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Man United 1-4 Manchester City - December 12, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 21

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 12, 1970

52 636

1 - 4

Manchester City

Brian Kidd

72'

Michael Doyle

Francis Lee

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0' - Goal Michael Doyle photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee

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46' - Substitution Glyn Pardoeis substituted by Arthur Mann

60' - Substitution Denis Lawis substituted by Carlo Sartori60

72' - Goal Brian Kidd72

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 4

Manchester City

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Team line-ups

Man United

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date18/08/1946

Age24 years

positionDefender

Watson

William Watson

Scotland

B.date04/12/1949

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age28 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age33 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Law60

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age30 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Aston

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Kidd72

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Fitzpatrick		24	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Watson		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		29	437	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles		28	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		33	639	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	60	30	331	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston		23	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		24	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	72	21	159	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

244

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age22 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Booth

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Jeffries

Derek Jeffries

England

B.date22/03/1951

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Pardoe46

Glyn Pardoe

England

B.date01/06/1946

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Doyle0

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age24 years

positionRight Midfielder

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age28 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age24 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Lee000

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age26 years

positionStriker

Young

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age26 years

positionStriker

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan		22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book		36	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth		21	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Jeffries		19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glyn Pardoe	46	24	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle		24	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes		28	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell		24	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee		26	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young		26	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee		27	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

165

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Carlo Sartori	60	22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Arthur Mann	46	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nobby Stiles

David Sadler

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tommy Booth

Arthur Mann

OUT

Neil Young

George Heslop

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Wilfred McGuiness

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McGuiness vs Manchester City

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

McGuiness vs Mercer

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

293

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Mercer vs Man United

9 victories

6 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

Mercer vs McGuiness

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

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Key figures

The last time Man United has ended with the score 1-4 , It was on the 16/08/1969 (vs )

Man United keeps its 13 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League running (since 19/09/1970). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/10/1963-08/02/1964 time period (17 matches).

End of streak for Manchester City after 3 consecutive losses away from home (since 24/10/1970). It was the best streak for the club since 11/03/1969-16/08/1969 (9 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

-1	14	Stoke City	19 pts	22 rd
+1	15	Derby County	18 pts	21 rd
-2	16	Manchester United	18 pts	21 rd
-2	17	Huddersfield Town	18 pts	21 rd
	18	Ipswich Town	17 pts	21 rd

General ranking

	4	Chelsea	27 pts	21 rd
+2	5	Liverpool	24 pts	20 rd
+3	6	Manchester City	24 pts	20 rd
-1	7	Crystal Palace	24 pts	21 rd
-3	8	Wolverhampton	24 pts	21 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace10/10/1970

VManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion24/10/1970

VManchester United 2-1 Chelsea28/10/1970

DManchester United 2-2 Stoke City07/11/1970

VManchester United 4-2 Crystal Palace18/11/1970

DManchester United 1-1 Huddersfield Town28/11/1970

Overall

DManchester United 2-2 Stoke City07/11/1970

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester United14/11/1970

VManchester United 4-2 Crystal Palace18/11/1970

LSouthampton 1-0 Manchester United21/11/1970

DManchester United 1-1 Huddersfield Town28/11/1970

DTottenham 2-2 Manchester United05/12/1970

Current form

Away

LTottenham 2-0 Manchester City26/09/1970

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester City10/10/1970

VBudapest Honvéd 0-1 Manchester City21/10/1970

LWolverhampton 3-0 Manchester City24/10/1970

LCoventry 2-1 Manchester City07/11/1970

LLeeds United 1-0 Manchester City28/11/1970

Overall

VManchester City 2-0 Budapest Honvéd04/11/1970

LCoventry 2-1 Manchester City07/11/1970

DManchester City 1-1 Derby County14/11/1970

VManchester City 2-0 West Ham21/11/1970

LLeeds United 1-0 Manchester City28/11/1970

LManchester City 0-2 Arsenal05/12/1970

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	6	11

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	2
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	4	3
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	9
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	19
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
5	Victories (Competition total)	8
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.89
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

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

George Best	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Colin Bell
George Best	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Colin Bell
George Best	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	Francis Lee

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

19 v

14 d

11 l

70 gf

56 ga

Away

43 matches

13 v

15 d

15 l

50 gf

62 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

88 matches

32 v

29 d

27 l

120 gf

121 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

15 v

15 d

13 l

62 gf

50 ga

Away

44 matches

11 v

14 d

19 l

56 gf

70 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

88 matches

27 v

29 d

32 l

121 gf

120 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 31, 1960
Home	5 - 1	December 31, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 12, 1955
Away	5 - 0	February 12, 1955

Latest head to head

March 28, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 24, 1970 - FA Cup 1969/1970

Man United

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 17, 1969 - League Cup 1969/1970

Man United

2 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 03, 1969 - League Cup 1969/1970

Manchester City

2 - 1

Man United

November 15, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Manchester City

4 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	8 goals	1957 - 1969
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Alex Dawson	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Denis Law	4 goals	1962 - 1969
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1970 - 1970
Duncan Edwards	2 goals	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Joe Hayes	4 goals	1958 - 1962
Colin Bell	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Alex Harley	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Francis Lee	2 goals	1968 - 1970
George Heslop	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Peter Dobing	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	21 matches	1957 - 1970
Bill Foulkes	17 matches	1956 - 1969
Nobby Stiles	14 matches	1960 - 1969
Tony Dunne	12 matches	1961 - 1970
Shay Brennan	11 matches	1959 - 1969
David Sadler	11 matches	1966 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Alan Oakes	12 matches	1960 - 1970
Neil Young	11 matches	1962 - 1970
Joe Hayes	10 matches	1956 - 1963
Bert Trautmann	9 matches	1956 - 1962
Glyn Pardoe	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Michael Doyle	8 matches	1966 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Denis Law

330 matches

44 matches

1960 - 1970

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/03/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Denis Law

330 matches

44 matches

1960 - 1970

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/03/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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WBA

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leeds United	35	22	14	7	1	37	15	+22
2	Arsenal	33	21	14	5	2	41	16	+25
3	Tottenham	27	21	10	7	4	33	17	+16
4	Chelsea	27	21	9	9	3	29	24	+5
+25	Liverpool	24	20	8	8	4	23	13	+10
+36	Manchester City	24	20	9	6	5	27	18	+9
-17	Crystal Palace	24	21	8	8	5	23	18	+5
-38	Wolverhampton	24	21	10	4	7	39	39	0
-19	Southampton	22	21	8	6	7	27	21	+6
+110	Newcastle United	22	21	8	6	7	24	24	0
-111	Coventry	22	21	9	4	8	20	20	0
12	Everton	21	21	7	7	7	30	31	-1
+413	West Bromwich Albion	19	21	6	7	8	35	40	-5
-114	Stoke City	19	22	5	9	8	26	30	-4
+115	Derby County	18	21	6	6	9	27	31	-4
-216	Manchester United	18	21	5	8	8	23	31	-8
-217	Huddersfield Town	18	21	5	8	8	20	28	-8
18	Ipswich Town	17	21	6	5	10	20	21	-1
19	West Ham	15	21	3	9	9	28	36	-8
20	Nottingham Forest	13	21	3	7	11	19	33	-14
+121	Blackpool	10	21	3	4	14	16	38	-22
-122	Burnley	10	21	2	6	13	14	37	-23

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Man United 1-4 Manchester City - December 12, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 4

Manchester City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

McGuiness vs Manchester City

McGuiness vs Mercer

Manager

Mercer vs Man United

Mercer vs McGuiness

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Man United

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Man United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking