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Man United 3-1 Arsenal - August 20, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 3

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 20, 1971

Man United

3 - 1

Arsenal

Bobby Charlton

Brian Kidd

Alan Gowling

Frank McLintock

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0' - Goal Bobby Charlton photo Brian Kidd

0' - Goal Brian Kidd photo Alan Gowling

0' - Goal Alan Gowling0

0' - Goal Frank McLintock

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60' - Substitution George Bestis substituted by John Aston60

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 1

Arsenal

Man United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age18 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton0

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age33 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Best60

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Kidd0

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Gowling0

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		28	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		25	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	461	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		33	667	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	60	25	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd		22	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		31	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

249

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

McLintock0

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age31 years

positionRight central defender

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Radford

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age24 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	29	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	31	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	26	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	28	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	25	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly	20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham	26	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	27	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	24	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

175

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Aston	60	24	172	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

Tommy O'Neil

John Fitzpatrick

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:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

O'Farrell vs Arsenal

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1971

O'Farrell vs Mee

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

285

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Mee vs Man United

3 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1971

Mee vs O'Farrell

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1971

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Key figures

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has done less than 1.47 goals scored per game .

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 matches without conceding any goal in Premier League (since 01/05/1971).

It's the first time Brian Kidd scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career with Manchester United

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 1-0 Newcastle United27/02/1971

VManchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest13/03/1971

LManchester United 1-2 Derby County10/04/1971

VManchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton12/04/1971

LManchester United 0-2 Liverpool19/04/1971

VManchester United 3-2 Ipswich Town24/04/1971

Overall

LManchester United 0-2 Liverpool19/04/1971

VManchester United 3-2 Ipswich Town24/04/1971

DBlackpool 1-1 Manchester United01/05/1971

VManchester City 3-4 Manchester United05/05/1971

DDerby County 2-2 Manchester United14/08/1971

VChelsea 2-3 Manchester United18/08/1971

Current form

Away

VSouthampton 1-2 Arsenal10/04/1971

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Arsenal13/04/1971

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Arsenal24/04/1971

LLeeds United 1-0 Arsenal26/04/1971

VTottenham 0-1 Arsenal03/05/1971

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Arsenal17/08/1971

Overall

LLeeds United 1-0 Arsenal26/04/1971

VArsenal 1-0 Stoke City01/05/1971

VTottenham 0-1 Arsenal03/05/1971

VArsenal 2-1 Liverpool08/05/1971

VArsenal 3-0 Chelsea14/08/1971

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Arsenal17/08/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	5
Drawless streak	8	1
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	2	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	2	5
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Bobby Charlton	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ray Kennedy
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ray Kennedy
Willie Morgan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Bobby Charlton	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Ray Kennedy

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

35 v

12 d

9 l

117 gf

57 ga

Away

55 matches

14 v

7 d

34 l

70 gf

124 ga

Total

111 matches

49 v

19 d

43 l

187 gf

181 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

34 v

7 d

14 l

124 gf

70 ga

Away

56 matches

9 v

12 d

35 l

57 gf

117 ga

Total

111 matches

43 v

19 d

49 l

181 gf

187 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 26, 1952
Home	6 - 1	April 26, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 30, 1937
Away	4 - 1	April 27, 1909

Latest head to head

December 19, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 3

Arsenal

August 22, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

4 - 0

Man United

January 10, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

2 - 1

Arsenal

September 20, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Arsenal

2 - 2

Man United

December 26, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Arsenal

3 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Liam Whelan	5 goals	1956 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	4 goals	1957 - 1958
David Herd	4 goals	1962 - 1964
George Best	3 goals	1965 - 1969

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 Man United

George Eastham	6 goals	1961 - 1965
John Radford	5 goals	1965 - 1970
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1961 - 1963
John Barnwell	4 goals	1959 - 1961
Jimmy Bloomfield	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Gerry Ward	3 goals	1958 - 1961

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	26 matches	1958 - 1970
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1956 - 1968
Tony Dunne	19 matches	1962 - 1970
Nobby Stiles	17 matches	1960 - 1970
Pat Crerand	15 matches	1963 - 1970
Denis Law	15 matches	1962 - 1970

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	16 matches	1962 - 1970
Billy McCullough	14 matches	1959 - 1966
Frank McLintock	13 matches	1964 - 1970
Jon Sammels	12 matches	1963 - 1970
Terry Neill	11 matches	1962 - 1970
Peter Storey	11 matches	1966 - 1970