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Liverpool 3-0 Burnley - February 28, 1979 / FA Cup 1978/1979

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FA Cup 1978/1979 - Round of 16

Anfield - Liverpool - England

February 28, 1979

3 - 0

Burnley

David Johnson

43'

Graeme Souness

59'

David Johnson

61'

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43' - Goal David Johnson43

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59' - Goal Graeme Souness59

61' - Goal David Johnson61

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 0

Burnley

Liverpool Burnley

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

A. Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Souness59

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age31 years

positionLeft Winger

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Johnson4361

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		30	524	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		31	657	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness	59	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		27	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		27	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		31	448	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		27	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	4361	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

252

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

Robert Paisley

270

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Paisley vs Burnley

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

Paisley vs Potts

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Potts

696

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Potts vs Liverpool

3 victories

5 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

Potts vs Paisley

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Burnley in FA Cup running (since 26/01/1963). It's a record streak. The first of history

Liverpool keeps its 30 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 07/02/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/03/1976-25/10/1977 time period (48 matches).

It's the first time Graeme Souness scores 1 goal in FA Cup with Liverpool

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-1 Anderlecht19/12/1978

VLiverpool 3-0 Southend17/01/1979

VLiverpool 1-0 Blackburn30/01/1979

VLiverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/02/1979

VLiverpool 1-0 Birmingham City13/02/1979

VLiverpool 6-0 Norwich City21/02/1979

Overall

VLiverpool 3-0 Southend17/01/1979

VLiverpool 1-0 Blackburn30/01/1979

VLiverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/02/1979

VLiverpool 1-0 Birmingham City13/02/1979

VLiverpool 6-0 Norwich City21/02/1979

VDerby County 0-2 Liverpool24/02/1979

Current form

Away

DCambridge United 2-2 Burnley25/11/1978

LLeyton Orient 2-1 Burnley09/12/1978

LNewcastle United 3-1 Burnley23/12/1978

VBirmingham City 0-2 Burnley06/01/1979

LSunderland 3-1 Burnley03/02/1979

VSunderland 0-3 Burnley26/02/1979

Overall

DBurnley 0-0 Cardiff City30/12/1978

VBirmingham City 0-2 Burnley06/01/1979

LSunderland 3-1 Burnley03/02/1979

DBurnley 1-1 Sunderland21/02/1979

LBurnley 0-3 Stoke City24/02/1979

VSunderland 0-3 Burnley26/02/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	9	6
Unbeaten streak	29	9
Drawless streak	9	6
Scoring streak	13	6
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	11	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0	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
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Kenny Dalglish	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Kenny Dalglish	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Kenny Dalglish	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

22 v

11 d

8 l

74 gf

37 ga

Away

43 matches

10 v

12 d

21 l

52 gf

66 ga

Total

84 matches

32 v

23 d

29 l

126 gf

103 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

21 v

12 d

10 l

66 gf

52 ga

Away

41 matches

8 v

11 d

22 l

37 gf

74 ga

Total

84 matches

29 v

23 d

32 l

103 gf

126 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 26, 1928
Home	8 - 0	December 26, 1928

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 25, 1926
Away	3 - 0	November 03, 1894

Latest head to head

March 27, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Liverpool

2 - 0

Burnley

December 06, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Burnley

0 - 0

Liverpool

October 14, 1975 - League Cup 1975/1976

Burnley

1 - 0

Liverpool

October 07, 1975 - League Cup 1975/1976

Liverpool

1 - 1

Burnley

March 08, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Burnley

1 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1968
Chris Lawler	5 goals	1964 - 1969
Ian St-John	4 goals	1962 - 1964
Tommy Smith	4 goals	1965 - 1969
Peter Thompson	3 goals	1966 - 1969
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1964 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/11/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Ralph Coates	3 goals	1966 - 1968
Andy Lochhead	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Dave Thomas	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Frank Casper	2 goals	1968 - 1969
Ray Hankin	2 goals	1973 - 1975
Les Latcham	2 goals	1967 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/11/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1962 - 1976
Tommy Smith	20 matches	1964 - 1976
Emelyn Hughes	20 matches	1967 - 1976
Chris Lawler	18 matches	1964 - 1974
Peter Thompson	17 matches	1963 - 1970
Tommy Lawrence	17 matches	1962 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/11/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Colin Waldron	14 matches	1968 - 1976
Brian O'Neil	13 matches	1963 - 1969
Ralph Coates	12 matches	1965 - 1970
Gordon Harris	11 matches	1962 - 1967
Brian Miller	10 matches	1962 - 1967
Frank Casper	10 matches	1967 - 1974