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Aston Villa 5-1 Manchester City - December 03, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

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Division 1 1960/1961 - Round 20

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 03, 1960

Aston Villa

5 - 1

Manchester City

Alan O'Neill

20'

Gerald Hitchens

34'

(penalty) Gerald Hitchens

55'

Peter McParland

57'

Ron Wylie

74'

Denis Law

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5' - Goal Denis Law

20' - Goal Alan O'Neill20

34' - Goal Gerald Hitchens34

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55' - Goal Gerald Hitchens55

57' - Goal Peter McParland57

74' - Goal Ron Wylie74

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

5 - 1

Manchester City

Aston Villa Manchester City

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Sims

David Nigel Sims

England

B.date09/08/1931

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Winton

Doug Winton

Scotland

B.date06/10/1929

Age31 years

positionDefender

Dugdale

Jimmy Dugdale

England

B.date15/01/1932

Age28 years

positionDefender

Neal

John Neal

England

B.date03/04/1932

Age28 years

positionDefender

Crowe

Victor Crowe

Wales

B.date31/01/1932

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Wylie74

Ron Wylie

Scotland

B.date06/08/1933

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

O'Neill20

Alan O'Neill

England

B.date13/11/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

Hitchens5534

Gerald Hitchens

England

B.date08/10/1934

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

McParland57

Peter McParland

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1934

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Thomson

Bobby Thomson

Scotland

B.date21/03/1937

Age23 years

positionForward

MacEwan

Jimmy MacEwan

Scotland

B.date22/03/1929

Age31 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Nigel Sims		29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Winton		31	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Dugdale		28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Neal		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Crowe		28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Wylie	74	27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan O'Neill	20	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Hitchens	5534	26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter McParland	57	26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Thomson		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy MacEwan		31	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Trautmann

Bert Trautmann

Germany

B.date22/10/1923

Age37 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Sear

Cliff Sear

Wales

B.date22/09/1936

Age24 years

positionDefender

Betts

Barrie Betts

England

B.date18/09/1932

Age28 years

positionDefender

Barnes

Ken Barnes

England

B.date16/03/1929

Age31 years

positionFull-back

Plenderleith

Jackie Plenderleith

Scotland

B.date06/10/1937

Age23 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Shawcross

David Shawcross

England

B.date03/07/1941

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Baker

Gerry Baker

United States

B.date11/04/1938

Age22 years

H1m70

positionForward

Law5

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Hannah

George Hannah

England

B.date11/12/1928

Age31 years

positionForward

Colbridge

Clive Colbridge

England

B.date27/04/1934

Age26 years

positionWinger

Hayes

Joe Hayes

England

B.date20/01/1936

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bert Trautmann		37	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cliff Sear		24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barrie Betts		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Barnes		31	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jackie Plenderleith		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Shawcross		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerry Baker		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	5	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Hannah		31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Colbridge		26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Hayes		24	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 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

John Neal

Stan Lynn

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Mercer vs Manchester City

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 03, 1960

Mercer vs McDowall

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 03, 1960

Manager

Age

Match num

Les McDowall

468

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McDowall vs Aston Villa

4 victories

7 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 03, 1960

McDowall vs Mercer

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 03, 1960

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of George Ramsay head of (01/07/1884-01/07/1926), you can see a manager go over Joe Mercer with 1.94 goals scored per game (1.99).

The last time Aston Villa has ended with the score 5-1 vs Manchester City, It was on the 19/12/1928

The last time Aston Villa has won with a difference of 4 goals vs Manchester City, It was on the 19/12/1928

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

+1	3	Wolverhampton	28 pts	20 rd
-2	4	Sheffield Wednesday	26 pts	19 rd
+1	5	Aston Villa	26 pts	20 rd
-1	6	Burnley	25 pts	19 rd
+3	7	Blackburn	21 pts	20 rd

General ranking

-4	11	Arsenal	20 pts	20 rd
-4	12	Fulham	20 pts	20 rd
-1	13	Manchester City	18 pts	18 rd
+2	14	Birmingham City	16 pts	20 rd
+2	15	Manchester United	15 pts	19 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United08/10/1960

