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S Wednesday 1-1 Man United - December 18, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 17

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

December 18, 1996

37 671

1 - 1

Man United

Benito Carbone

57'

61'

Paul Scholes

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46' - Substitution Graham Hydeis substituted by Orlando Trustfull46

57' - Goal Benito Carbone57

61' - Goal Paul Scholes

71' - Substitution Gary Nevilleis substituted by David Beckham

76' - Substitution Andy Boothis substituted by David Hirst76

82' - Substitution Ronny Johnsenis substituted by Phil Neville

85' - Substitution Benito Carboneis substituted by Regi Blinker85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Man United

S Wednesday Man United

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age35 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Stefanovic

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hyde46

Graham Hyde

England

B.date10/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Carbone5785

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Booth76

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whittingham

Guy Whittingham

England

B.date10/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		29	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		35	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		31	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Hyde	46	26	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone	5785	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Pembridge		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth	76	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guy Whittingham		32	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen82

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

May

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Neville71

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Scholes61

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Cantona

Éric Cantona

France

B.date24/05/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen	82	27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David May		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		31	374	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville	71	21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		31	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	61	22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		23	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		21	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Éric Cantona		30	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

159

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Orlando Trustfull	46	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst	76	29	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Regi Blinker	85	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Phil Neville	82	19	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		David Beckham	71	21	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Scholes

David Beckham

OUT

Gary Neville

Karel Poborsky

OUT

Nicky Butt

Brian McClair

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Man United

2 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 1996

Pleat vs Ferguson

1 victory

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

544

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs S Wednesday

9 victories

7 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 1996

Ferguson vs Pleat

2 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 1996

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 26/10/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/01/1996-14/09/1996 time period (21 matches).

It's the first time Benito Carbone scores 1 goal vs Manchester United in his professional career

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 16/11/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/04/1996-12/10/1996 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Oxford United18/09/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Derby County21/09/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Blackburn19/10/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Southampton02/11/1996

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Nottingham Forest18/11/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 West Ham30/11/1996

Overall

DCoventry 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/10/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Southampton02/11/1996

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Nottingham Forest18/11/1996

DSunderland 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/11/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 West Ham30/11/1996

VLiverpool 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday07/12/1996

Current form

Away

LNewcastle United 5-0 Manchester United20/10/1996

LSouthampton 6-3 Manchester United26/10/1996

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United23/11/1996

LLeicester 2-0 Manchester United27/11/1996

VRapid Vienne 0-2 Manchester United04/12/1996

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United08/12/1996

Overall

LManchester United 0-1 Juventus20/11/1996

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United23/11/1996

LLeicester 2-0 Manchester United27/11/1996

VManchester United 3-1 Leicester30/11/1996

VRapid Vienne 0-2 Manchester United04/12/1996

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United08/12/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	6	7
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	7
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
4	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.94
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.88
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Andy Booth	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Andy Booth	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	David Beckham
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Éric Cantona
Guy Whittingham	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

30 v

12 d

14 l

98 gf

75 ga

Away

57 matches

8 v

14 d

35 l

57 gf

107 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

114 matches

39 v

26 d

49 l

156 gf

182 ga

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

35 v

14 d

8 l

107 gf

57 ga

Away

56 matches

14 v

12 d

30 l

75 gf

98 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

114 matches

49 v

26 d

39 l

182 gf

156 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	February 01, 1961
Home	7 - 2	November 16, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 16, 1994
Away	4 - 0	February 26, 1951

Latest head to head

December 09, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

2 - 2

S Wednesday

September 23, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

S Wednesday

0 - 0

Man United

May 07, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

1 - 0

S Wednesday

October 08, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Man United

March 16, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Man United

5 - 0

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against Man United

David Hirst	7 goals	1987 - 1994
Jack Whitham	6 goals	1968 - 1970
John Fantham	5 goals	1960 - 1967
Lee Chapman	3 goals	1985 - 1988
John Sheridan	3 goals	1991 - 1993
Gerry Young	3 goals	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Brian McClair	12 goals	1987 - 1994
Bobby Charlton	12 goals	1960 - 1970
George Best	8 goals	1967 - 1970
Mark Hughes	7 goals	1985 - 1994
David Herd	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1956 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

John Fantham	18 matches	1959 - 1969
Don Megson	17 matches	1960 - 1968
Gerry Young	17 matches	1959 - 1970
David Hirst	15 matches	1987 - 1995
Ron Springett	14 matches	1959 - 1967
Nigel Worthington	14 matches	1985 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Bill Foulkes	27 matches	1956 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	26 matches	1958 - 1970
Shay Brennan	19 matches	1958 - 1968
Nobby Stiles	19 matches	1960 - 1970
Tony Dunne	18 matches	1962 - 1970
Mark Hughes	18 matches	1985 - 1995