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Man United 3-1 Blackpool - January 03, 1959 / Division 1 1958/1959

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Division 1 1958/1959 - Round 26

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 03, 1959

61 961

3 - 1

Blackpool

Dennis Viollet

Bobby Charlton

22'

Bobby Charlton

85'

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7' - Goal Dennis Viollet7

22' - Goal Bobby Charlton22

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85' - Goal Bobby Charlton85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 1

Blackpool

Man United Blackpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Carolan

Joseph Carolan

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/09/1937

Age21 years

positionDefender

Goodwin

Freddie Goodwin

England

B.date28/06/1933

Age25 years

positionDefender

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

McGuiness

Wilfred McGuiness

England

B.date25/10/1937

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cope

Ron Cope

England

B.date05/10/1934

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Charlton2285

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Quixall

Albert Quixall

England

B.date09/08/1933

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Bradley

Warren Bradley

England

B.date20/06/1933

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Scanlon

Albert Scanlon

England

B.date10/10/1935

Age23 years

H1m78

positionForward

Viollet7

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Carolan		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Freddie Goodwin		25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfred McGuiness		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ron Cope		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	2285	21	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Quixall		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Warren Bradley		25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert Scanlon		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet	7	25	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joseph Carolan

Ian Greaves

OUT

Warren Bradley

Mark Pearson

OUT

Bobby Charlton

John Hunter

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

603

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Blackpool

12 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on January 03, 1959

Busby vs Suart

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 03, 1959

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Suart

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Suart vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 03, 1959

Suart vs Busby

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 03, 1959

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Blackpool at home in Premier League running (since 15/11/1930). It's a record streak. The first of history

Man United keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 19/04/1958). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/12/1894 (16 matches)

Blackpool keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 29/11/1958). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/02/1958-06/09/1958 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 1-1 Arsenal11/10/1958

LManchester United 1-2 West Bromwich Albion25/10/1958

LManchester United 1-3 Burnley08/11/1958

VManchester United 2-1 Luton Town22/11/1958

VManchester United 4-1 Leicester06/12/1958

VManchester United 2-1 Aston Villa26/12/1958

Overall

VBirmingham City 0-4 Manchester United29/11/1958

VManchester United 4-1 Leicester06/12/1958

VPreston North End 3-4 Manchester United13/12/1958

VChelsea 2-3 Manchester United20/12/1958

VManchester United 2-1 Aston Villa26/12/1958

VAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United27/12/1958

Current form

Away

LBolton Wanderers 4-0 Blackpool18/10/1958

VLeicester 0-3 Blackpool01/11/1958

DLeeds United 1-1 Blackpool15/11/1958

VArsenal 1-4 Blackpool29/11/1958

LBirmingham City 4-2 Blackpool13/12/1958

VPreston North End 0-3 Blackpool26/12/1958

Overall

VArsenal 1-4 Blackpool29/11/1958

VBlackpool 3-0 Luton Town06/12/1958

LBirmingham City 4-2 Blackpool13/12/1958

DBlackpool 0-0 Tottenham20/12/1958

VBlackpool 4-2 Preston North End25/12/1958

VPreston North End 0-3 Blackpool26/12/1958

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	7
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	6	13
Conceding streak	16	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	5	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
12	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.28	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2.42	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.42
1.76	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 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

Bobby Charlton	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Bobby Charlton	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Bobby Charlton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Dennis Viollet	5 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

19 v

6 d

5 l

61 gf

29 ga

Away

30 matches

11 v

7 d

12 l

45 gf

49 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

61 matches

31 v

13 d

17 l

110 gf

80 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

12 v

7 d

11 l

49 gf

45 ga

Away

30 matches

5 v

6 d

19 l

29 gf

61 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

61 matches

17 v

13 d

31 l

80 gf

110 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 26, 1900
Home	4 - 0	December 26, 1900

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 21, 1931
Away	2 - 0	February 23, 1957

Latest head to head

August 30, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Blackpool

2 - 1

Man United

September 18, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Man United

1 - 2

Blackpool

September 09, 1957 - Division 1 1957/1958

Blackpool

1 - 4

Man United

February 23, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Man United

0 - 2

Blackpool

October 27, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Blackpool

2 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

Dennis Viollet	3 goals	1957 - 1958
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	2 goals	1956 - 1956
Duncan Edwards	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Stan Mortensen	4 goals	1946 - 1948
Jimmy McIntosh	2 goals	1948 - 1948
Walter Rickett	1 goal	1948 - 1948
George Farrow	1 goal	1946 - 1946
Hugh Kelly	1 goal	1948 - 1948
George Dick	1 goal	1946 - 1946

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

Bill Foulkes	5 matches	1956 - 1958
Johnny Berry	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Eddie Colman	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Duncan Edwards	4 matches	1956 - 1957
Liam Whelan	4 matches	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Harry Johnston	7 matches	1946 - 1948
Stan Mortensen	7 matches	1946 - 1948
Eric Hayward	6 matches	1947 - 1948
Eddie Shimwell	6 matches	1947 - 1948
Hugh Kelly	5 matches	1947 - 1948
Alex Munro	5 matches	1946 - 1948