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Nottingham 2-1 Liverpool - October 26, 1988 / Division 1 1988/1989

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Division 1 1988/1989 - Round 8

Nottingham City Ground - Nottingham - England

October 26, 1988

29 755

Nottingham

2 - 1

Liverpool

Brian Rice

90'

Neil Webb

90'

58'

Ian Rush

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58' - Goal Ian Rush

73' - Substitution Nigel Spackmanis substituted by John Aldridge

90' - Goal Brian Rice photo Neil Webb

90' - Goal Neil Webb90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nottingham

2 - 1

Liverpool

Nottingham Liverpool

Team line-ups

Nottingham

Crossley

Mark Crossley

Wales

B.date16/06/1969

Age19 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Foster

Colin Foster

England

B.date16/07/1964

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Chettle

Steve Chettle

England

B.date27/09/1968

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Rice90

Brian Rice

Scotland

B.date11/10/1963

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Hodge

Steve Hodge

England

B.date25/10/1962

Age26 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Webb90

Neil Webb

England

B.date30/07/1963

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

Crosby

Gary Crosby

England

B.date08/05/1964

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Clough

Nigel Clough

England

B.date19/03/1966

Age22 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Chapman

Lee Chapman

England

B.date05/12/1959

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Crossley		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Foster		24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Chettle		20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		22	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Pearce		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Rice	90	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hodge		26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Webb	90	25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Crosby		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Clough		22	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lee Chapman		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Hooper

Mike Hooper

England

B.date10/02/1964

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Spackman73

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Rush58

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age27 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Hooper		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		26	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison		24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman	73	27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		27	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush	58	27	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley		27	62	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

115

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Aldridge	73	30	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Crossley

Steve Sutton

OUT

Brian Rice

Tommy Gaynor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel Spackman

Kevin MacDonald

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

721

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Clough vs Liverpool

12 victories

13 draws

18 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1988

Clough vs Dalglish

2 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

184

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Dalglish vs Nottingham

5 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1988

Dalglish vs Clough

5 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1988

Videos

November 01, 2011

Comments

Key figures

No Nottingham Forest manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Brian Clough has reached 47% of wins .

Ian Rush scored 6 goals vs Nottingham Forest in Premier League

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kenny Dalglish has reached 1.98 goals scored per game .

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNottingham Forest 5-3 Oxford United07/05/1988

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Luton Town15/05/1988

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday03/09/1988

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Derby County17/09/1988

VNottingham Forest 6-0 Chester City28/09/1988

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Luton Town01/10/1988

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest24/09/1988

VNottingham Forest 6-0 Chester City28/09/1988

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Luton Town01/10/1988

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Nottingham Forest08/10/1988

VChester City 0-4 Nottingham Forest12/10/1988

DMillwall 2-2 Nottingham Forest22/10/1988

Current form

Away

VCharlton 0-3 Liverpool27/08/1988

DAston Villa 1-1 Liverpool10/09/1988

LArsenal 2-1 Liverpool20/09/1988

VSouthampton 1-3 Liverpool24/09/1988

LLuton Town 1-0 Liverpool08/10/1988

VWalsall 1-3 Liverpool12/10/1988

Overall

VSouthampton 1-3 Liverpool24/09/1988

VLiverpool 1-0 Walsall28/09/1988

LLiverpool 1-2 Newcastle United01/10/1988

LLuton Town 1-0 Liverpool08/10/1988

VWalsall 1-3 Liverpool12/10/1988

DLiverpool 0-0 Coventry22/10/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	14	9
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	0	3
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

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

Steve Hodge	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	John Aldridge
Colin Foster	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	John Aldridge
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jan Mölby
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jan Mölby
Steve Hodge	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 4 matches	John Aldridge

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

17 v

12 d

16 l

52 gf

49 ga

Away

48 matches

8 v

8 d

32 l

38 gf

107 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

95 matches

26 v

21 d

48 l

91 gf

156 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

32 v

8 d

8 l

107 gf

38 ga

Away

45 matches

16 v

12 d

17 l

49 gf

52 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

95 matches

48 v

21 d

26 l

156 gf

91 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 01, 1908
Home	5 - 1	October 01, 1908

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 13, 1988
Away	4 - 1	September 18, 1909

Latest head to head

August 29, 1988 - Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy 1988

Liverpool

4 - 1

Nottingham

April 13, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Liverpool

5 - 0

Nottingham

April 09, 1988 - FA Cup 1987/1988

Liverpool

2 - 1

Nottingham

April 02, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Nottingham

2 - 1

Liverpool

April 18, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

3 - 0

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Ian Storey-Moore	5 goals	1965 - 1971
Neil Webb	3 goals	1985 - 1988
Len Julians	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Garry Birtles	2 goals	1978 - 1979
Peter Davenport	2 goals	1982 - 1983
John Robertson	2 goals	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Roger Hunt	10 goals	1964 - 1968
Ian Rush	5 goals	1982 - 1987
John Aldridge	5 goals	1988 - 1988
Peter Thompson	4 goals	1964 - 1970
Terry McDermott	4 goals	1978 - 1980
Ronnie Whelan	4 goals	1984 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ian Bowyer	20 matches	1978 - 1987
John Robertson	19 matches	1971 - 1985
Viv Anderson	19 matches	1977 - 1983
John Winfield	16 matches	1962 - 1971
Peter Hindley	16 matches	1964 - 1971
John McGovern	14 matches	1977 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Kenny Dalglish	25 matches	1977 - 1987
Alan Hansen	24 matches	1978 - 1988
Phil Neal	24 matches	1977 - 1985
Ian Callaghan	22 matches	1962 - 1978
Ray Clemence	19 matches	1970 - 1981
Phil Thompson	19 matches	1977 - 1983