10/1985

VManchester United 2-0 Coventry02/11/1985

DManchester United 1-1 Norwich City06/11/1985

DManchester United 0-0 Tottenham16/11/1985

DManchester United 1-1 Watford30/11/1985

VManchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town07/12/1985

Overall

LLiverpool 2-1 Manchester United26/11/1985

DManchester United 1-1 Watford30/11/1985

LEverton 1-0 Manchester United04/12/1985

VManchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town07/12/1985

DNorwich City 1-1 Manchester United11/12/1985

VAston Villa 1-3 Manchester United14/12/1985

Current form

Away

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Arsenal26/10/1985

VManchester City 1-2 Arsenal30/10/1985

LEverton 6-1 Arsenal09/11/1985

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Arsenal23/11/1985

VSouthampton 1-3 Arsenal26/11/1985

LSouthampton 3-0 Arsenal07/12/1985

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Southampton19/11/1985

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Arsenal23/11/1985

VSouthampton 1-3 Arsenal26/11/1985

DArsenal 0-0 Birmingham City30/11/1985

LSouthampton 3-0 Arsenal07/12/1985

VArsenal 2-0 Liverpool14/12/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
15	Victories (Competition total)	10
8	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.9
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
0.18	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (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

Mark Hughes	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Tony Woodcock
Mark Hughes	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Charly Nicholas
Bryan Robson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Ian Allinson
Mark Hughes	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Charly Nicholas

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

42 v

17 d

11 l

141 gf

69 ga

Away

71 matches

18 v

10 d

43 l

88 gf

156 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

143 matches

61 v

27 d

55 l

233 gf

229 ga

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

43 v

10 d

18 l

156 gf

88 ga

Away

70 matches

11 v

17 d

42 l

69 gf

141 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

143 matches

55 v

27 d

61 l

229 gf

233 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

August 24, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Arsenal

1 - 2

Man United

February 23, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Arsenal

0 - 1

Man United

November 02, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Man United

4 - 2

Arsenal

March 17, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Man United

4 - 0

Arsenal

September 06, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Arsenal

2 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Steve Coppell	6 goals	1975 - 1983
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1958 - 1971
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1983 - 1984

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
Liam Brady	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1963

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
Arthur Albiston	19 matches	1977 - 1985
Martin Buchan	19 matches	1972 - 1982

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
David O'Leary	23 matches	1975 - 1985
Pat Rice	21 matches	1969 - 1979
Graham Rix	20 matches	1977 - 1985
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1966 - 1976
Peter Storey	17 matches	1966 - 1976