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Aston Villa 1-3 Man United - December 08, 1956 / Division 1 1956/1957

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Division 1 1956/1957 - Round 19

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 08, 1956

42 530

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Man United

42'

Tommy Taylor

49'

Tommy Taylor

73'

Dennis Viollet

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42' - Goal Tommy Taylor

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49' - Goal Tommy Taylor

73' - Goal Dennis Viollet

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Man United

Aston Villa Man United

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Man United

Wood

Ray Wood

England

B.date11/06/1931

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Jones

Mark Jones

England

B.date15/06/1933

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Bent

Geoff Bent

England

B.date22/09/1932

Age24 years

positionFull-back

Colman

Eddie Colman

England

B.date01/11/1936

Age20 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Edwards

Duncan Edwards

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Taylor4249

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date29/01/1932

Age24 years

positionStriker

Pegg

David Pegg

England

B.date20/09/1935

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Berry

Johnny Berry

England

B.date01/06/1926

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

Whelan

Liam Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1935

Age21 years

positionForward

Viollet73

Dennis Viollet

England

B.date20/09/1933

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Wood		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Jones		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Bent		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Colman		20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Duncan Edwards		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Taylor	4249	24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Pegg		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Berry		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Liam Whelan		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Viollet	73	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Geoff Bent

Wilfred McGuiness

OUT

Dennis Viollet

Roger Byrne

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Eric Houghton

152

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Houghton vs Man United

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1956

Houghton vs Busby

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1956

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

486

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Aston Villa

13 victories

6 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1956

Busby vs Houghton

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1956

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Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 17/11/1956).

Aston Villa keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 17/11/1956).

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 17/11/1956). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/02/1956-17/10/1956 time period (29 matches).

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 2-4 Tottenham15/09/1956

DAston Villa 0-0 Bolton Wanderers29/09/1956

VAston Villa 3-1 Newcastle United13/10/1956

VAston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City27/10/1956

VAston Villa 1-0 Burnley10/11/1956

DAston Villa 1-1 Chelsea24/11/1956

Overall

VAston Villa 3-1 Birmingham City27/10/1956

LArsenal 2-1 Aston Villa03/11/1956

VAston Villa 1-0 Burnley10/11/1956

DPreston North End 3-3 Aston Villa17/11/1956

DAston Villa 1-1 Chelsea24/11/1956

LSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa01/12/1956

Current form

Away

VArsenal 1-2 Manchester United29/09/1956

VSunderland 1-3 Manchester United13/10/1956

DBlackpool 2-2 Manchester United27/10/1956

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United10/11/1956

DBorussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester United21/11/1956

DTottenham 2-2 Manchester United24/11/1956

Overall

VManchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton03/11/1956

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United10/11/1956

VManchester United 3-2 Leeds United17/11/1956

DBorussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester United21/11/1956

DTottenham 2-2 Manchester United24/11/1956

VManchester United 3-1 Luton Town01/12/1956

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
6	Victories (Competition total)	13
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.47
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (2 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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Liam Whelan
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Tommy Taylor
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Johnny Berry
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Johnny Berry
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Tommy Taylor