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Man United 2-0 QPR - February 28, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 25

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

February 28, 1979

Man United

2 - 0

QPR

Jimmy Greenhoff

Steve Coppell

47'

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2' - Goal Jimmy Greenhoff2

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47' - Goal Steve Coppell47

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 0

QPR

Man United QPR

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

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

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age21 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Coppell47

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff2

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age32 years

positionStriker

Ritchie

Andy Ritchie

England

B.date28/11/1960

Age18 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		29	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		25	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		22	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		21	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		24	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	47	23	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	2	32	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Ritchie		18	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

QPR

Richardson

Derek Richardson

England

B.date13/07/1956

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Roeder

Glenn Roeder

England

B.date13/12/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Shanks

Don Shanks

England

B.date02/10/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Gillard

Ian Gillard

England

B.date09/10/1950

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Francis

Gerry Francis

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Bowles

Stan Bowles

England

B.date24/12/1948

Age30 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Eastoe

Peter Eastoe

England

B.date02/08/1953

Age25 years

positionForward

Goddard

Paul Goddard

England

B.date12/10/1959

Age19 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

Busby

Martyn Busby

England

B.date24/03/1953

Age25 years

positionForward

Clement

David Clement

England

B.date02/02/1948

Age31 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Derek Richardson	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	32	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Roeder	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Shanks	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Gillard	28	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Francis	27	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Bowles	30	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Eastoe	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Goddard	19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martyn Busby	25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Clement	31	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

115

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Nicholl

Lou Macari

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Eastoe

Billy Hamilton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs QPR

5 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

Sexton vs Burtenshaw

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Burtenshaw

Success rate in this team:

19 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

18 %

Burtenshaw vs Man United

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

Burtenshaw vs Sexton

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Burtenshaw has reached 48% of losses .

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs QPR running (since 30/04/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/01/1977 (2 matches)

End of streak for Man United after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded at home in Premier League (since 26/12/1978).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-3 Liverpool26/12/1978

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

VManchester United 3-0 Chelsea15/01/1979

LManchester United 0-2 Arsenal03/02/1979

VManchester United 1-0 Fulham12/02/1979

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

Overall

DFulham 1-1 Manchester United31/01/1979

LManchester United 0-2 Arsenal03/02/1979

VManchester City 0-3 Manchester United10/02/1979

VManchester United 1-0 Fulham12/02/1979

VColchester United 0-1 Manchester United20/02/1979

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

Current form

Away

LIpswich Town 2-1 Queens Park Rangers28/10/1978

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Queens Park Rangers18/11/1978

LDerby County 2-1 Queens Park Rangers25/11/1978

LCoventry 1-0 Queens Park Rangers09/12/1978

LFulham 2-0 Queens Park Rangers09/01/1979

DNorwich City 1-1 Queens Park Rangers31/01/1979

Overall

LFulham 2-0 Queens Park Rangers09/01/1979

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Middlesbrough20/01/1979

DNorwich City 1-1 Queens Park Rangers31/01/1979

DQueens Park Rangers 3-3 Wolverhampton10/02/1979

LQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Arsenal13/02/1979

LQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Southampton24/02/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	8	8
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	12

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
10	Victories (Competition total)	4
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
7	Draws (Competition total)	10
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	12
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.68	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.46
1.46	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

2	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

Jimmy Greenhoff	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Rachid Harkouk
Jimmy Greenhoff	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Gerry Francis
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Don Shanks

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

6 v

0 d

0 l

17 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

6 gf

13 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Total

14 matches

8 v

3 d

3 l

28 gf

18 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

13 gf

6 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

0 d

6 l

4 gf

17 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

5 ga

Total

14 matches

3 v

3 d

8 l

18 gf

28 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	March 19, 1969
Home	8 - 1	March 19, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 19, 1977
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 09, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

QPR

1 - 1

Man United

April 08, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

3 - 1

QPR

November 26, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

QPR

2 - 2

Man United

April 30, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

1 - 0

QPR

April 19, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

QPR

4 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against QPR

George Best	4 goals	1968 - 1969
Gordon Hill	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Willie Morgan	3 goals	1969 - 1969
Lou Macari	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Sammy McIlroy	2 goals	1973 - 1976
Stuart Pearson	2 goals	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Don Givens	4 goals	1974 - 1977
Stan Bowles	3 goals	1974 - 1978
Peter Eastoe	2 goals	1977 - 1977
David Webb	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Mick Leach	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Ian Gillard	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs QPR

Alex Stepney	10 matches	1968 - 1978
Lou Macari	9 matches	1973 - 1978
Sammy McIlroy	9 matches	1973 - 1978
Martin Buchan	9 matches	1973 - 1978
Stewart Houston	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Brian Greenhoff	8 matches	1974 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Phil Parkes	8 matches	1973 - 1978
David Clement	8 matches	1969 - 1978
Ian Gillard	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Stan Bowles	7 matches	1973 - 1978
Mick Leach	7 matches	1968 - 1977
Don Givens	7 matches	1973 - 1977