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Man United 3-0 Tottenham - March 20, 2004 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 29

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 20, 2004

67 634

Man United

3 - 0

Tottenham

Assist by Ole Gunnar SolskjaerRyan Giggs

29'

Assist by Roy Keane (right foot) Cristiano Ronaldo

89'

Assist by Ryan GiggsDavid Bellion

90+3'

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29' - Goal Ryan Giggs29

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46' - Substitution Mauricio Tariccois substituted by Stéphane Dalmat

57' - Yellow card Ryan Giggs57

65' - Substitution Dean Marneyis substituted by Jamie Redknapp

72' - Yellow card Stephen Carr

74' - Substitution Ole Gunnar Solskjaeris substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo74

79' - Substitution Jermain Defoeis substituted by Frédéric Kanouté

81' - Substitution Diego Forlánis substituted by Nicky Butt81

89' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo89

91' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by David Bellion91

93' - Goal David Bellion93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 0

Tottenham

Man United Tottenham

Team line-ups

Man United

13 Carroll

Roy Carroll

Northern Ireland

B.date30/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

6 Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

27 Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

3 Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

22 O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

16 Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

18 Scholes90+1

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

11 Giggs2957

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

21 Forlán81

Diego Forlán

Uruguay

B.date19/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

20 Solskjaer74

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age31 years

H1m80

positionStriker

10 van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Roy Carroll		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Wes Brown		24	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mikaël Silvestre		26	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Phil Neville		27	345	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea		22	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Roy Keane		32	426	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes	90+1	29	407	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs	2957	30	581	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Diego Forlán	81	24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	74	31	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ruud van Nistelrooy		27	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

256

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

12 Doherty

Gary Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1980

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

3 Taricco46

Mauricio Taricco

Argentina

B.date10/03/1973

Age31 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

23 Ziege

Christian Ziege

Germany

B.date01/02/1972

Age32 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

2 Carr72

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

40 Marney65

Dean Marney

England

B.date31/01/1984

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

6 Brown

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

18 Defoe79

Jermain Defoe

England

B.date07/10/1982

Age21 years

H1m70

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	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Anthony Gardner		23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Ledley King		23	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Gary Doherty		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Mauricio Taricco	46	31	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Christian Ziege		32	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Stephen Carr	72	27	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	M	Dean Marney	65	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Michael Brown		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jermain Defoe	79	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Robbie Keane		23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	M	Nicky Butt	81	29	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	David Bellion	9390+1	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo	8974	19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	M	Jamie Redknapp	65	30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stéphane Dalmat	46	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Frédéric Kanouté	79	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roy Carroll

Tim Howard

OUT

Diego Forlán

Cristiano Ronaldo

OUT

Roy Keane

Nicky Butt

OUT

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dean Marney

Frédéric Kanouté

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

968

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Tottenham

24 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

Ferguson vs Pleat

6 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

109

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Man United

2 victories

7 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

Pleat vs Ferguson

1 victory

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 2004

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

18 victories	9 draws	3 losses	Man United30 matches	General total	Tottenham31 matches	14 victories	6 draws	11 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Man United3 matches	Season total	Tottenham3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 01, 2005					Latest figure on April 08, 2006

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Key figures

Ryan Giggs scored 5 goals vs Tottenham in his professional career

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has reached 57% of wins .

The last time Man United has ended with the score 3-0 vs Tottenham, It was on the 24/09/1927

Read the next 30 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-2 Southampton31/01/2004

LManchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough11/02/2004

VManchester United 4-2 Manchester City14/02/2004

DManchester United 1-1 Leeds United21/02/2004

VManchester United 2-1 Fulham06/03/2004

DManchester United 1-1 FC Porto09/03/2004

Overall

DManchester United 1-1 Leeds United21/02/2004

LFC Porto 2-1 Manchester United25/02/2004

DFulham 1-1 Manchester United28/02/2004

VManchester United 2-1 Fulham06/03/2004

DManchester United 1-1 FC Porto09/03/2004

LManchester City 4-1 Manchester United14/03/2004

Current form

Away

LPortsmouth 2-0 Tottenham26/12/2003

VLeeds United 0-1 Tottenham10/01/2004

DManchester City 1-1 Tottenham25/01/2004

LFulham 2-1 Tottenham31/01/2004

VCharlton 2-4 Tottenham11/02/2004

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham09/03/2004

Overall

LTottenham 3-4 Manchester City04/02/2004

VTottenham 4-3 Portsmouth07/02/2004

VCharlton 2-4 Tottenham11/02/2004

DTottenham 4-4 Leicester22/02/2004

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham09/03/2004

VTottenham 1-0 Newcastle United14/03/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	6	11
Conceding streak	6	10

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
18	Victories (Competition total)	11
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	13
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.43
2.14	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.85
1.04	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
0.93	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.54

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
4-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ruud van Nistelrooy	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Robbie Keane
Ruud van Nistelrooy	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Frédéric Kanouté
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Robbie Keane
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robbie Keane
Cristiano Ronaldo	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Robbie Keane
Cristiano Ronaldo	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Paul Scholes	4 goals, 1 assist during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	7 goals, 1 assist during the last 9 matches	Robbie Keane

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

49 v

14 d

13 l

145 gf

74 ga

Away

75 matches

20 v

25 d

30 l

94 gf

130 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

152 matches

69 v

39 d

44 l

240 gf

207 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

30 v

25 d

20 l

130 gf

94 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

152 matches

44 v

39 d

69 l

207 gf

240 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 22, 1910
Home	5 - 0	January 22, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 10, 1932
Away	5 - 1	September 12, 1959

Latest head to head

December 21, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Tottenham

1 - 2

Man United

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

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Denis Law	15 goals	1963 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	15 goals	1959 - 1972
David Herd	7 goals	1962 - 1967
George Best	7 goals	1967 - 1973
Mark Hughes	7 goals	1984 - 1994
Brian McClair	7 goals	1987 - 1993

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 Man United

Jimmy Greaves	11 goals	1962 - 1968
Martin Chivers	10 goals	1968 - 1975
Bobby Smith	9 goals	1957 - 1960
Alan Gilzean	6 goals	1965 - 1970
Martin Peters	6 goals	1970 - 1972
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.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Bobby Charlton	38 matches	1957 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	27 matches	1956 - 1968
Ryan Giggs	25 matches	1991 - 2003
Tony Dunne	24 matches	1962 - 1972
Martin Buchan	23 matches	1972 - 1981
George Best	22 matches	1964 - 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