VAston Villa 4-1 Huddersfield Town12/10/1960

VAston Villa 6-2 Birmingham City22/10/1960

VAston Villa 2-0 Burnley05/11/1960

VAston Villa 2-1 Fulham19/11/1960

VAston Villa 3-1 Preston North End23/11/1960

Overall

VAston Villa 2-0 Burnley05/11/1960

DPreston North End 1-1 Aston Villa12/11/1960

DPreston North End 3-3 Aston Villa15/11/1960

VAston Villa 2-1 Fulham19/11/1960

VAston Villa 3-1 Preston North End23/11/1960

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Aston Villa26/11/1960

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 6-3 Manchester City24/09/1960

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester City10/10/1960

LEverton 4-2 Manchester City24/10/1960

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Manchester City05/11/1960

LChelsea 6-3 Manchester City19/11/1960

LPortsmouth 2-0 Manchester City21/11/1960

Overall

LEverton 4-2 Manchester City24/10/1960

VManchester City 4-0 Blackburn29/10/1960

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Manchester City05/11/1960

LManchester City 1-2 West Ham12/11/1960

LChelsea 6-3 Manchester City19/11/1960

LPortsmouth 2-0 Manchester City21/11/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	3
Unbeaten streak	6	8
Drawless streak	15	3
Scoring streak	35	22
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	4
Winless streak	7	4
Drawless streak	4	8
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	10	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	17
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
11	Victories (Competition total)	7
9	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
2.16	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.12
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.11
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.06
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (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

Gerald Hitchens	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Joe Hayes
Gerald Hitchens	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Denis Law
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Barrie Betts
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Barrie Betts
Gerald Hitchens	7 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Denis Law

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

25 v

10 d

6 l

86 gf

44 ga

Away

41 matches

9 v

9 d

23 l

56 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

6 ga

Total

83 matches

34 v

19 d

30 l

143 gf

135 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

23 v

9 d

9 l

85 gf

56 ga

Away

41 matches

6 v

10 d

25 l

44 gf

86 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

1 ga

Total

83 matches

30 v

19 d

34 l

135 gf

143 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 01, 1900
Home	7 - 1	December 01, 1900

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 07, 1935
Away	3 - 0	December 17, 1955

Latest head to head

April 25, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

Manchester City

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 06, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 26, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Manchester City

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 14, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

February 04, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bill Myerscough

1 goal

1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Alan Kirkman

1 goal

1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Victor Crowe	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Gerald Hitchens	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Bill Myerscough	2 matches	1958 - 1959
David Nigel Sims	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Jimmy Dugdale	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Peter McParland	2 matches	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Colin Barlow	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Roy Cheetham	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Ray Sambrook	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Bert Trautmann	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Ken Barnes	2 matches	1958 - 1959
Joe Hayes	2 matches	1958 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 03, 1960

Tottenham

4 4

Burnley

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tottenham	36	20	17	2	1	67	25	+42
+12	Everton	28	20	12	4	4	50	31	+19
+13	Wolverhampton	28	20	12	4	4	51	38	+13
-24	Sheffield Wednesday	26	19	11	4	4	32	20	+12
+15	Aston Villa	26	20	12	2	6	46	39	+7
-16	Burnley	25	19	12	1	6	55	35	+20
+37	Blackburn	21	20	9	3	8	42	41	+1
+38	Chelsea	20	19	9	2	8	54	44	+10
+49	West Ham	20	19	9	2	8	44	41	+3
-110	Leicester	20	20	8	4	8	38	36	+2
-411	Arsenal	20	20	9	2	9	33	35	-2
-412	Fulham	20	20	9	2	9	41	51	-10
-113	Manchester City	18	18	7	4	7	37	40	-3
+214	Birmingham City	16	20	7	2	11	29	41	-12
+215	Manchester United	15	19	6	3	10	31	38	-7
-216	Newcastle United	15	20	7	1	12	44	56	-12
-217	Cardiff City	15	20	5	5	10	25	39	-14
+318	Bolton Wanderers	13	19	5	3	11	27	38	-11
-119	Preston North End	13	19	5	3	11	21	37	-16
-120	West Bromwich Albion	12	20	5	2	13	29	42	-13
+121	Nottingham Forest	12	20	4	4	12	28	46	-18
-222	Blackpool	11	19	4	3	12	32	43	-11

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Aston Villa 5-1 Manchester City - December 03, 1960 / Division 1 1960/1961

Aston Villa

5 - 1

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

Mercer vs Manchester City

Mercer vs McDowall

Manager

McDowall vs Aston Villa

McDowall vs Mercer

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 Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking