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WBA 3-2 Manchester City - December 26, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 23

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

December 26, 1967

3 - 2

Manchester City

Tony Brown

Jeff Astle

Mike Summerbee

Francis Lee

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Tony Brown photo Jeff Astle

0' - Goal Jeff Astle photo Jeff Astle

0' - Goal Jeff Astle0

0' - Goal Mike Summerbee photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Clive Clarkis substituted by Graham Lovett46

46' - Substitution Tony Colemanis substituted by Roy Cheetham

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

3 - 2

Manchester City

WBA Manchester City

Team line-ups

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Kaye

John Kaye

England

B.date03/03/1940

Age27 years

positionDefender

Fraser

Doug Fraser

Scotland

B.date08/12/1941

Age26 years

positionDefender

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Colquhoun

Edmond Colquhoun

Scotland

B.date29/03/1945

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Williams

Graham Williams

Wales

B.date02/04/1938

Age29 years

positionDefender

Brown0

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age22 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Clark46

Clive Clark

England

B.date12/12/1940

Age27 years

positionForward

Astle00

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age25 years

positionForward

Hope

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Krzywicki

Dick Krzywicki

Wales

B.date02/02/1947

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne		27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kaye		27	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Fraser		26	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut		27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Edmond Colquhoun		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Williams		29	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		22	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Clark	46	27	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle		25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope		24	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dick Krzywicki		20	13	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

125

Manchester City

Mulhearn

Ken Mulhearn

England

B.date16/10/1945

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Pardoe

Glyn Pardoe

England

B.date01/06/1946

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Horne

Stanley Horne

England

B.date17/12/1944

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Heslop

George Heslop

England

B.date01/07/1940

Age27 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Bowles

Stan Bowles

England

B.date24/12/1948

Age19 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Coleman46

Tony Coleman

England

B.date02/05/1945

Age22 years

positionWinger

Summerbee0

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Young

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age23 years

positionStriker

Lee0

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age23 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ken Mulhearn		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book		33	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glyn Pardoe		21	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stanley Horne		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes		25	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Heslop		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Bowles		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Coleman	46	22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee		25	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young		23	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Graham Lovett	46	20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Roy Cheetham	46	28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Stan Bowles

Colin Bell

OUT

Stanley Horne

Michael Doyle

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Ashman vs Manchester City

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1967

Ashman vs Mercer

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1967

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

129

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs WBA

5 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1967

Mercer vs Ashman

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1967

Videos

Comments

Key figures

WBA keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Manchester City running (since 21/02/1962). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 30/03/1957-11/02/1961 time period (10 matches).

WBA keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Manchester City at home in Premier League running (since 24/09/1960). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/09/1957 (4 matches)

It's the first time Jeff Astle scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Manchester City in Premier League

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

	5	Everton	26 pts	23 rd
+2	6	Newcastle United	26 pts	23 rd
+2	7	West Bromwich Albion	25 pts	22 rd
-2	8	Arsenal	24 pts	22 rd
-2	9	Sheffield Wednesday	24 pts	22 rd

General ranking

	1	Manchester United	33 pts	23 rd
+1	2	Liverpool	30 pts	23 rd
-1	3	Manchester City	30 pts	23 rd
	4	Leeds United	29 pts	23 rd
	5	Everton	26 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-1 Sheffield United30/09/1967

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Leeds United14/10/1967

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Leicester28/10/1967

VWest Bromwich Albion 8-1 Burnley11/11/1967

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Tottenham25/11/1967

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Southampton23/12/1967

Overall

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 West Bromwich Albion18/11/1967

