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Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool - March 04, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 31

Stamford Bridge - London - England

March 04, 1978

3 - 1

Liverpool

Tommy Langley

50'

Steve Finnieston

60'

Steve Finnieston

90'

48'

Phil Neal (penalty)

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48' - Goal Phil Neal

50' - Goal Tommy Langley50

60' - Goal Steve Finnieston60

67' - Substitution David Faircloughis substituted by Jimmy Case

90' - Goal Steve Finnieston90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

3 - 1

Liverpool

Chelsea Liverpool

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age36 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Locke

Gary Locke

England

B.date12/07/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Droy

Michael Droy

England

B.date07/05/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age33 years

positionDefender

Wicks

Steve Wicks

England

B.date03/10/1956

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Britton

Ian Britton

Scotland

B.date19/05/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Lewington

Ray Lewington

England

B.date07/09/1956

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Walker

Clive Walker

England

B.date26/05/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Finnieston6090

Steve Finnieston

Scotland

B.date30/11/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

Langley50

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		36	586	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Locke		23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Droy		26	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		33	617	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Wicks		21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Britton		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Lewington		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins		21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Walker		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Finnieston	6090	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley	50	20	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

152

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age22 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Neal48

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Fairclough67

David Fairclough

England

B.date05/01/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		29	474	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		30	618	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		32	623	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal	48	27	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		26	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Fairclough	67	21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		30	404	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

249

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jimmy Case	67	23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Alan Hansen

Ian Callaghan

OUT

Graeme Souness

Jimmy Case

OUT

David Fairclough

Phil Thompson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ken Shellito

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Shellito vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 04, 1978

Shellito vs Paisley

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 04, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

217

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Chelsea

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 04, 1978

Paisley vs Shellito

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 04, 1978

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Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 4 consecutive matches without a loss (since 07/02/1978).

It's the first time Phil Neal scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

Chelsea keeps its 13 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League running (since 26/11/1977). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/12/1974-22/03/1975 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 2-2 West Bromwich Albion02/01/1978

VChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VChelsea 5-3 Ipswich Town21/01/1978

VChelsea 6-2 Burnley31/01/1978

DChelsea 2-2 Manchester United11/02/1978

LChelsea 1-2 Leyton Orient27/02/1978

Overall

VChelsea 5-3 Ipswich Town21/01/1978

VChelsea 6-2 Burnley31/01/1978

DChelsea 2-2 Manchester United11/02/1978

DLeyton Orient 0-0 Chelsea18/02/1978

LLeeds United 2-0 Chelsea25/02/1978

LChelsea 1-2 Leyton Orient27/02/1978

Current form

Away

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

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool14/02/1978

VBenfica 1-2 Liverpool01/03/1978

Overall

LLiverpool 2-3 Birmingham City21/01/1978

LCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

VLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal07/02/1978

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool14/02/1978

VLiverpool 3-1 Manchester United25/02/1978

VBenfica 1-2 Liverpool01/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	8	1
Conceding streak	9	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
8	Victories (Competition total)	15
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
9	Draws (Competition total)	6
7	Draws (Home / Away)	4
11	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.36
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.07
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tommy Langley	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Tommy Langley	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Ian Britton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Phil Neal
Tommy Langley	6 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Ray Kennedy

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

23 v

6 d

12 l

77 gf

45 ga

Away

46 matches

6 v

10 d

30 l

49 gf

99 ga

Total

87 matches

29 v

16 d

42 l

126 gf

144 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

30 v

10 d

6 l

99 gf

49 ga

Away

41 matches

12 v

6 d

23 l

45 gf

77 ga

Total

87 matches

42 v

16 d

29 l

144 gf

126 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Home	6 - 1	August 28, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Away	3 - 0	August 31, 1974

Latest head to head

January 07, 1978 - FA Cup 1977/1978

Chelsea

4 - 2

Liverpool

October 08, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

August 30, 1977 - League Cup 1977/1978

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

March 01, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Liverpool

2 - 2

Chelsea

August 31, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

0 - 3

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Bert Murray	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Peter Osgood	3 goals	1966 - 1970
Tommy Baldwin	2 goals	1968 - 1972
Peter Houseman	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Ian St-John	4 goals	1963 - 1969
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1965 - 1969
Kenny Dalglish	3 goals	1977 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	26 matches	1963 - 1977
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1963 - 1973
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1972
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1965 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1963 - 1978
Tommy Smith	24 matches	1965 - 1977
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Emelyn Hughes	17 matches	1967 - 1978
Roger Hunt	15 matches	1963 - 1969