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Southampton 2-2 Liverpool - December 12, 1987 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Round 20

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

December 12, 1987

19 507

Southampton

2 - 2

Liverpool

Andy Townsend

Colin Clarke

45'

11'

John Barnes

38'

John Barnes

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0' - Goal Andy Townsend0

11' - Goal John Barnes

19' - Substitution Mark Lawrensonis substituted by Gary Ablett

38' - Goal John Barnes

45' - Goal Colin Clarke45

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46' - Substitution Graham Bakeris substituted by Rod Wallace photo Matt Le Tissier

46' - Substitution Colin Clarkeis substituted by Matt Le Tissier46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

2 - 2

Liverpool

Southampton Liverpool

Team line-ups

Southampton

Burridge

John Burridge

England

B.date03/12/1951

Age36 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Bond

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Forrest

Gerald Forrest

England

B.date21/01/1957

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age28 years

positionDefender

Moore

Kevin Moore

England

B.date29/04/1958

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Baker46

Graham Baker

England

B.date03/12/1958

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Townsend0

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Cockerill

Glenn Cockerill

England

B.date25/08/1959

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wallace

Danny Wallace

England

B.date21/01/1964

Age23 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Clarke4546

Colin Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date30/10/1962

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Burridge		36	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond		30	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerald Forrest		30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moore		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Baker	46	29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		33	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Cockerill		28	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Wallace		23	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Clarke	4546	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Lawrenson19

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age27 years

H1m88

positionDefender

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age25 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Barnes3811

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age26 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Aldridge

John Aldridge

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1958

Age29 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		30	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		32	542	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson	19	30	352	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		26	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	3811	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		26	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aldridge		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

188

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Matt Le Tissier	46	19	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Rod Wallace	46	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Ablett	19	22	7	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Nicholl

132

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Nicholl vs Liverpool

1 victory

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1987

Nicholl vs Dalglish

1 victory

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

141

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Southampton

6 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 1987

Dalglish vs Nicholl

6 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 1987

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 24/11/1987).

It's the first time John Barnes scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Southampton in his professional career

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 consecutive matches without a draw (since 24/11/1987).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSouthampton 0-4 Everton03/10/1987

DSouthampton 2-2 Bournemouth06/10/1987

VSouthampton 1-0 Watford17/10/1987

VSouthampton 3-0 Chelsea24/10/1987

VSouthampton 3-0 Oxford United14/11/1987

LSouthampton 1-2 Derby County28/11/1987

Overall

DCharlton 1-1 Southampton31/10/1987

LWimbledon FC 2-0 Southampton07/11/1987

VSouthampton 3-0 Oxford United14/11/1987

VArsenal 0-1 Southampton21/11/1987

LSouthampton 1-2 Derby County28/11/1987

LWest Ham 2-1 Southampton05/12/1987

Current form

Away

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

DManchester United 1-1 Liverpool15/11/1987

VTottenham 0-2 Liverpool28/11/1987

Overall

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Liverpool04/11/1987

DManchester United 1-1 Liverpool15/11/1987

DLiverpool 0-0 Norwich City21/11/1987

VLiverpool 4-0 Watford24/11/1987

VTottenham 0-2 Liverpool28/11/1987

VLiverpool 2-1 Chelsea06/12/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	5	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	10	7
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	10	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	13
3	Victories (Home / Away)	5
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	0
3	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	41
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.39	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.41
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.53
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Danny Wallace	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	John Aldridge
Danny Wallace	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Steve Nicol
Colin Clarke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	8 penalties	John Aldridge
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	John Aldridge
Danny Wallace	8 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	John Aldridge

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

10 v

7 d

5 l

31 gf

21 ga

Away

26 matches

3 v

3 d

20 l

12 gf

43 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

50 matches

13 v

10 d

27 l

43 gf

67 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

20 v

3 d

3 l

43 gf

12 ga

Away

22 matches

5 v

7 d

10 l

21 gf

31 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

50 matches

27 v

10 d

13 l

67 gf

43 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	August 24, 1960
Home	4 - 1	August 24, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 25, 1982
Away	2 - 1	March 15, 1986

Latest head to head

February 28, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

February 25, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

Liverpool

3 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

February 11, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

Southampton

0 - 0

Liverpool

September 20, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Southampton

2 - 1

Liverpool

April 05, 1986 - FA Cup 1985/1986

Liverpool

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Mick Channon	5 goals	1969 - 1982
Danny Wallace	3 goals	1984 - 1985
Ron Davies	3 goals	1966 - 1968
Nick Holmes	3 goals	1979 - 1983
David Armstrong	3 goals	1985 - 1986
Philip Boyer	3 goals	1979 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Ian Rush	6 goals	1982 - 1986
Ronnie Whelan	5 goals	1982 - 1987
Chris Lawler	3 goals	1967 - 1972
Kenny Dalglish	3 goals	1983 - 1987
John Toshack	3 goals	1971 - 1976
Mark Lawrenson	2 goals	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Mick Channon	19 matches	1968 - 1982
Nick Holmes	18 matches	1976 - 1987
Terry Paine	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Mark Wright	15 matches	1982 - 1987
Peter Shilton	15 matches	1982 - 1987
David Armstrong	15 matches	1981 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Alan Hansen	19 matches	1979 - 1987
Ray Clemence	18 matches	1970 - 1981
Chris Lawler	18 matches	1966 - 1974
Kenny Dalglish	18 matches	1979 - 1987
Phil Neal	17 matches	1976 - 1985
Emelyn Hughes	17 matches	1967 - 1976