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Dundee United 4-2 Celtic Glasgow - January 04, 1986 / Premier Division 1985/1986

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14' - Goal David Dodds14

17' - Goal David Dodds17

20' - Yellow card Willie McStay

26' - Goal Brian McClair

32' - Goal Eamonn Bannon32

34' - Goal Kevin Gallacher34

34' - Yellow card Tommy Burns

40' - Yellow card Ronnie Coyle

logo Dundee United DU

60' - Substitution Owen Archdeaconis substituted by Alan McInally

68' - Substitution William Kirkwoodis substituted by Ian Redford68

87' - Goal Brian McClair

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Dundee United

4 - 2

Celtic Glasgow

Dundee United Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

Dundee United

Thomson

Billy Thomson

Scotland

B.date10/02/1958

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hegarty

Paul Hegarty

Scotland

B.date25/07/1954

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Gough

Richard Gough

Scotland

B.date05/04/1962

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Narey

Dave Narey

Scotland

B.date12/06/1956

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Holt

John Holt

Scotland

B.date21/11/1956

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Malpas

Maurice Malpas

Scotland

B.date03/08/1962

Age23 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

Kirkwood68

William Kirkwood

Scotland

B.date01/09/1958

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Bannon32

Eamonn Bannon

Scotland

B.date18/04/1958

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Gallacher34

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age19 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Dodds1714

David Dodds

Scotland

B.date23/09/1958

Age27 years

positionStriker

Sturrock

Paul Sturrock

Scotland

B.date10/10/1956

Age29 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Thomson		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hegarty		31	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Gough		23	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Narey		29	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Holt		29	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Malpas		23	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	William Kirkwood	68	27	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eamonn Bannon	32	27	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher	34	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Dodds	1714	27	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Sturrock		29	206	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

190

Celtic Glasgow

Bonner

Pat Bonner

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/05/1960

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Archdeacon60

Owen Archdeacon

Scotland

B.date04/03/1966

Age19 years

positionDefender

W. McStay20

Willie McStay

Scotland

B.date26/11/1961

Age24 years

positionDefender

McAdam

Tom McAdam

Scotland

B.date09/04/1954

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Coyle40

Ronnie Coyle

Scotland

B.date04/08/1964

Age21 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Aitken

Roy Aitken

Scotland

B.date24/11/1958

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McGrain

Danny McGrain

Scotland

B.date01/05/1950

Age35 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Grant

Peter Grant

Scotland

B.date30/08/1965

Age20 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Paul McStay

Scotland

B.date22/10/1964

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Burns34

Tommy Burns

Scotland

B.date16/12/1956

Age29 years

positionLeft Midfielder

McClair2687

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age22 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

McGhee

Mark McGhee

Scotland

B.date25/05/1957

Age28 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Bonner		25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Owen Archdeacon	60	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie McStay	20	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom McAdam		31	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronnie Coyle	40	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Aitken		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny McGrain		35	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Grant		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul McStay		21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Burns	34	29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair	2687	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark McGhee		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Redford	68	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alan McInally	60	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Gough

Dave Beaumont

OUT

William Kirkwood

Ian Redford

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim McLean

655

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

McLean vs Celtic Glasgow

18 victories

15 draws

26 losses

Latest figure on January 04, 1986

McLean vs Hay

8 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 04, 1986

Manager

Age

Match num

David Hay

129

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Hay vs Dundee United

2 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on January 04, 1986

Hay vs McLean

2 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on January 04, 1986

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Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Jim McLean has reached 48% of wins .

No Dundee United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Jim McLean has done less than 1.71 goals scored per game .

