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Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool - January 31, 1988 / FA Cup 1987/1988

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FA Cup 1987/1988 - Round of 32

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

January 31, 1988

46 324

0 - 2

Liverpool

53'

John Barnes

86'

Peter Beardsley

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53' - Goal John Barnes

86' - Goal Peter Beardsley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Liverpool

Aston Villa Liverpool

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age32 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Barnes53

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Spackman

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Aldridge

John Aldridge

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Beardsley86

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age27 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		30	387	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		32	551	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		26	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison		23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	53	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aldridge		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley	86	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

132

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

Gary Ablett

Gary Gillespie

OUT

Nigel Spackman

Ronnie Whelan

OUT

Bruce Grobbelaar

Mike Hooper

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Taylor vs Liverpool

2 victories

2 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 1988

Taylor vs Dalglish

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on January 31, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

150

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Dalglish vs Aston Villa

2 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 31, 1988

Dalglish vs Taylor

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 31, 1988

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Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kenny Dalglish has reached 2.05 goals scored per game .

Liverpool keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 19/12/1987). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/09/1987-06/12/1987 time period (15 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Graham Taylor has done less than 0.83 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday18/11/1987

VAston Villa 2-1 Swindon Town05/12/1987

DAston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion18/12/1987

DAston Villa 1-1 Huddersfield Town28/12/1987

VAston Villa 5-0 Hull City01/01/1988

VAston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town16/01/1988

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Huddersfield Town28/12/1987

VAston Villa 5-0 Hull City01/01/1988

VBarnsley 1-3 Aston Villa02/01/1988

VLeeds United 1-2 Aston Villa09/01/1988

VAston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town16/01/1988

VManchester City 0-2 Aston Villa23/01/1988

Current form

Away

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Liverpool04/11/1987

DManchester United 1-1 Liverpool15/11/1987

VTottenham 0-2 Liverpool28/11/1987

DSouthampton 2-2 Liverpool12/12/1987

VOxford United 0-3 Liverpool26/12/1987

VCharlton 0-2 Liverpool23/01/1988

Overall

VLiverpool 4-0 Newcastle United28/12/1987

VLiverpool 4-0 Coventry01/01/1988

DStoke City 0-0 Liverpool09/01/1988

VLiverpool 1-0 Stoke City12/01/1988

VLiverpool 2-0 Arsenal16/01/1988

VCharlton 0-2 Liverpool23/01/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	5	11
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	3	7
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	13	16
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	13	3
Invincibility streak	2	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

31 v

13 d

19 l

136 gf

85 ga

Away

65 matches

11 v

12 d

42 l

70 gf

153 ga

Total

128 matches

42 v

25 d

61 l

206 gf

238 ga

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

42 v

12 d

11 l

153 gf

70 ga

Away

63 matches

19 v

13 d

31 l

85 gf

136 ga

Total

128 matches

61 v

25 d

42 l

238 gf

206 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 16, 1932
Home	6 - 1	January 16, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 10, 1953
Away	3 - 0	January 30, 1982

Latest head to head

February 21, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Liverpool

September 27, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

3 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 07, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Liverpool

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 21, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Liverpool

May 11, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Liverpool

2 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Tony Hateley	5 goals	1963 - 1966
Andy Gray	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Gary Shaw	3 goals	1982 - 1985
John Deehan	3 goals	1976 - 1979
Allan Evans	3 goals	1979 - 1986
Peter Withe	2 goals	1981 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Ian Rush	10 goals	1982 - 1985
Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1966
Kenny Dalglish	7 goals	1978 - 1983
Ian St-John	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Ian Callaghan	5 goals	1963 - 1976
Terry McDermott	5 goals	1976 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Dennis Mortimer	15 matches	1976 - 1984
Allan Evans	14 matches	1979 - 1986
Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1963 - 1975
Gordon Cowans	12 matches	1977 - 1983
Colin Gibson	12 matches	1979 - 1985
Gary Williams	11 matches	1980 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Phil Neal	22 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	19 matches	1977 - 1987
Kenny Dalglish	16 matches	1977 - 1986
Ian Callaghan	15 matches	1963 - 1977
Alan Kennedy	14 matches	1979 - 1985
Bruce Grobbelaar	13 matches	1981 - 1987