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Man United 0-0 Southampton - April 24, 1985 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 34

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 24, 1985

Man United

0 - 0

Southampton

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46' - Substitution Frank Stapletonis substituted by Mike Duxbury46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 0

Southampton

Man United Southampton

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hogg

Graeme Hogg

Scotland

B.date17/06/1964

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age28 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Olsen

Jesper Olsen

Denmark

B.date20/03/1961

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton46

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age19 years

H1m84

positionForward

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		26	332	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Hogg		20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman		31	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		27	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		28	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Olsen		24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	46	28	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside		19	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		21	68	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

145

Southampton

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age35 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Wright

Mark Wright

England

B.date01/08/1963

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Bond

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age36 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Holmes

Nick Holmes

England

B.date11/11/1954

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Dennis

Mark Dennis

England

B.date02/05/1961

Age23 years

positionDefender

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age30 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age33 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Moran

Steve Moran

England

B.date10/01/1961

Age24 years

positionForward

Lawrence

George Lawrence

England

B.date14/09/1962

Age22 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton	35	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Wright	21	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills	36	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nick Holmes	30	339	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Dennis	23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong	30	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan	33	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Moran	24	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Lawrence	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Mike Duxbury	46	25	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gordon Strachan

Arnold Mühren

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Dennis

Andy Townsend

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

217

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Atkinson vs Southampton

7 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1985

Atkinson vs McMenemy

7 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Lawrie McMenemy

584

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

McMenemy vs Man United

4 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1985

McMenemy vs Atkinson

3 victories

7 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1985

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Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 6 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League (since 23/03/1985). It was the best streak for the club since 29/09/1984-02/02/1985 (18 matches).

No Southampton manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Lawrie McMenemy has reached 30% of clean sheets .

End of streak for Man United after 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Southampton at home (since 02/09/1931). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham09/03/1985

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa23/03/1985

VManchester United 2-1 Leicester03/04/1985

VManchester United 5-0 Stoke City06/04/1985

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool13/04/1985

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool17/04/1985

Overall

VManchester United 2-1 Leicester03/04/1985

VManchester United 5-0 Stoke City06/04/1985

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester United09/04/1985

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool13/04/1985

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool17/04/1985

LLuton Town 2-1 Manchester United21/04/1985

Current form

Away

VLeyton Orient 0-2 Southampton26/01/1985

VQueens Park Rangers 0-4 Southampton02/02/1985

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Southampton23/02/1985

VChelsea 0-2 Southampton09/03/1985

LTottenham 5-1 Southampton23/03/1985

DWatford 1-1 Southampton06/04/1985

Overall

LTottenham 5-1 Southampton23/03/1985

LSouthampton 1-2 Everton30/03/1985

VSouthampton 1-0 Luton Town02/04/1985

DWatford 1-1 Southampton06/04/1985

VSouthampton 3-1 Leicester09/04/1985

VSouthampton 2-0 Aston Villa20/04/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	10	3
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
19	Victories (Competition total)	17
12	Victories (Home / Away)	6
8	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
9	Losses (Competition total)	10
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

68	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
39	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.36
2.39	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
0.61	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 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	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Joe Jordan
Mark Hughes	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Joe Jordan
Gordon Strachan	7 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Steve Moran
Gordon Strachan	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Steve Moran
Norman Whiteside	5 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Armstrong

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

16 v

5 d

6 l

50 gf

29 ga

Away

28 matches

8 v

11 d

9 l

36 gf

35 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

57 matches

25 v

16 d

16 l

87 gf

65 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

9 v

11 d

8 l

35 gf

36 ga

Away

27 matches

6 v

5 d

16 l

29 gf

50 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

57 matches

16 v

16 d

25 l

65 gf

87 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	February 20, 1971
Home	5 - 1	February 20, 1971

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 17, 1983
Away	4 - 1	August 16, 1969

Latest head to head

August 28, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Southampton

0 - 0

Man United

January 21, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Man United

3 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

September 17, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Southampton

3 - 0

Man United

April 09, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Man United

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

December 01, 1982 - League Cup 1982/1983

Man United

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Southampton

George Best	9 goals	1968 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Alan Gowling	4 goals	1971 - 1971
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1967 - 1972
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Bryan Robson	3 goals	1981 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ron Davies	12 goals	1966 - 1972
Mick Channon	4 goals	1968 - 1974
Jimmy Gabriel	4 goals	1970 - 1972
David Peach	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Steve Moran	3 goals	1981 - 1984
Nick Holmes	3 goals	1977 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Alex Stepney	18 matches	1966 - 1977
George Best	17 matches	1964 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	17 matches	1963 - 1973
Sammy McIlroy	15 matches	1971 - 1981
David Sadler	14 matches	1966 - 1972
Martin Buchan	13 matches	1972 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Mick Channon	23 matches	1967 - 1982
Terry Paine	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Ron Davies	14 matches	1966 - 1973
Nick Holmes	14 matches	1976 - 1984
Eric Martin	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Steve Williams	12 matches	1977 - 1984