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Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal - April 25, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 41

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 25, 1978

Liverpool

1 - 0

Arsenal

David Fairclough

24'

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24' - Goal David Fairclough24

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35' - Substitution Liam Bradyis substituted by John Matthews

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 0

Arsenal

Liverpool Arsenal

Team line-ups

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

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

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

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Fairclough24

David Fairclough

England

B.date05/01/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		29	487	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		24	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		30	633	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		33	638	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		27	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		26	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		23	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		26	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Fairclough	24	21	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

255

Arsenal

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Devine

John Devine

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1958

Age19 years

positionDefender

Young

Willie Young

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Nelson

Sammy Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/1949

Age29 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

Brady35

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age22 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft 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	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Devine		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Young		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		19	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Nelson		29	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Price		22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady	35	22	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		20	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		21	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Macdonald		28	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Matthews	35	22	56	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 Hudson

John Matthews

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

232

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Arsenal

3 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1978

Paisley vs Neill

6 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 25, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

103

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Neill vs Liverpool

0 victory

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1978

Neill vs Paisley

0 victory

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 25, 1978

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 15/04/1978).

Arsenal keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 01/04/1978).

Terry Neill has registered 50 success since the 08/07/1976 as the manager of Arsenal next after this match..

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 1-0 Leeds United11/03/1978

VLiverpool 4-1 Benfica15/03/1978

VLiverpool 3-2 Leicester08/04/1978

VLiverpool 3-0 Borussia M'gladbach12/04/1978

DLiverpool 2-2 Ipswich Town18/04/1978

VLiverpool 3-0 Norwich City22/04/1978

Overall

VEverton 0-1 Liverpool05/04/1978

VLiverpool 3-2 Leicester08/04/1978

VLiverpool 3-0 Borussia M'gladbach12/04/1978

DBristol City 1-1 Liverpool15/04/1978

DLiverpool 2-2 Ipswich Town18/04/1978

VLiverpool 3-0 Norwich City22/04/1978

Current form

Away

DWest Ham 2-2 Arsenal25/02/1978

VWrexham 2-3 Arsenal11/03/1978

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal21/03/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal27/03/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Arsenal11/04/1978

VLeeds United 1-3 Arsenal22/04/1978

Overall

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal27/03/1978

VArsenal 3-1 Manchester United01/04/1978

VArsenal 3-0 Leyton Orient08/04/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Arsenal11/04/1978

VArsenal 2-1 Newcastle United15/04/1978

VLeeds United 1-3 Arsenal22/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	7
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	18	9
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	39
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
21	Victories (Competition total)	20
13	Victories (Home / Away)	7
8	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
9	Losses (Competition total)	9
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

58	Goals scored (Competition total)	59
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.53	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.51
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.16
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.85
0.61	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
19	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
12	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kenny Dalglish	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Malcolm Macdonald
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Malcolm Macdonald
Phil Neal	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Liam Brady
Phil Neal	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Liam Brady
David Fairclough	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Malcolm Macdonald

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

29 v

9 d

17 l

108 gf

68 ga

Away

59 matches

13 v

19 d

27 l

56 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

116 matches

42 v

28 d

46 l

165 gf

166 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

27 v

19 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

116 matches

46 v

28 d

42 l

166 gf

165 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

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

April 16, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

2 - 0

Arsenal

November 20, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Arsenal

1 - 1

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	25 matches	1967 - 1978
Tommy Smith	23 matches	1964 - 1978
Chris Lawler	21 matches	1964 - 1974
Ray Clemence	19 matches	1970 - 1978
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
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Storey	21 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Simpson	20 matches	1964 - 1977
Pat Rice	18 matches	1970 - 1978
Frank McLintock	18 matches	1964 - 1972