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Manchester City 2-0 Stoke City - March 22, 1997 / First Division 1996/1997

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First Division 1996/1997 - Round 39

Maine Road - Manchester - England

March 22, 1997

Manchester City

2 - 0

Stoke City

Dalian Atkinson

65'

Steve Lomas

68'

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65' - Goal Dalian Atkinson65

68' - Goal Steve Lomas68

74' - Substitution Dalian Atkinsonis substituted by Mikhail Kavelashvili74

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

2 - 0

Stoke City

Manchester City Stoke City

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Wright

Tommy Wright

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Horlock

Kevin Horlock

Northern Ireland

B.date01/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Symons

Kit Symons

Wales

B.date08/03/1971

Age26 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Brannan

Ged Brannan

England

B.date15/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McGoldrick

Eddie McGoldrick

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1965

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Brightwell

Ian Brightwell

England

B.date09/04/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Lomas68

Steve Lomas

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Atkinson6574

Dalian Atkinson

England

B.date21/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Kinkladze

Giorgi Kinkladze

Georgia

B.date06/07/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Rösler

Uwe Rösler

Germany

B.date15/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Summerbee

Nicky Summerbee

England

B.date26/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Wright		33	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Horlock		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kit Symons		26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ged Brannan		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie McGoldrick		31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Brightwell		28	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Lomas	68	23	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dalian Atkinson	6574	29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giorgi Kinkladze		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Uwe Rösler		28	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Summerbee		25	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mikhail Kavelashvili	74	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dalian Atkinson

Rae Ingram

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Clark

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Clark vs Stoke City

5 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 22, 1997

Clark vs Macari

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 22, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Lou Macari

257

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Macari vs Manchester City

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 22, 1997

Macari vs Clark

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 22, 1997

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Key figures

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Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 3-1 Watford05/02/1997

VManchester City 3-0 Southend08/02/1997

LManchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough15/02/1997

VManchester City 3-0 Swindon Town22/02/1997

DManchester City 1-1 Portsmouth05/03/1997

VManchester City 1-0 Oldham Athletic08/03/1997

Overall

VBradford 1-3 Manchester City01/03/1997

DManchester City 1-1 Portsmouth05/03/1997

VManchester City 1-0 Oldham Athletic08/03/1997

LBirmingham City 2-0 Manchester City11/03/1997

DGrimsby Town 1-1 Manchester City15/03/1997

DTranmere Rovers 1-1 Manchester City18/03/1997

Current form

Away

LHuddersfield Town 2-1 Stoke City01/01/1997

VCharlton 1-2 Stoke City18/01/1997

LWolverhampton 2-0 Stoke City01/02/1997

LSouthend 2-1 Stoke City15/02/1997

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 Stoke City28/02/1997

LSwindon Town 1-0 Stoke City15/03/1997

Overall

DStoke City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers22/02/1997

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 Stoke City28/02/1997

VStoke City 3-1 Grimsby Town05/03/1997

LStoke City 0-1 Ipswich Town08/03/1997

LSwindon Town 1-0 Stoke City15/03/1997

VStoke City 1-0 Wolverhampton18/03/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	0	3
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
13	Victories (Competition total)	15
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
16	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	46
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.39	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.94
1.32	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.24
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
3	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Giorgi Kinkladze	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Giorgi Kinkladze	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Giorgi Kinkladze	6 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Giorgi Kinkladze	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Uwe Rösler	7 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

25 v

11 d

5 l

71 gf

32 ga

Away

41 matches

8 v

7 d

26 l

32 gf

69 ga

Total

82 matches

33 v

18 d

31 l

103 gf

101 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

26 v

7 d

8 l

69 gf

32 ga

Away

41 matches

5 v

11 d

25 l

32 gf

71 ga

Total

82 matches

31 v

18 d

33 l

101 gf

103 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 26, 1927
Home	4 - 0	November 26, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 01, 1975
Away	2 - 1	September 20, 1980

Latest head to head

August 24, 1996 - First Division 1996/1997

Stoke City

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 27, 1989 - Division 2 1988/1989

Manchester City

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

December 26, 1988 - Division 2 1988/1989

Stoke City

3 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 28, 1987 - Division 2 1987/1988

Stoke City

1 - 3

Manchester City logo Manchester City

September 19, 1987 - Division 2 1987/1988

Manchester City

3 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Francis Lee	6 goals	1967 - 1972
Colin Bell	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Trevor Francis	3 goals	1981 - 1982
Rodney Marsh	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Neil Young	2 goals	1967 - 1970
Mike Summerbee	2 goals	1966 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Jimmy Greenhoff	8 goals	1969 - 1976
Harry Burrows	3 goals	1967 - 1970
John Ritchie	3 goals	1969 - 1972
Geoff Hurst	2 goals	1972 - 1975
Brendan O'Callaghan	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Mike Bernard	2 goals	1970 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Joe Corrigan	21 matches	1969 - 1982
Tommy Booth	20 matches	1969 - 1981
Michael Doyle	20 matches	1967 - 1977
Mike Summerbee	17 matches	1966 - 1975
Colin Bell	17 matches	1966 - 1975
Alan Oakes	16 matches	1967 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Denis Smith	19 matches	1969 - 1980
John Mahoney	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Alan Bloor	18 matches	1966 - 1977
Mike Pejic	17 matches	1969 - 1977
Jimmy Greenhoff	17 matches	1969 - 1976
Eric Skeels	15 matches	1966 - 1975