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Everton 0-2 Man United - August 27, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 4

Goodison Park - Liverpool - England

August 27, 1997

40 079

Everton

0 - 2

Man United

29'

David Beckham

51'

Teddy Sheringham

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29' - Goal David Beckham

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46' - Substitution Craig Shortis substituted by Michael Branch46

51' - Goal Teddy Sheringham

66' - Substitution Earl Barrettis substituted by Tony Thomas photo John Oster

66' - Substitution Nick Barmbyis substituted by John Oster66

79' - Substitution Teddy Sheringhamis substituted by Andy Cole

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Everton

0 - 2

Man United

Everton Man United

Team line-ups

Everton

Southall

Neville Southall

Wales

B.date16/09/1958

Age38 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Short46

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Bilic

Slaven Bilic

Croatia

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Watson

Dave Watson

England

B.date20/11/1961

Age35 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Barrett66

Earl Barrett

England

B.date28/04/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Phelan

Terry Phelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/03/1967

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Williamson

Danny Williamson

England

B.date05/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Barmby66

Nick Barmby

England

B.date11/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stuart

Graham Stuart

England

B.date24/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ferguson

Duncan Ferguson

Scotland

B.date27/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neville Southall		38	740	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Short	46	29	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Slaven Bilic		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Watson		35	468	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Earl Barrett	66	30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Phelan		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Speed		27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Williamson		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Barmby	66	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Stuart		26	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Duncan Ferguson		25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

152

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Beckham29

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Sheringham5179

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		32	399	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		22	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		31	354	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		22	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham	29	22	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		23	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham	5179	31	5	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

177

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tony Thomas	66	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	66	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Branch	46	18	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Andy Cole	79	25	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Short

Gareth Farrelly

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Scholes

Jordi Cruyff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Kendall

503

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Kendall vs Man United

11 victories

9 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Kendall vs Ferguson

2 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

577

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Everton

13 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Ferguson vs Kendall

6 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1997

Referee

Keith Burge

4 victories	2 draws	6 losses	Everton12 matches	General total	Man United10 matches	7 victories	2 draws	1 loss
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Everton3 matches	Season total	Man United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 1999					Latest figure on May 01, 1999

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Sir Matt Busby head of Tottenham (28/12/1970-02/06/1971), you can see a manager go over Sir Alex Ferguson with 1.62 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.98).

It's the first time David Beckham scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

End of streak for Everton after 6 matches with at least one goal scored at home (since 09/04/1997).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DEverton 1-1 Leicester09/04/1997

VEverton 1-0 Tottenham12/04/1997

DEverton 1-1 Liverpool16/04/1997

LEverton 1-2 Chelsea11/05/1997

LEverton 1-2 Crystal Palace09/08/1997

VEverton 2-1 West Ham23/08/1997

Overall

DEverton 1-1 Liverpool16/04/1997

DWest Ham 2-2 Everton19/04/1997

LSunderland 3-0 Everton03/05/1997

LEverton 1-2 Chelsea11/05/1997

LEverton 1-2 Crystal Palace09/08/1997

VEverton 2-1 West Ham23/08/1997

Current form

Away

LBorussia Dortmund 1-0 Manchester United09/04/1997

VBlackburn 2-3 Manchester United12/04/1997

VLiverpool 1-3 Manchester United19/04/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United03/05/1997

VTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

DLeicester 0-0 Manchester United23/08/1997

Overall

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United08/05/1997

VManchester United 2-0 West Ham11/05/1997

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea03/08/1997

VTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

VManchester United 1-0 Southampton13/08/1997

DLeicester 0-0 Manchester United23/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	4	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	8
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gary Speed	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	David Beckham
Gary Speed	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Nicky Butt
Nick Barmby	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Nick Barmby	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Gary Speed	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	David Beckham

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

41 v

16 d

18 l

155 gf

85 ga

Away

76 matches

19 v

19 d

38 l

80 gf

121 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

154 matches

62 v

35 d

57 l

238 gf

207 ga

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

38 v

19 d

19 l

121 gf

80 ga

Away

75 matches

18 v

16 d

41 l

85 gf

155 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

154 matches

57 v

35 d

62 l

207 gf

238 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 24, 1892
Home	6 - 0	September 24, 1892

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 30, 1960
Away	6 - 2	December 26, 1977

Latest head to head

March 22, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Everton

0 - 2

Man United

August 21, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

2 - 2

Everton

February 21, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

2 - 0

Everton

September 09, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Everton

2 - 3

Man United

May 20, 1995 - FA Cup 1994/1995

Everton

1 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Graeme Sharp	12 goals	1982 - 1989
Dixie Dean	7 goals	1925 - 1927
Alex Young	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Royston Vernon	6 goals	1961 - 1963
Kevin Sheedy	6 goals	1983 - 1986
Andy King	5 goals	1976 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Everton

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1956 - 1970
Alex Dawson	5 goals	1960 - 1960
Lee Sharpe	5 goals	1990 - 1995
Gordon Hill	5 goals	1976 - 1978
David Herd	5 goals	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Neville Southall	36 matches	1982 - 1996
Kevin Ratcliffe	27 matches	1980 - 1991
Brian Labone	23 matches	1959 - 1969
Graeme Sharp	22 matches	1982 - 1991
Dave Watson	20 matches	1986 - 1997
Gordon West	19 matches	1962 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Bobby Charlton	30 matches	1956 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	27 matches	1956 - 1969
Tony Dunne	26 matches	1961 - 1972
Mark Hughes	26 matches	1984 - 1995
Arthur Albiston	24 matches	1976 - 1986
Denis Law	21 matches	1962 - 1972