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Charlton 1-5 Man United - February 18, 1957 / Division 1 1956/1957

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Division 1 1956/1957 - Round 29

The Valley - London - England

February 18, 1957

16 308

Charlton

1 - 5

Man United

12'

Tommy Taylor

26'

Tommy Taylor

42'

Bobby Charlton

46'

Bobby Charlton

59'

Bobby Charlton

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12' - Goal Tommy Taylor

26' - Goal Tommy Taylor

42' - Goal Bobby Charlton

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46' - Goal Bobby Charlton

59' - Goal Bobby Charlton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Charlton

1 - 5

Man United

Charlton Man United

Team line-ups

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Man United

Wood

Ray Wood

England

B.date11/06/1931

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Byrne

Roger Byrne

England

B.date08/02/1929

Age28 years

positionDefender

Jones

Mark Jones

England

B.date15/06/1933

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Bent

Geoff Bent

England

B.date22/09/1932

Age24 years

positionFull-back

McGuiness

Wilfred McGuiness

England

B.date25/10/1937

Age19 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Colman

Eddie Colman

England

B.date01/11/1936

Age20 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Charlton465942

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age19 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Taylor1226

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date29/01/1932

Age25 years

positionStriker

Pegg

David Pegg

England

B.date20/09/1935

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Berry

Johnny Berry

England

B.date01/06/1926

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

Whelan

Liam Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1935

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Wood		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Byrne		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Jones		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Bent		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfred McGuiness		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Colman		20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	465942	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Taylor	1226	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Pegg		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Berry		30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Liam Whelan		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Bobby Charlton

Duncan Edwards

OUT

Geoff Bent

Bill Foulkes

OUT

Wilfred McGuiness

Dennis Viollet

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

500

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Busby vs Charlton

17 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 18, 1957

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Bobby Charlton scores at least 3 goals during the same game in Premier League

Bobby Charlton scored 5 goals vs Charlton in his professional career with Manchester United

Man United keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 26/01/1957). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/02/1956-17/10/1956 time period (29 matches).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCharlton 3-4 Preston North End08/12/1956

LCharlton 0-2 Aston Villa15/12/1956

VCharlton 2-1 Wolverhampton25/12/1956

VCharlton 3-2 Sunderland29/12/1956

LCharlton 2-3 Middlesbrough10/01/1957

LCharlton 0-4 Blackpool02/02/1957

Overall

LCharlton 2-3 Middlesbrough10/01/1957

LSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Charlton12/01/1957

LManchester City 5-1 Charlton19/01/1957

LCharlton 0-4 Blackpool02/02/1957

LEverton 5-0 Charlton09/02/1957

LWolverhampton 7-3 Charlton16/02/1957

Current form

Away

VPortsmouth 1-3 Manchester United29/12/1956

VHartlepool United 3-4 Manchester United05/01/1957

LAthletic Bilbao 5-3 Manchester United16/01/1957

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Manchester United19/01/1957

VWrexham 0-5 Manchester United26/01/1957

VManchester City 2-4 Manchester United02/02/1957

Overall

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Manchester United19/01/1957

VWrexham 0-5 Manchester United26/01/1957

VManchester City 2-4 Manchester United02/02/1957

VManchester United 3-0 Athletic Bilbao06/02/1957

VManchester United 6-2 Arsenal09/02/1957

VManchester United 1-0 Everton16/02/1957

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	6
Winless streak	2	7
Drawless streak	8	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	12	24

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	8	15
Scoring streak	9	16
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	28
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
6	Victories (Competition total)	20
5	Victories (Home / Away)	8
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
22	Losses (Competition total)	4
8	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	77
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	30
88	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
32	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.75
1.53	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.14
2.93	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.46
2.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.57

Betting aid

24	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	25
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (4 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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	21 goals	Liam Whelan
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Tommy Taylor
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Johnny Berry
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Johnny Berry
-	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 8 matches	Liam Whelan

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

5 v

4 d

6 l

26 gf

19 ga

Away

17 matches

2 v

3 d

12 l

19 gf

43 ga

Total

32 matches

7 v

7 d

18 l

45 gf

62 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

12 v

3 d

2 l

43 gf

19 ga

Away

15 matches

6 v

4 d

5 l

19 gf

26 ga

Total

32 matches

18 v

7 d

7 l

62 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	February 11, 1939
Home	7 - 1	February 11, 1939

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 26, 1955
Away	3 - 1	September 07, 1946

Latest head to head

October 06, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Man United

4 - 2

Charlton

December 27, 1955 - Division 1 1955/1956

Charlton

3 - 0

Man United

December 26, 1955 - Division 1 1955/1956

Man United

5 - 1

Charlton

April 26, 1955 - Division 1 1954/1955

Charlton

1 - 1

Man United

September 04, 1954 - Division 1 1954/1955

Man United

3 - 1

Charlton

Best historical scorers against Man United

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Best historical scorers against Charlton

Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1956 - 1956
Johnny Berry	1 goal	1956 - 1956
Liam Whelan	1 goal	1956 - 1956

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Players with most games played vs Man United

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Players with most games played vs Charlton

Ray Wood	1 match	1956 - 1956
Geoff Bent	1 match	1956 - 1956
Mark Jones	1 match	1956 - 1956
Johnny Berry	1 match	1956 - 1956
Bobby Charlton	1 match	1956 - 1956
David Pegg	1 match	1956 - 1956