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WBA 2-1 Liverpool - April 18, 1968 / FA Cup 1967/1968

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FA Cup 1967/1968 - Quarter-finals

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

April 18, 1968

WBA

2 - 1

Liverpool

Jeff Astle

Clive Clark

60'

39'

Tony Hateley

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7' - Goal Jeff Astle7

39' - Goal Tony Hateley

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46' - Substitution Dennis Clarkeis substituted by Kenny Stephens46

60' - Goal Clive Clark60

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

2 - 1

Liverpool

WBA Liverpool

Team line-ups

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Clarke46

Dennis Clarke

England

B.date18/01/1948

Age20 years

positionDefender

Williams

Graham Williams

Wales

B.date02/04/1938

Age30 years

positionDefender

Kaye

John Kaye

England

B.date03/03/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Fraser

Doug Fraser

Scotland

B.date08/12/1941

Age26 years

positionDefender

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Collard

Ian Collard

England

B.date31/08/1947

Age20 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Brown

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age22 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Clark60

Clive Clark

England

B.date12/12/1940

Age27 years

positionForward

Astle7

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age25 years

positionForward

Hope

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Clarke	46	20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Williams		30	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kaye		28	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Fraser		26	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Collard		20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		22	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Clark	60	27	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle	7	25	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope		24	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age30 years

positionDefender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Strong

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age30 years

positionLeft central defender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age29 years

positionForward

Hunt

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age29 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Hateley39

Tony Hateley

England

B.date13/06/1941

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		27	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		30	284	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		23	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong		30	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		24	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		26	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		29	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt		29	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		25	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Hateley	39	26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

211

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Kenny Stephens	46	21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clive Clark

Ronnie Rees

OUT

Ian Collard

Kenny Stephens

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Thompson

Bobby Graham

OUT

Tommy Smith

Peter Wall

OUT

Tony Hateley

Alf Arrowsmith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ashman vs Liverpool

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1968

Ashman vs Shankly

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

432

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs WBA

4 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1968

Shankly vs Ashman

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 1968

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Clive Clark scores a goal vs Liverpool in his professional career since the 26/11/1966 (with vs )

Clive Clark scored 7 goals vs Liverpool in his professional career with West Bromwich Albion

Jeff Astle scored 5 goals vs Liverpool in his professional career

Read the next 3 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Stoke City13/03/1968

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-6 Everton16/03/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Liverpool30/03/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Sunderland02/04/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday13/04/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Newcastle United15/04/1968

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Sunderland02/04/1968

DBurnley 0-0 West Bromwich Albion06/04/1968

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1968

DNewcastle United 2-2 West Bromwich Albion12/04/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday13/04/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Newcastle United15/04/1968

Current form

Away

DWolverhampton 1-1 Liverpool02/03/1968

DTottenham 1-1 Liverpool09/03/1968

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Liverpool23/03/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Liverpool30/03/1968

VManchester United 1-2 Liverpool06/04/1968

DSheffield United 1-1 Liverpool15/04/1968

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Liverpool30/03/1968

VManchester United 1-2 Liverpool06/04/1968

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1968

LLiverpool 1-2 Sheffield United12/04/1968

VLiverpool 2-1 Sunderland13/04/1968

DSheffield United 1-1 Liverpool15/04/1968

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.25
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.25

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 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

Jeff Astle	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Tony Hateley
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tony Hateley
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Tommy Smith
Jeff Astle	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 7 matches	Tony Hateley

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

19 v

11 d

13 l

73 gf

45 ga

Away

41 matches

9 v

14 d

18 l

43 gf

68 ga

Total

84 matches

28 v

25 d

31 l

116 gf

113 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

18 v

14 d

9 l

68 gf

43 ga

Away

43 matches

13 v

11 d

19 l

45 gf

73 ga

Total

84 matches

31 v

25 d

28 l

113 gf

116 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 01, 1936
Home	6 - 1	February 01, 1936

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 28, 1935
Away	3 - 0	March 27, 1926

Latest head to head

April 08, 1968 - FA Cup 1967/1968

Liverpool

1 - 1

WBA

March 30, 1968 - FA Cup 1967/1968

WBA

0 - 0

Liverpool

January 06, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Liverpool

4 - 1

WBA

September 02, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

WBA

0 - 2

Liverpool

April 22, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Liverpool

0 - 1

WBA

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Clive Clark	6 goals	1964 - 1966
Tony Brown	4 goals	1965 - 1968
Jeff Astle	4 goals	1964 - 1968
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Bobby Hope	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Keith Smith	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1968
Gordon Hodgson	3 goals	1934 - 1935
Lance Carr	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Geoff Strong	2 goals	1966 - 1968
Sam English	2 goals	1933 - 1934
Gordon Milne	2 goals	1963 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Clive Clark	15 matches	1962 - 1968
Doug Fraser	11 matches	1963 - 1968
John Kaye	11 matches	1964 - 1968
Graham Williams	11 matches	1962 - 1968
Tony Brown	10 matches	1963 - 1968
Bobby Hope	10 matches	1962 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Roger Hunt	15 matches	1962 - 1968
Tommy Lawrence	15 matches	1962 - 1968
Ian St-John	14 matches	1962 - 1968
Ian Callaghan	14 matches	1962 - 1968
Ron Yeats	13 matches	1962 - 1968
Peter Thompson	12 matches	1963 - 1968