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Tottenham25/11/1967

LManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1967

VWest Ham 2-3 West Bromwich Albion11/12/1967

VChelsea 0-3 West Bromwich Albion16/12/1967

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Southampton23/12/1967

Current form

Away

VFulham 2-4 Manchester City21/10/1967

LFulham 3-2 Manchester City01/11/1967

DEverton 1-1 Manchester City04/11/1967

VWest Ham 2-3 Manchester City18/11/1967

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester City02/12/1967

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester City16/12/1967

Overall

VWest Ham 2-3 Manchester City18/11/1967

VManchester City 4-2 Burnley25/11/1967

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester City02/12/1967

VManchester City 4-1 Tottenham09/12/1967

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester City16/12/1967

VManchester City 4-2 Stoke City23/12/1967

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	14
Conceding streak	6	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	2
12	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
9	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.27
2.09	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
4-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Jeff Astle	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Neil Young
Jeff Astle	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Mike Summerbee
Bobby Hope	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Tony Coleman
Jeff Astle	11 goals during the last 13 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Francis Lee

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

26 v

13 d

4 l

97 gf

45 ga

Away

40 matches

12 v

6 d

22 l

64 gf

101 ga

Total

83 matches

38 v

19 d

26 l

161 gf

146 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

22 v

6 d

12 l

101 gf

64 ga

Away

43 matches

4 v

13 d

26 l

45 gf

97 ga

Total

83 matches

26 v

19 d

38 l

146 gf

161 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	September 21, 1957
Home	9 - 2	September 21, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 16, 1938
Away	4 - 0	March 10, 1956

Latest head to head

March 25, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Manchester City

2 - 2

WBA

December 10, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

WBA

0 - 3

Manchester City logo Manchester City

October 05, 1966 - League Cup 1966/1967

WBA

4 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 27, 1963 - Division 1 1962/1963

Manchester City

1 - 5

WBA

December 08, 1962 - Division 1 1962/1963

WBA

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Derek Kevan	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Ronald Allen	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Ken Foggo	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Keith Smith	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Alec Jackson	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Clive Clark	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Colin Barlow	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Paul Hince	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Peter Dobing	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Gerry Baker	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Neil Young	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Johnny Crossan	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Graham Williams	6 matches	1960 - 1967
Alec Jackson	6 matches	1960 - 1963
Clive Clark	6 matches	1961 - 1967
Don Howe	6 matches	1960 - 1963
Stan Jones	5 matches	1961 - 1966
Bobby Hope	5 matches	1961 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Alan Oakes	8 matches	1960 - 1967
Joe Hayes	5 matches	1960 - 1963
Bert Trautmann	5 matches	1960 - 1962
David Wagstaffe	5 matches	1960 - 1963
Bobby Kennedy	5 matches	1961 - 1966
Neil Young	5 matches	1962 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 1967

Tottenham

2 2

Fulham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	33	23	13	7	3	44	25	+19
+12	Liverpool	30	23	11	8	4	34	18	+16
-13	Manchester City	30	23	13	4	6	52	29	+23
4	Leeds United	29	23	12	5	6	33	19	+14
5	Everton	26	23	11	4	8	33	22	+11
+26	Newcastle United	26	23	9	8	6	34	34	0
+27	West Bromwich Albion	25	22	10	5	7	43	32	+11
-28	Arsenal	24	22	10	4	8	37	28	+9
-29	Sheffield Wednesday	24	22	9	6	7	33	30	+3
10	Tottenham	24	23	9	6	8	35	38	-3
+211	Nottingham Forest	22	22	9	4	9	32	25	+7
-112	Burnley	22	23	8	6	9	39	44	-5
-113	Stoke City	21	23	8	5	10	30	36	-6
14	Wolverhampton	20	22	8	4	10	38	46	-8
+115	Southampton	19	22	7	5	10	37	43	-6
+216	Chelsea	19	22	5	9	8	30	49	-19
+217	West Ham	18	23	7	4	12	42	45	-3
-318	Leicester	18	22	5	8	9	33	39	-6
-219	Sunderland	17	22	6	5	11	27	39	-12
20	Fulham	16	21	6	4	11	31	42	-11
21	Sheffield United	16	22	5	6	11	24	40	-16
22	Coventry	15	23	3	9	11	29	47	-18

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WBA 3-2 Manchester City - December 26, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

WBA

3 - 2

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

Ashman vs Manchester City

Ashman vs Mercer

Manager

Mercer vs WBA

Mercer vs Ashman

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 WBA

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs WBA

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking