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Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace - August 18, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 2

Maine Road - Manchester - England

August 18, 1971

Manchester City

4 - 0

Crystal Palace

Tommy Booth

Francis Lee

Wyn Davies

Francis Lee

logo Manchester City MC

0' - Goal Tommy Booth photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee photo Wyn Davies

0' - Goal Wyn Davies photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee0

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46' - Substitution Terry Whartonis substituted by Phil Hoadley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

4 - 0

Crystal Palace

Manchester City Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age22 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Connor

Dave Connor

England

B.date27/10/1945

Age25 years

positionDefender

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Booth0

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Heslop

George Heslop

England

B.date01/07/1940

Age31 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age28 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age24 years

positionRight Midfielder

Lee00

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age27 years

positionStriker

Davies0

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age29 years

positionForward

Mellor

Ian Mellor

England

B.date19/02/1950

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Young

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age27 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan	22	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Connor	25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book	36	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth	21	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Heslop	31	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes	28	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	24	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	27	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Mellor	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young	27	257	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

144

Crystal Palace

Jackson

John Jackson

England

B.date05/09/1942

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age24 years

positionDefender

McCormick

John McCormick

Scotland

B.date18/07/1936

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Wall

Peter Wall

England

B.date13/09/1944

Age26 years

positionDefender

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Wharton46

Terry Wharton

Azerbaijan

B.date01/07/1942

Age29 years

H1m1

positionRight Winger

Queen

Gerald Queen

Scotland

B.date15/01/1945

Age26 years

positionForward

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age29 years

positionStriker

Scott

Jim Scott

Scotland

B.date21/08/1940

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Jackson		28	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McCormick		35	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Wall		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth		27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor		24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember		22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Wharton	46	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Queen		26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jim Scott		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Phil Hoadley	46	19	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Neil Young

Mike Summerbee

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jim Scott

Alan Birchenall

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

325

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs Crystal Palace

6 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 18, 1971

Mercer vs Head

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 18, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Bert Head

248

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Head vs Manchester City

5 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 18, 1971

Head vs Mercer

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 18, 1971

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Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Crystal Palace in Premier League running (since 11/03/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

Manchester City keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Crystal Palace in Premier League running (since 11/03/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

Manchester City keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Crystal Palace running (since 19/08/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 18/12/1965 (2 matches)

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester City 1-1 Chelsea17/04/1971

DManchester City 2-2 Liverpool26/04/1971

LManchester City 0-1 Chelsea28/04/1971

LManchester City 0-1 Tottenham01/05/1971

LManchester City 3-4 Manchester United05/05/1971

LManchester City 0-1 Leeds United14/08/1971

Overall

LStoke City 2-0 Manchester City24/04/1971

DManchester City 2-2 Liverpool26/04/1971

LManchester City 0-1 Chelsea28/04/1971

LManchester City 0-1 Tottenham01/05/1971

LManchester City 3-4 Manchester United05/05/1971

LManchester City 0-1 Leeds United14/08/1971

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 2-1 Crystal Palace20/03/1971

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Crystal Palace27/03/1971

DChelsea 1-1 Crystal Palace10/04/1971

LTottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace24/04/1971

LBlackpool 3-1 Crystal Palace26/04/1971

LSouthampton 6-0 Crystal Palace04/05/1971

Overall

LCrystal Palace 3-5 Manchester United17/04/1971

LTottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace24/04/1971

LBlackpool 3-1 Crystal Palace26/04/1971

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Everton01/05/1971

LSouthampton 6-0 Crystal Palace04/05/1971

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Newcastle United14/08/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	4	4
Winless streak	7	11
Drawless streak	4	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	12	0
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Robert Tambling
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Robert Tambling

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

15 gf

8 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

10 matches

5 v

1 d

4 l

19 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

4 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

8 gf

15 ga

Total

10 matches

4 v

1 d

5 l

12 gf

19 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

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

April 06, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 11, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Manchester City

0 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

December 18, 1965 - Division 2 1965/1966

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

	Alan Oakes	1 goal	1970 - 1970
	Tony Book	1 goal	1971 - 1971

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

	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	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Michael Doyle	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Alan Oakes	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Francis Lee	3 matches	1970 - 1971
Glyn Pardoe	3 matches	1970 - 1970
Mike Summerbee	3 matches	1970 - 1971

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	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Steve Kember	4 matches	1970 - 1971
John Jackson	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Gerald Queen	4 matches	1970 - 1971
John Sewell	4 matches	1970 - 1971
David Payne	3 matches	1970 - 1970