The last time Dundee United has scored at least 4 goals vs Celtic Glasgow, It was on the 13/01/1962

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DDundee United 1-1 Heart of Midlothian02/11/1985

VDundee United 3-0 Motherwell09/11/1985

VDundee United 2-1 Neuchâtel Xamax27/11/1985

VDundee United 2-1 Aberdeen21/12/1985

VDundee United 1-0 Celtic Glasgow23/12/1985

DDundee United 0-0 Dundee FC29/12/1985

Overall

VDundee United 2-1 Neuchâtel Xamax27/11/1985

LNeuchâtel Xamax 3-1 Dundee United11/12/1985

DGlasgow Rangers 1-1 Dundee United14/12/1985

VDundee United 2-1 Aberdeen21/12/1985

VDundee United 1-0 Celtic Glasgow23/12/1985

DDundee United 0-0 Dundee FC29/12/1985

Current form

Away

VDundee FC 0-2 Celtic Glasgow28/09/1985

VMotherwell 1-2 Celtic Glasgow19/10/1985

LAberdeen 4-1 Celtic Glasgow02/11/1985

LGlasgow Rangers 3-0 Celtic Glasgow09/11/1985

DHeart of Midlothian 1-1 Celtic Glasgow14/12/1985

LDundee United 1-0 Celtic Glasgow23/12/1985

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Clydebank 1965-200216/11/1985

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 Hibernian23/11/1985

DHeart of Midlothian 1-1 Celtic Glasgow14/12/1985

LDundee United 1-0 Celtic Glasgow23/12/1985

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Clydebank 1965-200229/12/1985

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Glasgow Rangers01/01/1986

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	4
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
9	Victories (Competition total)	10
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.56
0.84	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.22

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Paul Sturrock	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Paul Sturrock	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Eamonn Bannon	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Eamonn Bannon	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Eamonn Bannon	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

16 v

9 d

18 l

59 gf

73 ga

Away

43 matches

6 v

12 d

25 l

45 gf

93 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Total

90 matches

23 v

22 d

45 l

108 gf

173 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

25 v

12 d

6 l

93 gf

45 ga

Away

43 matches

18 v

9 d

16 l

73 gf

59 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

7 gf

4 ga

Total

90 matches

45 v

22 d

23 l

173 gf

108 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 26, 1985
Home	3 - 0	May 08, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 01, 1930
Away	5 - 0	March 30, 1968

Latest head to head

December 23, 1985 - Premier Division 1985/1986

Dundee United

1 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

October 26, 1985 - Premier Division 1985/1986

Celtic Glasgow

0 - 3

Dundee United logo Dundee United

May 18, 1985 - Scottish FA Cup 1984/1985

Celtic Glasgow

2 - 1

Dundee United logo Dundee United

March 02, 1985 - Premier Division 1984/1985

Dundee United

0 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

December 29, 1984 - Premier Division 1984/1985

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 2

Dundee United logo Dundee United

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Eamonn Bannon	7 goals	1983 - 1985
Paul Sturrock	6 goals	1982 - 1984
David Dodds	5 goals	1982 - 1985
Ralph Milne	4 goals	1981 - 1983
Paul Hegarty	2 goals	1982 - 1983
Richard Gough	2 goals	1983 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/05/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Dundee United

Charly Nicholas	5 goals	1982 - 1983
Tommy Burns	4 goals	1982 - 1984
Frank McGarvey	3 goals	1982 - 1985
George McCluskey	3 goals	1981 - 1982
Brian McClair	2 goals	1983 - 1984
David Provan	2 goals	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/05/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Paul Hegarty	22 matches	1981 - 1985
Dave Narey	21 matches	1981 - 1985
Eamonn Bannon	21 matches	1981 - 1985
Richard Gough	21 matches	1982 - 1985
John Holt	20 matches	1981 - 1985
Maurice Malpas	20 matches	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/05/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Dundee United

Pat Bonner	22 matches	1981 - 1985
Roy Aitken	22 matches	1981 - 1985
Murdo MacLeod	21 matches	1981 - 1985
Tommy Burns	18 matches	1981 - 1985
Danny McGrain	18 matches	1974 - 1985
Paul McStay	18 matches	1982 - 1985