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Man United 2-0 Wolverhampton - November 30, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 21

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

November 30, 1968

Man United

2 - 0

Wolverhampton

George Best

Denis Law

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0' - Goal George Best photo Denis Law

0' - Goal Denis Law0

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46' - Substitution Nobby Stilesis substituted by John Fitzpatrick46

46' - Substitution David Woodfieldis substituted by Michael Kenning

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 0

Wolverhampton

Man United Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Kopel

Frank Kopel

Scotland

B.date28/03/1949

Age19 years

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles46

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age26 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Sartori

Carlo Sartori

Italy

B.date10/12/1948

Age19 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Best0

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Law0

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age28 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Kopel		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		22	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		27	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	46	26	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		29	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		31	535	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlo Sartori		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		22	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		28	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

213

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Woodfield46

David Woodfield

England

B.date11/10/1943

Age25 years

positionDefender

Wilson

Les Wilson

England

B.date10/07/1947

Age21 years

positionDefender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age20 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Thomson

Robert Thomson

England

B.date05/12/1943

Age24 years

positionDefender

Holsgrove

John Holsgrove

England

B.date27/09/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Bailey

Michael A Bailey

England

B.date27/02/1942

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

Knowles

Peter Knowles

England

B.date30/09/1945

Age23 years

positionForward

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age25 years

positionWinger

Dougan

Derek Dougan

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1938

Age30 years

positionForward

Wignall

Frank Wignall

England

B.date21/08/1939

Age29 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes		21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Woodfield	46	25	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Les Wilson		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		20	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Thomson		24	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Holsgrove		23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael A Bailey		26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Knowles		23	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Dougan		30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Wignall		29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Fitzpatrick	46	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Michael Kenning	46	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Best

Bill Foulkes

OUT

Willie Morgan

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

Sir Matt Busby

1109

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Wolverhampton

22 victories

6 draws

17 losses

Latest figure on November 30, 1968

Busby vs McGarry

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 30, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

McGarry vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 30, 1968

McGarry vs Busby

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 30, 1968

Videos

Comments

Key figures

George Best scored 5 goals vs in his professional career with

Denis Law scored 6 goals vs in Premier League with

End of streak for Wolverhampton after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 02/11/1968).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal05/10/1968

DManchester United 1-1 Estudiantes de La Plata16/10/1968

LManchester United 1-2 Southampton19/10/1968

DManchester United 0-0 Leeds United02/11/1968

VManchester United 3-0 Anderlecht13/11/1968

DManchester United 0-0 Ipswich Town16/11/1968

Overall

DManchester United 0-0 Leeds United02/11/1968

DSunderland 1-1 Manchester United09/11/1968

VManchester United 3-0 Anderlecht13/11/1968

DManchester United 0-0 Ipswich Town16/11/1968

DStoke City 0-0 Manchester United23/11/1968

LAnderlecht 3-1 Manchester United27/11/1968

Current form

Away

VCoventry 0-1 Wolverhampton05/10/1968

LLeicester 2-0 Wolverhampton09/10/1968

LBlackpool 2-1 Wolverhampton16/10/1968

VSheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolverhampton19/10/1968

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Wolverhampton02/11/1968

DBurnley 1-1 Wolverhampton16/11/1968

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolverhampton19/10/1968

LWolverhampton 1-2 Everton26/10/1968

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Wolverhampton02/11/1968

VWolverhampton 2-0 West Ham09/11/1968

DBurnley 1-1 Wolverhampton16/11/1968

VWolverhampton 5-0 Newcastle United23/11/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.16	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.37	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.1

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 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	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Derek Dougan
George Best	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Derek Dougan
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Peter Knowles
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Knowles
George Best	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Derek Dougan

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

18 v

2 d

7 l

59 gf

36 ga

Away

29 matches

9 v

5 d

15 l

48 gf

67 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

58 matches

27 v

8 d

23 l

108 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

15 v

5 d

9 l

67 gf

48 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

2 d

18 l

36 gf

59 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

58 matches

23 v

8 d

27 l

105 gf

108 ga

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 1	October 15, 1892
Home	10 - 1	October 15, 1892

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 26, 1931
Away	4 - 0	April 21, 1958

Latest head to head

December 30, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Wolverhampton

2 - 3

Man United

December 26, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Man United

4 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

March 05, 1966 - FA Cup 1965/1966

Wolverhampton

2 - 4

Man United

March 10, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Wolverhampton

3 - 5

Man United

February 27, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Man United

3 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Denis Law	9 goals	1962 - 1966
Bobby Charlton	8 goals	1957 - 1967
David Herd	7 goals	1962 - 1966
George Best	4 goals	1965 - 1967
Brian Kidd	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Raymond Crawford	5 goals	1963 - 1964
Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1958 - 1962
Barry Stobart	3 goals	1960 - 1962
Dennis Westcott	3 goals	1946 - 1947
Billy Bottrill	2 goals	1931 - 1931
Billy Hartill	2 goals	1931 - 1931

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Bill Foulkes	21 matches	1956 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	19 matches	1956 - 1967
Shay Brennan	13 matches	1958 - 1966
Nobby Stiles	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Albert Quixall	10 matches	1958 - 1963
Harry Gregg	9 matches	1959 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Peter Broadbent	12 matches	1959 - 1964
George Showell	10 matches	1958 - 1964
Ronald Flowers	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Robert Thomson	9 matches	1962 - 1967
Gerry Harris	8 matches	1958 - 1965
Eddie Stuart	7 matches	1958 - 1962