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Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool - April 18, 1990 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 27

Highbury - London - England

April 18, 1990

33 395

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

Paul Merson

45'

86'

John Barnes

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45' - Goal Paul Merson45

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46' - Substitution Paul Davisis substituted by Kevin Campbell photo Colin Pates

46' - Substitution Perry Grovesis substituted by Colin Pates46

47' - Substitution Ronnie Whelanis substituted by Jan Mölby

64' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by Ronny Rosenthal

86' - Goal John Barnes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

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Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age29 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Davis46

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Merson45

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age22 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Groves46

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		29	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		31	648	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		23	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		26	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis	46	28	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		22	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	45	22	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves	46	24	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		27	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

206

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age34 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Staunton64

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Hysen

Glenn Hysen

Sweden

B.date30/10/1959

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Whelan47

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Barnes86

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		32	481	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		34	618	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	64	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		28	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Hysen		30	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		28	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan	47	28	418	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	86	26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		28	407	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

255

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Colin Pates	46	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Kevin Campbell	46	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jan Mölby	47	26	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ronny Rosenthal	64	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Merson

Martin Hayes

OUT

Paul Davis

Kevin Campbell

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Nicol

Nick Tanner

OUT

Gary Ablett

Ronny Rosenthal

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

197

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs Liverpool

4 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1990

Graham vs Dalglish

4 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1990

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

269

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Arsenal

8 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1990

Dalglish vs Graham

7 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1990

Referee

Alan Seville

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	General total	Liverpool2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 18, 1990					Latest figure on April 18, 1990

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 01/01/1990).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has done less than 0.9 goals conceded per game .

Liverpool keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 31/03/1990).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 1-0 Tottenham20/01/1990

DArsenal 0-0 Queens Park Rangers27/01/1990

VArsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest07/03/1990

LArsenal 0-1 Chelsea17/03/1990

VArsenal 1-0 Everton31/03/1990

LArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa11/04/1990

Overall

DManchester City 1-1 Arsenal10/03/1990

LArsenal 0-1 Chelsea17/03/1990

VDerby County 1-3 Arsenal24/03/1990

VArsenal 1-0 Everton31/03/1990

LArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa11/04/1990

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Arsenal14/04/1990

Current form

Away

DNorwich City 0-0 Liverpool28/01/1990

DNorwich City 0-0 Liverpool10/02/1990

DQueens Park Rangers 2-2 Liverpool11/03/1990

VManchester United 1-2 Liverpool18/03/1990

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool21/03/1990

VCharlton 0-4 Liverpool11/04/1990

Overall

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool21/03/1990

VLiverpool 3-2 Southampton31/03/1990

VLiverpool 2-1 Wimbledon FC03/04/1990

LCrystal Palace 4-3 Liverpool08/04/1990

VCharlton 0-4 Liverpool11/04/1990

DLiverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest14/04/1990

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
16	Victories (Competition total)	19
12	Victories (Home / Away)	9
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
11	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	64
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	33
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.94
2.06	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.94
0.97	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.56	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Alan Smith	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	John Barnes
Alan Smith	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	11 goals	Ian Rush
Lee Dixon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	John Barnes
Lee Dixon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	John Barnes
Martin Hayes	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 2 matches	Ronny Rosenthal

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

34 v

24 d

17 l

108 gf

67 ga

Away

75 matches

18 v

15 d

42 l

80 gf

141 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Total

154 matches

55 v

39 d

60 l

195 gf

213 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

42 v

15 d

18 l

141 gf

80 ga

Away

75 matches

17 v

24 d

34 l

67 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

7 ga

Total

154 matches

60 v

39 d

55 l

213 gf

195 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

November 26, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Liverpool

2 - 1

Arsenal

October 25, 1989 - League Cup 1989/1990

Arsenal

1 - 0

Liverpool

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

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Alan Sunderland	6 goals	1979 - 1982
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936
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
Phil Neal	6 goals	1975 - 1985
Ian Rush	6 goals	1982 - 1987
Terry McDermott	5 goals	1979 - 1981
Ray Kennedy	3 goals	1974 - 1978

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	38 matches	1975 - 1989
George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Pat Rice	27 matches	1970 - 1980
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	31 matches	1977 - 1989
Kenny Dalglish	28 matches	1977 - 1988
Emelyn Hughes	26 matches	1967 - 1978