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Manchester City 2-3 Crystal Palace - April 28, 1973 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 42

Maine Road - Manchester - England

April 28, 1973

Manchester City

2 - 3

Crystal Palace

Francis Lee

John Craven

Don Rogers

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0' - Goal Francis Lee photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee0

0' - Goal John Craven photo Don Rogers

0' - Goal Don Rogers photo Don Rogers

0' - Goal Don Rogers

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

2 - 3

Crystal Palace

Manchester City Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Healey

Ronald Healey

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/08/1952

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age38 years

positionCentral defender

Jeffries

Derek Jeffries

England

B.date22/03/1951

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age21 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age30 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age27 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

Lee00

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age28 years

positionStriker

Marsh

Rodney Marsh

England

B.date11/10/1944

Age28 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronald Healey	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book	38	278	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Jeffries	22	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie	21	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes	30	362	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	26	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers	21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell	27	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee	30	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	28	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodney Marsh	28	53	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

198

Crystal Palace

Jackson

John Jackson

England

B.date05/09/1942

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Phillip

Iain Phillip

Scotland

B.date14/02/1951

Age22 years

positionDefender

Possee

Derek Possee

England

B.date14/02/1946

Age27 years

positionDefender

Roffey

Bill Roffey

England

B.date06/02/1954

Age19 years

positionDefender

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age26 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Mulligan

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Craven0

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Rogers00

Don Rogers

England

B.date25/10/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Jackson	30	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iain Phillip	22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Possee	27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Roffey	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth	28	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne	26	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor	26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Rogers	27	30	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Derek Jeffries

Tommy Booth

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

John Hart

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Hart vs Crystal Palace

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

Hart vs Allison

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Allison vs Manchester City

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

Allison vs Hart

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 28, 1973

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Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home running (since 14/04/1973).

End of streak for Manchester City after 3 consecutive wins at home (since 31/03/1973). It was the best streak for the club since 29/01/1972-18/03/1972 (5 matches).

End of streak for Crystal Palace after 7 consecutive losses away from home (since 19/02/1973). It was the best streak for the club since 24/04/1971-18/09/1971 (8 matches).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 1-2 Coventry10/03/1973

LManchester City 1-2 Arsenal24/03/1973

LManchester City 0-1 Chelsea27/03/1973

VManchester City 1-0 Leeds United31/03/1973

VManchester City 3-1 Sheffield United14/04/1973

VManchester City 2-0 Newcastle United18/04/1973

Overall

VManchester City 1-0 Leeds United31/03/1973

DIpswich Town 1-1 Manchester City07/04/1973

VManchester City 3-1 Sheffield United14/04/1973

VManchester City 2-0 Newcastle United18/04/1973

DManchester United 0-0 Manchester City21/04/1973

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester City25/04/1973

Current form

Away

LCoventry 2-0 Crystal Palace02/03/1973

LArsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace26/03/1973

LSheffield United 2-0 Crystal Palace07/04/1973

LManchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace11/04/1973

LLeeds United 4-0 Crystal Palace21/04/1973

LNorwich City 2-1 Crystal Palace24/04/1973

Overall

LSheffield United 2-0 Crystal Palace07/04/1973

LManchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace11/04/1973

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Ipswich Town14/04/1973

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Leicester20/04/1973

LLeeds United 4-0 Crystal Palace21/04/1973

LNorwich City 2-1 Crystal Palace24/04/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	7	3
Winless streak	7	6
Drawless streak	8	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
15	Victories (Competition total)	8
12	Victories (Home / Away)	1
11	Draws (Competition total)	12
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
15	Losses (Competition total)	21
4	Losses (Home / Away)	14

Goals

55	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
57	Goals conceded (Competition total)	56
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	35
1.34	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.93
1.7	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.65
1.39	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.37
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	19
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	11
26	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (6 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

Rodney Marsh	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Don Rogers
Rodney Marsh	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Don Rogers
Francis Lee	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Don Rogers

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

19 gf

8 ga

Away

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

6 gf

6 ga

Total

13 matches

7 v

1 d

5 l

25 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

6 gf

6 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

8 gf

19 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

1 d

7 l

14 gf

25 ga

Largest victory

Overall	11 - 4	February 20, 1926
Home	11 - 4	February 20, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 16, 1965
Away	2 - 0	April 16, 1965

Latest head to head

August 29, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 22, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

August 18, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Manchester City

4 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 09, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Manchester City

1 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

August 19, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Francis Lee	3 goals	1971 - 1972
Wyn Davies	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Tony Book	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Tommy Booth	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Alan Oakes	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Robert Tambling	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Roger Hoy	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Gerald Queen	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Joe Corrigan	7 matches	1970 - 1972
Michael Doyle	7 matches	1970 - 1972
Francis Lee	6 matches	1970 - 1972
Alan Oakes	6 matches	1970 - 1972
Tommy Booth	6 matches	1970 - 1972
Tony Book	5 matches	1970 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Mel Blyth	7 matches	1970 - 1972
John Jackson	7 matches	1970 - 1972
John McCormick	6 matches	1970 - 1972
Gerald Queen	6 matches	1970 - 1972
Anthony Taylor	6 matches	1970 - 1972
David Payne	6 matches	1970 - 1972