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Brighton & Hove 2-2 Liverpool - February 21, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Journée 31

Goldstone Ground - Hove - England

February 21, 1981

2 - 2

Liverpool

Gordon Smith

Michael Robinson

27'

David Johnson

65'

Terry McDermott

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0' - Goal Gordon Smith photo Michael Robinson

0' - Goal Michael Robinson0

27' - Goal David Johnson

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46' - Substitution John Gregoryis substituted by Gerry Ryan46

65' - Goal Terry McDermott

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Brighton & Hove

2 - 2

Liverpool

Brighton & Hove Liverpool

Team line-ups

Brighton & Hove

Digweed

Perry Digweed

England

B.date26/10/1959

Age21 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Gary Williams

England

B.date08/03/1954

Age26 years

positionDefender

Foster

Steve Foster

England

B.date24/09/1957

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Stevens

Gary Stevens

England

B.date30/03/1962

Age18 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Clark

Paul Clark

England

B.date14/09/1958

Age22 years

positionDefender

Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Gregory46

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age26 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Stille

Giles Stille

Sweden

B.date11/10/1958

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Smith0

Gordon Smith

Scotland

B.date29/12/1954

Age26 years

positionStriker

Robinson0

Michael Robinson

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/07/1958

Age22 years

H1m82

positionStriker

O'Sullivan

Peter O'Sullivan

Wales

B.date04/03/1951

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Perry Digweed		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Williams		26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Foster		23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Stevens		18	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Clark		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson		23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory	46	26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giles Stille		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Smith		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Robinson		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter O'Sullivan		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age32 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Cohen

Avi Cohen

Israel

B.date14/11/1956

Age24 years

positionLeft central defender

Irwin

Colin Irwin

England

B.date09/02/1957

Age24 years

positionDefender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lee

Sammy Lee

England

B.date07/02/1959

Age22 years

H1m58

positionMidfield

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age26 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott65

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnson27

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age29 years

positionForward

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		32	647	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Avi Cohen		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Irwin		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		30	366	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		27	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Lee		22	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		29	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		26	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott	65	29	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	27	29	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		29	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

233

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gerry Ryan	46	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Giles Stille

Neil McNab

OUT

Gary Williams

Andy Ritchie

OUT

Paul Clark

Brian Horton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Case

Kevin Sheedy

OUT

Avi Cohen

Richard Money

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Mullery

187

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Mullery vs Liverpool

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1981

Mullery vs Paisley

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

395

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Paisley vs Brighton & Hove

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1981

Paisley vs Mullery

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1981

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Brighton & Hove after 11 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Premier League (since 20/09/1980). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/04/1980 (4 matches)

Liverpool keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 10/02/1981).

Brighton & Hove keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Liverpool in Premier League running (since 10/11/1979). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBrighton & Hove 1-4 Manchester United22/11/1980

VBrighton & Hove 2-1 Sunderland06/12/1980

VBrighton & Hove 1-0 Aston Villa20/12/1980

VBrighton & Hove 3-2 Crystal Palace27/12/1980

LBrighton & Hove 0-2 Manchester United07/01/1981

LBrighton & Hove 0-2 Tottenham31/01/1981

Overall

DManchester United 2-2 Brighton & Hove03/01/1981

LBrighton & Hove 0-2 Manchester United07/01/1981

LManchester United 2-1 Brighton & Hove10/01/1981

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Brighton & Hove17/01/1981

LBrighton & Hove 0-2 Tottenham31/01/1981

LBirmingham City 2-1 Brighton & Hove07/02/1981

Current form

Away

DManchester United 0-0 Liverpool26/12/1980

LAston Villa 2-0 Liverpool10/01/1981

VManchester City 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1981

VNorwich City 0-1 Liverpool17/01/1981

LEverton 2-1 Liverpool24/01/1981

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Liverpool07/02/1981

Overall

VNorwich City 0-1 Liverpool17/01/1981

LEverton 2-1 Liverpool24/01/1981

LLiverpool 1-2 Leicester31/01/1981

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Liverpool07/02/1981

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester City10/02/1981

DLiverpool 2-2 Birmingham City14/02/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	5
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	13	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	30
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
8	Victories (Competition total)	12
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	13
1	Draws (Home / Away)	8
17	Losses (Competition total)	5
7	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.21	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.27
1.76	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.47

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (4 times)

Bookings

1	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

Michael Robinson	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Terry McDermott
Michael Robinson	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Brian Horton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Terry McDermott
Michael Robinson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Johnson

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

7 gf

12 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

2 d

5 l

5 gf

18 ga

Total

13 matches

1 v

4 d

8 l

12 gf

30 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

5 v

2 d

0 l

18 gf

5 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

12 gf

7 ga

Total

13 matches

8 v

4 d

1 l

30 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	January 14, 1961
Home	3 - 1	January 14, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 03, 1958
Away	4 - 1	November 10, 1979

Latest head to head

September 27, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Liverpool

4 - 1

Brighton & Hove logo Brighton & Hove

March 22, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Liverpool

1 - 0

Brighton & Hove logo Brighton & Hove

November 10, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Brighton & Hove

1 - 4

Liverpool

February 03, 1962 - Division 2 1961/1962

Liverpool

3 - 1

Brighton & Hove logo Brighton & Hove

September 16, 1961 - Division 2 1961/1962

Brighton & Hove

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

	Brian Horton	1 goal	1980 - 1980
	Ray Clarke	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/11/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Brighton & Hove

Graeme Souness	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Kenny Dalglish	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Ray Kennedy	1 goal	1979 - 1979
David Johnson	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Terry McDermott	1 goal	1980 - 1980
David Fairclough	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/11/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Gary Williams	3 matches	1979 - 1980
John Gregory	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Gerry Ryan	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Graham Moseley	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Steve Foster	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Gary Stevens	3 matches	1979 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/11/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Brighton & Hove

Phil Neal	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Phil Thompson	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Alan Hansen	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Graeme Souness	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Ray Clemence	3 matches	1979 - 1980
Ray Kennedy	3 matches	1979 - 1980