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Man United 0-3 Liverpool - April 03, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 38

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 03, 1972

Man United

0 - 3

Liverpool

60'

Chris Lawler

62'

John Toshack

84'

Emelyn Hughes

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60' - Goal Chris Lawler

62' - Goal John Toshack

75' - Substitution Denis Lawis substituted by Tony Young75

81' - Substitution John Toshackis substituted by Phil Thompson

84' - Goal Emelyn Hughes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 3

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age19 years

H1m70

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age34 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Law75

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age32 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Storey-Moore

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Gowling

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	492	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		34	711	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	75	32	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		25	429	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling		23	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		27	164	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

243

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes84

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Lindsay

Alec Lindsay

England

B.date27/02/1948

Age24 years

positionDefender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler60

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Hall

Brian Hall

Scotland

B.date22/11/1946

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age29 years

positionRight Midfielder

Toshack6281

John Toshack

Wales

B.date22/03/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Keegan

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age21 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		23	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes	84	24	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alec Lindsay		24	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		26	394	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler	60	28	435	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Hall		25	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		29	485	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Toshack	6281	23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

198

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Tony Young	75	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Phil Thompson	81	18	6	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

O'Farrell vs Liverpool

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 03, 1972

O'Farrell vs Shankly

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 03, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

653

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Man United

8 victories

6 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 03, 1972

Shankly vs O'Farrell

3 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 03, 1972

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Key figures

The last time Liverpool has ended with the score 3-0 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 06/12/1969 (vs )

The last time Man United has lost with a difference of 3 goals at home, It was on the 12/12/1970 (vs )

Liverpool keeps its 5 consecutive wins running (since 18/03/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/01/1971-16/02/1971 time period (5 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-2 Newcastle United12/02/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Middlesbrough26/02/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Everton08/03/1972

VManchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town11/03/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Stoke City18/03/1972

VManchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace25/03/1972

Overall

DManchester United 0-0 Everton08/03/1972

VManchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town11/03/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Stoke City18/03/1972

LStoke City 2-1 Manchester United22/03/1972

VManchester United 4-0 Crystal Palace25/03/1972

VCoventry 2-3 Manchester United01/04/1972

Current form

Away

VOxford United 0-3 Liverpool15/01/1972

DWolverhampton 0-0 Liverpool22/01/1972

LLeeds United 2-0 Liverpool09/02/1972

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Liverpool12/02/1972

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool11/03/1972

VSouthampton 0-1 Liverpool25/03/1972

Overall

VLiverpool 4-0 Everton04/03/1972

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool11/03/1972

VLiverpool 5-0 Newcastle United18/03/1972

VSouthampton 0-1 Liverpool25/03/1972

VLiverpool 2-1 Stoke City28/03/1972

VLiverpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion01/04/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	3	9
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	4
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	36
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
17	Victories (Competition total)	20
11	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
9	Losses (Competition total)	8
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

61	Goals scored (Competition total)	54
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.79	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.65
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.78
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.76

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (5 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

George Best	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Kevin Keegan
George Best	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Jack Whitham
Willie Morgan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Tommy Smith
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Tommy Smith
Ian Storey-Moore	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 6 matches	Chris Lawler

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

23 v

13 d

9 l

91 gf

46 ga

Away

43 matches

10 v

11 d

22 l

54 gf

82 ga

Total

88 matches

33 v

24 d

31 l

145 gf

128 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

22 v

11 d

10 l

82 gf

54 ga

Away

45 matches

9 v

13 d

23 l

46 gf

91 ga

Total

88 matches

31 v

24 d

33 l

128 gf

145 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Home	5 - 0	September 11, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	5 - 2	November 21, 1936

Latest head to head

September 25, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Liverpool

2 - 2

Man United

April 19, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

0 - 2

Liverpool

September 05, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Liverpool

1 - 1

Man United

December 13, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Liverpool

1 - 4

Man United

September 13, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Willie Morgan	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Pat Crerand	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1963 - 1968
Alf Arrowsmith	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Roger Hunt	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Alun Evans	2 goals	1968 - 1970
Bobby Graham	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Bobby Charlton	21 matches	1960 - 1971
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1963 - 1971
Pat Crerand	16 matches	1963 - 1971
George Best	16 matches	1964 - 1971
Denis Law	14 matches	1962 - 1971
Nobby Stiles	12 matches	1962 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ian Callaghan	19 matches	1962 - 1971
Ron Yeats	18 matches	1962 - 1971
Tommy Lawrence	17 matches	1962 - 1969
Roger Hunt	17 matches	1962 - 1969
Chris Lawler	16 matches	1964 - 1971
Ian St-John	16 matches	1962 - 1969