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Man United 3-0 Leeds United - May 04, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 37

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

May 04, 1998

55 167

Man United

3 - 0

Leeds United

Ryan Giggs

(penalty) Denis Irwin

31'

David Beckham

58'

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6' - Goal Ryan Giggs6

31' - Goal Denis Irwin31

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46' - Substitution Denis Irwinis substituted by Phil Neville46

58' - Goal David Beckham58

60' - Substitution David Mayis substituted by Wes Brown photo Brian McClair

60' - Substitution Teddy Sheringhamis substituted by Brian McClair60

60' - Substitution Martin Hidenis substituted by David Hopkin

62' - Red card Gunnar Halle

73' - Substitution Ian Harteis substituted by David Robertson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 0

Leeds United

Man United Leeds United

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Sheringham60

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age32 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Giggs6

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age23 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Beckham58

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Irwin3146

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

May60

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

van der Gouw

Raimond van der Gouw

Netherlands

B.date24/03/1963

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Raimond van der Gouw		35	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David May	60	27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		32	437	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin	3146	32	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		23	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	6	24	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		23	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham	58	23	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		23	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham	60	32	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

183

Leeds United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Kewell

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age19 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Bowyer

Lee Bowyer

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Haaland

Alf-Inge Haaland

Norway

B.date23/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Kelly

Gary Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Harte73

Ian Harte

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Halle62

Gunnar Halle

Norway

B.date11/08/1965

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hiden60

Martin Hiden

Austria

B.date11/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Radebe

Lucas Radebe

South Africa

B.date12/04/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

Wetherall

David Wetherall

England

B.date14/03/1971

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Martyn

Nigel Martyn

England

B.date11/08/1966

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Martyn		31	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Radebe		29	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Hiden	60	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alf-Inge Haaland		25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wetherall		27	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Harte	73	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gunnar Halle	62	32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Kelly		23	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Bowyer		21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell		19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Wes Brown	60	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville	46	21	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair	60	34	474	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Robertson	73	29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		David Hopkin	60	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Neville

Phil Neville

OUT

Raimond van der Gouw

Peter Schmeichel

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lucas Radebe

Rod Wallace

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

623

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Leeds United

11 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 04, 1998

Ferguson vs Graham

8 victories

8 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on May 04, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Graham vs Man United

8 victories

8 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on May 04, 1998

Graham vs Ferguson

7 victories

8 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on May 04, 1998

Referee

Gary Willard

5 victories	3 draws	1 loss	Man United9 matches	General total	Leeds United7 matches	4 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Man United2 matches	Season total	Leeds United2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 1999					Latest figure on May 11, 1999

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has reached 54% of wins .

It's the first time Ryan Giggs scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 27/04/1994 (with vs )

Only back at the time of Sir Matt Busby head of Manchester United (28/12/1970-02/06/1971), you can see a manager go over Sir Alex Ferguson with 1.64 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.98).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Derby County21/02/1998

LManchester United 0-1 Arsenal14/03/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Monaco18/03/1998

VManchester United 2-0 Wimbledon FC28/03/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Liverpool10/04/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United18/04/1998

Overall

DManchester United 1-1 Monaco18/03/1998

VManchester United 2-0 Wimbledon FC28/03/1998

VBlackburn 1-3 Manchester United06/04/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Liverpool10/04/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United18/04/1998

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Manchester United27/04/1998

Current form

Away

LLeicester 1-0 Leeds United07/02/1998

DNewcastle United 1-1 Leeds United22/02/1998

VDerby County 0-5 Leeds United15/03/1998

LWest Ham 3-0 Leeds United30/03/1998

LEverton 2-0 Leeds United11/04/1998

VBolton Wanderers 2-3 Leeds United18/04/1998

Overall

LWest Ham 3-0 Leeds United30/03/1998

VLeeds United 2-1 Barnsley04/04/1998

VLeeds United 3-1 Chelsea08/04/1998

LEverton 2-0 Leeds United11/04/1998

VBolton Wanderers 2-3 Leeds United18/04/1998

DLeeds United 3-3 Coventry25/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
21	Victories (Competition total)	17
12	Victories (Home / Away)	8
8	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	12
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

68	Goals scored (Competition total)	56
39	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.56
2.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
0.72	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.22

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
18	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

58	Yellow cards (Competition total)	73
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	51
2	Red cards (Competition total)	4
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Andy Cole	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Andy Cole	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Rod Wallace
Denis Irwin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Denis Irwin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Andy Cole	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 8 matches	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

20 v

16 d

8 l

66 gf

35 ga

Away

44 matches

16 v

13 d

15 l

54 gf

57 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

91 matches

36 v

31 d

24 l

120 gf

93 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

15 v

13 d

16 l

57 gf

54 ga

Away

44 matches

8 v

16 d

20 l

35 gf

66 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

91 matches

24 v

31 d

36 l

93 gf

120 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 09, 1959
Home	6 - 0	September 09, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 20, 1930
Away	5 - 2	November 07, 1931

Latest head to head

September 27, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leeds United

1 - 0

Man United

December 28, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

September 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leeds United

0 - 4

Man United

April 17, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

December 24, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Leeds United

3 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1956 - 1970
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1959
Andrey Kanchelskis	3 goals	1992 - 1994
Sammy McIlroy	3 goals	1975 - 1978
George Best	3 goals	1966 - 1969
Andy Ritchie	3 goals	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Mick Jones	7 goals	1969 - 1974
Allan Clarke	5 goals	1972 - 1978
Peter Lorimer	3 goals	1966 - 1972
Billy Bremner	3 goals	1969 - 1976
Brian Deane	2 goals	1994 - 1995
Ray Hankin	2 goals	1977 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Bobby Charlton	29 matches	1956 - 1973
Alex Stepney	23 matches	1966 - 1977
Tony Dunne	21 matches	1964 - 1972
George Best	18 matches	1964 - 1972
Martin Buchan	17 matches	1972 - 1982
Denis Irwin	17 matches	1990 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Paul Madeley	21 matches	1966 - 1980
Eddie Gray	21 matches	1966 - 1982
Paul Reaney	21 matches	1964 - 1978
John Lukic	20 matches	1979 - 1995
Billy Bremner	20 matches	1964 - 1976
Norman Hunter	20 matches	1964 - 1976