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Man United 0-0 Chelsea - August 30, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Journée 6

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 30, 1972

Man United

0 - 0

Chelsea

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46' - Substitution Eddie McCreadieis substituted by Charlie Cooke

75' - Substitution Ian Storey-Mooreis substituted by Bobby Charlton75

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 0

Chelsea

Man United Chelsea

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age19 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date18/08/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey-Moore75

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age32 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		26	313	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Fitzpatrick		26	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		31	505	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore	75	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		32	392	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		27	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		26	441	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

222

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age30 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

McCreadie46

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age32 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age27 years

positionDefender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Garland

Chris Garland

England

B.date24/04/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		30	515	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	46	32	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		27	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb		26	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		26	424	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan		27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		21	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember		23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood		25	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Garland		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman		26	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

255

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Bobby Charlton	75	34	720	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Charlie Cooke	46	29	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Denis Law

Sammy McIlroy

OUT

John Fitzpatrick

Tony Young

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Houseman

Charlie Cooke

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

O'Farrell vs Chelsea

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

O'Farrell vs Sexton

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

269

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Sexton vs Man United

6 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

Sexton vs O'Farrell

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs Chelsea (since 28/10/1970). It was the best streak for the club since 02/03/1968-21/03/1970 (5 matches).

End of streak for Chelsea after 5 matches with at least one goal scored (since 12/08/1972).

Dave Sexton has registered 50 loss in Premier League since the 01/10/1967 as the manager of Chelsea next after this match..

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 1-3 Manchester City12/04/1972

VManchester United 3-2 Southampton15/04/1972

VManchester United 3-0 Stoke City29/04/1972

LManchester United 1-2 Ipswich Town12/08/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Leicester23/08/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal26/08/1972

Overall

VManchester United 3-0 Stoke City29/04/1972

LManchester United 1-2 Ipswich Town12/08/1972

LLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United15/08/1972

LEverton 2-0 Manchester United19/08/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Leicester23/08/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal26/08/1972

Current form

Away

LTottenham 3-0 Chelsea15/04/1972

DSouthampton 2-2 Chelsea18/04/1972

LWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Chelsea27/04/1972

LLeeds United 2-0 Chelsea01/05/1972

DLeicester 1-1 Chelsea16/08/1972

VDerby County 1-2 Chelsea19/08/1972

Overall

LLeeds United 2-0 Chelsea01/05/1972

VChelsea 4-0 Leeds United12/08/1972

DLeicester 1-1 Chelsea16/08/1972

VDerby County 1-2 Chelsea19/08/1972

LChelsea 1-2 Liverpool23/08/1972

VChelsea 2-1 Manchester City26/08/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	3	5
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	6	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

George Best	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Chris Garland
George Best	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Chris Garland
George Best	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
George Best	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
George Best	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Chris Garland

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

23 v

10 d

9 l

75 gf

36 ga

Away

40 matches

19 v

9 d

12 l

77 gf

63 ga

Total

82 matches

42 v

19 d

21 l

152 gf

99 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

12 v

9 d

19 l

63 gf

77 ga

Away

42 matches

9 v

10 d

23 l

36 gf

75 ga

Total

82 matches

21 v

19 d

42 l

99 gf

152 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 26, 1960
Home	6 - 0	December 26, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 24, 1968
Away	4 - 0	August 24, 1968

Latest head to head

January 22, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

0 - 1

Chelsea

August 18, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Chelsea

2 - 3

Man United

January 09, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Chelsea

1 - 2

Man United

October 28, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Man United

2 - 1

Chelsea

August 19, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

0 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1971
Denis Law	9 goals	1963 - 1969
Alex Dawson	6 goals	1958 - 1960
George Best	4 goals	1964 - 1970
Willie Morgan	3 goals	1970 - 1971
Tommy Taylor	3 goals	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Robert Tambling	7 goals	1961 - 1969
Tommy Baldwin	5 goals	1967 - 1971
Ian Hutchinson	5 goals	1969 - 1970
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1959
Peter Osgood	3 goals	1968 - 1972
Peter Sillett	3 goals	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bobby Charlton	28 matches	1958 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	21 matches	1956 - 1967
Nobby Stiles	19 matches	1960 - 1971
Tony Dunne	16 matches	1963 - 1971
George Best	16 matches	1964 - 1972
Pat Crerand	15 matches	1963 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Peter Bonetti	22 matches	1960 - 1972
Ron Harris	19 matches	1963 - 1972
John Hollins	16 matches	1964 - 1972
Robert Tambling	14 matches	1960 - 1969
Eddie McCreadie	13 matches	1963 - 1971
Peter Houseman	12 matches	1964 - 1971