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Man United 1-0 Leeds United - March 12, 1977 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 31

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 12, 1977

Man United

1 - 0

Leeds United

(o.g) Trevor Cherry

12'

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12' - Own goal Trevor Cherry12

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46' - Substitution Tony Currieis substituted by David McNiven

74' - Substitution Gordon Hillis substituted by David McCreery74

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Leeds United

Man United Leeds United

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age27 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age21 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hill74

Gordon Hill

England

B.date01/04/1954

Age22 years

positionLeft Winger

Pearson

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age27 years

positionForward

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age30 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		34	444	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston		27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		23	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		27	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		22	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hill	74	22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson		27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff		30	19	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

136

Leeds United

Stewart

Dave Stewart

Scotland

B.date11/03/1947

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Cherry12

Trevor Cherry

England

B.date23/02/1948

Age29 years

positionDefender

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age32 years

positionDefender

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Hampton

Peter Hampton

England

B.date12/09/1954

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Reaney

Paul Reaney

England

B.date22/10/1944

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Currie46

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Eddie Gray

Scotland

B.date17/01/1948

Age29 years

positionLeft Winger

Lorimer

Peter Lorimer

Scotland

B.date14/12/1946

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Stewart		30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		24	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Cherry	12	29	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley		32	510	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray		22	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Hampton		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Reaney		32	563	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	46	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eddie Gray		29	324	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Lorimer		30	516	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		25	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

236

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David McCreery	74	19	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David McNiven	46	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Peter Hampton

Allan Clarke

OUT

Tony Currie

Byron Stevenson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

211

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Docherty vs Leeds United

9 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 12, 1977

Docherty vs Armfield

5 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 12, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Armfield

130

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Armfield vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on March 12, 1977

Armfield vs Docherty

0 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on March 12, 1977

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Trevor Cherry scores an own goal %comp

End of streak for Man United after 6 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Leeds United at home (since 26/03/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/12/1929 (5 matches)

Man United keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Leeds United running (since 11/10/1975). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/11/1958-09/09/1959 time period (3 matches).

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 1-0 Queens Park Rangers29/01/1977

VManchester United 3-1 Derby County05/02/1977

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool16/02/1977

VManchester United 3-1 Newcastle United19/02/1977

VManchester United 3-1 Manchester City05/03/1977

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton08/03/1977

Overall

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester United12/02/1977

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool16/02/1977

VManchester United 3-1 Newcastle United19/02/1977

DSouthampton 2-2 Manchester United26/02/1977

VManchester United 3-1 Manchester City05/03/1977

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton08/03/1977

Current form

Away

DArsenal 1-1 Leeds United03/01/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leeds United22/01/1977

VBirmingham City 1-2 Leeds United29/01/1977

VDerby County 0-1 Leeds United12/02/1977

LNewcastle United 3-0 Leeds United02/03/1977

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Leeds United08/03/1977

Overall

VDerby County 0-1 Leeds United12/02/1977

VLeeds United 2-1 Tottenham19/02/1977

VLeeds United 1-0 Manchester City26/02/1977

LNewcastle United 3-0 Leeds United02/03/1977

VLeeds United 2-1 Middlesbrough05/03/1977

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Leeds United08/03/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	11	12
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	28
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	11
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
7	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.85	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.21
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.07
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 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

Stuart Pearson	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Gordon McQueen
Stuart Pearson	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Eddie Gray
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Stuart Pearson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Gordon McQueen

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

11 v

11 d

6 l

46 gf

26 ga

Away

28 matches

10 v

7 d

11 l

36 gf

44 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

59 matches

21 v

20 d

18 l

82 gf

71 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

11 v

7 d

10 l

44 gf

36 ga

Away

28 matches

6 v

11 d

11 l

26 gf

46 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

59 matches

18 v

20 d

21 l

71 gf

82 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

October 02, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leeds United

0 - 2

Man United

March 13, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Man United

3 - 2

Leeds United logo Leeds United

October 11, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Leeds United

1 - 2

Man United

February 09, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Man United

0 - 2

Leeds United logo Leeds United

September 22, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Leeds United

0 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1956 - 1970
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1959
Johnny Berry	3 goals	1957 - 1957
George Best	3 goals	1966 - 1969
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1956 - 1956
Warren Bradley	2 goals	1959 - 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	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Peter Lorimer	3 goals	1966 - 1972
Billy Bremner	3 goals	1969 - 1976
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
Tony Dunne	21 matches	1964 - 1972
Alex Stepney	20 matches	1966 - 1976
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

Jack Charlton	21 matches	1956 - 1972
Norman Hunter	20 matches	1964 - 1976
Billy Bremner	20 matches	1964 - 1976
Paul Reaney	19 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Lorimer	17 matches	1966 - 1976
Paul Madeley	16 matches	1966 - 1976