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Man United 1-0 Birmingham City - October 20, 1973 / Division 1 1973/1974

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Division 1 1973/1974 - Round 12

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

October 20, 1973

1 - 0

Birmingham City

(penalty) Alex Stepney

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0' - Goal Alex Stepney0

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46' - Substitution Alan Campbellis substituted by Bob Latchford

78' - Substitution George Bestis substituted by Mick Martin78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Man United Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney0

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Young

Tony Young

England

B.date24/12/1952

Age20 years

positionDefender

Holton

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age22 years

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age24 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Best78

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		31	325	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Young		20	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		23	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham		28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	78	27	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		29	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd		24	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

147

Birmingham City

Kelly

Mike Kelly

England

B.date18/10/1942

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Want

Tony Want

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age24 years

positionDefender

Roberts

John Roberts

Wales

B.date11/09/1946

Age27 years

positionDefender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age24 years

positionDefender

Clarke

Dennis Clarke

England

B.date18/01/1948

Age25 years

positionDefender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Hynd

Roger Hynd

Scotland

B.date02/02/1942

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Campbell46

Alan Campbell

Scotland

B.date21/01/1948

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age19 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Taylor

Gordon Taylor

England

B.date28/12/1944

Age28 years

positionWinger

Hatton

Bob Hatton

England

B.date10/04/1947

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Kelly		31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Want		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Roberts		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Clarke		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Hynd		31	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Campbell	46	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Taylor		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Hatton		26	48	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mick Martin	78	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Bob Latchford	46	22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Best

Trevor Anderson

OUT

Lou Macari

Alex Forsyth

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Docherty vs Birmingham City

6 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 20, 1973

Docherty vs Goodwin

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 20, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Freddie Goodwin

161

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Goodwin vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 20, 1973

Goodwin vs Docherty

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 20, 1973

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 15/09/1973).

Birmingham City keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 05/09/1973). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/11/1972-27/01/1973 time period (11 matches).

Birmingham City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 29/09/1973).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-1 Queens Park Rangers01/09/1973

LManchester United 1-2 Leicester12/09/1973

VManchester United 3-1 West Ham15/09/1973

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool29/09/1973

LManchester United 0-1 Middlesbrough08/10/1973

LManchester United 0-1 Derby County13/10/1973

Overall

VManchester United 3-1 West Ham15/09/1973

DLeeds United 0-0 Manchester United22/09/1973

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool29/09/1973

LWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester United06/10/1973

LManchester United 0-1 Middlesbrough08/10/1973

LManchester United 0-1 Derby County13/10/1973

Current form

Away

LManchester City 3-1 Birmingham City25/08/1973

LChelsea 3-1 Birmingham City05/09/1973

LLeeds United 3-0 Birmingham City08/09/1973

DQueens Park Rangers 2-2 Birmingham City22/09/1973

LArsenal 1-0 Birmingham City06/10/1973

DBlackpool 1-1 Birmingham City09/10/1973

Overall

DQueens Park Rangers 2-2 Birmingham City22/09/1973

LBirmingham City 0-3 Ipswich Town29/09/1973

LArsenal 1-0 Birmingham City06/10/1973

DBlackpool 1-1 Birmingham City09/10/1973

VBirmingham City 2-1 Wolverhampton13/10/1973

VBirmingham City 4-2 Blackpool16/10/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	3
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	6	10

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
3	Victories (Competition total)	1
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
0.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.91
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.09
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.4

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (2 times)

Bookings

1	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

Sammy McIlroy	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Bob Hatton
Brian Kidd	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kenny Burns
Alex Stepney	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alex Stepney	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Sammy McIlroy	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Kenny Burns

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

18 v

6 d

8 l

52 gf

30 ga

Away

32 matches

5 v

13 d

14 l

39 gf

52 ga

Total

64 matches

23 v

19 d

22 l

91 gf

82 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

14 v

13 d

5 l

52 gf

39 ga

Away

32 matches

8 v

6 d

18 l

30 gf

52 ga

Total

64 matches

22 v

19 d

23 l

82 gf

91 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	February 24, 1969
Home	6 - 2	February 24, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 12, 1927
Away	2 - 0	October 14, 1961

Latest head to head

March 10, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Birmingham City

3 - 1

Man United

October 14, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Man United

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 24, 1969 - FA Cup 1968/1969

Man United

6 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

February 08, 1969 - FA Cup 1968/1969

Birmingham City

2 - 2

Man United

April 19, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Birmingham City

2 - 4

Man United

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1957 - 1965
Denis Law	5 goals	1963 - 1969
Albert Quixall	4 goals	1959 - 1961
George Best	3 goals	1965 - 1969
Mark Pearson	2 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Kenneth Leek	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Denis Thwaites	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Alex Harley	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Geoff Vowden	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Mike Bullock	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Bob Latchford	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bill Foulkes	18 matches	1956 - 1965
Bobby Charlton	14 matches	1957 - 1973
Tony Dunne	10 matches	1962 - 1972
Dennis Viollet	10 matches	1956 - 1961
Nobby Stiles	9 matches	1960 - 1969
Shay Brennan	9 matches	1959 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

William Hennessey	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Malcolm Beard	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike Hellawell	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Trevor Smith	7 matches	1960 - 1964
Stan Lynn	7 matches	1962 - 1965
Jimmy Bloomfield	6 matches	1961 - 1963