This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Man United 2-2 S Wednesday - December 09, 1995 / Premier League 1995/1996

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Premier League 1995/1996 - Round 17

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 09, 1995

41 849

Man United

2 - 2

S Wednesday

Éric Cantona

17'

Éric Cantona

84'

59'

Mark Bright

76'

Guy Whittingham

logo Manchester United MU

17' - Goal Éric Cantona17

logo Manchester United MU

52' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by Simon Davies52

59' - Goal Mark Bright

76' - Goal Guy Whittingham

77' - Substitution Chris Waddleis substituted by John Sheridan

83' - Substitution Lee Sharpeis substituted by Terry Cooke83

84' - Goal Éric Cantona84

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 2

S Wednesday

Man United S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Man United

Pilkington

Kevin Pilkington

England

B.date08/03/1974

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Bruce

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

May

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

P. Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age18 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Sharpe83

Lee Sharpe

England

B.date27/05/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Scholes52

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age21 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age20 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Cantona1784

Éric Cantona

France

B.date24/05/1966

Age29 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pilkington		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce		34	398	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David May		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Sharpe	83	24	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	52	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Éric Cantona	1784	29	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		32	417	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

124

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Nolan

Ian Nolan

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1970

Age25 years

positionDefender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Briscoe

Lee Briscoe

England

B.date30/09/1975

Age20 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Holmes

Darren Holmes

England

B.date30/01/1975

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Degryse

Marc Degryse

Belgium

B.date04/09/1965

Age30 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

Waddle77

Chris Waddle

England

B.date14/12/1960

Age34 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

Whittingham76

Guy Whittingham

England

B.date10/11/1964

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

Bright59

Mark Bright

England

B.date06/06/1962

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		28	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		30	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Nolan		25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Briscoe		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Holmes		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Degryse		30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Waddle	77	34	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guy Whittingham	76	31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Bright	59	33	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Simon Davies	52	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Terry Cooke	83	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Sheridan	77	31	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Phil Neville

Denis Irwin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Holmes

David Hirst

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

490

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs S Wednesday

9 victories

6 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 09, 1995

Ferguson vs Pleat

2 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 09, 1995

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pleat vs Man United

2 victories

6 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 09, 1995

Pleat vs Ferguson

1 victory

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 09, 1995

Referee

Peter Jones

12 victories	4 draws	5 losses	Man United21 matches	General total	S Wednesday12 matches	5 victories	2 draws	5 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	S Wednesday2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 02, 2002					Latest figure on March 11, 2000

Videos

Comments

Key figures

S Wednesday keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 25/11/1995).

Éric Cantona scored 5 goals vs Sheffield Wednesday in his professional career

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has done less than 0.91 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 2-2 Rotor Volgograd26/09/1995

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool01/10/1995

VManchester United 1-0 Manchester City14/10/1995

VManchester United 2-0 Middlesbrough28/10/1995

VManchester United 4-1 Southampton18/11/1995

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea02/12/1995

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Middlesbrough28/10/1995

LArsenal 1-0 Manchester United04/11/1995

VManchester United 4-1 Southampton18/11/1995

VCoventry 0-4 Manchester United22/11/1995

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester United27/11/1995

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea02/12/1995

Current form

Away

VCoventry 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/10/1995

VMillwall 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday25/10/1995

DChelsea 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday04/11/1995

LArsenal 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday21/11/1995

DEverton 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday25/11/1995

LArsenal 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1995

Overall

DChelsea 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday04/11/1995

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester City18/11/1995

LArsenal 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday21/11/1995

DEverton 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday25/11/1995

LArsenal 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1995

VSheffield Wednesday 4-3 Coventry04/12/1995

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	6	4
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	4
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	3	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
10	Victories (Competition total)	4
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
2.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.13
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

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

Bookings

23	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Paul Scholes	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	David Hirst
Paul Scholes	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Mark Bright
Éric Cantona	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Hirst
Éric Cantona	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Beckham	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Mark Bright

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

35 v

13 d

8 l

105 gf

55 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

113 matches

49 v

25 d

39 l

180 gf

154 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

30 v

12 d

14 l

98 gf

75 ga

Away

56 matches

8 v

13 d

35 l

55 gf

105 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

113 matches

39 v

25 d

49 l

154 gf

180 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 16, 1994
Home	5 - 0	March 16, 1994

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	February 01, 1961
Away	7 - 2	February 01, 1961

Latest head to head

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

March 02, 1994 - League Cup 1993/1994

S Wednesday

1 - 4

Man United

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Bobby Charlton	12 goals	1960 - 1970
Brian McClair	12 goals	1987 - 1994
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.

Best historical scorers against Man United

David Hirst	7 goals	1987 - 1994
Jack Whitham	6 goals	1968 - 1970
John Fantham	4 goals	1961 - 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.

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

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

Gerry Young	16 matches	1961 - 1970
Don Megson	16 matches	1960 - 1968
John Fantham	16 matches	1960 - 1969
David Hirst	15 matches	1987 - 1995
Nigel Worthington	14 matches	1985 - 1993
Ron Springett	12 matches	1961 - 1967