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Man United 1-0 Birmingham City - April 18, 1959 / Division 1 1958/1959

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Division 1 1958/1959 - Round 40

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 18, 1959

43 006

1 - 0

Birmingham City

(penalty) Albert Quixall

60'

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60' - Goal Albert Quixall60

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Birmingham City

Man United Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Greaves

Ian Greaves

England

B.date26/05/1932

Age26 years

positionDefender

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Carolan

Joseph Carolan

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/09/1937

Age21 years

positionDefender

Goodwin

Freddie Goodwin

England

B.date28/06/1933

Age25 years

positionDefender

McGuiness

Wilfred McGuiness

England

B.date25/10/1937

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Quixall60

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

Scanlon

Albert Scanlon

England

B.date10/10/1935

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

Bradley

Warren Bradley

England

B.date20/06/1933

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Greaves		26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		27	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Carolan		21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Freddie Goodwin		25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfred McGuiness		21	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall	60	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Scanlon		23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Warren Bradley		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Merrick

Gilbert Merrick

England

B.date26/01/1922

Age37 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Trevor Smith

England

B.date13/04/1936

Age23 years

positionDefender

Allen

George Allen

England

B.date23/01/1932

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Farmer

Brian Farmer

England

B.date29/07/1933

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Neal

Dick Neal

England

B.date01/10/1933

Age25 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Watts

Johnny Watts

England

B.date13/04/1931

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Larkin

Bunny Larkin

England

B.date11/01/1936

Age23 years

positionForward

Gordon

Johnny Gordon

England

B.date11/09/1931

Age27 years

positionForward

Hooper

Harry Hooper

England

B.date14/06/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

Stubbs

Robin Stubbs

England

B.date22/04/1941

Age17 years

positionStriker

Astall

Gordon Astall

England

B.date22/09/1927

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gilbert Merrick	37	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Smith	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Allen	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Farmer	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Neal	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Watts	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bunny Larkin	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Gordon	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Hooper	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin Stubbs	17	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Astall	31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 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

Bobby Charlton

Mark Pearson

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

619

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Busby vs Birmingham City

5 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1959

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 16/02/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/10/1955-24/03/1956 time period (12 matches).

Man United keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 22/11/1958). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/04/1955-17/10/1956 time period (33 matches).

The last time Man United has ended with the score 1-0 in Premier League, It was on the 02/11/1957 (vs )

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 4-1 Manchester City16/02/1959

VManchester United 2-1 Wolverhampton21/02/1959

VManchester United 2-1 Everton07/03/1959

VManchester United 4-0 Leeds United21/03/1959

VManchester United 6-1 Portsmouth27/03/1959

VManchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers04/04/1959

Overall

VManchester United 4-0 Leeds United21/03/1959

VManchester United 6-1 Portsmouth27/03/1959

LBurnley 4-2 Manchester United28/03/1959

VPortsmouth 1-3 Manchester United30/03/1959

VManchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers04/04/1959

DLuton Town 0-0 Manchester United11/04/1959

Current form

Away

VFulham 2-3 Birmingham City04/02/1959

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Birmingham City18/02/1959

LNottingham Forest 5-0 Birmingham City23/02/1959

VNottingham Forest 1-7 Birmingham City07/03/1959

VLeicester 2-4 Birmingham City18/03/1959

DPortsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City21/03/1959

Overall

LBirmingham City 0-3 Wolverhampton14/03/1959

VLeicester 2-4 Birmingham City18/03/1959

DPortsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City21/03/1959

LBirmingham City 1-3 Bolton Wanderers08/04/1959

VBirmingham City 5-1 Tottenham11/04/1959

VBirmingham City 4-1 Arsenal14/04/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	11	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	14	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	6	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	36
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
23	Victories (Competition total)	18
13	Victories (Home / Away)	6
7	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
10	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

101	Goals scored (Competition total)	75
57	Goals scored (Home / Away)	28
64	Goals conceded (Competition total)	61
27	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
2.53	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.08
2.85	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.65
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.69
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.59

Betting aid

33	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	27
17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
32	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
17	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Bobby Charlton	29 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Bunny Larkin
Bobby Charlton	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Robin Stubbs
Bobby Charlton	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gordon Astall
Bobby Charlton	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Bobby Charlton	6 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Bunny Larkin

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

12 v

5 d

6 l

34 gf

21 ga

Away

24 matches

4 v

9 d

11 l

27 gf

37 ga

Total

47 matches

16 v

14 d

17 l

61 gf

58 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

11 v

9 d

4 l

37 gf

27 ga

Away

23 matches

6 v

5 d

12 l

21 gf

34 ga

Total

47 matches

17 v

14 d

16 l

58 gf

61 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 29, 1958
Home	3 - 0	November 20, 1948

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 12, 1927
Away	2 - 0	April 19, 1958

Latest head to head

November 29, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Birmingham City

0 - 4

Man United

April 19, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

Man United

0 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 07, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Birmingham City

3 - 3

Man United

March 23, 1957 - FA Cup 1956/1957

Man United

2 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

December 15, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Birmingham City

3 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Dennis Viollet	4 goals	1956 - 1957
Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1957 - 1958
Tommy Taylor	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Liam Whelan	1 goal	1956 - 1956
Warren Bradley	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Albert Scanlon	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Bill Foulkes	6 matches	1956 - 1958
Dennis Viollet	5 matches	1956 - 1958
Johnny Berry	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Ray Wood	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Eddie Colman	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Duncan Edwards	4 matches	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Bunny Larkin	1 match	1958 - 1958
Brian Farmer	1 match	1958 - 1958
Trevor Smith	1 match	1958 - 1958
Dick Neal	1 match	1958 - 1958
Johnny Gordon	1 match	1958 - 1958
Brian Taylor	1 match	1958 - 1958