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Man United 2-1 Southampton - November 25, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 19

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

November 25, 1972

Man United

2 - 1

Southampton

Edward MacDougall

Wyn Davies

Mick Channon

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0' - Goal Edward MacDougall photo Wyn Davies

0' - Goal Wyn Davies0

0' - Goal Mick Channon

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46' - Substitution Mick Channonis substituted by Francis Burns

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Southampton

Man United Southampton

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age20 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Edwards

Paul Edwards

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age35 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

MacDougall0

Edward MacDougall

Scotland

B.date08/01/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

Davies0

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Storey-Moore

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney	30	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil	20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Edwards	25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne	31	520	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	35	735	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Edward MacDougall	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies	30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	26	458	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan	28	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore	27	33	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

219

Southampton

Martin

Eric Martin

Scotland

B.date31/03/1946

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Steele

Jim Steele

Scotland

B.date11/03/1950

Age22 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

Kirkup

Joe Kirkup

England

B.date17/12/1939

Age32 years

positionDefender

Bennett

Paul Bennett

England

B.date04/02/1952

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McCarthy

Bob McCarthy

England

B.date02/11/1948

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Fisher

Hugh Fisher

Scotland

B.date09/01/1944

Age28 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Channon046

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age23 years

H1m83

positionForward

Stokes

Bobby Stokes

England

B.date30/01/1951

Age21 years

H1m70

positionForward

Davies

Ron Davies

Wales

B.date25/02/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Paine

Terry Paine

England

B.date23/03/1939

Age33 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eric Martin		26	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Steele		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Kirkup		32	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Bennett		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bob McCarthy		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hugh Fisher		28	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil		28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon	46	23	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Stokes		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Davies		30	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Paine		33	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

137

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Francis Burns	46	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Edwards

David Sadler

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

O'Farrell vs Southampton

6 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on November 25, 1972

O'Farrell vs Bates

6 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on November 25, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Bates

619

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bates vs Man United

4 victories

2 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on November 25, 1972

Bates vs O'Farrell

1 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on November 25, 1972

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Key figures

No Southampton manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ted Bates has reached 1.71 goals scored per game .

It's the first time Wyn Davies scores 1 goal vs Southampton in his professional career with Manchester United

Tony Dunne played his game number 10 vs Southampton in Premier League with Manchester United

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-1 Oxford United12/09/1972

VManchester United 3-0 Derby County23/09/1972

LManchester United 1-2 Bristol Rovers11/10/1972

VManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1972

LManchester United 1-4 Tottenham28/10/1972

VManchester United 2-0 Liverpool11/11/1972

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1972

LNewcastle United 2-1 Manchester United21/10/1972

LManchester United 1-4 Tottenham28/10/1972

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United04/11/1972

VManchester United 2-0 Liverpool11/11/1972

LManchester City 3-0 Manchester United18/11/1972

Current form

Away

DChester City 2-2 Southampton13/09/1972

VEverton 0-1 Southampton16/09/1972

LArsenal 1-0 Southampton30/09/1972

LLeicester 1-0 Southampton07/10/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Southampton21/10/1972

DStoke City 3-3 Southampton11/11/1972

Overall

DSouthampton 1-1 Liverpool14/10/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Southampton21/10/1972

VSouthampton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion28/10/1972

VSouthampton 1-0 Norwich City04/11/1972

DStoke City 3-3 Southampton11/11/1972

VSouthampton 3-1 Chelsea18/11/1972

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
3	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
9	Losses (Competition total)	5
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.11
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.78
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.22

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 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

George Best	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Ron Davies
Wyn Davies	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Ron Davies
George Best	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
George Best	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Wyn Davies	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Ron Davies

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

9 v

1 d

6 l

35 gf

22 ga

Away

17 matches

5 v

6 d

6 l

25 gf

23 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

34 matches

15 v

7 d

12 l

61 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

6 v

6 d

5 l

23 gf

25 ga

Away

16 matches

6 v

1 d

9 l

22 gf

35 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

34 matches

12 v

7 d

15 l

45 gf

61 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	February 20, 1971
Home	5 - 1	February 20, 1971

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	August 16, 1969
Away	4 - 1	August 16, 1969

Latest head to head

April 15, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

3 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

January 19, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Man United

4 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

January 15, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Southampton

1 - 1

Man United

November 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Southampton

2 - 5

Man United

February 20, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

5 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Southampton

George Best	9 goals	1968 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1966 - 1972
Alan Gowling	4 goals	1971 - 1971
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1967 - 1972
Denis Law	2 goals	1963 - 1967
Willie Morgan	2 goals	1969 - 1971

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 Man United

Ron Davies	12 goals	1966 - 1972
Jimmy Gabriel	4 goals	1970 - 1972
Mick Channon	2 goals	1968 - 1972
Frank Saul	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Martin Chivers	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Terry Paine	1 goal	1968 - 1968

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

Bobby Charlton	15 matches	1963 - 1972
George Best	15 matches	1964 - 1972
David Sadler	14 matches	1966 - 1972
Alex Stepney	12 matches	1966 - 1972
Tony Dunne	11 matches	1963 - 1972
Pat Crerand	10 matches	1963 - 1971

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

Terry Paine	13 matches	1966 - 1972
Ron Davies	12 matches	1966 - 1972
Mick Channon	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Jimmy Gabriel	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Dave Walker	9 matches	1966 - 1972
Eric Martin	9 matches	1967 - 1972