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Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool - February 14, 1978 / League Cup 1977/1978

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League Cup 1977/1978 - Semi-finals

Highbury - London - England

February 14, 1978

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

Arsenal Liverpool

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Price

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Brady

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age22 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Macdonald

Malcolm Macdonald

England

B.date07/01/1950

Age28 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	32	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary	19	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young	26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	28	383	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson	28	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price	22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady	22	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	21	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Macdonald	28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age35 years

positionRight Midfielder

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence	29	471	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson	24	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes	30	615	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith	32	620	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal	26	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	26	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan	35	809	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway	30	401	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

341

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Hudson

Alan Sunderland

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Callaghan

David Fairclough

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Neill vs Liverpool

0 victory

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 14, 1978

Neill vs Paisley

0 victory

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 14, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

214

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Arsenal

2 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 14, 1978

Paisley vs Neill

5 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 1978

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Key figures

The last time Liverpool has ended with the score 0-0 in League Cup, It was on the 08/10/1974 (vs )

End of streak for Liverpool after 9 consecutive matches without a draw (since 27/12/1977). It was the best streak for the club since 14/12/1974-12/02/1975 (10 matches).

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Robert Paisley has reached 47% of clean sheets .

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-0 Chelsea26/12/1977

VArsenal 1-0 Ipswich Town02/01/1978

VArsenal 3-1 Wolverhampton14/01/1978

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester City28/01/1978

VArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton28/01/1978

LArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa04/02/1978

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Arsenal21/01/1978

VArsenal 1-0 Manchester City28/01/1978

VArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton28/01/1978

LArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa04/02/1978

LLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal07/02/1978

DLeicester 1-1 Arsenal11/02/1978

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool26/12/1977

VNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool31/12/1977

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

VWrexham 1-3 Liverpool17/01/1978

LCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

Overall

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

VWrexham 1-3 Liverpool17/01/1978

LLiverpool 2-3 Birmingham City21/01/1978

LCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

VLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal07/02/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	5	9
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.17
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Liam Brady	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Liam Brady	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Liam Brady	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Phil Neal
Liam Brady	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Kenny Dalglish

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

27 v

18 d

13 l

94 gf

56 ga

Away

55 matches

17 v

9 d

29 l

68 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

115 matches

46 v

27 d

42 l

166 gf

165 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

29 v

9 d

17 l

108 gf

68 ga

Away

58 matches

13 v

18 d

27 l

56 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

115 matches

42 v

27 d

46 l

165 gf

166 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Home	8 - 1	September 01, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Away	5 - 0	October 28, 1893

Latest head to head

February 07, 1978 - League Cup 1977/1978

Liverpool

2 - 1

Arsenal

October 04, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

April 16, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

2 - 0

Arsenal

November 20, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

February 24, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Arsenal

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Ray Bowden	4 goals	1934 - 1936
Reg Lewis	2 goals	1950 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Ray Kennedy	3 goals	1974 - 1978
Ian St-John	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Phil Neal	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Peter Thompson	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Gordon Wallace	2 goals	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Storey	21 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Simpson	20 matches	1964 - 1977
Frank McLintock	18 matches	1964 - 1972
Pat Rice	17 matches	1970 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ian Callaghan	31 matches	1962 - 1977
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1978
Tommy Smith	22 matches	1964 - 1978
Chris Lawler	21 matches	1964 - 1974
Ron Yeats	19 matches	1962 - 1971
Ray Clemence	18 matches	1970 - 1978