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Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea - November 09, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 18

Anfield - Liverpool - England

November 09, 1968

2 - 1

Chelsea

Ian Callaghan

25'

(penalty) Tommy Smith

28'

Alan Birchenall

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0' - Goal Alan Birchenall

25' - Goal Ian Callaghan25

28' - Goal Tommy Smith28

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 1

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age30 years

positionDefender

Strong

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age30 years

positionLeft central defender

Smith28

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Callaghan25

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

Hunt

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Evans

Alun Evans

England

B.date30/04/1949

Age19 years

positionForward

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		28	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		30	313	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong		30	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith	28	23	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		25	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan	25	26	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt		30	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		25	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alun Evans		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		30	308	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

232

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age27 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age23 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Boyle

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Lloyd

Barry Lloyd

England

B.date19/02/1949

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Birchenall0

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age22 years

positionForward

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age27 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti	27	344	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	23	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	28	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle	21	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Lloyd	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall	23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood	21	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman	22	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	27	294	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

157

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Barry Lloyd

Tommy Baldwin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

461

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Chelsea

11 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on November 09, 1968

Shankly vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 09, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Sexton vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 09, 1968

Sexton vs Shankly

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 09, 1968

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Key figures

Ian Callaghan played his game number 10 vs Chelsea in Premier League

Ian St-John played his game number 10 vs Chelsea in Premier League

Liverpool keeps its 6 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Chelsea at home running (since 11/01/1964). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/01/1924-28/12/1935 time period (7 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-0 Leicester21/09/1968

VLiverpool 2-0 Swansea25/09/1968

VLiverpool 2-1 Athletic Bilbao02/10/1968

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton08/10/1968

VLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United12/10/1968

VLiverpool 2-1 Newcastle United26/10/1968

Overall

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton08/10/1968

VLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United12/10/1968

LArsenal 2-1 Liverpool15/10/1968

LTottenham 2-1 Liverpool19/10/1968

VLiverpool 2-1 Newcastle United26/10/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Liverpool02/11/1968

Current form

Away

VGreenock Morton 3-4 Chelsea30/09/1968

LDerby County 3-1 Chelsea02/10/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Chelsea09/10/1968

DWolverhampton 1-1 Chelsea12/10/1968

LStoke City 2-0 Chelsea26/10/1968

DFC Amsterdam 0-0 Chelsea30/10/1968

Overall

DWolverhampton 1-1 Chelsea12/10/1968

VChelsea 3-0 Leicester19/10/1968

DChelsea 0-0 FC Amsterdam23/10/1968

LStoke City 2-0 Chelsea26/10/1968

DFC Amsterdam 0-0 Chelsea30/10/1968

VChelsea 2-0 Manchester City02/11/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	15	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	23	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
10	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.82
2.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.94
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-0 (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

Roger Hunt	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Tommy Baldwin
Ian Callaghan	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Tommy Baldwin
Tommy Smith	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Peter Osgood
Tommy Smith	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Osgood
Alun Evans	5 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Tommy Baldwin

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

23 v

8 d

6 l

82 gf

44 ga

Away

33 matches

8 v

5 d

20 l

34 gf

68 ga

Total

70 matches

31 v

13 d

26 l

116 gf

112 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

20 v

5 d

8 l

68 gf

34 ga

Away

37 matches

6 v

8 d

23 l

44 gf

82 ga

Total

70 matches

26 v

13 d

31 l

112 gf

116 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	December 25, 1907

Latest head to head

February 12, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Chelsea

3 - 1

Liverpool

September 09, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Liverpool

3 - 1

Chelsea

December 26, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Liverpool

2 - 1

Chelsea

December 24, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Chelsea

1 - 2

Liverpool

April 30, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Liverpool

2 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Roger Hunt	7 goals	1963 - 1966
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Vic Wright	3 goals	1934 - 1935
Ian St-John	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Tony Hateley	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Fred Howe	2 goals	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Robert Tambling	5 goals	1965 - 1968
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Bert Murray	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Peter Osgood	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Barry Bridges	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Tommy Baldwin	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Peter Thompson	12 matches	1963 - 1968
Tommy Lawrence	12 matches	1963 - 1968
Roger Hunt	12 matches	1963 - 1968
Chris Lawler	11 matches	1964 - 1968
Ron Yeats	11 matches	1963 - 1968
Ian Callaghan	11 matches	1963 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	12 matches	1963 - 1968
Robert Tambling	11 matches	1963 - 1968
Marvin Hinton	10 matches	1964 - 1967
John Hollins	10 matches	1965 - 1968
Peter Bonetti	10 matches	1963 - 1968
Eddie McCreadie	10 matches	1963 - 1968