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Man United 2-2 Everton - August 21, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 2

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 21, 1996

54 943

2 - 2

Everton

Jordi Cruyff

70'

(o.g) David Unsworth

82'

35'

Duncan Ferguson

41'

Duncan Ferguson

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35' - Goal Duncan Ferguson

41' - Goal Duncan Ferguson

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46' - Substitution Karel Poborskyis substituted by Brian McClair46

70' - Goal Jordi Cruyff70

72' - Substitution Andrey Kanchelskisis substituted by Tony Grant

82' - Own goal David Unsworth82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 2

Everton

Man United Everton

Team line-ups

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

May

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Poborsky46

Karel Poborsky

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1972

Age24 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age21 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age22 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Cruyff70

Jordi Cruyff

Netherlands

B.date09/02/1974

Age22 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Forward

Cantona

Éric Cantona

France

B.date24/05/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		32	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		31	360	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David May		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		30	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville		19	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karel Poborsky	46	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		22	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordi Cruyff	70	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Éric Cantona		30	138	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

139

Everton

Southall

Neville Southall

Wales

B.date16/09/1958

Age37 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Unsworth82

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Barrett

Earl Barrett

England

B.date28/04/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hinchcliffe

Andy Hinchcliffe

England

B.date05/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Ebbrell

John Ebbrell

England

B.date01/10/1969

Age26 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Parkinson

Joe Parkinson

England

B.date11/06/1971

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Stuart

Graham Stuart

England

B.date24/10/1970

Age25 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Kanchelskis72

Andrey Kanchelskis

Russia

B.date23/01/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Ferguson3541

Duncan Ferguson

Scotland

B.date27/12/1971

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neville Southall		37	701	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Unsworth	82	22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Short		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Earl Barrett		29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Hinchcliffe		27	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ebbrell		26	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Parkinson		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Speed		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Stuart		25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrey Kanchelskis	72	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Duncan Ferguson	3541	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

145

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Brian McClair	46	32	430	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tony Grant	72	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Karel Poborsky

Paul Scholes

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Roy Keane

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Short

Dave Watson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

521

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Everton

11 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on August 21, 1996

Ferguson vs Royle

10 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 21, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Royle

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Royle vs Man United

3 victories

3 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on August 21, 1996

Royle vs Ferguson

3 victories

3 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on August 21, 1996

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Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 11 consecutive matches without a draw vs Everton (since 11/01/1992). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 28/08/1957

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 1.59 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.98).

Only back at the time of Howard Kendall head of Everton (05/11/1990-04/12/1993), you can see a manager go over Joe Royle with 1.51 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.65).

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Southampton11/03/1996

VManchester United 1-0 Arsenal20/03/1996

VManchester United 1-0 Tottenham24/03/1996

VManchester United 1-0 Coventry08/04/1996

VManchester United 1-0 Leeds United17/04/1996

VManchester United 5-0 Nottingham Forest28/04/1996

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Leeds United17/04/1996

VManchester United 5-0 Nottingham Forest28/04/1996

VMiddlesbrough 0-3 Manchester United05/05/1996

VManchester United 1-0 Liverpool11/05/1996

VManchester United 4-0 Newcastle United11/08/1996

VWimbledon FC 0-3 Manchester United17/08/1996

Current form

Away

LManchester United 2-0 Everton21/02/1996

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Everton02/03/1996

DLeeds United 2-2 Everton17/03/1996

VBlackburn 0-3 Everton30/03/1996

LQueens Park Rangers 3-1 Everton08/04/1996

VSheffield Wednesday 2-5 Everton27/04/1996

Overall

VEverton 3-0 Bolton Wanderers06/04/1996

LQueens Park Rangers 3-1 Everton08/04/1996

DEverton 1-1 Liverpool16/04/1996

VSheffield Wednesday 2-5 Everton27/04/1996

VEverton 1-0 Aston Villa05/05/1996

VEverton 2-0 Newcastle United17/08/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	9	6
Unbeaten streak	20	6
Drawless streak	9	12
Scoring streak	9	23
Invincibility streak	7	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	5	12
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Beckham	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	David Unsworth
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Unsworth
David Beckham	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Unsworth

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

38 v

18 d

19 l

119 gf

78 ga

Away

74 matches

17 v

16 d

41 l

83 gf

155 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

152 matches

56 v

34 d

62 l

203 gf

236 ga

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

41 v

16 d

17 l

155 gf

83 ga

Away

75 matches

19 v

18 d

38 l

78 gf

119 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

152 matches

62 v

34 d

56 l

236 gf

203 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 30, 1960
Home	5 - 0	April 30, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 24, 1892
Away	3 - 0	August 19, 1992

Latest head to head

February 21, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

2 - 0

Everton

September 09, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Everton

2 - 3

Man United

May 20, 1995 - FA Cup 1994/1995

Everton

1 - 0

Man United

February 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Everton

1 - 0

Man United

October 01, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

2 - 0

Everton

Best historical scorers against Everton

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1956 - 1970
Frank Stapleton	5 goals	1982 - 1985
Alex Dawson	5 goals	1960 - 1960
David Herd	5 goals	1961 - 1965
Gordon Hill	5 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Graeme Sharp	12 goals	1982 - 1989
Dixie Dean	7 goals	1925 - 1927
Alex Young	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Royston Vernon	6 goals	1961 - 1963
Kevin Sheedy	6 goals	1983 - 1986
Andy King	5 goals	1976 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Bobby Charlton	30 matches	1956 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	27 matches	1956 - 1969
Mark Hughes	26 matches	1984 - 1995
Tony Dunne	26 matches	1961 - 1972
Arthur Albiston	24 matches	1976 - 1986
Denis Law	21 matches	1962 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Neville Southall	35 matches	1982 - 1996
Kevin Ratcliffe	27 matches	1980 - 1991
Brian Labone	23 matches	1959 - 1969
Graeme Sharp	22 matches	1982 - 1991
Dave Watson	19 matches	1986 - 1996
Gordon West	19 matches	1962 - 1972