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Liverpool 0-0 Nottingham - September 27, 1978 / Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1978/1979

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Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1978/1979 - First round

Anfield - Liverpool - England

September 27, 1978

51 679

Liverpool

England

0 - 0

Nottingham

England

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71' - Substitution Jimmy Caseis substituted by David Fairclough photo David Johnson

71' - Substitution Terry McDermottis substituted by David Johnson71

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

0 - 0

Nottingham

Liverpool Nottingham

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

A. Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Case71

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott71

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		30	501	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		31	646	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		24	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		27	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	71	24	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		27	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott	71	26	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		30	427	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		27	72	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

240

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Clark

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Gemmill

Archie Gemmill

Scotland

B.date24/03/1947

Age31 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

McGovern

John McGovern

Scotland

B.date28/10/1949

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Woodcock

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age22 years

positionForward

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark	35	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns	25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd	29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson	22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gemmill	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John McGovern	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson	25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock	22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	22	5	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Johnson	71	26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		David Fairclough	71	21	93	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Archie Gemmill

Martin O'Neill

OUT

Frank Clark

Colin Barrett

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

246

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Paisley vs Nottingham

0 victory

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 27, 1978

Paisley vs Clough

0 victory

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 27, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

187

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Clough vs Liverpool

7 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 27, 1978

Clough vs Paisley

2 victories

5 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 1978

Referee

Georges Konrath

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool3 matches	General total	Nottingham1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Nottingham1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 03, 1982					Latest figure on September 27, 1978

Videos

January 22, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Nottingham keeps its 7 consecutive draws away from home running (since 02/05/1978). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/03/1975 (6 matches)

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has reached 42% of clean sheets .

Liverpool keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win vs Nottingham running (since 26/12/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/09/1963 (4 matches)

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-0 Manchester City01/05/1978

DLiverpool 0-0 Nottingham Forest04/05/1978

VLiverpool 1-0 Club Brugge10/05/1978

VLiverpool 2-1 Queens Park Rangers19/08/1978

VLiverpool 7-0 Tottenham02/09/1978

VLiverpool 1-0 Coventry16/09/1978

Overall

LSheffield United 1-0 Liverpool30/08/1978

VLiverpool 7-0 Tottenham02/09/1978

VBirmingham City 0-3 Liverpool09/09/1978

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Liverpool13/09/1978

VLiverpool 1-0 Coventry16/09/1978

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool23/09/1978

Current form

Away

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Nottingham Forest02/05/1978

DLiverpool 0-0 Nottingham Forest04/05/1978

DCoventry 0-0 Nottingham Forest22/08/1978

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Nottingham Forest26/08/1978

DOldham Athletic 0-0 Nottingham Forest30/08/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Nottingham Forest16/09/1978

Overall

DNottingham Forest 0-0 West Bromwich Albion02/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 4-2 Oldham Athletic06/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 2-1 Arsenal09/09/1978

VNottingham Forest 2-0 Liverpool13/09/1978

DManchester United 1-1 Nottingham Forest16/09/1978

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Middlesbrough23/09/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	15	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	6	2
Unbeaten streak	11	26
Winless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Garry Birtles
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Garry Birtles

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

21 v

5 d

8 l

78 gf

32 ga

Away

33 matches

12 v

8 d

13 l

39 gf

45 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

69 matches

33 v

14 d

22 l

117 gf

78 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

13 v

8 d

12 l

45 gf

39 ga

Away

34 matches

8 v

5 d

21 l

32 gf

78 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

69 matches

22 v

14 d

33 l

78 gf

117 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 11, 1968
Home	6 - 1	May 11, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 01, 1908
Away	2 - 0	February 15, 1969

Latest head to head

September 13, 1978 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1978/1979

Nottingham

2 - 0

Liverpool

May 04, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

0 - 0

Nottingham

March 22, 1978 - League Cup 1977/1978

Nottingham

1 - 0

Liverpool

March 18, 1978 - League Cup 1977/1978

Nottingham

0 - 0

Liverpool

December 26, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Nottingham

1 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Roger Hunt	10 goals	1964 - 1968
Peter Thompson	4 goals	1964 - 1970
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1968 - 1968
Emelyn Hughes	3 goals	1967 - 1971
Steve Heighway	2 goals	1971 - 1977
Ian St-John	2 goals	1965 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Ian Storey-Moore	5 goals	1965 - 1971
Len Julians	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Joe Baker	2 goals	1966 - 1968
Barry Lyons	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Frank Wignall	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Trevor Hockey	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Ian Callaghan	22 matches	1962 - 1978
Tommy Smith	17 matches	1965 - 1978
Ron Yeats	16 matches	1962 - 1971
Chris Lawler	16 matches	1964 - 1971
Ian St-John	16 matches	1962 - 1970
Peter Thompson	16 matches	1963 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

John Winfield	16 matches	1962 - 1971
Peter Hindley	16 matches	1964 - 1971
Ian Storey-Moore	14 matches	1965 - 1971
Henry Newton	13 matches	1964 - 1970
Peter Grummitt	13 matches	1962 - 1969
Bob McKinlay	13 matches	1962 - 1968