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Man United 4-1 Manchester City - August 31, 1957 / Division 1 1957/1958

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Division 1 1957/1958 - Round 3

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 31, 1957

63 347

Man United

4 - 1

Manchester City

Duncan Edwards

15'

Johnny Berry

20'

Dennis Viollet

65'

Tommy Taylor

86'

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15' - Goal Duncan Edwards15

20' - Goal Johnny Berry20

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65' - Goal Dennis Viollet65

86' - Goal Tommy Taylor86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

4 - 1

Manchester City

Man United Manchester City

Team line-ups

Man United

Wood

Ray Wood

England

B.date11/06/1931

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Byrne

Roger Byrne

England

B.date08/02/1929

Age28 years

positionDefender

Edwards15

Duncan Edwards

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Colman

Eddie Colman

England

B.date01/11/1936

Age20 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Blanchflower

John Blanchflower

Northern Ireland

B.date07/03/1933

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Viollet65

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age23 years

positionForward

Whelan

Liam Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1935

Age22 years

positionForward

Pegg

David Pegg

England

B.date20/09/1935

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Taylor86

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date29/01/1932

Age25 years

positionStriker

Berry20

Johnny Berry

England

B.date01/06/1926

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Wood		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Byrne		28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Duncan Edwards	15	20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Colman		20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Blanchflower		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet	65	23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Liam Whelan		22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Pegg		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Taylor	86	25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Berry	20	31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

521

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Busby vs Manchester City

8 victories

7 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1957

Busby vs McDowall

6 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1957

Manager

Age

Match num

Les McDowall

320

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McDowall vs Man United

6 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1957

McDowall vs Busby

6 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 1957

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Key figures

No key stat for this match

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Tottenham06/04/1957

VManchester United 4-0 Sunderland20/04/1957

VManchester United 2-0 Burnley22/04/1957

DManchester United 2-2 Real Madrid25/04/1957

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion29/04/1957

VManchester United 3-0 Everton28/08/1957

Overall

DManchester United 2-2 Real Madrid25/04/1957

VCardiff City 2-3 Manchester United27/04/1957

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion29/04/1957

LAston Villa 2-1 Manchester United04/05/1957

VLeicester 0-3 Manchester United24/08/1957

VManchester United 3-0 Everton28/08/1957

Current form

Away

LChelsea 4-2 Manchester City09/03/1957

VPortsmouth 0-1 Manchester City06/04/1957

VBurnley 0-3 Manchester City20/04/1957

DEverton 1-1 Manchester City22/04/1957

DBirmingham City 3-3 Manchester City27/04/1957

VChelsea 2-3 Manchester City28/08/1957

Overall

LManchester City 0-2 Preston North End13/04/1957

LManchester City 2-4 Everton19/04/1957

VBurnley 0-3 Manchester City20/04/1957

DEverton 1-1 Manchester City22/04/1957

DBirmingham City 3-3 Manchester City27/04/1957

VChelsea 2-3 Manchester City28/08/1957

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	11
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	11	5
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Liam Whelan	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Tommy Taylor	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Liam Whelan	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

13 v

12 d

7 l

44 gf

40 ga

Away

32 matches

10 v

10 d

12 l

37 gf

46 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

65 matches

23 v

22 d

20 l

81 gf

89 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

12 v

10 d

10 l

46 gf

37 ga

Away

32 matches

7 v

12 d

13 l

40 gf

44 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

65 matches

20 v

22 d

23 l

89 gf

81 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 10, 1898
Home	3 - 0	September 10, 1898

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 12, 1955
Away	5 - 0	February 12, 1955

Latest head to head

February 02, 1957 - Division 1 1956/1957

Manchester City

2 - 4

Man United

October 24, 1956 - Charity Shield 1956

Manchester City

0 - 1

Man United

September 22, 1956 - Division 1 1956/1957

Man United

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 31, 1955 - Division 1 1955/1956

Man United

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

September 03, 1955 - Division 1 1955/1956

Manchester City

1 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Dennis Viollet	3 goals	1956 - 1957
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1956 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Duncan Edwards	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

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Players with most games played vs Manchester City

David Pegg	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Bill Foulkes	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Eddie Colman	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Duncan Edwards	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Liam Whelan	3 matches	1956 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	3 matches	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

William Leivers	1 match	1956 - 1956
Ken Barnes	1 match	1956 - 1956
Joe Hayes	1 match	1956 - 1956
Jack Dyson	1 match	1956 - 1956
Roy Clarke	1 match	1956 - 1956
Bert Trautmann	1 match	1956 - 1956