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Watford 5-1 Man United - May 13, 1985 / Division 1 1984/1985

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45' - Goal Kenny Jackett photo Nigel Callaghan

45' - Goal Nigel Callaghan photo Luther Blissett

45' - Goal Luther Blissett45

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46' - Substitution Luther Blissettis substituted by Gary Porter46

46' - Substitution Norman Whitesideis substituted by Arnold Mühren

90' - Goal Nigel Callaghan photo Colin West

90' - Goal Colin West90

90' - Goal Kevin Moran

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

5 - 1

Man United

Watford Man United

Team line-ups

Watford

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age28 years

positionDefender

Terry

Steve Terry

England

B.date14/06/1962

Age22 years

positionDefender

McClelland

John McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1955

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Jackett45

Kenny Jackett

Wales

B.date05/01/1962

Age23 years

positionDefender

Sinnott

Lee Sinnott

England

B.date12/07/1965

Age19 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Callaghan4590

Nigel Callaghan

England

B.date12/09/1962

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Taylor

Les Taylor

England

B.date04/12/1956

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Blissett4546

Luther Blissett

England

B.date01/02/1958

Age27 years

positionForward

West90

Colin West

England

B.date13/11/1962

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		28	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Terry		22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McClelland		29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Jackett	45	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Sinnott		19	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Callaghan	4590	22	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Taylor		28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		21	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luther Blissett	4546	27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin West	90	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moran90

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age28 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Whiteside46

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age20 years

H1m84

positionForward

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Brazil

Alan Brazil

Scotland

B.date15/06/1959

Age25 years

positionForward

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		26	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran	90	29	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		25	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		25	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		27	398	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman		31	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside	46	20	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		28	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Brazil		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

163

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Gary Porter	46	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Arnold Mühren	46	33	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lee Sinnott

Nigel Gibbs

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Moran

Graeme Hogg

OUT

Mark Hughes

Jesper Olsen

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

326

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Taylor vs Man United

3 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 13, 1985

Taylor vs Atkinson

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 13, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

222

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Atkinson vs Watford

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 13, 1985

Atkinson vs Taylor

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 13, 1985

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Atkinson has done less than 0.91 goals conceded per game .

End of streak for Watford after 5 consecutive matches without a win vs Man United in Premier League (since 04/12/1982). It's a record streak. The first of history

Watford keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 13/04/1985).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 5-0 West Ham02/04/1985

DWatford 1-1 Southampton06/04/1985

VWatford 2-0 Norwich City13/04/1985

VWatford 3-1 Ipswich Town16/04/1985

VWatford 2-0 Stoke City27/04/1985

LWatford 0-2 West Bromwich Albion07/05/1985

Overall

VWatford 3-1 Ipswich Town16/04/1985

DAston Villa 1-1 Watford24/04/1985

VWatford 2-0 Stoke City27/04/1985

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Watford04/05/1985

LWatford 0-2 West Bromwich Albion07/05/1985

VTottenham 1-5 Watford11/05/1985

Current form

Away

LFehervar 1-0 Manchester United20/03/1985

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United31/03/1985

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester United09/04/1985

LLuton Town 2-1 Manchester United21/04/1985

VNorwich City 0-1 Manchester United04/05/1985

VQueens Park Rangers 1-3 Manchester United11/05/1985

Overall

LLuton Town 2-1 Manchester United21/04/1985

DManchester United 0-0 Southampton24/04/1985

DManchester United 2-2 Sunderland27/04/1985

VNorwich City 0-1 Manchester United04/05/1985

VManchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest06/05/1985

VQueens Park Rangers 1-3 Manchester United11/05/1985

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
13	Victories (Competition total)	22
9	Victories (Home / Away)	9
13	Draws (Competition total)	10
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
14	Losses (Competition total)	9
6	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

73	Goals scored (Competition total)	76
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	29
66	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
29	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.85
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.45
1.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.02
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.45

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	23
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	13
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	16
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
29	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (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

Luther Blissett	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Mark Hughes
Luther Blissett	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Gordon Strachan
Luther Blissett	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	Gordon Strachan
Luther Blissett	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Gordon Strachan
Luther Blissett	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Alan Brazil

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

1 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

5 gf

11 ga

Total

11 matches

2 v

3 d

6 l

6 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

11 gf

5 ga

Away

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

11 matches

6 v

3 d

2 l

15 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	January 02, 1982
Home	1 - 0	January 02, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 19, 1983
Away	2 - 0	February 03, 1969

Latest head to head

August 25, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Man United

1 - 1

Watford

April 17, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Watford

0 - 0

Man United

November 19, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Man United

4 - 1

Watford

April 23, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Man United

2 - 0

Watford

December 04, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Watford

0 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

	Luther Blissett	2 goals	1978 - 1978
	Nigel Callaghan	2 goals	1983 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1983 - 1983
Denis Law	3 goals	1969 - 1969
Brian Kidd	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Gordon Strachan	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Bryan Robson	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Norman Whiteside	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Wilf Rostron	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Les Taylor	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Steve Sherwood	5 matches	1982 - 1984
John Barnes	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Nigel Callaghan	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Luther Blissett	4 matches	1978 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Arthur Albiston	7 matches	1978 - 1984
Gary Bailey	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Mike Duxbury	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Bryan Robson	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Frank Stapleton	5 matches	1982 - 1984
Remi Moses	5 matches	1982 - 1984