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Manchester City 0-3 Man United - February 10, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 28

Maine Road - Manchester - England

February 10, 1979

Manchester City

0 - 3

Man United

22'

Steve Coppell

35'

Steve Coppell

69'

Andy Ritchie

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22' - Goal Steve Coppell

35' - Goal Steve Coppell

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69' - Goal Andy Ritchie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

0 - 3

Man United

Manchester City Man United

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Watson

David Watson

England

B.date05/10/1946

Age32 years

positionDefender

Futcher

Paul Futcher

England

B.date25/09/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Power

Paul Power

England

B.date30/10/1953

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Owen

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age32 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Barnes

Peter Barnes

England

B.date10/06/1957

Age21 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age29 years

positionForward

Channon

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age30 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan	30	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie	27	348	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Watson	32	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Futcher	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Power	25	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen	20	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford	28	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell	32	426	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Barnes	21	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	29	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon	30	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

180

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age21 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age29 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Coppell2235

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age32 years

positionStriker

Ritchie69

Andy Ritchie

England

B.date28/11/1960

Age18 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		25	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		29	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		24	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		29	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	2235	23	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff		32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Ritchie	69	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

125

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Arthur Albiston

Jimmy Nicholl

OUT

Andy Ritchie

Stewart Houston

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs Manchester City

12 victories

8 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 10, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Andy Ritchie scores 1 goal vs Manchester City in his professional career with Manchester United

Sammy McIlroy played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

The last time Manchester City has lost with a difference of 3 goals vs Man United at home, It was on the 03/11/1894

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 1-2 Ipswich Town25/11/1978

VManchester City 3-0 AC Milan06/12/1978

LManchester City 1-2 Southampton09/12/1978

DManchester City 0-0 Nottingham Forest23/12/1978

DManchester City 0-0 Rotherham United15/01/1979

LManchester City 2-3 Chelsea20/01/1979

Overall

DLeeds United 1-1 Manchester City13/01/1979

DManchester City 0-0 Rotherham United15/01/1979

VRotherham United 2-4 Manchester City17/01/1979

LManchester City 2-3 Chelsea20/01/1979

LShrewsbury Town 2-0 Manchester City27/01/1979

VTottenham 0-3 Manchester City03/02/1979

Current form

Away

LBirmingham City 5-1 Manchester United11/11/1978

LEverton 3-0 Manchester United21/11/1978

VChelsea 0-1 Manchester United25/11/1978

VDerby County 1-3 Manchester United09/12/1978

LBolton Wanderers 3-0 Manchester United22/12/1978

DFulham 1-1 Manchester United31/01/1979

Overall

LBolton Wanderers 3-0 Manchester United22/12/1978

LManchester United 0-3 Liverpool26/12/1978

LManchester United 3-5 West Bromwich Albion30/12/1978

VManchester United 3-0 Chelsea15/01/1979

DFulham 1-1 Manchester United31/01/1979

LManchester United 0-2 Arsenal03/02/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
6	Victories (Competition total)	9
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
9	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	8
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.39
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.45
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.78
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.09

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

0	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

Brian Kidd	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Gary Owen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Gary Owen	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gary Owen	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Brian Kidd	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 13 matches	Jimmy Greenhoff

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

18 v

18 d

16 l

81 gf

64 ga

Away

52 matches

14 v

16 d

22 l

67 gf

80 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

105 matches

33 v

34 d

38 l

151 gf

144 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

22 v

16 d

14 l

80 gf

67 ga

Away

52 matches

16 v

18 d

18 l

64 gf

81 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

105 matches

38 v

34 d

33 l

144 gf

151 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 12, 1955
Home	4 - 0	November 12, 1975

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 31, 1960
Away	5 - 2	November 03, 1894

Latest head to head

September 30, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Man United

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 15, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

2 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

September 10, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Manchester City

3 - 1

Man United

March 05, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

3 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

September 25, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Manchester City

1 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Francis Lee	9 goals	1968 - 1972
Colin Bell	7 goals	1967 - 1972
Dennis Tueart	3 goals	1975 - 1976
Joe Hayes	3 goals	1959 - 1962
Joe Royle	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Michael Doyle	2 goals	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1957 - 1971
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Denis Law	5 goals	1962 - 1971
Brian Kidd	5 goals	1970 - 1971
Alex Dawson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Gordon Hill	4 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Alan Oakes	21 matches	1960 - 1976
Michael Doyle	20 matches	1966 - 1977
Colin Bell	17 matches	1966 - 1978
Joe Corrigan	15 matches	1969 - 1978
Tommy Booth	14 matches	1969 - 1978
Mike Summerbee	14 matches	1966 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	27 matches	1957 - 1973
Alex Stepney	23 matches	1966 - 1978
Bill Foulkes	17 matches	1956 - 1969
Tony Dunne	16 matches	1961 - 1972
George Best	15 matches	1966 - 1972
David Sadler	15 matches	1966 - 1972