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Arsenal 3-1 Man United - January 06, 1973 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 26

Highbury - London - England

January 06, 1973

Arsenal

3 - 1

Man United

Ray Kennedy

George Armstrong

Alan Ball

85'

Brian Kidd

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 1

Man United

Arsenal Man United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Kennedy0

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Radford

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age25 years

positionStriker

Armstrong0

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Ball0

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age27 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	31	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	27	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	23	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	29	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	27	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	25	315	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	28	381	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball	27	55	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

195

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Young

Tony Young

England

B.date24/12/1952

Age20 years

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Forsyth

Alex Forsyth

Scotland

B.date05/02/1952

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age35 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Kidd85

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Law

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

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		30	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Young		20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		26	330	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Forsyth		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham		28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		35	740	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	85	23	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		32	401	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		28	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

209

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Alex Forsyth

Tony Dunne

OUT

Tony Young

Tommy O'Neil

OUT

Denis Law

Wyn Davies

OUT

George Graham

Edward MacDougall

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

374

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Mee vs Man United

5 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 1973

Mee vs Docherty

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 06, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Docherty vs Arsenal

7 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 1973

Docherty vs Mee

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 06, 1973

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 23/12/1972).

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 18/11/1972).

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has done less than 0.92 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArsenal 0-2 Coventry04/11/1972

VArsenal 1-0 Everton18/11/1972

LArsenal 0-3 Norwich City21/11/1972

VArsenal 2-1 Leeds United02/12/1972

VArsenal 2-1 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1972

VArsenal 2-0 Norwich City26/12/1972

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Leeds United02/12/1972

VTottenham 1-2 Arsenal09/12/1972

VArsenal 2-1 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal23/12/1972

VArsenal 2-0 Norwich City26/12/1972

DStoke City 0-0 Arsenal30/12/1972

Current form

Away

LNewcastle United 2-1 Manchester United21/10/1972

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United04/11/1972

LManchester City 3-0 Manchester United18/11/1972

VNorwich City 0-2 Manchester United02/12/1972

LCrystal Palace 5-0 Manchester United16/12/1972

LDerby County 3-1 Manchester United26/12/1972

Overall

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton25/11/1972

VNorwich City 0-2 Manchester United02/12/1972

LManchester United 0-2 Stoke City09/12/1972

LCrystal Palace 5-0 Manchester United16/12/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Leeds United23/12/1972

LDerby County 3-1 Manchester United26/12/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	24
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
14	Victories (Competition total)	5
10	Victories (Home / Away)	1
7	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	12
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.83
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.17

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 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

John Radford	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Ian Storey-Moore
John Radford	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Ian Storey-Moore
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	George Best
John Radford	8 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	Edward MacDougall

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

35 v

7 d

14 l

127 gf

70 ga

Away

58 matches

9 v

13 d

36 l

58 gf

120 ga

Total

114 matches

44 v

20 d

50 l

185 gf

190 ga

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

36 v

13 d

9 l

120 gf

58 ga

Away

56 matches

14 v

7 d

35 l

70 gf

127 ga

Total

114 matches

50 v

20 d

44 l

190 gf

185 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Home	5 - 0	January 30, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Away	3 - 0	February 21, 1920

Latest head to head

August 26, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Man United

0 - 0

Arsenal

April 25, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Arsenal

3 - 0

Man United

August 20, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

3 - 1

Arsenal

December 19, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 3

Arsenal

August 22, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

4 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
John Radford	6 goals	1965 - 1972
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1963
Joe Baker	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Jimmy Bloomfield	3 goals	1960 - 1960
George Graham	3 goals	1969 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1958 - 1971
Tommy Taylor	4 goals	1957 - 1958
David Herd	4 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

George Armstrong	19 matches	1962 - 1972
Frank McLintock	16 matches	1964 - 1972
Billy McCullough	14 matches	1959 - 1966
John Radford	13 matches	1965 - 1972
Peter Storey	13 matches	1966 - 1972
Peter Simpson	13 matches	1966 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Bobby Charlton	28 matches	1958 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Tony Dunne	22 matches	1962 - 1972
Nobby Stiles	17 matches	1960 - 1970
George Best	16 matches	1964 - 1972
Denis Law	16 matches	1962 - 1971