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Tottenham 1-2 Man United - December 21, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 17

White Hart Lane - London - England

December 21, 2003

34 793

1 - 2

Man United

Gustavo Poyet

63'

15'

John O'Shea

25'

Ruud van Nistelrooy

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15' - Goal John O'Shea

19' - Substitution Darren Andertonis substituted by Gustavo Poyet19

25' - Goal Ruud van Nistelrooy

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63' - Goal Gustavo Poyet63

64' - Substitution Mauricio Tariccois substituted by Rohan Ricketts64

77' - Substitution Stéphane Dalmatis substituted by Hélder Postiga77

79' - Substitution Darren Fletcheris substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo

82' - Substitution Roy Keaneis substituted by Nicky Butt

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

1 - 2

Man United

Tottenham Man United

Team line-ups

Tottenham

13 Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age34 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

30 Gardner

Anthony Gardner

England

B.date19/09/1980

Age23 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

26 King

Ledley King

England

B.date12/10/1980

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

36 Richards

Dean Richards

England

B.date09/06/1974

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

3 Taricco64

Mauricio Taricco

Argentina

B.date10/03/1973

Age30 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

16 Konchesky

Paul Konchesky

England

B.date15/05/1981

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

2 Carr

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

11 Dalmat77

Stéphane Dalmat

France

B.date16/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m86

positionBox-to-box midfielder

7 Anderton19

Darren Anderton

England

B.date03/03/1972

Age31 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

9 Kanouté

Frédéric Kanouté

Mali

B.date02/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m92

positionStriker

10 Keane

Robbie Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1980

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Kasey Keller		34	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Anthony Gardner		23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Ledley King		23	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Dean Richards		29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Mauricio Taricco	64	30	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Paul Konchesky		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Stephen Carr		27	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stéphane Dalmat	77	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Darren Anderton	19	31	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Frédéric Kanouté		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Robbie Keane		23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Man United

14 Howard

Tim Howard

United States

B.date06/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

27 Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

22 O'Shea15

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

3 P. Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

2 G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

16 Keane82

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

24 Fletcher79

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

11 Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

18 Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

10 van Nistelrooy25

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
14	G	Tim Howard		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mikaël Silvestre		26	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea	15	22	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Phil Neville		26	331	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville		28	413	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Roy Keane	82	32	413	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher	79	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs		30	567	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes		29	389	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ruud van Nistelrooy	25	27	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

240

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
27	M	Rohan Ricketts	64	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Gustavo Poyet	6319	36	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Hélder Postiga	77	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
8	M		Nicky Butt	82	28	368	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F		Cristiano Ronaldo	79	18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stéphane Dalmat

Rohan Ricketts

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Fletcher

Kléberson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Man United

2 victories

7 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2003

Pleat vs Ferguson

1 victory

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

950

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Tottenham

23 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2003

Ferguson vs Pleat

5 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2003

Referee

Rob Styles

5 victories	4 draws	12 losses	Tottenham21 matches	General total	Man United31 matches	20 victories	10 draws	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Tottenham3 matches	Season total	Man United2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 02, 2009					Latest figure on May 13, 2009

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Key figures

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 6 goals vs Tottenham in Premier League with Manchester United

Man United keeps its 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home in Premier League running (since 27/04/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/02/1993-11/09/1993 time period (12 matches).

Tottenham keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 01/11/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/01/2003-23/08/2003 time period (16 matches).

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 1-0 West Ham29/10/2003

LTottenham 0-1 Bolton Wanderers01/11/2003

VTottenham 2-1 Aston Villa23/11/2003

VTottenham 3-1 Manchester City03/12/2003

VTottenham 5-2 Wolverhampton06/12/2003

DTottenham 1-1 Middlesbrough17/12/2003

Overall

VTottenham 2-1 Aston Villa23/11/2003

LBlackburn 1-0 Tottenham29/11/2003

VTottenham 3-1 Manchester City03/12/2003

VTottenham 5-2 Wolverhampton06/12/2003

LNewcastle United 4-0 Tottenham13/12/2003

DTottenham 1-1 Middlesbrough17/12/2003

Current form

Away

VGlasgow Rangers 0-1 Manchester United22/10/2003

VLeeds United 2-3 Manchester United28/10/2003

VLiverpool 1-2 Manchester United09/11/2003

VPanathinaikos 0-1 Manchester United26/11/2003

LChelsea 1-0 Manchester United30/11/2003

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester United03/12/2003

Overall

VPanathinaikos 0-1 Manchester United26/11/2003

LChelsea 1-0 Manchester United30/11/2003

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester United03/12/2003

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa06/12/2003

VManchester United 2-0 Stuttgart09/12/2003

VManchester United 3-1 Manchester City13/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	5	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	3
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	14	17
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
5	Victories (Competition total)	12
4	Victories (Home / Away)	5
3	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
8	Losses (Competition total)	3
3	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.57
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.63
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.71

Betting aid

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

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Frédéric Kanouté	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Robbie Keane	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Ruud van Nistelrooy
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ruud van Nistelrooy
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Ryan Giggs
Robbie Keane	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Ruud van Nistelrooy

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

30 v

25 d

19 l

129 gf

92 ga

Away

76 matches

13 v

14 d

49 l

74 gf

145 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

151 matches

44 v

39 d

68 l

206 gf

238 ga

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

49 v

14 d

13 l

145 gf

74 ga

Away

74 matches

19 v

25 d

30 l

92 gf

129 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

151 matches

68 v

39 d

44 l

238 gf

206 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 10, 1932
Home	6 - 1	September 10, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 22, 1910
Away	2 - 0	April 27, 2003

Latest head to head

April 27, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Tottenham

0 - 2

Man United

September 21, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Man United

1 - 0

Tottenham

March 06, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Man United

4 - 0

Tottenham

September 29, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Tottenham

3 - 5

Man United

May 19, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Tottenham

3 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Bobby Smith	11 goals	1957 - 1960
Jimmy Greaves	11 goals	1962 - 1968
Martin Chivers	10 goals	1968 - 1975
Martin Peters	6 goals	1970 - 1972
Alan Gilzean	6 goals	1965 - 1970
Chris Armstrong	5 goals	1996 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Bobby Charlton	15 goals	1959 - 1972
Denis Law	15 goals	1963 - 1971
David Beckham	7 goals	1997 - 2002
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	7 goals	1996 - 2000
David Herd	7 goals	1962 - 1967
George Best	7 goals	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Steve Perryman	37 matches	1969 - 1985
Glenn Hoddle	27 matches	1976 - 1987
Pat Jennings	25 matches	1964 - 1977
Gary Mabbutt	23 matches	1982 - 1996
Cyril Knowles	21 matches	1964 - 1973
Chris Hughton	21 matches	1979 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Bobby Charlton	38 matches	1957 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	27 matches	1956 - 1968
Tony Dunne	24 matches	1962 - 1972
Ryan Giggs	24 matches	1991 - 2003
Martin Buchan	23 matches	1972 - 1981
George Best	22 matches	1964 - 1973