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Manchester City 4-1 WBA - September 05, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 7

Maine Road - Manchester - England

September 05, 1970

30 549

4 - 1

WBA

Colin Bell

Mike Summerbee

Francis Lee

Bobby Hope

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0' - Goal Colin Bell photo Colin Bell

0' - Goal Colin Bell photo Mike Summerbee

0' - Goal Mike Summerbee photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee0

0' - Goal Bobby Hope

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46' - Substitution Tony Brownis substituted by Ally Robertson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

4 - 1

WBA

Manchester City WBA

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age21 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Booth

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Pardoe

Glyn Pardoe

England

B.date01/06/1946

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age27 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age23 years

positionRight Midfielder

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Bell00

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age24 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Young

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age26 years

positionStriker

Summerbee0

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Lee0

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age26 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan	21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth	20	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book	36	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glyn Pardoe	24	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes	27	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	23	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers	18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell	24	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young	26	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee	27	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	26	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

150

WBA

Cumbes

James Cumbes

England

B.date04/05/1944

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age21 years

positionDefender

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Kaye

John Kaye

England

B.date03/03/1940

Age30 years

positionDefender

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Hughes

Lyndon Hughes

England

B.date16/09/1950

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Brown46

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Astle

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age28 years

positionForward

McVitie

George McVitie

England

B.date07/09/1948

Age21 years

positionWinger

Hope0

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	James Cumbes		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett		21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut		29	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kaye		30	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson		23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello		18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lyndon Hughes		19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	46	24	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle		28	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George McVitie		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope		26	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ally Robertson	46	17	14	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

Len Cantello

Alan Merrick

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

274

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Mercer vs WBA

10 victories

5 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on September 05, 1970

Mercer vs Ashman

7 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on September 05, 1970

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

168

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Ashman vs Manchester City

4 victories

0 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on September 05, 1970

Ashman vs Mercer

4 victories

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on September 05, 1970

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw vs WBA running (since 26/12/1967). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 30/03/1957-11/02/1961 time period (10 matches).

Joe Mercer has registered 200 goal(s) conceded since the 01/07/1965 as the manager of Manchester City next after this match..

Joe Mercer has registered 50 clean sheet since the 01/07/1965 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

	1	Leeds United	13 pts	7 rd
	2	Manchester City	10 pts	6 rd
+3	3	Arsenal	9 pts	7 rd
+4	4	Crystal Palace	9 pts	7 rd
	5	Liverpool	8 pts	6 rd

General ranking

+1	14	Newcastle United	7 pts	7 rd
-1	15	Stoke City	6 pts	7 rd
-3	16	West Bromwich Albion	5 pts	7 rd
+3	17	Everton	5 pts	7 rd
-2	18	West Ham	5 pts	7 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 1-5 West Ham21/03/1970

LManchester City 0-1 Derby County27/03/1970

LManchester City 0-1 Sunderland04/04/1970

VManchester City 5-1 Schalke 0415/04/1970

DManchester City 0-0 Burnley22/08/1970

VManchester City 2-0 Blackpool26/08/1970

Overall

VManchester City 2-1 Gornik Zabrze29/04/1970

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester City15/08/1970

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Manchester City19/08/1970

DManchester City 0-0 Burnley22/08/1970

VManchester City 2-0 Blackpool26/08/1970

VEverton 0-1 Manchester City29/08/1970

Current form

Away

LBurnley 2-1 West Bromwich Albion21/03/1970

LEverton 2-0 West Bromwich Albion01/04/1970

LManchester United 7-0 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1970

LStoke City 3-2 West Bromwich Albion15/04/1970

DNottingham Forest 3-3 West Bromwich Albion18/08/1970

LBlackpool 3-1 West Bromwich Albion22/08/1970

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Crystal Palace15/08/1970

DNottingham Forest 3-3 West Bromwich Albion18/08/1970

LBlackpool 3-1 West Bromwich Albion22/08/1970

VWest Bromwich Albion 5-2 Stoke City26/08/1970

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool29/08/1970

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Newcastle United02/09/1970

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	10
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	12	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	12	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	13
14	General ranking (Home / Away)	17

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
3	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.83
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.83
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Colin Bell	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Jeff Astle
Colin Bell	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Tony Brown
Colin Bell	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 5 matches	Jeff Astle

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

25 v

6 d

13 l

114 gf

69 ga

Away

46 matches

4 v

13 d

29 l

47 gf

105 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

91 matches

30 v

19 d

42 l

163 gf

175 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

29 v

13 d

4 l

105 gf

47 ga

Away

44 matches

13 v

6 d

25 l

69 gf

114 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

91 matches

42 v

19 d

30 l

175 gf

163 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	April 16, 1938
Home	7 - 1	April 16, 1938

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	September 21, 1957
Away	7 - 2	January 01, 1934

Latest head to head

March 07, 1970 - League Cup 1969/1970

Manchester City

2 - 1

WBA

January 31, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

WBA

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

October 04, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Manchester City

2 - 1

WBA

April 16, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

WBA

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 23, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Manchester City

5 - 1

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Neil Young	5 goals	1962 - 1969
Colin Bell	3 goals	1968 - 1969
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Colin Barlow	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Paul Hince	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Bobby Owen	2 goals	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Derek Kevan	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Jeff Astle	3 goals	1967 - 1970
Tony Brown	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Ronald Allen	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Dick Krzywicki	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Ken Foggo	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Alan Oakes	15 matches	1960 - 1970
Neil Young	12 matches	1962 - 1970
Glyn Pardoe	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Colin Bell	7 matches	1966 - 1970
Francis Lee	7 matches	1967 - 1970
Bobby Kennedy	6 matches	1961 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Graham Williams	12 matches	1960 - 1969
Bobby Hope	11 matches	1961 - 1970
Clive Clark	9 matches	1961 - 1969
Doug Fraser	9 matches	1966 - 1970
Tony Brown	8 matches	1966 - 1970
John Kaye	8 matches	1966 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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September 05, 1970

Arsenal

2 0

Tottenham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leeds United	13	7	6	1	0	13	2	+11
2	Manchester City	10	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7
+33	Arsenal	9	7	3	3	1	10	4	+6
+44	Crystal Palace	9	7	3	3	1	5	2	+3
5	Liverpool	8	6	2	4	0	9	4	+5
-36	Nottingham Forest	8	7	2	4	1	10	7	+3
-37	Chelsea	8	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1
-18	Derby County	7	7	3	1	3	13	10	+3
+89	Southampton	7	7	2	3	2	7	6	+1
-110	Tottenham	7	7	2	3	2	7	7	0
11	Huddersfield Town	7	7	2	3	2	7	7	0
-212	Coventry	7	7	3	1	3	7	7	0
-113	Manchester United	7	7	2	3	2	6	7	-1
+114	Newcastle United	7	7	3	1	3	9	11	-2
-115	Stoke City	6	7	1	4	2	6	8	-2
-316	West Bromwich Albion	5	7	1	3	3	12	15	-3
+317	Everton	5	7	1	3	3	9	12	-3
-218	West Ham	5	7	0	5	2	7	11	-4
19	Wolverhampton	5	7	2	1	4	10	17	-7
-220	Blackpool	5	7	2	1	4	5	11	-6
+121	Ipswich Town	4	7	1	2	4	5	8	-3
-122	Burnley	3	7	0	3	4	2	11	-9

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Manchester City 4-1 WBA - September 05, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

Manchester City

4 - 1

WBA

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Mercer vs WBA

Mercer vs Ashman

Manager

Ashman vs Manchester City

Ashman vs Mercer

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against WBA

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Players with most games played vs WBA

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking