1957-58·First Division

Saturday 7 December 1957

·Drawn

BirminghamBirminghamCity
3–3
Man UtdManchesterUnited

Seasons/1957-58/This match

15′

Murphy

16′

Astall

36′

Kinsey

0′HTFT

15' Peter Murphy
16' Gordon Astall
36' Noel Kinsey

Starting XI

Pegg Viollet×2 Taylor Whelan Berry

Edwards Colman

Byrne Jones Foulkes

Wood

3-2-5 — approximate shape, inferred from classic shirt numbering

Verified from 20 cited sources and the canonical match record.

Venue

Away

Attendance

35,791

Verified from 20 cited sources and the canonical match record.

Pre-match Elo1678 → 1676(-2)

Manchester United 59%41% Birmingham City

Manchester United went in as the favourite by rating, 1678 to Birmingham City’s 1552.

Previous head-to-head results

17W

14D

16L

W1736%

D1430%

L1634%

47 played · 36% win rate

47 previous meetings with Birmingham City · 36% win rate

United’s last 6 matches

L L W W W D

This exact result, before

3–3@ Birmingham31/12/1938
First Division

31 Dec 19383–3D@BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham CityFirst Division·31 Dec 1938 · 1938-391938-39First DivisionFirst Division

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