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Norwich City 1-0 Man United - March 05, 1988 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Round 31

Carrow Road - Norwich - England

March 05, 1988

Norwich City

1 - 0

Man United

Robert Fleck

logo Norwich City NC

0' - Goal Robert Fleck0

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46' - Substitution Dale Gordonis substituted by Ian Crook46

46' - Substitution Mike Duxburyis substituted by Jesper Olsen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Norwich City

1 - 0

Man United

Norwich City Man United

Team line-ups

Norwich City

Gunn

Bryan Gunn

Scotland

B.date22/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Phelan

Mike Phelan

England

B.date24/09/1962

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Linighan

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age25 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Culverhouse

Ian Culverhouse

England

B.date22/09/1964

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Bowen

Mark Bowen

Wales

B.date07/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Putney

Trevor Putney

England

B.date09/04/1960

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Fox

Ruel Fox

Montserrat

B.date14/01/1968

Age20 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Goss

Jeremy Goss

Wales

B.date11/05/1965

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Gordon46

Dale Gordon

England

B.date09/01/1967

Age21 years

positionRight Winger

Fleck0

Robert Fleck

Scotland

B.date11/08/1965

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Drinkell

Kevin Drinkell

England

B.date18/06/1960

Age27 years

H1m80

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bryan Gunn		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Phelan		25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Culverhouse		23	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Bowen		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Putney		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruel Fox		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jeremy Goss		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dale Gordon	46	21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Fleck		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Drinkell		27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Turner

Chris Turner

England

B.date15/09/1958

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bruce

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Moran

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Duxbury46

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

O'Brien

Liam O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date05/09/1964

Age23 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age31 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Davenport

Peter Davenport

England

B.date24/03/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionForward

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Turner		29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran		31	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury	46	28	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson		27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam O'Brien		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		31	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		31	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Davenport		26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Crook	46	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jesper Olsen	46	26	157	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

Kevin Moran

Graeme Hogg

OUT

Gordon Strachan

Viv Anderson

OUT

Bryan Robson

Norman Whiteside

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Stringer

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Stringer vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 1988

Stringer vs Ferguson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Norwich City

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 05, 1988

Ferguson vs Stringer

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 1988

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Key figures

No Norwich City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Stringer has done less than 31% of wins .

It's the first time Robert Fleck scores 1 goal vs Manchester United in Premier League

No Norwich City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Stringer has done less than 1.19 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNorwich City 0-1 Portsmouth28/11/1987

VNorwich City 3-0 Chelsea28/12/1987

VNorwich City 4-1 West Ham01/01/1988

LNorwich City 0-2 Swindon Town13/01/1988

LNorwich City 0-3 Everton16/01/1988

DNorwich City 0-0 Watford06/02/1988

Overall

LNorwich City 0-3 Everton16/01/1988

DSouthampton 0-0 Norwich City23/01/1988

DNorwich City 0-0 Watford06/02/1988

VNewcastle United 1-3 Norwich City13/02/1988

DCoventry 0-0 Norwich City20/02/1988

LSwindon Town 2-0 Norwich City23/02/1988

Current form

Away

LOxford United 2-0 Manchester United20/01/1988

VArsenal 1-2 Manchester United24/01/1988

VDerby County 1-2 Manchester United10/02/1988

VChelsea 1-2 Manchester United13/02/1988

LArsenal 2-1 Manchester United20/02/1988

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester United23/02/1988

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Chelsea30/01/1988

VManchester United 1-0 Coventry06/02/1988

VDerby County 1-2 Manchester United10/02/1988

VChelsea 1-2 Manchester United13/02/1988

LArsenal 2-1 Manchester United20/02/1988

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester United23/02/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	5	7
Conceding streak	7	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	29
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
8	Victories (Competition total)	15
4	Victories (Home / Away)	8
6	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
14	Losses (Competition total)	4
6	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
0.93	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.52
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.56
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.97
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (4 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

Kevin Drinkell	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Brian McClair
Kevin Drinkell	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Brian McClair
Kevin Drinkell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Brian McClair
Kevin Drinkell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Drinkell	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Brian McClair

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

6 v

7 d

7 l

31 gf

32 ga

Away

21 matches

2 v

7 d

12 l

11 gf

34 ga

Total

41 matches

8 v

14 d

19 l

42 gf

66 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

12 v

7 d

2 l

34 gf

11 ga

Away

20 matches

7 v

7 d

6 l

32 gf

31 ga

Total

41 matches

19 v

14 d

8 l

66 gf

42 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 26, 1979
Home	4 - 1	September 26, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 24, 1979
Away	2 - 0	April 19, 1980

Latest head to head

October 17, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Man United

2 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

December 27, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Man United

0 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

November 15, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Norwich City

0 - 0

Man United

December 11, 1985 - Screen Sport Super Cup 1985/1986

Norwich City

1 - 1

Man United

November 06, 1985 - Screen Sport Super Cup 1985/1986

Man United

1 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Man United

Wayne Biggins	2 goals	1985 - 1987
Philip Boyer	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Kevin Reeves	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Justin Fashanu	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Graham Paddon	1 goal	1979 - 1979
David Williams	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Joe Jordan	6 goals	1978 - 1981
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1982 - 1987
Lou Macari	4 goals	1974 - 1979
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1985
Steve Coppell	3 goals	1978 - 1980
Stuart Pearson	2 goals	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Kevin Keelan	10 matches	1972 - 1979
Martin Peters	10 matches	1975 - 1980
Tony Powell	10 matches	1975 - 1980
Chris Woods	9 matches	1981 - 1985
Dave Watson	9 matches	1981 - 1985
Graham Paddon	9 matches	1972 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/01/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Martin Buchan	16 matches	1972 - 1981
Steve Coppell	14 matches	1975 - 1982
Gary Bailey	14 matches	1979 - 1985
Sammy McIlroy	13 matches	1974 - 1980
Arthur Albiston	12 matches	1978 - 1985
Lou Macari	12 matches	1973 - 1981