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Man United 2-3 WBA - December 19, 1959 / Division 1 1959/1960

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Division 1 1959/1960 - Round 22

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 19, 1959

33 677

Man United

2 - 3

WBA

Alex Dawson

(penalty) Albert Quixall

66'

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8' - Goal Alex Dawson8

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66' - Goal Albert Quixall66

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 3

WBA

Man United WBA

Team line-ups

Man United

Gaskell

David Gaskell

England

B.date05/10/1940

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Carolan

Joseph Carolan

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/09/1937

Age22 years

positionDefender

Goodwin

Freddie Goodwin

England

B.date28/06/1933

Age26 years

positionDefender

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Quixall66

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Cope

Ron Cope

England

B.date05/10/1934

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Pearson

Mark Pearson

England

B.date28/10/1939

Age20 years

H1m68

positionForward

Scanlon

Albert Scanlon

England

B.date10/10/1935

Age24 years

H1m78

positionForward

Dawson8

Alex Dawson

Scotland

B.date21/02/1940

Age19 years

H1m78

positionForward

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Gaskell		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Carolan		22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Freddie Goodwin		26	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		27	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall	66	26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Cope		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Pearson		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Scanlon		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Dawson	8	19	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		26	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

642

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs WBA

10 victories

5 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 19, 1959

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Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 4-1 Leicester03/10/1959

VManchester United 4-2 Arsenal10/10/1959

VManchester United 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday24/10/1959

DManchester United 3-3 Fulham07/11/1959

VManchester United 4-1 Luton Town21/11/1959

VManchester United 3-1 Blackpool05/12/1959

Overall

DManchester United 3-3 Fulham07/11/1959

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Manchester United14/11/1959

VManchester United 4-1 Luton Town21/11/1959

LEverton 2-1 Manchester United28/11/1959

VManchester United 3-1 Blackpool05/12/1959

VNottingham Forest 1-5 Manchester United12/12/1959

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 4-1 West Bromwich Albion26/09/1959

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 West Bromwich Albion17/10/1959

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 West Bromwich Albion31/10/1959

LBlackburn 3-2 West Bromwich Albion14/11/1959

VArsenal 2-4 West Bromwich Albion28/11/1959

DEverton 2-2 West Bromwich Albion12/12/1959

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Blackpool07/11/1959

LBlackburn 3-2 West Bromwich Albion14/11/1959

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester City21/11/1959

VArsenal 2-4 West Bromwich Albion28/11/1959

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Wolverhampton05/12/1959

DEverton 2-2 West Bromwich Albion12/12/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	9	11
Conceding streak	7	15

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	4	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
9	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.48	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.81
3.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
1.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.57
1.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
4-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (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

Dennis Viollet	23 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ronald Allen
Dennis Viollet	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Ronald Allen
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ronald Allen
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ronald Allen
Dennis Viollet	15 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Derek Kevan

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

10 v

7 d

10 l

45 gf

43 ga

Away

28 matches

8 v

7 d

13 l

36 gf

46 ga

Total

55 matches

18 v

14 d

23 l

81 gf

89 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

13 v

7 d

8 l

46 gf

36 ga

Away

27 matches

10 v

7 d

10 l

43 gf

45 ga

Total

55 matches

23 v

14 d

18 l

89 gf

81 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 15, 1951
Home	5 - 1	December 15, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 08, 1958
Away	4 - 0	March 08, 1958

Latest head to head

August 22, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

WBA

3 - 2

Man United

March 14, 1959 - Division 1 1958/1959

WBA

1 - 3

Man United

October 25, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Man United

1 - 2

WBA

March 08, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Man United

0 - 4

WBA

March 05, 1958 - FA Cup 1957/1958

Man United

1 - 0

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Dennis Viollet	4 goals	1956 - 1959
Tommy Taylor	3 goals	1956 - 1957
Alex Dawson	2 goals	1957 - 1958
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1956 - 1957
Ernie Taylor	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Freddie Goodwin	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

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Players with most games played vs WBA

Freddie Goodwin	8 matches	1957 - 1959
Ian Greaves	7 matches	1957 - 1959
Bobby Charlton	7 matches	1957 - 1959
Bill Foulkes	7 matches	1956 - 1959
Harry Gregg	6 matches	1958 - 1959
Dennis Viollet	5 matches	1956 - 1959