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Man United 1-0 Blackburn - February 10, 1996 / Premier League 1995/1996

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Premier League 1995/1996 - Round 26

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

February 10, 1996

42 681

Man United

1 - 0

Blackburn

Lee Sharpe

14'

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14' - Goal Lee Sharpe14

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65' - Substitution Mike Newellis substituted by Graham Fenton

73' - Substitution Jason Wilcoxis substituted by Niklas Gudmundsson

82' - Substitution Chris Colemanis substituted by Nicky Marker

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Blackburn

Man United Blackburn

Team line-ups

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

May

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age30 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age20 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Sharpe14

Lee Sharpe

England

B.date27/05/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Cantona

Éric Cantona

France

B.date24/05/1966

Age29 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		32	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David May		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		30	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville		19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		30	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		24	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		22	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Sharpe	14	24	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Éric Cantona		29	119	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

157

Blackburn

Flowers

Tim Flowers

England

B.date03/02/1967

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Coleman82

Chris Coleman

Wales

B.date10/06/1970

Age25 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

McKinlay

Billy McKinlay

Scotland

B.date22/04/1969

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Wilcox73

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Newell65

Mike Newell

England

B.date27/01/1965

Age31 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Gallacher

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age29 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tim Flowers		29	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Coleman	82	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		30	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		26	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		27	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox	73	24	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Newell	65	31	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Shearer		25	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Nicky Marker	82	30	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graham Fenton	65	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Niklas Gudmundsson	73	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Beckham

Nicky Butt

OUT

David May

Steve Bruce

OUT

Gary Pallister

Gary Neville

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Billy McKinlay

Lars Bohinen

OUT

Jason Wilcox

Stuart Ripley

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

502

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Blackburn

6 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 10, 1996

Ferguson vs Harford

6 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 10, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Harford

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Harford vs Man United

0 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on February 10, 1996

Harford vs Ferguson

0 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on February 10, 1996

Referee

Keith Burge

7 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Man United10 matches	General total	Blackburn13 matches	10 victories	1 draw	2 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Man United3 matches	Season total	Blackburn3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 01, 1999					Latest figure on February 06, 1999

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive wins running (since 16/01/1996).

End of streak for Blackburn after 3 consecutive wins in Premier League (since 13/01/1996). It was the best streak for the club since 26/12/1994-14/01/1995 (4 matches).

Gary Pallister played his game number 350 in his professional career with

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea02/12/1995

DManchester United 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday09/12/1995

VManchester United 2-0 Newcastle United27/12/1995

VManchester United 2-1 Queens Park Rangers30/12/1995

DManchester United 2-2 Sunderland06/01/1996

DManchester United 0-0 Aston Villa13/01/1996

Overall

DManchester United 2-2 Sunderland06/01/1996

DManchester United 0-0 Aston Villa13/01/1996

VSunderland 1-2 Manchester United16/01/1996

VWest Ham 0-1 Manchester United22/01/1996

VReading 0-3 Manchester United27/01/1996

VWimbledon FC 2-4 Manchester United03/02/1996

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 2-1 Blackburn29/11/1995

LCoventry 5-0 Blackburn09/12/1995

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Blackburn23/12/1995

DLeeds United 0-0 Blackburn01/01/1996

DIpswich Town 0-0 Blackburn06/01/1996

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Blackburn13/01/1996

Overall

DLeeds United 0-0 Blackburn01/01/1996

DIpswich Town 0-0 Blackburn06/01/1996

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Blackburn13/01/1996

LBlackburn 0-1 Ipswich Town16/01/1996

VBlackburn 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday20/01/1996

VBlackburn 3-1 Bolton Wanderers03/02/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	4
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	11	6
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	4
Scoring streak	0	4
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
14	Victories (Competition total)	12
8	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.84	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.6
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.42
1.16	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Andy Cole	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	24 goals	Alan Shearer
Paul Scholes	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Alan Shearer
Éric Cantona	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Alan Shearer
Éric Cantona	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Éric Cantona	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	24 goals during the last 25 matches	Alan Shearer

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

17 v

10 d

8 l

66 gf

40 ga

Away

37 matches

13 v

8 d

16 l

64 gf

76 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

73 matches

31 v

18 d

24 l

132 gf

116 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

16 v

8 d

13 l

76 gf

64 ga

Away

35 matches

8 v

10 d

17 l

40 gf

66 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

73 matches

24 v

18 d

31 l

116 gf

132 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 1965
Home	6 - 1	August 26, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 10, 1926
Away	3 - 0	October 13, 1962

Latest head to head

August 28, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Blackburn

1 - 2

Man United

January 22, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

1 - 0

Blackburn

October 23, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Blackburn

2 - 4

Man United

August 14, 1994 - Charity Shield 1994

Man United

2 - 0

Blackburn

April 02, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Blackburn

2 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1966
David Herd	6 goals	1961 - 1966
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1959 - 1963
Denis Law	4 goals	1963 - 1965
Paul Ince	3 goals	1993 - 1994
Éric Cantona	3 goals	1994 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Mike Harrison	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Frederick Pickering	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Michael McGrath	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	15 matches	1958 - 1966
Bill Foulkes	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Harry Gregg	12 matches	1958 - 1966
Shay Brennan	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Nobby Stiles	9 matches	1960 - 1966
David Herd	8 matches	1961 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ronnie Clayton	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	10 matches	1960 - 1966
Keith Newton	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Michael McGrath	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Colin Hendry	8 matches	1992 - 1995
Mike Harrison	8 matches	1962 - 1966