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Man United 3-0 West Ham - April 22, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 40

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 22, 1978

Man United

3 - 0

West Ham

(penalty) Ashley Grimes

Sammy McIlroy

Stuart Pearson

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0' - Goal Ashley Grimes photo Sammy McIlroy

0' - Goal Sammy McIlroy photo Stuart Pearson

0' - Goal Stuart Pearson0

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46' - Substitution Bill Greenis substituted by Paul Brush

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 0

West Ham

Man United West Ham

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age35 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

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

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Grimes0

Ashley Grimes

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/08/1957

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age20 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

McIlroy0

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

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age26 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Pearson0

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age28 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney	35	488	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	29	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston	28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff	24	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Grimes	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	23	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	22	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson	28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

153

West Ham

Ferguson

Bobby Ferguson

Scotland

B.date01/03/1945

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Green46

Bill Green

England

B.date22/12/1950

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Martin

Alvin Martin

England

B.date29/07/1958

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Taylor

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date26/09/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Bonds

Billy Bonds

England

B.date17/09/1946

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/09/1948

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Brooking

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Curbishley

Alan Curbishley

England

B.date08/11/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Holland

Pat Holland

England

B.date13/09/1950

Age27 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age27 years

positionForward

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/11/1945

Age32 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bobby Ferguson		33	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Green	46	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alvin Martin		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Taylor		26	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Bonds		31	429	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Lampard		29	390	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking		29	392	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Curbishley		20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Holland		27	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Robson		32	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

206

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Paul Brush	46	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ashley Grimes

David McCreery

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Billy Bonds

Paul Brush

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs West Ham

5 victories

7 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on April 22, 1978

Sexton vs Lyall

2 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 22, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Lyall

202

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Lyall vs Man United

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 22, 1978

Lyall vs Sexton

5 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 22, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

David Cross played his game number 200 in Premier League

It's the first time Stuart Pearson scores a goal vs in his professional career with since the 16/05/1977 (with vs )

The last time Man United has ended with the score 3-0 vs West Ham, It was on the 01/04/1967

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Middlesbrough04/03/1978

DManchester United 2-2 Manchester City15/03/1978

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion18/03/1978

LManchester United 1-2 Everton27/03/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa29/03/1978

VManchester United 3-1 Queens Park Rangers08/04/1978

Overall

VLeicester 2-3 Manchester United25/03/1978

LManchester United 1-2 Everton27/03/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa29/03/1978

LArsenal 3-1 Manchester United01/04/1978

VManchester United 3-1 Queens Park Rangers08/04/1978

VNorwich City 1-3 Manchester United15/04/1978

Current form

Away

LEverton 2-1 West Ham18/02/1978

LNottingham Forest 2-0 West Ham04/03/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 1-0 West Ham14/03/1978

LAston Villa 4-1 West Ham18/03/1978

LBirmingham City 3-0 West Ham28/03/1978

VLeeds United 1-2 West Ham08/04/1978

Overall

VWest Ham 3-0 Ipswich Town24/03/1978

VWest Ham 3-1 Chelsea25/03/1978

LBirmingham City 3-0 West Ham28/03/1978

VWest Ham 2-1 Coventry01/04/1978

VLeeds United 1-2 West Ham08/04/1978

VWest Ham 3-0 Derby County15/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	9
Conceding streak	5	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	8	10
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	14	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	39
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
14	Victories (Competition total)	11
8	Victories (Home / Away)	3
10	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	2
15	Losses (Competition total)	20
6	Losses (Home / Away)	14

Goals

62	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
61	Goals conceded (Competition total)	63
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
1.59	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.62
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.95

Betting aid

28	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	25
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
28	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 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	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Derek Hales
Gordon Hill	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Derek Hales
Gordon Hill	6 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Bryan Robson
Gordon Hill	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gordon Hill	5 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Bryan Robson

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

16 v

5 d

9 l

69 gf

41 ga

Away

32 matches

6 v

5 d

21 l

40 gf

62 ga

Total

62 matches

22 v

10 d

30 l

109 gf

103 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

21 v

5 d

6 l

62 gf

40 ga

Away

30 matches

9 v

5 d

16 l

41 gf

69 ga

Total

62 matches

30 v

10 d

22 l

103 gf

109 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 06, 1967
Home	6 - 1	September 14, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 11, 1930
Away	3 - 0	March 19, 1927

Latest head to head

December 10, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

West Ham

2 - 1

Man United

May 16, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

West Ham

4 - 2

Man United

November 27, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

0 - 2

West Ham

February 28, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Man United

4 - 0

West Ham

October 25, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

West Ham

2 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against West Ham

George Best	11 goals	1964 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1960 - 1973
Denis Law	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Albert Scanlon	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Geoff Hurst	9 goals	1964 - 1972
Bryan Robson	7 goals	1971 - 1977
Trevor Brooking	4 goals	1968 - 1977
John Dick	3 goals	1961 - 1961
Clyde Best	3 goals	1971 - 1973
Ron Brett	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1958 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	19 matches	1958 - 1968
Tony Dunne	19 matches	1961 - 1972
Denis Law	19 matches	1962 - 1973
Alex Stepney	17 matches	1967 - 1976
David Sadler	16 matches	1964 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Bobby Moore	26 matches	1960 - 1973
Geoff Hurst	20 matches	1961 - 1972
Billy Bonds	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Trevor Brooking	14 matches	1967 - 1977
Frank Lampard	13 matches	1968 - 1977
Ronnie Boyce	13 matches	1963 - 1971