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Man United 2-1 Blackburn - January 19, 2002 / Premier League 2001/2002

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Premier League 2001/2002 - Round 23

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 19, 2002

67 552

Man United

2 - 1

Blackburn

(penalty) Ruud van Nistelrooy

45'

Roy Keane

81'

49'

Craig Hignett

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45' - Goal Ruud van Nistelrooy45

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46' - Substitution Mikaël Silvestreis substituted by Denis Irwin46

49' - Goal Craig Hignett

55' - Substitution Ole Gunnar Solskjaeris substituted by Ryan Giggs55

65' - Substitution David Dunnis substituted by Garry Flitcroft

72' - Substitution Matt Jansenis substituted by Mark Hughes

81' - Goal Roy Keane81

84' - Substitution Juan Sebastián Verónis substituted by Nicky Butt84

84' - Substitution Stig Inge Bjørnebyeis substituted by Corrado Grabbi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Blackburn

Man United Blackburn

Team line-ups

Man United

Barthez

Fabien Barthez

France

B.date28/06/1971

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Blanc

Laurent Blanc

France

B.date19/11/1965

Age36 years

H1m90

positionSweeper

Silvestre46

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

P. Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Keane81

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Verón84

Juan Sebastián Verón

Argentina

B.date09/03/1975

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age27 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Solskjaer55

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

van Nistelrooy45

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Fabien Barthez		30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurent Blanc		36	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mikaël Silvestre	46	24	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville		24	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		26	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane	81	30	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Sebastián Verón	84	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		27	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		26	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	55	28	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ruud van Nistelrooy	45	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

186

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Bjørnebye84

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age32 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Johansson

Nils-Eric Johansson

Sweden

B.date13/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Dunn65

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Hignett49

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age32 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age31 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Jansen72

Matt Jansen

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Taylor		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye	84	32	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nils-Eric Johansson		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	65	22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	49	32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff		22	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay		31	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Jansen	72	24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Denis Irwin	46	36	521	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	55	28	465	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt	84	26	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Garry Flitcroft	65	29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	72	38	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Corrado Grabbi	84	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Craig Hignett

Damien Johnson

OUT

Matt Jansen

Corrado Grabbi

OUT

Damien Duff

Alan Mahon

OUT

Brad Friedel

Alan Kelly

OUT

Andy Cole

Mark Hughes

OUT

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

John Curtis

OUT

Kerimoglu Tugay

Keith Gillespie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

837

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Ferguson vs Blackburn

11 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 19, 2002

Ferguson vs Souness

3 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 19, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Souness vs Man United

2 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 19, 2002

Souness vs Ferguson

3 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 19, 2002

Referee

Uriah Rennie

10 victories	5 draws	1 loss	Man United16 matches	General total	Blackburn20 matches	6 victories	5 draws	9 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Man United2 matches	Season total	Blackburn3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on December 26, 2007					Latest figure on May 03, 2008

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 9 consecutive wins running (since 12/12/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/01/1996-11/03/1996 time period (10 matches).

Blackburn keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 05/01/2002).

Man United keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a loss vs Blackburn running (since 14/08/1994). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/12/1993 (11 matches)

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-3 Chelsea01/12/2001

VManchester United 3-0 Boavista05/12/2001

LManchester United 0-1 West Ham08/12/2001

VManchester United 5-0 Derby County12/12/2001

VManchester United 6-1 Southampton22/12/2001

VManchester United 3-1 Newcastle United02/01/2002

Overall

VManchester United 6-1 Southampton22/12/2001

VEverton 0-2 Manchester United26/12/2001

VFulham 2-3 Manchester United30/12/2001

VManchester United 3-1 Newcastle United02/01/2002

VAston Villa 2-3 Manchester United06/01/2002

VSouthampton 1-3 Manchester United13/01/2002

Current form

Away

DChelsea 0-0 Blackburn24/11/2001

LNewcastle United 2-1 Blackburn15/12/2001

VCharlton 0-2 Blackburn22/12/2001

LTottenham 1-0 Blackburn01/01/2002

DBarnsley 1-1 Blackburn05/01/2002

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Blackburn08/01/2002

Overall

LBlackburn 0-1 Derby County29/12/2001

LTottenham 1-0 Blackburn01/01/2002

DBarnsley 1-1 Blackburn05/01/2002

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Blackburn08/01/2002

VBlackburn 4-1 Charlton12/01/2002

VBlackburn 3-1 Barnsley16/01/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	8
Unbeaten streak	3	8
Drawless streak	7	12
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
13	Victories (Competition total)	6
7	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
2.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.32
2.64	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.23
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.3

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ruud van Nistelrooy	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	David Dunn
Ruud van Nistelrooy	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	David Dunn
Ruud van Nistelrooy	9 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Matt Jansen

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

20 v

11 d

8 l

76 gf

44 ga

Away

41 matches

15 v

10 d

16 l

72 gf

81 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

81 matches

36 v

21 d

24 l

150 gf

125 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

16 v

10 d

15 l

81 gf

72 ga

Away

39 matches

8 v

11 d

20 l

44 gf

76 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

81 matches

24 v

21 d

36 l

125 gf

150 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 1965
Home	6 - 1	August 26, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 10, 1926
Away	3 - 0	October 13, 1962

Latest head to head

August 22, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Blackburn

2 - 2

Man United

May 12, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Blackburn

0 - 0

Man United

November 14, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Man United

3 - 2

Blackburn

April 06, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Blackburn

1 - 3

Man United

November 30, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Man United

4 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1966
David Herd	6 goals	1961 - 1966
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1959 - 1963
Denis Law	4 goals	1963 - 1965
Éric Cantona	4 goals	1994 - 1997
Paul Scholes	4 goals	1997 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Mike Harrison	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Paul Warhurst	3 goals	1994 - 1997
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Frederick Pickering	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1993 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	15 matches	1958 - 1966
Peter Schmeichel	14 matches	1992 - 1999
Gary Pallister	13 matches	1992 - 1998
Ryan Giggs	13 matches	1992 - 2001
Bill Foulkes	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Shay Brennan	12 matches	1960 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ronnie Clayton	15 matches	1958 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	13 matches	1958 - 1966
Michael McGrath	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Tim Sherwood	13 matches	1992 - 1998
Colin Hendry	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1992 - 1999