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Man United 1-0 Reading - March 16, 2013 / Premier League 2012/2013

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Premier League 2012/2013 - Round 30

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 16, 2013 - 17:30

75 605

Man United

1 - 0

Reading

Assist by Rio FerdinandWayne Rooney

21'

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21' - Goal Wayne Rooney21

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70' - Substitution Hal Robson-Kanuis substituted by Adam Le Fondre photo Nick Blackman

70' - Substitution Noel Huntis substituted by Nick Blackman

74' - Substitution Ashley Youngis substituted by Michael Carrick74

85' - Substitution Andersonis substituted by Shinji Kagawa85

88' - Substitution Stephen Kellyis substituted by Sean Morrison

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Reading

Man United Reading

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Rooney21

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

18Young74

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Anderson85

Anderson

Brazil

B.date13/04/1988

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

11Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age39 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

19Welbeck

Danny Welbeck

England

B.date26/11/1990

Age22 years

H1m85

positionStriker

28Büttner

Alexander Büttner

Netherlands

B.date11/02/1989

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

15Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age31 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

5Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age34 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

12Smalling

Chris Smalling

England

B.date22/11/1989

Age23 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

1De Gea

David De Gea

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age22 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David De Gea		22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		34	425	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Chris Smalling		23	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nemanja Vidic		31	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Alexander Büttner		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Anderson	85	24	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs		39	933	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ashley Young	74	27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Robin van Persie		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wayne Rooney	21	27	396	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Danny Welbeck		22	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

230

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Hunt70

Noel Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/12/1982

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

12McCleary

Garath McCleary

Jamaica

B.date08/03/1987

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11McAnuff

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaica

B.date09/11/1981

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

4Karacan

Jem Karacan

Turkey

B.date21/02/1989

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

19Robson-Kanu70

Hal Robson-Kanu

Wales

B.date21/05/1989

Age23 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Leigertwood

Mikele Leigertwood

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date12/11/1982

Age30 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

3Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

6Mariappa

Adrian Mariappa

Jamaica

B.date03/10/1986

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

5Pearce

Alex Pearce

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/11/1988

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

27Kelly88

Stephen Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/09/1983

Age29 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

41Taylor

Stuart Taylor

England

B.date28/11/1980

Age32 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
41	G	Stuart Taylor		32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Alex Pearce		24	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Stephen Kelly	88	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nicky Shorey		32	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Adrian Mariappa		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikele Leigertwood		30	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Jem Karacan		24	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Hal Robson-Kanu	70	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jobi McAnuff		31	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Garath McCleary		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Noel Hunt	70	30	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
16	M		Michael Carrick	74	31	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M		Shinji Kagawa	85	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	D	Sean Morrison	88	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Adam Le Fondre	70	26	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Nick Blackman	70	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alexander Büttner

Patrice Evra

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Michael Carrick

OUT

Chris Smalling

Rafael

OUT

Anderson

Tom Cleverley

OUT

Ashley Young

Nani

OUT

Nemanja Vidic

Jonny Evans

OUT

Robin van Persie

Javier Hernández

OUT

Danny Welbeck

Shinji Kagawa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicky Shorey

Ian Harte

OUT

Jem Karacan

Hope Akpan

OUT

Garath McCleary

Adam Le Fondre

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1493

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ferguson vs Reading

7 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 2013

Ferguson vs Dolan

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 2013

Manager

Age

Match num

Eamonn Dolan

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Dolan vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 2013

Dolan vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 2013

Referee

Lee Mason

19 victories	6 draws	3 losses	Man United28 matches	General total	Reading17 matches	7 victories	3 draws	7 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Man United2 matches	Season total	Reading3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 18, 2021					Latest figure on December 14, 2019

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 6 consecutive losses running (since 09/02/2013).

Reading keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win running (since 09/02/2013).

Man United keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Reading running (since 19/01/2008). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton30/01/2013

VManchester United 2-0 Everton10/02/2013

VManchester United 2-1 Reading18/02/2013

VManchester United 4-0 Norwich City02/03/2013

LManchester United 1-2 Real Madrid05/03/2013

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea10/03/2013

Overall

DReal Madrid 1-1 Manchester United13/02/2013

VManchester United 2-1 Reading18/02/2013

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 Manchester United23/02/2013

VManchester United 4-0 Norwich City02/03/2013

LManchester United 1-2 Real Madrid05/03/2013

DManchester United 2-2 Chelsea10/03/2013

Current form

Away

LTottenham 3-1 Reading01/01/2013

VCrawley Town 1-3 Reading05/01/2013

VNewcastle United 1-2 Reading19/01/2013

LStoke City 2-1 Reading09/02/2013

LManchester United 2-1 Reading18/02/2013

LEverton 3-1 Reading02/03/2013

Overall

VReading 2-1 Sunderland02/02/2013

LStoke City 2-1 Reading09/02/2013

LManchester United 2-1 Reading18/02/2013

LReading 0-3 Wigan23/02/2013

LEverton 3-1 Reading02/03/2013

LReading 1-2 Aston Villa09/03/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	12	20
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	5
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	11	6
Scoring streak	6	2
Conceding streak	19	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	351
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	19

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
23	Victories (Competition total)	5
13	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	8
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	16
1	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

68	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	56
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
2.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.21
2.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.86
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.93
1.07	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.93

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (5 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robin van Persie	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Adam Le Fondre
Robin van Persie	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Pavel Pogrebnyak
Wayne Rooney	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Adam Le Fondre
Robin van Persie	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Jobi McAnuff
Wayne Rooney	6 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Jobi McAnuff
Robin van Persie	19 goals, 10 assists during the last 27 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Adam Le Fondre

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

3 d

0 l

13 gf

7 ga

Away

9 matches

5 v

3 d

1 l

19 gf

11 ga

Total

16 matches

9 v

6 d

1 l

32 gf

18 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

1 v

3 d

5 l

11 gf

19 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

3 d

4 l

7 gf

13 ga

Total

16 matches

1 v

6 d

9 l

18 gf

32 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 27, 1996
Home	4 - 1	January 12, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	January 17, 1927
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 18, 2013 - FA Cup 2012/2013

Man United

2 - 1

Reading

December 01, 2012 - Premier League 2012/2013

Reading

3 - 4

Man United

January 19, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Reading

0 - 2

Man United

August 12, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

0 - 0

Reading

February 27, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Reading

2 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Reading

Cristiano Ronaldo	4 goals	2006 - 2008
Wayne Rooney	3 goals	2008 - 2012
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Ryan Giggs	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Robin van Persie	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Javier Hernández	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Leroy Lita	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Sean Morrison	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Adam Le Fondre	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Ibrahima Sonko	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Dave Kitson	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Hal Robson-Kanu	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Darren Fletcher	7 matches	2006 - 2012
Michael Carrick	7 matches	2006 - 2013
Wayne Rooney	6 matches	2006 - 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Rio Ferdinand	6 matches	2006 - 2012
Edwin Van der Sar	5 matches	2006 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Nicky Shorey	8 matches	2006 - 2013
Ívar Ingimarsson	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Brynjar Gunnarsson	5 matches	2006 - 2007
Stephen Hunt	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Kevin Doyle	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Ki-hyeon Seol	5 matches	2006 - 2007