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Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal - April 07, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 36

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 07, 1979

Liverpool

3 - 0

Arsenal

Jimmy Case

49'

Kenny Dalglish

73'

Terry McDermott

88'

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46' - Substitution Frank Stapletonis substituted by Steve Brignall

49' - Goal Jimmy Case49

73' - Goal Kenny Dalglish73

88' - Goal Terry McDermott88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 0

Arsenal

Liverpool Arsenal

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age23 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age28 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

Case49

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott88

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnson

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

Dalglish73

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		30	533	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	49	24	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		27	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott	88	27	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson		27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	73	28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

179

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Gatting

Steve Gatting

England

B.date29/05/1959

Age19 years

positionLeft central defender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Walford

Steve Walford

England

B.date05/01/1958

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Price

David Price

England

B.date23/06/1955

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton46

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age25 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		33	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		20	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Gatting		19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young		27	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walford		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice		30	446	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price		23	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		21	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	46	22	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Brignall	46	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Kennedy

Emelyn Hughes

OUT

Jimmy Case

Steve Heighway

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Price

Mark Heeley

OUT

Steve Walford

Sammy Nelson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

279

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Paisley vs Arsenal

4 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 07, 1979

Paisley vs Neill

7 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 07, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

157

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs Liverpool

1 victory

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on April 07, 1979

Neill vs Paisley

1 victory

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 07, 1979

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Comments

Key figures

Terry McDermott played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in his professional career

Liverpool keeps its 28 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 22/04/1978). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/04/1977 (27 matches)

Brian Talbot played his game number 10 vs Liverpool in Premier League

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 6-0 Norwich City21/02/1979

VLiverpool 3-0 Burnley28/02/1979

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton13/03/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town24/03/1979

LLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United04/04/1979

Overall

VIpswich Town 0-1 Liverpool10/03/1979

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton13/03/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town24/03/1979

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool31/03/1979

LLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United04/04/1979

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Arsenal13/02/1979

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal26/02/1979

LSouthampton 2-0 Arsenal03/03/1979

LIpswich Town 2-0 Arsenal17/03/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal19/03/1979

LBolton Wanderers 4-2 Arsenal26/03/1979

Overall

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal19/03/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Southampton21/03/1979

DArsenal 1-1 Manchester City24/03/1979

LBolton Wanderers 4-2 Arsenal26/03/1979

VArsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton31/03/1979

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry03/04/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
21	Victories (Competition total)	15
14	Victories (Home / Away)	6
6	Draws (Competition total)	10
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	8
0	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

63	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
40	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.4
0.37	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
19	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
12	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kenny Dalglish	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Frank Stapleton
Kenny Dalglish	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Liam Brady
Terry McDermott	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Liam Brady
Terry McDermott	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Liam Brady
Kenny Dalglish	6 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Sammy Nelson

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

30 v

9 d

17 l

109 gf

68 ga

Away

60 matches

13 v

19 d

28 l

56 gf

95 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

118 matches

43 v

28 d

47 l

166 gf

167 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

28 v

19 d

13 l

95 gf

56 ga

Away

56 matches

17 v

9 d

30 l

68 gf

109 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

118 matches

47 v

28 d

43 l

167 gf

166 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Home	5 - 0	April 18, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 15, 1952

Latest head to head

December 02, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Arsenal

1 - 0

Liverpool

April 25, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

1 - 0

Arsenal

February 14, 1978 - League Cup 1977/1978

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

February 07, 1978 - League Cup 1977/1978

Liverpool

2 - 1

Arsenal

October 04, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

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

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936
Ray Bowden	4 goals	1934 - 1936
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Geoff Strong	2 goals	1962 - 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 Arsenal

Ian Callaghan	32 matches	1962 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	26 matches	1967 - 1978
Tommy Smith	24 matches	1964 - 1978
Ray Clemence	21 matches	1970 - 1978
Chris Lawler	21 matches	1964 - 1974
Ron Yeats	19 matches	1962 - 1971

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
Peter Storey	21 matches	1965 - 1975
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Simpson	20 matches	1964 - 1977
Pat Rice	19 matches	1970 - 1978
Frank McLintock	18 matches	1964 - 1972