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Leeds United 0-2 Liverpool - August 26, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 4

Elland Road - Leeds - England

August 26, 1997

39 775

0 - 2

Liverpool

23'

Steve McManaman

75'

Karlheinz Riedle

logo Leeds United LU

23' - Goal Steve McManaman

logo Leeds United LU

75' - Goal Karlheinz Riedle

82' - Substitution Karlheinz Riedleis substituted by Patrik Berger

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

0 - 2

Liverpool

Leeds United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Martyn

Nigel Martyn

England

B.date11/08/1966

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Radebe

Lucas Radebe

South Africa

B.date12/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

Molenaar

Robert Molenaar

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Ribeiro

Bruno Ribeiro

Portugal

B.date22/10/1975

Age21 years

H1m72

positionLeft central defender

Haaland

Alf-Inge Haaland

Norway

B.date23/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Robertson

David Robertson

Scotland

B.date17/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Halle

Gunnar Halle

Norway

B.date11/08/1965

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Kelly

Gary Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Hopkin

David Hopkin

Scotland

B.date21/08/1970

Age27 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Wallace

Rod Wallace

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Martyn	31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Radebe	28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Molenaar	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bruno Ribeiro	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alf-Inge Haaland	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Robertson	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gunnar Halle	32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Kelly	23	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hopkin	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rod Wallace	27	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Wright

Mark Wright

England

B.date01/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Harkness

Steven Harkness

England

B.date27/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m77

positionLeft central defender

Kvarme

Björn Tore Kvarme

Norway

B.date17/06/1972

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Jones

Rob Jones

England

B.date05/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

McManaman23

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Riedle7582

Karlheinz Riedle

Germany

B.date16/09/1965

Age31 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age17 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		27	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Wright		34	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Harkness		25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Björn Tore Kvarme		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rob Jones		25	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McManaman	23	25	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		30	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karlheinz Riedle	7582	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen		17	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

122

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Patrik Berger	82	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alf-Inge Haaland

David Wetherall

OUT

Lucas Radebe

Lee Bowyer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Graham vs Liverpool

9 victories

5 draws

14 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1997

Graham vs Evans

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Evans

182

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Evans vs Leeds United

6 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1997

Evans vs Graham

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 1997

Referee

Alan Wilkie

4 victories	5 draws	4 losses	Leeds United13 matches	General total	Liverpool13 matches	10 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Leeds United4 matches	Season total	Liverpool2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 17, 1999					Latest figure on January 03, 2000

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Key figures

David James played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Leeds United keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win at home running (since 12/03/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/04/1983-27/08/1983 time period (7 matches).

It's the first time Karlheinz Riedle scores 1 goal in his professional career with Liverpool

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeeds United 0-0 Southampton12/03/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Blackburn07/04/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa22/04/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Middlesbrough11/05/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal09/08/1997

LLeeds United 0-2 Crystal Palace23/08/1997

Overall

DLeeds United 0-0 Aston Villa22/04/1997

DChelsea 0-0 Leeds United03/05/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Middlesbrough11/05/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Arsenal09/08/1997

VSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Leeds United13/08/1997

LLeeds United 0-2 Crystal Palace23/08/1997

Current form

Away

VSunderland 1-2 Liverpool13/04/1997

DEverton 1-1 Liverpool16/04/1997

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Liverpool06/05/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool11/05/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Liverpool09/08/1997

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool23/08/1997

Overall

VLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham03/05/1997

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Liverpool06/05/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool11/05/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Liverpool09/08/1997

LLiverpool 1-2 Leicester13/08/1997

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool23/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	6	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	6	10
Conceding streak	11	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Rod Wallace	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Michael Owen
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Michael Owen
Rod Wallace	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Michael Owen

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

17 v

14 d

16 l

62 gf

56 ga

Away

47 matches

6 v

12 d

29 l

27 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

6 ga

Total

97 matches

24 v

27 d

46 l

95 gf

147 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

29 v

12 d

6 l

85 gf

27 ga

Away

47 matches

16 v

14 d

17 l

56 gf

62 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

6 ga

Total

97 matches

46 v

27 d

24 l

147 gf

95 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 18, 1933
Home	5 - 0	March 18, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 20, 1996
Away	3 - 0	May 17, 1979

Latest head to head

February 19, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

4 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

November 16, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leeds United

0 - 2

Liverpool

March 20, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Liverpool

3 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

March 10, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Leeds United

0 - 0

Liverpool

January 20, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Liverpool

5 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Mick Jones	6 goals	1968 - 1973
Lee Chapman	4 goals	1991 - 1992
Billy Bremner	3 goals	1964 - 1971
Peter Lorimer	3 goals	1965 - 1972
Éric Cantona	3 goals	1992 - 1992
Allan Clarke	3 goals	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Kevin Keegan	6 goals	1972 - 1976
Ian Rush	6 goals	1981 - 1993
Gordon Hodgson	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Robbie Fowler	5 goals	1994 - 1997
Alf Hanson	4 goals	1933 - 1935
John Toshack	4 goals	1970 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Paul Madeley	31 matches	1965 - 1980
Norman Hunter	30 matches	1964 - 1976
Billy Bremner	28 matches	1964 - 1975
Paul Reaney	28 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Lorimer	27 matches	1965 - 1977
Eddie Gray	24 matches	1967 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Ian Callaghan	32 matches	1964 - 1977
Tommy Smith	30 matches	1964 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	29 matches	1967 - 1978
Ray Clemence	29 matches	1970 - 1981
Chris Lawler	25 matches	1965 - 1974
Steve Heighway	23 matches	1970 - 1980