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Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool - October 25, 1989 / League Cup 1989/1990

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League Cup 1989/1990 - Round of 32

Highbury - London - England

October 25, 1989

40 814

Arsenal

1 - 0

Liverpool

Alan Smith

80'

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60' - Substitution Martin Hayesis substituted by Alan Smith60

80' - Goal Alan Smith80

82' - Substitution Steve McMahonis substituted by Peter Beardsley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Liverpool

Arsenal Liverpool

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Rocastle

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Hayes60

Martin Hayes

England

B.date21/03/1966

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Quinn

Niall Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/10/1966

Age23 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		28	248	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		23	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		31	622	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		22	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle		22	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hayes	60	23	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Niall Quinn		23	87	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

174

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Watson

Alex Watson

England

B.date05/04/1968

Age21 years

positionDefender

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McMahon82

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mölby

Jan Mölby

Denmark

B.date04/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		32	448	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Watson		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison		25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon	82	28	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Mölby		26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		25	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		28	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		28	375	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

179

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alan Smith	8060	26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Peter Beardsley	82	28	112	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

Gary Ablett

Glenn Hysen

OUT

Alex Watson

Steve Nicol

OUT

Jan Mölby

Peter Beardsley

OUT

Ray Houghton

Alan Hansen

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

169

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Graham vs Liverpool

4 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 1989

Graham vs Dalglish

4 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

236

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Arsenal

7 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 1989

Dalglish vs Graham

6 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 1989

Referee

Allan Gunn

3 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Arsenal6 matches	General total	Liverpool7 matches	3 victories	3 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 27, 1993					Latest figure on January 01, 1994

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Key figures

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has reached 55% of wins .

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has reached 40% of clean sheets .

Arsenal keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 09/09/1989). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/01/1988-12/03/1988 time period (8 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Coventry22/08/1989

DArsenal 0-0 Wimbledon FC26/08/1989

VArsenal 5-0 Sheffield Wednesday09/09/1989

VArsenal 2-0 Plymouth19/09/1989

VArsenal 1-0 Charlton23/09/1989

VArsenal 4-0 Manchester City14/10/1989

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Charlton23/09/1989

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal30/09/1989

VPlymouth 1-6 Arsenal03/10/1989

VArsenal 4-0 Manchester City14/10/1989

LTottenham 2-1 Arsenal18/10/1989

LEverton 3-0 Arsenal21/10/1989

Current form

Away

DLuton Town 0-0 Liverpool26/08/1989

VDerby County 0-3 Liverpool09/09/1989

VEverton 1-3 Liverpool23/09/1989

VWigan 0-3 Liverpool04/10/1989

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Liverpool14/10/1989

LSouthampton 4-1 Liverpool21/10/1989

Overall

DLiverpool 0-0 Norwich City16/09/1989

VLiverpool 5-2 Wigan19/09/1989

VEverton 1-3 Liverpool23/09/1989

VWigan 0-3 Liverpool04/10/1989

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Liverpool14/10/1989

LSouthampton 4-1 Liverpool21/10/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	6	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	5	5
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
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

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	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)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (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

Michael Thomas	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Steve Staunton
Alan Smith	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Steve Staunton
Michael Thomas	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Steve Staunton

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

33 v

24 d

17 l

107 gf

67 ga

Away

74 matches

18 v

15 d

41 l

79 gf

139 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Total

152 matches

54 v

39 d

59 l

193 gf

211 ga

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

41 v

15 d

18 l

139 gf

79 ga

Away

74 matches

17 v

24 d

33 l

67 gf

107 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

7 ga

Total

152 matches

59 v

39 d

54 l

211 gf

193 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Home	8 - 1	September 01, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Away	5 - 0	October 28, 1893

Latest head to head

August 12, 1989 - Charity Shield 1989

Liverpool

1 - 0

Arsenal

May 26, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Liverpool

0 - 2

Arsenal

December 04, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

November 23, 1988 - League Cup 1988/1989

Liverpool

2 - 1

Arsenal

November 09, 1988 - League Cup 1988/1989

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Alan Sunderland	6 goals	1979 - 1982
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Brian Talbot	5 goals	1980 - 1984
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1935

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 Arsenal

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	1978 - 1983
Ian Rush	6 goals	1982 - 1987
Phil Neal	6 goals	1975 - 1985
Terry McDermott	5 goals	1979 - 1981
John Aldridge	3 goals	1987 - 1988

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

David O'Leary	36 matches	1975 - 1989
Pat Rice	27 matches	1970 - 1980
George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Graham Rix	25 matches	1977 - 1986
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Storey	21 matches	1965 - 1975

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
Ray Clemence	31 matches	1970 - 1981
Phil Neal	31 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	30 matches	1977 - 1989
Kenny Dalglish	28 matches	1977 - 1988
Emelyn Hughes	26 matches	1967 - 1978