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Man United 4-1 Leeds United - March 24, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 34

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 24, 1979

4 - 1

Leeds United

Andy Ritchie

18'

Mickey Thomas

20'

Andy Ritchie

79'

67'

Ray Hankin

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8' - Goal Andy Ritchie8

18' - Goal Andy Ritchie18

20' - Goal Mickey Thomas20

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46' - Substitution Frank Grayis substituted by Ray Hankin

67' - Goal Ray Hankin

76' - Substitution Jimmy Greenhoffis substituted by Steve Paterson76

79' - Goal Andy Ritchie79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

4 - 1

Leeds United

Man United Leeds United

Team line-ups

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

Age30 years

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

Thomas20

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

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff76

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age32 years

positionStriker

Ritchie18798

Andy Ritchie

England

B.date28/11/1960

Age18 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		25	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		30	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		22	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas	20	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		24	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		23	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	76	32	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Ritchie	18798	18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Leeds United

Harvey

David Harvey

Scotland

B.date07/02/1948

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Cherry

Trevor Cherry

England

B.date23/02/1948

Age31 years

positionDefender

Hart

Paul Hart

England

B.date04/05/1953

Age25 years

positionDefender

Frank Gray46

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Flynn

Brian Flynn

Wales

B.date21/10/1955

Age23 years

H1m61

positionMidfield

Graham

Arthur Graham

Scotland

B.date26/10/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Harris

Carl Harris

Wales

B.date03/11/1956

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hird

Kevin Hird

England

B.date11/02/1955

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Hawley

John Hawley

England

B.date08/05/1954

Age24 years

positionForward

Eddie Gray

Scotland

B.date17/01/1948

Age31 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Harvey		31	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Cherry		31	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hart		25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray	46	24	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Flynn		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arthur Graham		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie		29	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Harris		22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Hird		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hawley		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eddie Gray		31	381	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Paterson	76	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Ray Hankin	6746	23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Ritchie

Joe Jordan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Gray

Paul Madeley

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Sexton vs Leeds United

8 victories

9 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Sexton vs Adamson

4 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Adamson

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Adamson vs Man United

1 victory

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Adamson vs Sexton

7 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

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Key figures

Brian Greenhoff played his game number 10 vs Leeds United in Premier League

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Leeds United at home running (since 09/02/1974). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/04/1947-05/12/1964 time period (6 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Sexton has reached 1.51 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VManchester United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers28/02/1979

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham14/03/1979

Overall

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

VManchester United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers28/02/1979

VBristol City 1-2 Manchester United03/03/1979

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester United10/03/1979

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham14/03/1979

LCoventry 4-3 Manchester United20/03/1979

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 1-0 Leeds United30/01/1979

VBirmingham City 0-1 Leeds United10/02/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leeds United24/02/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Leeds United26/02/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Leeds United01/03/1979

VDerby County 0-1 Leeds United10/03/1979

Overall

VBirmingham City 0-1 Leeds United10/02/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leeds United24/02/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Leeds United26/02/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Leeds United01/03/1979

DLeeds United 2-2 Norwich City03/03/1979

VDerby County 0-1 Leeds United10/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	30
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
12	Victories (Competition total)	14
6	Victories (Home / Away)	7
7	Draws (Competition total)	10
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
9	Losses (Competition total)	6
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	54
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.8
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.68	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (3 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jimmy Greenhoff	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	John Hawley
Jimmy Greenhoff	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	John Hawley
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Frank Gray
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Steve Coppell	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	John Hawley

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

13 v

11 d

7 l

49 gf

28 ga

Away

30 matches

11 v

8 d

11 l

40 gf

47 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

64 matches

24 v

21 d

19 l

89 gf

76 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

11 v

8 d

11 l

47 gf

40 ga

Away

31 matches

7 v

11 d

13 l

28 gf

49 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

64 matches

19 v

21 d

24 l

76 gf

89 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 09, 1959
Home	6 - 0	September 09, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 20, 1930
Away	5 - 2	November 07, 1931

Latest head to head

August 23, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Leeds United

2 - 3

Man United

March 01, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

0 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

September 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Leeds United

1 - 1

Man United

April 23, 1977 - FA Cup 1976/1977

Man United

2 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

March 12, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1956 - 1970
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1959
George Best	3 goals	1966 - 1969
Sammy McIlroy	3 goals	1975 - 1978
Johnny Berry	3 goals	1957 - 1957
Albert Scanlon	2 goals	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Mick Jones	7 goals	1969 - 1974
Allan Clarke	5 goals	1972 - 1978
Billy Bremner	3 goals	1969 - 1976
Peter Lorimer	3 goals	1966 - 1972
John Charles	2 goals	1956 - 1957
Paul Reaney	2 goals	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1956 - 1973
Alex Stepney	23 matches	1966 - 1977
Tony Dunne	21 matches	1964 - 1972
George Best	18 matches	1964 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	16 matches	1956 - 1967
Pat Crerand	16 matches	1964 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Paul Reaney	21 matches	1964 - 1978
Norman Hunter	20 matches	1964 - 1976
Billy Bremner	20 matches	1964 - 1976
Paul Madeley	20 matches	1966 - 1978
Peter Lorimer	19 matches	1966 - 1977
Jack Charlton	17 matches	1956 - 1972