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Man United 3-2 Leeds United - November 17, 1956 / Division 1 1956/1957

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Division 1 1956/1957 - Round 18

Maine Road - Manchester - England

November 17, 1956

51 131

Man United

3 - 2

Leeds United

Liam Whelan

19'

Bobby Charlton

57'

Liam Whelan

64'

26'

Frank McKenna

66'

John Charles (penalty)

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19' - Goal Liam Whelan19

26' - Goal Frank McKenna

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57' - Goal Bobby Charlton57

64' - Goal Liam Whelan64

66' - Goal John Charles

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 2

Leeds United

Man United Leeds United

Team line-ups

Man United

Wood

Ray Wood

England

B.date11/06/1931

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Byrne

Roger Byrne

England

B.date08/02/1929

Age27 years

positionDefender

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Jones

Mark Jones

England

B.date15/06/1933

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

McGuiness

Wilfred McGuiness

England

B.date25/10/1937

Age19 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Colman

Eddie Colman

England

B.date01/11/1936

Age20 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Charlton57

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age19 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Whelan1964

Liam Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1935

Age21 years

positionForward

Berry

Johnny Berry

England

B.date01/06/1926

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

Taylor

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date29/01/1932

Age24 years

positionStriker

Pegg

David Pegg

England

B.date20/09/1935

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Wood		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Byrne		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Jones		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfred McGuiness		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Colman		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	57	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Liam Whelan	1964	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Berry		30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Taylor		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Pegg		21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leeds United

Wood

Royden Wood

England

B.date16/10/1930

Age26 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Charlton

Jack Charlton

England

B.date08/05/1935

Age21 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hair

Grenville Hair

England

B.date16/11/1931

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Dunn

Jimmy Dunn

Scotland

B.date23/10/1922

Age34 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Gibson

Archie Gibson

Scotland

B.date30/12/1933

Age22 years

positionRight Midfielder

Kerfoot

Eric Kerfoot

England

B.date31/07/1924

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Forrest

Bob Forrest

England

B.date13/05/1931

Age25 years

positionSecond striker

Charles66

John Charles

Wales

B.date27/12/1931

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Meek

George Meek

Scotland

B.date15/02/1934

Age22 years

H1m60

positionLeft Winger

Overfield

Jackie Overfield

England

B.date14/05/1932

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

McKenna26

Frank McKenna

England

B.date08/01/1933

Age23 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Royden Wood		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Charlton		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Grenville Hair		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Dunn		34	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gibson		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eric Kerfoot		32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Forrest		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Charles	66	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Meek		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Overfield		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank McKenna	26	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 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

Wilfred McGuiness

Duncan Edwards

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

482

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Leeds United

4 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 1956

Busby vs Carter

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 1956

Manager

Age

Match num

Raich Carter

149

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Carter vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 17, 1956

Carter vs Busby

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 17, 1956

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Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 3 consecutive draws vs Leeds United at home in Premier League (since 01/01/1931). It's a record streak. The first of history

Leeds United keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 27/10/1956).

Man United keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Leeds United in Premier League running (since 07/04/1947). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 10-0 Anderlecht26/09/1956

VManchester United 4-2 Charlton06/10/1956

VManchester United 3-2 Borussia Dortmund17/10/1956

LManchester United 2-5 Everton20/10/1956

VManchester City 0-1 Manchester United24/10/1956

VManchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton03/11/1956

Overall

VManchester United 3-2 Borussia Dortmund17/10/1956

LManchester United 2-5 Everton20/10/1956

VManchester City 0-1 Manchester United24/10/1956

DBlackpool 2-2 Manchester United27/10/1956

VManchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton03/11/1956

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United10/11/1956

Current form

Away

LManchester City 1-0 Leeds United05/09/1956

VWolverhampton 1-2 Leeds United15/09/1956

DLuton Town 2-2 Leeds United29/09/1956

LCardiff City 4-1 Leeds United06/10/1956

DBurnley 0-0 Leeds United20/10/1956

VNewcastle United 2-3 Leeds United03/11/1956

Overall

LCardiff City 4-1 Leeds United06/10/1956

DLeeds United 1-1 Birmingham City13/10/1956

DBurnley 0-0 Leeds United20/10/1956

LLeeds United 1-2 Preston North End27/10/1956

VNewcastle United 2-3 Leeds United03/11/1956

VLeeds United 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday10/11/1956

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	10	2
Scoring streak	39	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
11	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
2.44	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.82
2.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.38
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (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

Liam Whelan	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	John Charles
Dennis Viollet	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	John Charles
Johnny Berry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Liam Whelan	11 goals during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 2 matches	John Charles

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

5 d

2 l

20 gf

13 ga

Away

11 matches

4 v

1 d

6 l

15 gf

21 ga

Total

23 matches

9 v

6 d

8 l

35 gf

34 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

1 d

4 l

21 gf

15 ga

Away

12 matches

2 v

5 d

5 l

13 gf

20 ga

Total

23 matches

8 v

6 d

9 l

34 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 27, 1951
Home	4 - 0	January 27, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 20, 1930
Away	5 - 2	November 07, 1931

Latest head to head

January 27, 1951 - FA Cup 1950/1951

Man United

4 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

April 08, 1947 - Division 1 1946/1947

Leeds United

0 - 2

Man United

April 07, 1947 - Division 1 1946/1947

Man United

3 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

April 10, 1939 - Division 1 1938/1939

Leeds United

3 - 1

Man United

April 07, 1939 - Division 1 1938/1939

Man United

0 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Gordon Hodgson	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Arthur Buckley	1 goal	1939 - 1939
George Ainsley	1 goal	1939 - 1939

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Players with most games played vs Leeds United

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

George Scaife	2 matches	1939 - 1939
Jim Makinson	2 matches	1939 - 1939
George Ainsley	2 matches	1939 - 1939
James Twoomey	2 matches	1939 - 1939
Tom Holley	2 matches	1939 - 1939
Wilf Copping	2 matches	1939 - 1939