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Man United 3-2 Southampton - April 15, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 40

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 15, 1972

Man United

3 - 2

Southampton

Ian Storey-Moore

(penalty) George Best

26'

Brian Kidd

43'

Ron Davies

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0' - Goal Ian Storey-Moore0

0' - Goal Ron Davies photo Ron Davies

0' - Goal Ron Davies

26' - Goal George Best26

43' - Goal Brian Kidd43

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46' - Substitution Thomas Jenkinsis substituted by Dave Walker

60' - Substitution Brian Kiddis substituted by Sammy McIlroy60

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 2

Southampton

Man United Southampton

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Young

Tony Young

England

B.date24/12/1952

Age19 years

positionDefender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age19 years

H1m70

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Kidd4360

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age32 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Storey-Moore0

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Best26

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		26	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Young		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	496	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	4360	22	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		32	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	26	25	433	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

207

Southampton

Martin

Eric Martin

Scotland

B.date31/03/1946

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Steele

Jim Steele

Scotland

B.date11/03/1950

Age22 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

Hollywood

Denis Hollywood

Scotland

B.date03/11/1944

Age27 years

positionDefender

McGrath

John McGrath

England

B.date23/08/1938

Age33 years

H1m83

positionDefender

McCarthy

Bob McCarthy

England

B.date02/11/1948

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Jenkins46

Thomas Jenkins

England

B.date02/12/1947

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Davies00

Ron Davies

Wales

B.date25/02/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Stokes

Bobby Stokes

England

B.date30/01/1951

Age21 years

H1m70

positionForward

O'Brien

Gerry O'Brien

Scotland

B.date10/11/1949

Age22 years

H1m68

positionWinger

Channon

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age23 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eric Martin		26	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Steele		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Hollywood		27	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McGrath		33	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bob McCarthy		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Jenkins	46	24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ron Davies		30	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Stokes		21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerry O'Brien		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon		23	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Sammy McIlroy	60	17	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Dave Walker	46	26	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Denis Law

Alan Gowling

OUT

Alex Stepney

John Connaughton

OUT

Tony Young

Bobby Charlton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thomas Jenkins

Terry Paine

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

O'Farrell vs Southampton

5 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

O'Farrell vs Bates

5 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Bates

593

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bates vs Man United

4 victories

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Bates vs O'Farrell

1 victory

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

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Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 03/04/1972).

George Best scored 7 goals vs Southampton in Premier League with Manchester United

Man United keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Southampton in Premier League running (since 20/02/1971). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Everton08/03/1972

VManchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town11/03/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Stoke City18/03/1972

VManchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace25/03/1972

LManchester United 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1972

LManchester United 1-3 Manchester City12/04/1972

Overall

VManchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace25/03/1972

VCoventry 2-3 Manchester United01/04/1972

LManchester United 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1972

DSheffield United 1-1 Manchester United04/04/1972

LLeicester 2-0 Manchester United08/04/1972

LManchester United 1-3 Manchester City12/04/1972

Current form

Away

LStoke City 3-1 Southampton22/01/1972

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Southampton19/02/1972

LLeeds United 7-0 Southampton04/03/1972

DIpswich Town 1-1 Southampton18/03/1972

LArsenal 1-0 Southampton28/03/1972

VCrystal Palace 2-3 Southampton01/04/1972

Overall

LSouthampton 0-1 Liverpool25/03/1972

LArsenal 1-0 Southampton28/03/1972

VCrystal Palace 2-3 Southampton01/04/1972

VSouthampton 2-0 Manchester City04/04/1972

LSouthampton 0-1 Everton08/04/1972

VSouthampton 1-0 Leicester11/04/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	38
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
17	Victories (Competition total)	12
11	Victories (Home / Away)	4
9	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
12	Losses (Competition total)	21
6	Losses (Home / Away)	13

Goals

63	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
56	Goals conceded (Competition total)	74
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	48
1.66	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.26
1.74	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.95
1.26	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.53

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	23
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

George Best	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Mick Channon
George Best	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Bobby Stokes
Willie Morgan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Martin Buchan	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Ron Davies

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

8 v

1 d

6 l

32 gf

20 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

33 matches

14 v

7 d

12 l

58 gf

43 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

6 v

6 d

5 l

23 gf

25 ga

Away

15 matches

6 v

1 d

8 l

20 gf

32 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

33 matches

12 v

7 d

14 l

43 gf

58 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

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

November 21, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Southampton

1 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Southampton

George Best	8 goals	1968 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1966 - 1972
Alan Gowling	4 goals	1971 - 1971
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1967 - 1971
Willie Morgan	2 goals	1969 - 1971
John Aston	2 goals	1967 - 1972

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	10 goals	1966 - 1971
Jimmy Gabriel	4 goals	1970 - 1972
Mick Channon	2 goals	1968 - 1972
Terry Paine	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Frank Saul	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Martin Chivers	1 goal	1967 - 1967

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	14 matches	1964 - 1972
David Sadler	13 matches	1966 - 1972
Alex Stepney	11 matches	1966 - 1972
Tony Dunne	10 matches	1963 - 1970
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
Jimmy Gabriel	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Ron Davies	11 matches	1966 - 1972
Mick Channon	10 matches	1967 - 1972
Dave Walker	8 matches	1966 - 1971
Anthony Byrne	8 matches	1967 - 1972