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Liverpool 2-0 Celtic Glasgow - April 19, 1966 / (C2) Cup Winners' Cup 1965/1966

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(C2) Cup Winners' Cup 1965/1966 - Semi-finals

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 19, 1966

Liverpool

England

2 - 0

Celtic Glasgow

Scotland

Tommy Smith

59'

Geoff Strong

65'

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59' - Goal Tommy Smith59

65' - Goal Geoff Strong65

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Celtic Glasgow

Liverpool Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Milne

Gordon Milne

England

B.date29/03/1937

Age29 years

positionDefender

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age28 years

positionDefender

Strong65

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age28 years

positionLeft central defender

Byrne

Gerry Byrne

England

B.date29/08/1938

Age27 years

positionDefender

Smith59

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age24 years

positionRight Midfielder

Stevenson

Willie Stevenson

Scotland

B.date26/10/1939

Age26 years

positionLeft Midfielder

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age27 years

positionForward

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		25	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Milne		29	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		28	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong	65	28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Byrne		27	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith	59	21	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		22	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		24	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson		26	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		23	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

149

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Bill Shankly

323

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1966

Shankly vs Stein

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Jock Stein

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Stein vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1966

Stein vs Shankly

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 19, 1966

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Cup Winners' Cup running (since 29/09/1965). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Celtic Glasgow after 9 consecutive matches without a loss (since 28/02/1966). It was the best streak for the club since 25/09/1965-12/01/1966 (20 matches).

It's the first time Geoff Strong scores a goal in Cup Winners' Cup since the 13/10/1965 (with Liverpool vs Juventus )

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-0 Sunderland12/02/1966

VLiverpool 4-1 Blackpool19/02/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Budapest Honvéd08/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham12/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City16/04/1966

Overall

VAston Villa 0-3 Liverpool26/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

DNorthampton Town 0-0 Liverpool09/04/1966

DSunderland 2-2 Liverpool11/04/1966

LCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Liverpool14/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City16/04/1966

Current form

Away

DHeart of Midlothian 3-3 Celtic Glasgow05/03/1966

VHamilton Academical 1-7 Celtic Glasgow19/03/1966

DPartick Thistle 2-2 Celtic Glasgow21/03/1966

VKilmarnock 0-2 Celtic Glasgow29/03/1966

VSt. Mirren 0-3 Celtic Glasgow05/04/1966

DHibernian 0-0 Celtic Glasgow16/04/1966

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic26/03/1966

VKilmarnock 0-2 Celtic Glasgow29/03/1966

VSt. Mirren 0-3 Celtic Glasgow05/04/1966

VCeltic Glasgow 5-0 St. Mirren09/04/1966

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Liverpool14/04/1966

DHibernian 0-0 Celtic Glasgow16/04/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Drawless streak	8	2
Scoring streak	10	1
Invincibility streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	9
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.14
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.14
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.33

Betting aid

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

Chris Lawler	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Chris Lawler	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Chris Lawler	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	April 14, 1966
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 14, 1966 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1965/1966

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 0

Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Gerry Byrne	1 match	1966 - 1966
Chris Lawler	1 match	1966 - 1966
Willie Stevenson	1 match	1966 - 1966
Ian Callaghan	1 match	1966 - 1966
Peter Thompson	1 match	1966 - 1966
Tommy Lawrence	1 match	1966 - 1966