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Man United 1-0 Derby County - October 16, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Journée 13

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

October 16, 1971

1 - 0

Derby County

George Best

53'

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53' - Goal George Best53

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Derby County

Man United Derby County

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 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

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age34 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Gowling

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Best53

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		18	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		25	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	472	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		34	679	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		27	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd		22	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		31	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling		22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	53	25	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

261

Derby County

Boulton

Colin Boulton

England

B.date12/09/1945

Age26 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Todd

Colin Todd

England

B.date12/12/1948

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

McFarland

Roy McFarland

England

B.date05/04/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Robson

John Robson

England

B.date15/07/1950

Age21 years

positionDefender

Hennessey

William Hennessey

Wales

B.date01/09/1942

Age29 years

positionDefender

Durban

Alan Durban

Wales

B.date07/07/1941

Age30 years

positionMidfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hinton

Alan Hinton

England

B.date06/10/1942

Age29 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Gemmill

Archie Gemmill

Scotland

B.date24/03/1947

Age24 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Hector

Kevin Hector

England

B.date02/11/1944

Age26 years

positionForward

O'Hare

John O'Hare

Scotland

B.date24/09/1946

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Boulton	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Todd	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy McFarland	23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Robson	21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Hennessey	29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Durban	30	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern	21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hinton	29	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gemmill	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Hector	26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John O'Hare	25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

William Hennessey

Ron Webster

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

O'Farrell vs Derby County

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 1971

O'Farrell vs Clough

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

216

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Clough vs Man United

2 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 1971

Clough vs O'Farrell

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 1971

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Man United keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored vs Derby County running (since 19/11/1969). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/03/1951-22/01/1966 time period (8 matches).

Bobby Charlton played his game number 10 vs Derby County in his professional career

Man United keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 04/09/1971). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/12/1969-17/03/1970 time period (18 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-1 Arsenal20/08/1971

VManchester United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion23/08/1971

VManchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town04/09/1971

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham18/09/1971

VManchester United 2-0 Sheffield United02/10/1971

DManchester United 1-1 Burnley06/10/1971

Overall

VCrystal Palace 1-3 Manchester United11/09/1971

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham18/09/1971

DLiverpool 2-2 Manchester United25/09/1971

VManchester United 2-0 Sheffield United02/10/1971

DManchester United 1-1 Burnley06/10/1971

VHuddersfield Town 0-3 Manchester United09/10/1971

Current form

Away

DCoventry 2-2 Derby County24/08/1971

DIpswich Town 0-0 Derby County31/08/1971

VEverton 0-2 Derby County04/09/1971

DChelsea 1-1 Derby County18/09/1971

LLeeds United 2-0 Derby County27/09/1971

VNewcastle United 0-1 Derby County02/10/1971

Overall

VDerby County 4-0 Stoke City11/09/1971

DChelsea 1-1 Derby County18/09/1971

DDerby County 0-0 West Bromwich Albion25/09/1971

LLeeds United 2-0 Derby County27/09/1971

VNewcastle United 0-1 Derby County02/10/1971

DDerby County 2-2 Tottenham09/10/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	7	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
8	Victories (Competition total)	5
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
3	Draws (Competition total)	7
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

George Best	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Kevin Hector
George Best	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Kevin Hector
Willie Morgan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
George Best	9 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Roy McFarland

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

14 v

8 d

6 l

53 gf

31 ga

Away

30 matches

7 v

10 d

13 l

52 gf

74 ga

Total

58 matches

21 v

18 d

19 l

105 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

13 v

10 d

7 l

74 gf

52 ga

Away

28 matches

6 v

8 d

14 l

31 gf

53 ga

Total

58 matches

19 v

18 d

21 l

105 gf

105 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 31, 1892
Home	7 - 1	December 31, 1892

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	April 18, 1931
Away	6 - 2	March 17, 1894

Latest head to head

August 14, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Derby County

2 - 2

Man United

April 10, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 2

Derby County logo Derby County

December 26, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Derby County

4 - 4

Man United

January 31, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

November 19, 1969 - League Cup 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Denis Law	6 goals	1966 - 1971
George Best	3 goals	1966 - 1970
Brian Kidd	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1960 - 1970
David Herd	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Albert Scanlon	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Kevin Hector	3 goals	1969 - 1971
John O'Hare	2 goals	1971 - 1971
Frank Wignall	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Archie Gemmill	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Dave Mackay	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Bobby Charlton	9 matches	1960 - 1971
George Best	7 matches	1966 - 1971
David Sadler	6 matches	1969 - 1971
John Aston	6 matches	1966 - 1971
Denis Law	6 matches	1966 - 1971
Alex Stepney	6 matches	1969 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

John O'Hare	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Kevin Hector	5 matches	1969 - 1971
John Robson	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Roy McFarland	4 matches	1969 - 1971
Alan Hinton	4 matches	1969 - 1971
John McGovern	4 matches	1969 - 1971