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Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool - September 10, 1988 / Division 1 1988/1989

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Division 1 1988/1989 - Round 3

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

September 10, 1988

41 409

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Liverpool

Alan McInally

64'

Ray Houghton

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0' - Goal Alan McInally0

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46' - Substitution Tony Daleyis substituted by Paul Birch photo Garry Thompson

46' - Substitution Alan McInallyis substituted by Garry Thompson46

64' - Goal Ray Houghton

69' - Substitution John Barnesis substituted by Peter Beardsley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Liverpool

Aston Villa Liverpool

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Spink

Nigel Spink

England

B.date08/08/1958

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Price

Chris Price

England

B.date30/03/1960

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Gage

Kevin Gage

England

B.date21/04/1964

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Stuart Gray

England

B.date19/04/1960

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age29 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Andy Gray

England

B.date22/02/1964

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Platt

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age22 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Daley46

Tony Daley

England

B.date18/10/1967

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

McInally046

Alan McInally

Scotland

B.date10/02/1963

Age25 years

H1m86

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Spink		30	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans		31	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Price		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Gage		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Gray		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		29	308	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Gray		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Daley	46	20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan McInally	46	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Mölby

Jan Mölby

Denmark

B.date04/07/1963

Age25 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barnes69

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Spackman

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Houghton64

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Aldridge

John Aldridge

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		30	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		28	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		26	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Mölby		25	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	69	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		26	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton	64	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		26	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aldridge		29	59	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

168

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Birch	46	25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Garry Thompson	46	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Peter Beardsley	69	27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Gage

Steve Sims

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Rush

Peter Beardsley

OUT

Nigel Spackman

Steve McMahon

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Taylor vs Liverpool

2 victories

3 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

Taylor vs Dalglish

1 victory

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

175

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

Dalglish vs Aston Villa

2 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

Dalglish vs Taylor

5 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Alan McInally scores 1 goal vs Liverpool in Premier League

Aston Villa keeps its 3 consecutive draws vs Liverpool in Premier League running (since 27/09/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/04/1951 (2 matches)

End of streak for Liverpool after 4 consecutive wins (since 20/08/1988).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 1-2 Leeds United12/03/1988

LAston Villa 0-1 Stoke City26/03/1988

LAston Villa 1-2 Oldham Athletic04/04/1988

VAston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town23/04/1988

VAston Villa 1-0 Bradford02/05/1988

DAston Villa 2-2 Millwall27/08/1988

Overall

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Aston Villa09/04/1988

VAston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town23/04/1988

VAston Villa 1-0 Bradford02/05/1988

DSwindon Town 0-0 Aston Villa07/05/1988

DAston Villa 2-2 Millwall27/08/1988

VArsenal 2-3 Aston Villa03/09/1988

Current form

Away

LEverton 1-0 Liverpool20/03/1988

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Liverpool02/04/1988

DNorwich City 0-0 Liverpool20/04/1988

DChelsea 1-1 Liverpool30/04/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-5 Liverpool07/05/1988

VCharlton 0-3 Liverpool27/08/1988

Overall

DLiverpool 1-1 Luton Town09/05/1988

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Liverpool14/05/1988

VLiverpool 2-0 Wimbledon FC20/08/1988

VCharlton 0-3 Liverpool27/08/1988

VLiverpool 4-1 Nottingham Forest29/08/1988

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester United03/09/1988

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	3	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

Alan McInally	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	John Aldridge
Alan McInally	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Aldridge
Stuart Gray	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jan Mölby
Stuart Gray	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan McInally	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	John Aldridge

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

31 v

13 d

20 l

136 gf

87 ga

Away

65 matches

11 v

12 d

42 l

70 gf

153 ga

Total

129 matches

42 v

25 d

62 l

206 gf

240 ga

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

42 v

12 d

11 l

153 gf

70 ga

Away

64 matches

20 v

13 d

31 l

87 gf

136 ga

Total

129 matches

62 v

25 d

42 l

240 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

January 31, 1988 - FA Cup 1987/1988

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Liverpool

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

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	20 matches	1977 - 1988
Kenny Dalglish	16 matches	1977 - 1986
Ian Callaghan	15 matches	1963 - 1977
Bruce Grobbelaar	14 matches	1981 - 1988
Alan Kennedy	14 matches	1979 - 1985