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Liverpool 2-1 Athletic Bilbao - October 02, 1968 / Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968/1969

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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968/1969 - First round

Anfield - Liverpool - England

October 02, 1968

Liverpool

England

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbaowin by coin toss

Athletic Bilbao

Spain

Chris Lawler

78'

Emelyn Hughes

87'

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78' - Goal Chris Lawler78

87' - Goal Emelyn Hughes87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Liverpool Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes87

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age30 years

positionDefender

Wall

Peter Wall

England

B.date13/09/1944

Age24 years

positionDefender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler78

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age30 years

positionForward

Evans

Alun Evans

England

B.date30/04/1949

Age19 years

positionForward

Hunt

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		28	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes	87	21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		30	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Wall		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		23	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler	78	24	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		26	315	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		25	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		30	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alun Evans		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt		30	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

216

Team line-up not yet available

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

453

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Athletic Bilbao

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 1968

Shankly vs Gainza

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Agustín Gainza

127

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Gainza vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 1968

Gainza vs Shankly

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 1968

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Comments

Key figures

No Athletic Bilbao manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Antonio Barrios has done less than 1.27 goals conceded per game .

End of streak for Liverpool after 4 consecutive matches without a win in Europa League (since 14/11/1967). It's a record streak. The first of history

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Europa League running (since 30/09/1964). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-1 Stoke City20/08/1968

VLiverpool 4-1 Sunderland24/08/1968

VLiverpool 4-0 Sheffield United04/09/1968

VLiverpool 2-0 Queens Park Rangers07/09/1968

VLiverpool 4-0 Leicester21/09/1968

VLiverpool 2-0 Swansea25/09/1968

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Queens Park Rangers07/09/1968

VIpswich Town 0-2 Liverpool14/09/1968

LAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Liverpool18/09/1968

VLiverpool 4-0 Leicester21/09/1968

VLiverpool 2-0 Swansea25/09/1968

VWolverhampton 0-6 Liverpool28/09/1968

Current form

Away

VReal Betis 0-3 Athletic Bilbao21/04/1968

VAlcoyano 1-4 Athletic Bilbao19/05/1968

VLas Palmas 0-2 Athletic Bilbao02/06/1968

LFC Barcelona 3-1 Athletic Bilbao08/06/1968

VReal Zaragoza 0-2 Athletic Bilbao15/09/1968

LCD Malaga 4-0 Athletic Bilbao28/09/1968

Overall

LFC Barcelona 3-1 Athletic Bilbao08/06/1968

DAthletic Bilbao 0-0 FC Barcelona15/06/1968

VReal Zaragoza 0-2 Athletic Bilbao15/09/1968

VAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Liverpool18/09/1968

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Elche22/09/1968

LCD Malaga 4-0 Athletic Bilbao28/09/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	3
Unbeaten streak	11	3
Drawless streak	8	8
Scoring streak	19	7
Invincibility streak	4	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	10	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

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

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	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)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

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
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

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

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	September 18, 1968
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 18, 1968 - Coupe des villes de foires 1968/1969

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Roger Hunt

1 goal

1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Chris Lawler	1 match	1968 - 1968
Tommy Smith	1 match	1968 - 1968
Peter Thompson	1 match	1968 - 1968
Bobby Graham	1 match	1968 - 1968
Ian Ross	1 match	1968 - 1968
Peter Wall	1 match	1968 - 1968