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Man United 3-0 Chelsea - January 01, 1957 / Division 1 1956/1957

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Division 1 1956/1957 - Round 24

Maine Road - Manchester - England

January 01, 1957

42 116

3 - 0

Chelsea

Tommy Taylor

18'

Liam Whelan

44'

Tommy Taylor

49'

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18' - Goal Tommy Taylor18

44' - Goal Liam Whelan44

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49' - Goal Tommy Taylor49

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 0

Chelsea

Man United Chelsea

Team line-ups

Man United

Wood

Ray Wood

England

B.date11/06/1931

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

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

Byrne

Roger Byrne

England

B.date08/02/1929

Age27 years

positionDefender

Edwards

Duncan Edwards

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Colman

Eddie Colman

England

B.date01/11/1936

Age20 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Taylor4918

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date29/01/1932

Age24 years

positionStriker

Whelan44

Liam Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1935

Age21 years

positionForward

Viollet

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age23 years

positionForward

Pegg

David Pegg

England

B.date20/09/1935

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Berry

Johnny Berry

England

B.date01/06/1926

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Wood		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Jones		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Byrne		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Duncan Edwards		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Colman		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Taylor	4918	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Liam Whelan	44	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Pegg		21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Berry		30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tommy Taylor

Wilfred McGuiness

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

490

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Chelsea

14 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1957

Busby vs Drake

8 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 1957

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Drake

212

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Drake vs Man United

1 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1957

Drake vs Busby

1 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1957

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 27/10/1956).

Chelsea keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 24/11/1956). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/02/1956-22/09/1956 time period (12 matches).

Man United keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Chelsea at home in Premier League running (since 11/09/1920). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 2-5 Everton20/10/1956

VManchester City 0-1 Manchester United24/10/1956

VManchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton03/11/1956

VManchester United 3-2 Leeds United17/11/1956

VManchester United 3-1 Luton Town01/12/1956

VManchester United 3-1 Cardiff City26/12/1956

Overall

DTottenham 2-2 Manchester United24/11/1956

VManchester United 3-1 Luton Town01/12/1956

VAston Villa 1-3 Manchester United08/12/1956

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United15/12/1956

VManchester United 3-1 Cardiff City26/12/1956

VPortsmouth 1-3 Manchester United29/12/1956

Current form

Away

VEverton 0-3 Chelsea13/10/1956

DBolton Wanderers 2-2 Chelsea27/10/1956

VSunderland 1-3 Chelsea10/11/1956

DAston Villa 1-1 Chelsea24/11/1956

LManchester City 5-4 Chelsea08/12/1956

LArsenal 2-0 Chelsea26/12/1956

Overall

DChelsea 2-2 Blackpool01/12/1956

LManchester City 5-4 Chelsea08/12/1956

VChelsea 2-0 Burnley15/12/1956

DChelsea 1-1 Arsenal25/12/1956

LArsenal 2-0 Chelsea26/12/1956

DChelsea 1-1 Leeds United29/12/1956

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	2
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Drawless streak	13	5
Scoring streak	42	6
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	3
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	24
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
16	Victories (Competition total)	6
9	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	10
1	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
2.48	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
2.91	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.82

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (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

Liam Whelan	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Dennis Viollet	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Johnny Berry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Dennis Viollet	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

15 v

7 d

3 l

43 gf

15 ga

Away

26 matches

12 v

7 d

7 l

50 gf

40 ga

Total

51 matches

27 v

14 d

10 l

93 gf

55 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

7 v

7 d

12 l

40 gf

50 ga

Away

25 matches

3 v

7 d

15 l

15 gf

43 ga

Total

51 matches

10 v

14 d

27 l

55 gf

93 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 17, 1948
Home	5 - 0	April 17, 1948

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 06, 1930
Away	2 - 0	January 03, 1920

Latest head to head

September 05, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Chelsea

1 - 2

Man United

March 03, 1956 - Division 1 1955/1956

Chelsea

2 - 4

Man United

November 19, 1955 - Division 1 1955/1956

Man United

3 - 0

Chelsea

April 30, 1955 - Division 1 1954/1955

Man United

2 - 1

Chelsea

October 16, 1954 - Division 1 1954/1955

Chelsea

5 - 6

Man United

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

	Tommy Taylor	1 goal	1956 - 1956
	Liam Whelan	1 goal	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1956. 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 Chelsea

Bill Foulkes	1 match	1956 - 1956
Eddie Colman	1 match	1956 - 1956
Duncan Edwards	1 match	1956 - 1956
Liam Whelan	1 match	1956 - 1956
Dennis Viollet	1 match	1956 - 1956
Ray Wood	1 match	1956 - 1956