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Man United 2-1 Aston Villa - April 23, 1980 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 26

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 23, 1980

2 - 1

Aston Villa

Joe Jordan

68'

Des Bremner

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0' - Goal Des Bremner

4' - Goal Joe Jordan4

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46' - Substitution Eamonn Deacyis substituted by Tony Morley

68' - Goal Joe Jordan68

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Aston Villa

Man United Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Moran

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age22 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age33 years

positionStriker

Jordan468

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age28 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		31	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		23	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		22	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		30	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		25	315	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		24	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff		33	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan	468	28	87	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

170

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Deacy46

Eamonn Deacy

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1958

Age21 years

positionDefender

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Ormsby

Brenand Ormsby

England

B.date01/10/1960

Age19 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Heard

Pat Heard

England

B.date17/03/1960

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age21 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Linton

Ivor Linton

England

B.date20/11/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Bremner0

Des Bremner

Scotland

B.date07/09/1952

Age27 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age26 years

positionForward

Shaw

Gary Shaw

England

B.date21/01/1961

Age19 years

H1m75

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		32	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eamonn Deacy	46	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans		23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brenand Ormsby		19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Heard		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain		28	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		21	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivor Linton		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Des Bremner		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little		26	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Shaw		19	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tony Morley	46	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lou Macari

Ray Wilkins

OUT

Jimmy Greenhoff

Andy Ritchie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

150

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Sexton vs Aston Villa

4 victories

7 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 23, 1980

Sexton vs Saunders

8 victories

7 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 23, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

310

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Saunders vs Man United

4 victories

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on April 23, 1980

Saunders vs Sexton

5 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 23, 1980

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Man United keeps its 17 consecutive matches without a loss vs Aston Villa at home running (since 25/02/1956). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/10/1953 (10 matches)

Jimmy Rimmer played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Man United keeps its 16 matches with at least one goal scored vs Aston Villa in Premier League running (since 06/04/1964). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/04/1963 (15 matches)

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 4-0 Bristol City23/02/1980

VManchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers27/02/1980

DManchester United 0-0 Everton12/03/1980

VManchester United 1-0 Manchester City22/03/1980

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool05/04/1980

VManchester United 4-1 Tottenham12/04/1980

Overall

VCrystal Palace 0-2 Manchester United29/03/1980

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Manchester United02/04/1980

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool05/04/1980

VBolton Wanderers 1-3 Manchester United07/04/1980

VManchester United 4-1 Tottenham12/04/1980

VNorwich City 0-2 Manchester United19/04/1980

Current form

Away

DBrighton & Hove 1-1 Aston Villa03/03/1980

LWest Ham 1-0 Aston Villa08/03/1980

LSouthampton 2-0 Aston Villa15/03/1980

LStoke City 2-0 Aston Villa29/03/1980

DManchester City 1-1 Aston Villa07/04/1980

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa19/04/1980

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Ipswich Town22/03/1980

VAston Villa 2-0 Norwich City26/03/1980

LStoke City 2-0 Aston Villa29/03/1980

VAston Villa 3-2 Nottingham Forest05/04/1980

DManchester City 1-1 Aston Villa07/04/1980

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa19/04/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	4
Unbeaten streak	6	4
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	6	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	38
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
22	Victories (Competition total)	14
15	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	14
3	Draws (Home / Away)	9
7	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

61	Goals scored (Competition total)	46
39	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.21
2.05	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.32	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
19	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
13	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (6 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Joe Jordan	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Gary Shaw
Joe Jordan	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Gary Shaw
Sammy McIlroy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Gordon Cowans
Sammy McIlroy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gordon Cowans
Joe Jordan	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Allan Evans

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

33 v

10 d

9 l

111 gf

51 ga

Away

52 matches

14 v

10 d

28 l

83 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

105 matches

47 v

20 d

38 l

195 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

28 v

10 d

14 l

118 gf

83 ga

Away

52 matches

9 v

10 d

33 l

51 gf

111 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

105 matches

38 v

20 d

47 l

171 gf

195 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 24, 1964
Home	7 - 0	October 24, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 27, 1930
Away	6 - 0	March 14, 1914

Latest head to head

September 08, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Aston Villa

0 - 3

Man United

February 24, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Man United

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 14, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Man United

March 29, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 29, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Tommy Taylor	8 goals	1956 - 1957
Denis Law	6 goals	1964 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1957 - 1966
David Herd	5 goals	1964 - 1966
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1958 - 1963
Lou Macari	4 goals	1975 - 1978

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 Man United

Andy Gray	5 goals	1975 - 1977
Bobby Thomson	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1960 - 1963
John Gregory	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Tony Hateley	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Jimmy MacEwan	2 goals	1960 - 1966

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
Shay Brennan	14 matches	1958 - 1967
Tony Dunne	12 matches	1961 - 1970
Nobby Stiles	12 matches	1961 - 1970
Sammy McIlroy	11 matches	1975 - 1979

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

Charlie Aitken	13 matches	1961 - 1975
John Sleeuwenhoek	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Harry Burrows	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Alan Deakin	8 matches	1960 - 1967
Victor Crowe	8 matches	1958 - 1963
Andy Gray	8 matches	1975 - 1978