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Man United 2-2 Blackburn - August 25, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 3

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 25, 1996

54 178

Man United

2 - 2

Blackburn

Jordi Cruyff

39'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

70'

34'

Paul Warhurst

51'

Lars Bohinen

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32' - Substitution Phil Nevilleis substituted by Gary Neville32

34' - Goal Paul Warhurst

39' - Goal Jordi Cruyff39

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51' - Goal Lars Bohinen

64' - Substitution David Mayis substituted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer64

70' - Goal Ole Gunnar Solskjaer70

82' - Substitution Paul Warhurstis substituted by Ian Pearce

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 2

Blackburn

Man United Blackburn

Team line-ups

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

May64

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Neville32

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

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

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Cantona

Éric Cantona

France

B.date24/05/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

Jordi Cruyff39

Jordi Cruyff

Netherlands

B.date09/02/1974

Age22 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		32	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David May	64	26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		31	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville	32	19	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		30	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		22	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		32	431	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Éric Cantona		30	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordi Cruyff	39	22	4	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

172

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Warhurst3482

Paul Warhurst

England

B.date26/09/1969

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Coleman

Chris Coleman

Wales

B.date10/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Ripley

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Bohinen51

Lars Bohinen

Norway

B.date08/09/1969

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Gallacher

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age29 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Donis

Giorgos Donis

Greece

B.date29/10/1969

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Warhurst	3482	26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		30	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		26	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Coleman		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		27	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley		28	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lars Bohinen	51	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher		29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Giorgos Donis		26	3	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Neville	32	21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	7064	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ian Pearce	82	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ronny Johnsen

Nicky Butt

OUT

Brian McClair

Karel Poborsky

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart Ripley

Garry Flitcroft

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

522

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Blackburn

6 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

Ferguson vs Harford

6 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Harford

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Harford vs Man United

0 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

Harford vs Ferguson

0 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 16/03/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/03/1992-13/05/1992 time period (12 matches).

Only back at the time of Sir Matt Busby head of (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).

The last time Blackburn has ended with the score 2-2 in Premier League, It was on the 22/02/1994 (vs )

Read the next 25 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

DManchester United 2-2 Everton21/08/1996

Overall

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

DManchester United 2-2 Everton21/08/1996

Current form

Away

DManchester City 1-1 Blackburn02/03/1996

VTottenham 2-3 Blackburn16/03/1996

LSouthampton 1-0 Blackburn06/04/1996

VNottingham Forest 1-5 Blackburn13/04/1996

VChelsea 2-3 Blackburn05/05/1996

LAston Villa 1-0 Blackburn21/08/1996

Overall

VNottingham Forest 1-5 Blackburn13/04/1996

VBlackburn 3-2 Wimbledon FC17/04/1996

DBlackburn 1-1 Arsenal27/04/1996

VChelsea 2-3 Blackburn05/05/1996

LBlackburn 0-2 Tottenham17/08/1996

LAston Villa 1-0 Blackburn21/08/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	21	7
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	10	24
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	3
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	8	10

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
1	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)	-
Jordi Cruyff	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Jordi Cruyff	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

18 v

10 d

8 l

67 gf

40 ga

Away

37 matches

13 v

8 d

16 l

64 gf

76 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

74 matches

32 v

18 d

24 l

133 gf

116 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

16 v

8 d

13 l

76 gf

64 ga

Away

36 matches

8 v

10 d

18 l

40 gf

67 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

74 matches

24 v

18 d

32 l

116 gf

133 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 1965
Home	6 - 1	August 26, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 10, 1926
Away	3 - 0	October 13, 1962

Latest head to head

February 10, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

1 - 0

Blackburn

August 28, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

1 - 2

Man United

January 22, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

1 - 0

Blackburn

October 23, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Blackburn

2 - 4

Man United

August 14, 1994 - Charity Shield 1994

Man United

2 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1966
David Herd	6 goals	1961 - 1966
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1959 - 1963
Denis Law	4 goals	1963 - 1965
Éric Cantona	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Paul Ince	3 goals	1993 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Mike Harrison	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Frederick Pickering	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Alistair MacLeod	2 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	15 matches	1958 - 1966
Bill Foulkes	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Harry Gregg	12 matches	1958 - 1966
Shay Brennan	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Nobby Stiles	9 matches	1960 - 1966
Peter Schmeichel	9 matches	1992 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ronnie Clayton	15 matches	1958 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	13 matches	1958 - 1966
Michael McGrath	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Keith Newton	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Colin Hendry	9 matches	1992 - 1996
John Bray	9 matches	1959 - 1964