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Man United 1-1 WBA - March 18, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 33

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 18, 1978

Man United

1 - 1

WBA

Gordon McQueen

30'

45+45'

Ally Robertson

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30' - Goal Gordon McQueen30

90' - Goal Ally Robertson

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77' - Substitution Gordon Hillis substituted by Chris McGrath77

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 1

WBA

Man United WBA

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age35 years

positionGoalkeeper

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

McQueen30

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age28 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age22 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hill77

Gordon Hill

England

B.date01/04/1954

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

Pearson

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age28 years

positionForward

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age31 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		35	481	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston		28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		24	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	30	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		21	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		28	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		23	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		22	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hill	77	23	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson		28	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff		31	59	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

164

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson90

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age18 years

positionDefender

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age33 years

positionRight full-back

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Trewick

John Trewick

England

B.date03/06/1957

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Brown

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnston

Willie Johnston

Scotland

B.date19/12/1946

Age31 years

positionLeft Winger

Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham

England

B.date08/03/1956

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	90	25	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham		18	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan		33	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Trewick		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile		31	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		32	421	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Johnston		31	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Laurie Cunningham		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis		20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Chris McGrath	77	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart Pearson

Joe Jordan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bryan Robson

Mick Martin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs WBA

7 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Sexton vs Atkinson

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Atkinson vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Atkinson vs Sexton

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 4 consecutive draws running (since 04/03/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/08/1972-06/09/1972 time period (5 matches).

Man United keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal conceded vs WBA running (since 24/10/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/10/1969 (12 matches)

Man United keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win vs WBA running (since 16/10/1976). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/05/1927-27/08/1949 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 4-0 Derby County21/01/1978

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion28/01/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Bristol City08/02/1978

LManchester United 0-1 Leeds United01/03/1978

DManchester United 0-0 Middlesbrough04/03/1978

DManchester United 2-2 Manchester City15/03/1978

Overall

DChelsea 2-2 Manchester United11/02/1978

LLiverpool 3-1 Manchester United25/02/1978

LManchester United 0-1 Leeds United01/03/1978

DManchester United 0-0 Middlesbrough04/03/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester United11/03/1978

DManchester United 2-2 Manchester City15/03/1978

Current form

Away

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion21/01/1978

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion28/01/1978

VDerby County 2-3 West Bromwich Albion22/02/1978

VBirmingham City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion28/02/1978

DIpswich Town 2-2 West Bromwich Albion04/03/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion14/03/1978

Overall

VDerby County 2-3 West Bromwich Albion22/02/1978

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Coventry25/02/1978

VBirmingham City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion28/02/1978

DIpswich Town 2-2 West Bromwich Albion04/03/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Nottingham Forest11/03/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion14/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	5	9
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	5	8
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	5	8
Conceding streak	10	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	30
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
11	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
13	Losses (Competition total)	8
5	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

49	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
50	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	28
1.53	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
1.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.3
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (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

Gordon Hill	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Tony Brown
Gordon Hill	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Tony Brown
Gordon Hill	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Tony Brown
Gordon Hill	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Tony Brown
Gordon Hill	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	John Trewick

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

21 v

12 d

11 l

88 gf

64 ga

Away

45 matches

10 v

13 d

22 l

64 gf

90 ga

Total

89 matches

31 v

25 d

33 l

152 gf

154 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

22 v

13 d

10 l

90 gf

64 ga

Away

44 matches

11 v

12 d

21 l

64 gf

88 ga

Total

89 matches

33 v

25 d

31 l

154 gf

152 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 08, 1970
Home	7 - 0	April 08, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 22, 1977
Away	4 - 0	March 08, 1958

Latest head to head

February 01, 1978 - FA Cup 1977/1978

WBA

3 - 2

Man United

January 28, 1978 - FA Cup 1977/1978

Man United

1 - 1

WBA

October 22, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

WBA

4 - 0

Man United

March 23, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

2 - 2

WBA

October 16, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

WBA

4 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against WBA

Denis Law	11 goals	1962 - 1970
George Best	11 goals	1964 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1962 - 1970
Brian Kidd	7 goals	1968 - 1973
David Herd	6 goals	1962 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1956 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Tony Brown	11 goals	1964 - 1978
Jeff Astle	10 goals	1966 - 1973
Derek Kevan	4 goals	1958 - 1962
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1967
David Burnside	3 goals	1959 - 1959
Clive Clark	3 goals	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Bobby Charlton	28 matches	1957 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	23 matches	1956 - 1969
Tony Dunne	19 matches	1962 - 1972
George Best	18 matches	1963 - 1972
Nobby Stiles	15 matches	1960 - 1970
Alex Stepney	15 matches	1966 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Tony Brown	19 matches	1964 - 1978
Bobby Hope	17 matches	1960 - 1971
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969
Jeff Astle	15 matches	1964 - 1973
Clive Clark	15 matches	1961 - 1969
Doug Fraser	14 matches	1964 - 1970