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Southampton 1-0 Man United - January 19, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 23

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

January 19, 1998

15 241

1 - 0

Man United

Kevin Davies

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3' - Goal Kevin Davies3

19' - Substitution Kevin Daviesis substituted by Egil Ostenstad19

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80' - Substitution Matt Le Tissieris substituted by Robbie Slater80

80' - Substitution Nicky Buttis substituted by Brian McClair

85' - Substitution Gary Nevilleis substituted by Erik Nevland

87' - Substitution Kevin Richardsonis substituted by Duncan Spedding87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

1 - 0

Man United

Southampton Man United

Team line-ups

Southampton

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Lundekvam

Claus Lundekvam

Norway

B.date22/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Carlton Palmer

England

B.date05/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Monkou

Ken Monkou

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Richardson87

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age35 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Oakley

Matt Oakley

England

B.date17/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Le Tissier80

Matt Le Tissier

England

B.date14/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m86

positionOffensive Midfielder

Davies319

Kevin Davies

England

B.date26/03/1977

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Hirst

David Hirst

England

B.date07/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claus Lundekvam		24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlton Palmer		32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Monkou		33	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali		29	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Dodd		27	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson	87	35	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Oakley		20	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Le Tissier	80	29	432	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Davies	319	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst		30	15	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

128

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Neville85

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Butt80

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age23 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		34	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		32	425	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville	85	22	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		32	368	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt	80	22	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		22	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		24	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		23	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

200

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Duncan Spedding	87	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Slater	80	33	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad	19	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Brian McClair	80	34	465	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Erik Nevland	85	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Claus Lundekvam

Richard Dryden

OUT

Matt Le Tissier

Egil Ostenstad

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicky Butt

Teddy Sheringham

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jones vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 19, 1998

Jones vs Ferguson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 19, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

604

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Southampton

15 victories

8 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 19, 1998

Ferguson vs Jones

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 19, 1998

Referee

Mike Riley

7 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Southampton17 matches	General total	Man United42 matches	26 victories	9 draws	7 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Southampton3 matches	Season total	Man United2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 04, 2009					Latest figure on April 19, 2009

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Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 13 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League (since 04/10/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 12/01/1997-05/05/1997 (15 matches).

Southampton keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal in Premier League running (since 29/12/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/04/1996-18/08/1996 time period (3 matches).

End of streak for Southampton after 14 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Man United (since 05/02/1992). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/10/1968 (11 matches)

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSouthampton 3-0 West Ham04/10/1997

VSouthampton 3-2 Tottenham25/10/1997

VSouthampton 4-1 Barnsley08/11/1997

LSouthampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday29/11/1997

VSouthampton 2-1 Leicester13/12/1997

VSouthampton 1-0 Chelsea29/12/1997

Overall

VSouthampton 2-1 Leicester13/12/1997

DAston Villa 1-1 Southampton20/12/1997

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Southampton26/12/1997

VSouthampton 1-0 Chelsea29/12/1997

LDerby County 2-0 Southampton03/01/1998

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Southampton10/01/1998

Current form

Away

VWimbledon FC 2-5 Manchester United22/11/1997

VLiverpool 1-3 Manchester United06/12/1997

LJuventus 1-0 Manchester United10/12/1997

VNewcastle United 0-1 Manchester United21/12/1997

LCoventry 3-2 Manchester United28/12/1997

VChelsea 3-5 Manchester United04/01/1998

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Aston Villa15/12/1997

VNewcastle United 0-1 Manchester United21/12/1997

VManchester United 2-0 Everton26/12/1997

LCoventry 3-2 Manchester United28/12/1997

VChelsea 3-5 Manchester United04/01/1998

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham10/01/1998

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	8	16
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
7	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	3
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.32
1.64	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.73
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.73
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.09

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Kevin Davies	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Andy Cole
Kevin Davies	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Teddy Sheringham
Matt Le Tissier	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Matt Le Tissier	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Davies	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Ryan Giggs

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

14 v

17 d

12 l

59 gf

56 ga

Away

45 matches

7 v

9 d

29 l

45 gf

84 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

90 matches

22 v

26 d

42 l

105 gf

141 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

29 v

9 d

7 l

84 gf

45 ga

Away

43 matches

12 v

17 d

14 l

56 gf

59 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

90 matches

42 v

26 d

22 l

141 gf

105 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	October 26, 1996
Home	6 - 3	October 26, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 13, 1986
Away	5 - 2	November 27, 1971

Latest head to head

August 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Man United

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

February 01, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

October 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Southampton

6 - 3

Man United

April 13, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Southampton

3 - 1

Man United

March 11, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Man United

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ron Davies	12 goals	1966 - 1972
Matt Le Tissier	6 goals	1986 - 1996
Mick Channon	4 goals	1968 - 1974
Nick Holmes	4 goals	1977 - 1987
Jimmy Gabriel	4 goals	1970 - 1972
Alan Shearer	4 goals	1991 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

George Best	9 goals	1968 - 1972
Mark Hughes	9 goals	1985 - 1994
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Ryan Giggs	5 goals	1993 - 1996
Alan Gowling	4 goals	1971 - 1971
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1981 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Matt Le Tissier	24 matches	1986 - 1997
Mick Channon	23 matches	1967 - 1982
Glenn Cockerill	20 matches	1986 - 1993
Terry Paine	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Nick Holmes	17 matches	1976 - 1987
Danny Wallace	16 matches	1980 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Bryan Robson	22 matches	1981 - 1992
Mark Hughes	22 matches	1984 - 1995
Brian McClair	21 matches	1987 - 1996
Gary Pallister	20 matches	1989 - 1997
Denis Irwin	18 matches	1990 - 1997
Alex Stepney	18 matches	1966 - 1977