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Man United 3-2 Leicester - May 17, 1969 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 31

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

May 17, 1969

3 - 2

Leicester

Denis Law

George Best

Willie Morgan

45'

David Nish

45'

Rodney Fern

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0' - Goal Denis Law photo George Best

0' - Goal George Best photo Willie Morgan

0' - Goal Willie Morgan0

45' - Goal David Nish photo Rodney Fern

45' - Goal Rodney Fern

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46' - Substitution Rodney Fernis substituted by Paul Matthews

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 2

Leicester

Man United Leicester

Team line-ups

Man United

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age37 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Burns

Francis Burns

Scotland

B.date17/10/1948

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age26 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Law0

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age29 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Best0

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Morgan0

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age19 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes	37	578	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Burns	20	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan	32	349	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	26	365	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand	30	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	31	557	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	29	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	22	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan	24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	19	91	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

270

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age19 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Rodrigues

Peter Rodrigues

Wales

B.date21/01/1944

Age25 years

H1m75

positionSweeper

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age25 years

positionDefender

Woollett

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age22 years

positionDefender

Manley

Malcolm Manley

Scotland

B.date01/12/1949

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Nish45

David Nish

England

B.date26/09/1947

Age21 years

positionDefender

Gibson

Dave Gibson

Scotland

B.date23/09/1938

Age30 years

positionPlaymaker

Fern4546

Rodney Fern

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age20 years

positionForward

Lochhead

Andy Lochhead

Scotland

B.date09/03/1941

Age28 years

positionStriker

Clarke

Allan Clarke

England

B.date31/07/1946

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		19	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Rodrigues		25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		25	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett		22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Manley		19	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Nish	45	21	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Gibson		30	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodney Fern	4546	20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Lochhead		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Allan Clarke		22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Matthews	46	22	31	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

Peter Rodrigues

Bobby Roberts

OUT

Rodney Fern

Ally Brown

OUT

Leonard Glover

Paul Matthews

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

1141

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Leicester

12 victories

6 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 1969

Busby vs O'Farrell

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 17, 1969

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

O'Farrell vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 17, 1969

O'Farrell vs Busby

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 17, 1969

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Key figures

Francis Burns played his game number 50 in Premier League with Manchester United

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive wins at home running (since 02/04/1969). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/09/1967-20/01/1968 time period (12 matches).

End of streak for Man United after 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Premier League (since 02/11/1968). It was the best streak for the club since 27/02/1965-23/10/1965 (14 matches).

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday22/03/1969

DManchester United 1-1 Stoke City24/03/1969

VManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion02/04/1969

VManchester United 3-1 Nottingham Forest05/04/1969

VManchester United 2-0 Burnley19/04/1969

VManchester United 1-0 AC Milan15/05/1969

Overall

VManchester United 3-1 Nottingham Forest05/04/1969

LCoventry 2-1 Manchester United08/04/1969

LNewcastle United 2-0 Manchester United12/04/1969

VManchester United 2-0 Burnley19/04/1969

LAC Milan 2-0 Manchester United23/04/1969

VManchester United 1-0 AC Milan15/05/1969

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 1-0 Leicester22/03/1969

LCoventry 1-0 Leicester01/04/1969

LManchester City 2-0 Leicester04/04/1969

VSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Leicester14/04/1969

LLeeds United 2-0 Leicester19/04/1969

LIpswich Town 2-1 Leicester03/05/1969

Overall

LLeeds United 2-0 Leicester19/04/1969

LManchester City 1-0 Leicester26/04/1969

VLeicester 1-0 Tottenham29/04/1969

LIpswich Town 2-1 Leicester03/05/1969

VLeicester 2-1 Sunderland05/05/1969

DLeicester 1-1 Everton14/05/1969

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	7	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	6	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
14	Victories (Competition total)	9
12	Victories (Home / Away)	1
12	Draws (Competition total)	12
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
15	Losses (Competition total)	20
3	Losses (Home / Away)	15

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	65
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	41
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.9
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.24	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.05

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	17
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	13
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (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

George Best	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Allan Clarke
George Best	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Allan Clarke
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David Nish
George Best	8 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Graham Cross

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

24 v

8 d

4 l

88 gf

41 ga

Away

37 matches

10 v

7 d

20 l

60 gf

72 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

74 matches

35 v

15 d

24 l

151 gf

114 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

20 v

7 d

10 l

72 gf

60 ga

Away

36 matches

4 v

8 d

24 l

41 gf

88 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

74 matches

24 v

15 d

35 l

114 gf

151 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 13, 1965
Home	4 - 0	December 21, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 21, 1961
Away	2 - 0	April 21, 1923

Latest head to head

December 07, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Leicester

2 - 1

Man United

December 23, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Leicester

2 - 2

Man United

August 26, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Man United

1 - 1

Leicester

March 18, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Man United

5 - 2

Leicester

November 30, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Leicester

1 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Denis Law	10 goals	1963 - 1968
David Herd	10 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1957 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1961
Albert Scanlon	3 goals	1957 - 1960
Liam Whelan	3 goals	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ken Keyworth	9 goals	1961 - 1964
Mike Stringfellow	4 goals	1964 - 1967
Jimmy Walsh	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Colin Appleton	2 goals	1961 - 1964
Dave Gibson	2 goals	1963 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Bobby Charlton	22 matches	1957 - 1968
Bill Foulkes	21 matches	1957 - 1967
Tony Dunne	14 matches	1962 - 1968
Pat Crerand	13 matches	1963 - 1968
Nobby Stiles	13 matches	1961 - 1968
Shay Brennan	12 matches	1959 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Richie Norman	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Gordon Banks	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Graham Cross	13 matches	1963 - 1968
Dave Gibson	13 matches	1963 - 1967
Mike Stringfellow	12 matches	1962 - 1968
John Sjoberg	12 matches	1963 - 1968