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Man United 2-1 Liverpool - January 24, 1999 / FA Cup 1998/1999

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FA Cup 1998/1999 - Round of 32

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 24, 1999

54 591

2 - 1

Liverpool

Dwight Yorke

88'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

90'

Michael Owen

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3' - Goal Michael Owen

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68' - Substitution Nicky Buttis substituted by Paul Scholes68

71' - Substitution Paul Inceis substituted by Jason McAteer

81' - Substitution Henning Bergis substituted by Ronny Johnsen photo Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

81' - Substitution Gary Nevilleis substituted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer81

88' - Goal Dwight Yorke88

90' - Goal Ole Gunnar Solskjaer90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Berg81

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Stam

Jaap Stam

Netherlands

B.date17/07/1972

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Neville81

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Butt68

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Yorke88

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		35	372	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg	81	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jaap Stam		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville	81	23	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		33	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		27	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt	68	24	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		23	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		25	340	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		27	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	88	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

196

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Harkness

Steven Harkness

England

B.date27/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft central defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Matteo

Dominic Matteo

Scotland

B.date28/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Heggem

Vegard Heggem

Norway

B.date13/07/1975

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Ince71

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Redknapp

Jamie Redknapp

England

B.date25/06/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Berger

Patrik Berger

Czech Republic

B.date10/11/1973

Age25 years

H1m85

positionPlaymaker

Owen3

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age19 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Fowler

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		28	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Harkness		27	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dominic Matteo		24	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vegard Heggem		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		29	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince	71	31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Redknapp		25	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrik Berger		25	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen	3	19	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler		23	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

137

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ronny Johnsen	81	29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	68	24	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	9081	25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Jason McAteer	71	27	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Neville

Wes Brown

OUT

Nicky Butt

Jesper Blomqvist

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Harkness

Phil Babb

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

660

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

13 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1999

Ferguson vs Houllier

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 24, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Houllier vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1999

Houllier vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1999

Referee

Graham Poll

34 victories	10 draws	8 losses	Man United52 matches	General total	Liverpool42 matches	19 victories	7 draws	16 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 09, 2007					Latest figure on April 18, 2007

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Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 13/12/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 01/11/1997-17/01/1998 (6 matches).

Man United keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored vs Liverpool in FA Cup running (since 24/01/1948). It's a record streak. The first of history

Man United keeps its 5 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home running (since 19/12/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/05/1998-04/11/1998 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 1-1 Bayern Munich09/12/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea16/12/1998

LManchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough19/12/1998

VManchester United 3-0 Nottingham Forest26/12/1998

VManchester United 3-1 Middlesbrough03/01/1999

VManchester United 4-1 West Ham10/01/1999

Overall

LManchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough19/12/1998

VManchester United 3-0 Nottingham Forest26/12/1998

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester United29/12/1998

VManchester United 3-1 Middlesbrough03/01/1999

VManchester United 4-1 West Ham10/01/1999

VLeicester 2-6 Manchester United16/01/1999

Current form

Away

LCelta Vigo 3-1 Liverpool24/11/1998

LTottenham 2-1 Liverpool05/12/1998

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Liverpool13/12/1998

VMiddlesbrough 1-3 Liverpool26/12/1998

VPort Vale 0-3 Liverpool03/01/1999

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool09/01/1999

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday19/12/1998

VMiddlesbrough 1-3 Liverpool26/12/1998

VLiverpool 4-2 Newcastle United28/12/1998

VPort Vale 0-3 Liverpool03/01/1999

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool09/01/1999

VLiverpool 7-1 Southampton16/01/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	9	3
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Ryan Giggs	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Robbie Fowler
Ryan Giggs	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Robbie Fowler
Denis Irwin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Denis Irwin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ryan Giggs	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Robbie Fowler

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

35 v

28 d

13 l

128 gf

73 ga

Away

70 matches

18 v

17 d

35 l

79 gf

122 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

7 gf

4 ga

Total

152 matches

56 v

47 d

49 l

214 gf

199 ga

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

35 v

17 d

18 l

122 gf

79 ga

Away

76 matches

13 v

28 d

35 l

73 gf

128 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

4 gf

7 ga

Total

152 matches

49 v

47 d

56 l

199 gf

214 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1978

Latest head to head

September 24, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Man United

2 - 0

Liverpool

April 10, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

December 06, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Liverpool

1 - 3

Man United

April 19, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

1 - 3

Man United

October 12, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1983 - 1988
Mark Hughes	6 goals	1985 - 1993
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1987

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

John Barnes	6 goals	1989 - 1997
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Robbie Fowler	5 goals	1995 - 1997
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1988 - 1990

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

Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Gary Bailey	22 matches	1978 - 1985
Mark Hughes	21 matches	1984 - 1995
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1977
Steve Coppell	21 matches	1975 - 1983

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 Rush	32 matches	1981 - 1996
Ian Callaghan	30 matches	1962 - 1977
Alan Hansen	28 matches	1977 - 1990
Bruce Grobbelaar	28 matches	1981 - 1994
Phil Neal	28 matches	1975 - 1985
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1979