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Man United 1-1 Liverpool - November 15, 1987 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Round 16

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

November 15, 1987

47 106

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

Norman Whiteside

21'

John Aldridge

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0' - Goal Norman Whiteside0

21' - Goal John Aldridge

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46' - Substitution Kevin Moranis substituted by Peter Davenport46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Walsh

Gary Walsh

England

B.date21/03/1968

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moran46

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age30 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Olsen

Jesper Olsen

Denmark

B.date20/03/1961

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whiteside0

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age22 years

H1m84

positionForward

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age23 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Walsh		19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran	46	31	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		28	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		30	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		30	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Olsen		26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside		22	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

141

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age32 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age27 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnston

Craig Johnston

England

B.date25/06/1960

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age26 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Aldridge21

John Aldridge

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		30	377	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		32	537	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson		30	347	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		25	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		26	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Johnston		27	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		26	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aldridge	21	29	26	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

205

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Peter Davenport	46	26	70	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

Gordon Strachan

Peter Davenport

OUT

Clayton Blackmore

Billy Garton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 15, 1987

Ferguson vs Dalglish

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 15, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

136

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Man United

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on November 15, 1987

Dalglish vs Ferguson

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 15, 1987

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Norman Whiteside scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 26/12/1986 (with vs )

The last time Man United has ended with the score 1-1 at home, It was on the 01/11/1986 (vs )

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kenny Dalglish has done less than 22% of draws in Premier League.

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 2-2 Newcastle United12/09/1987

VManchester United 5-0 Hull City23/09/1987

VManchester United 1-0 Tottenham26/09/1987

VManchester United 2-1 Norwich City17/10/1987

VManchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace28/10/1987

DManchester United 2-2 Nottingham Forest31/10/1987

Overall

VHull City 0-1 Manchester United07/10/1987

VSheffield Wednesday 2-4 Manchester United10/10/1987

VManchester United 2-1 Norwich City17/10/1987

DWest Ham 1-1 Manchester United25/10/1987

VManchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace28/10/1987

DManchester United 2-2 Nottingham Forest31/10/1987

Current form

Away

VCoventry 1-4 Liverpool29/08/1987

DWest Ham 1-1 Liverpool05/09/1987

VNewcastle United 1-4 Liverpool20/09/1987

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool23/09/1987

VLuton Town 0-1 Liverpool24/10/1987

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Liverpool04/11/1987

Overall

VLiverpool 1-0 Blackburn06/10/1987

VLiverpool 4-0 Queens Park Rangers17/10/1987

VLuton Town 0-1 Liverpool24/10/1987

LLiverpool 0-1 Everton29/10/1987

VLiverpool 2-0 Everton01/11/1987

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Liverpool04/11/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	9
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	8	11
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	8	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	12
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	10
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	2
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.17
1.07	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.58
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.83

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-1 (2 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

Brian McClair	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	John Aldridge
Brian McClair	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Steve Nicol
Brian McClair	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	John Aldridge
Brian McClair	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	John Aldridge
Brian McClair	8 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 12 matches	John Aldridge

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

29 v

22 d

12 l

108 gf

62 ga

Away

59 matches

15 v

14 d

30 l

65 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

126 matches

46 v

37 d

43 l

178 gf

167 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

30 v

14 d

15 l

102 gf

65 ga

Away

63 matches

12 v

22 d

29 l

62 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

126 matches

43 v

37 d

46 l

167 gf

178 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Home	5 - 0	September 11, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1978

Latest head to head

April 20, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

December 26, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

February 09, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Liverpool

1 - 1

Man United

November 26, 1985 - League Cup 1985/1986

Liverpool

2 - 1

Man United

October 19, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1983 - 1985
Norman Whiteside	3 goals	1983 - 1986
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1963 - 1968
Craig Johnston	3 goals	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Gary Bailey	22 matches	1978 - 1985
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1977
Steve Coppell	21 matches	1975 - 1983
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ian Callaghan	30 matches	1962 - 1977
Phil Neal	28 matches	1975 - 1985
Kenny Dalglish	24 matches	1977 - 1986
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981
Alan Hansen	24 matches	1977 - 1987