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Man United 0-1 Coventry - September 09, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 8

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

September 09, 1972

Man United

0 - 1

Coventry

Willie Carr

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0' - Goal Willie Carr

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60' - Substitution Denis Lawis substituted by Tony Young60

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 1

Coventry

Man United Coventry

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date18/08/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age19 years

H1m70

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age34 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Law60

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age32 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Storey-Moore

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	278	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		26	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Fitzpatrick		26	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		22	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		18	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		34	723	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	60	32	395	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		26	444	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

231

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Barry

Roy Barry

Scotland

B.date19/09/1942

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Machin

Ernie Machin

England

B.date26/04/1944

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age20 years

positionCentre Midfield

Carr0

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Young

Quintin Young

Scotland

B.date19/09/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Rafferty

Billy Rafferty

Scotland

B.date30/12/1950

Age21 years

H1m1

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier	29	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley	22	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin	26	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith	26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Barry	29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	24	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Machin	28	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	20	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr	22	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Quintin Young	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Rafferty	21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

115

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Tony Young	60	19	11	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

John Fitzpatrick

Tony Dunne

OUT

Sammy McIlroy

Willie Morgan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

O'Farrell vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 09, 1972

O'Farrell vs Mercer

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 09, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

Bobby Roberts

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs Man United

10 victories

6 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on September 09, 1972

Mercer vs O'Farrell

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 1972

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Key figures

Bobby Charlton played his game number 10 vs Coventry in Premier League

End of streak for Man United after 4 consecutive draws in Premier League (since 23/08/1972). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 23/11/1968

End of streak for Man United after 5 consecutive draws (since 23/08/1972). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 18/11/1922

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

DManchester United 0-0 Chelsea30/08/1972

Overall

LEverton 2-0 Manchester United19/08/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Leicester23/08/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal26/08/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Chelsea30/08/1972

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United02/09/1972

DOxford United 2-2 Manchester United06/09/1972

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 3-1 Coventry08/04/1972

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Coventry11/04/1972

LLeicester 1-0 Coventry22/04/1972

LTottenham 2-1 Coventry12/08/1972

LWest Ham 1-0 Coventry14/08/1972

DLeicester 0-0 Coventry26/08/1972

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 Southampton19/08/1972

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal22/08/1972

DLeicester 0-0 Coventry26/08/1972

LCoventry 0-1 Wolverhampton29/08/1972

VCoventry 2-1 Stoke City02/09/1972

VCoventry 1-0 Hartlepool United05/09/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	3	5
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Winless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.71
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Willie Carr
George Best	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ernie Hunt
George Best	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
George Best	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
George Best	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Willie Carr

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

5 v

3 d

1 l

20 gf

9 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

1 d

6 l

11 gf

15 ga

Total

19 matches

8 v

4 d

7 l

31 gf

24 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

1 d

3 l

15 gf

11 ga

Away

9 matches

1 v

3 d

5 l

9 gf

20 ga

Total

19 matches

7 v

4 d

8 l

24 gf

31 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 25, 1967
Home	4 - 0	October 25, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	March 16, 1968
Away	2 - 1	January 02, 1924

Latest head to head

April 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Coventry

2 - 3

Man United

December 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

2 - 2

Coventry

April 13, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Coventry

2 - 1

Man United

September 12, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

2 - 0

Coventry

March 30, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
George Best	4 goals	1967 - 1972
John Aston	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Denis Law	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Albert Quixall	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Brian Kidd	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Willie Carr	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Bobby Graham	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Ernie Machin	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Quintin Young	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Bobby Charlton	10 matches	1963 - 1972
George Best	10 matches	1967 - 1972
Tony Dunne	9 matches	1963 - 1972
Alex Stepney	9 matches	1967 - 1972
David Sadler	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Brian Kidd	8 matches	1967 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Billy Glazier	9 matches	1967 - 1972
Willie Carr	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Ernie Machin	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Chris Cattlin	8 matches	1968 - 1972
Ernie Hunt	7 matches	1968 - 1972
Jeff Blockley	7 matches	1969 - 1972