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Man United 1-0 Liverpool - April 20, 1987 / Division 1 1986/1987

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Division 1 1986/1987 - Round 38

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 20, 1987

54 103

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Peter Davenport

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0' - Goal Peter Davenport0

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46' - Substitution Arthur Albistonis substituted by Frank Stapleton46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Walsh

Gary Walsh

England

B.date21/03/1968

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moran

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Albiston46

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age29 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Sivebaek

John Sivebaek

Denmark

B.date25/10/1961

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Moses

Remi Moses

England

B.date14/11/1960

Age26 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Davenport0

Peter Davenport

England

B.date24/03/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionForward

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age21 years

H1m84

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Walsh		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran		30	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		27	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	46	29	469	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sivebaek		25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		27	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Remi Moses		26	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		30	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Davenport		26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside		21	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

167

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age31 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age26 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnston

Craig Johnston

England

B.date25/06/1960

Age26 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Spackman

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age26 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Walsh

Paul Walsh

England

B.date01/10/1962

Age24 years

H1m74

positionForward

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar	29	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen	31	517	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison	22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon	25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Johnston	26	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan	25	284	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Walsh	24	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush	25	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

187

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Frank Stapleton	46	30	289	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

Arthur Albiston

Liam O'Brien

OUT

John Sivebaek

Terry Gibson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel Spackman

Kenny Dalglish

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Ferguson vs Dalglish

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

116

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Dalglish vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Dalglish vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Videos

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Key figures

Remi Moses played his game number 10 vs Liverpool in his professional career

It's the first time Peter Davenport scores 1 goal vs Liverpool in his professional career with Manchester United

Craig Johnston played his game number 10 vs Manchester United in his professional career with Liverpool

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-1 Coventry31/01/1987

VManchester United 3-1 Watford14/02/1987

DManchester United 0-0 Everton28/02/1987

VManchester United 2-0 Manchester City07/03/1987

VManchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest28/03/1987

VManchester United 3-2 Oxford United04/04/1987

Overall

LLuton Town 2-1 Manchester United14/03/1987

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester United21/03/1987

VManchester United 2-0 Nottingham Forest28/03/1987

VManchester United 3-2 Oxford United04/04/1987

DWest Ham 0-0 Manchester United14/04/1987

LNewcastle United 2-1 Manchester United18/04/1987

Current form

Away

DSouthampton 0-0 Liverpool11/02/1987

DAston Villa 2-2 Liverpool21/02/1987

VArsenal 0-1 Liverpool10/03/1987

VOxford United 1-3 Liverpool14/03/1987

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool22/03/1987

LNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool11/04/1987

Overall

VLiverpool 2-1 Queens Park Rangers18/03/1987

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool22/03/1987

LLiverpool 1-2 Wimbledon FC28/03/1987

LArsenal 2-1 Liverpool05/04/1987

LNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool11/04/1987

VLiverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest18/04/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	4	11
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
12	Victories (Competition total)	21
11	Victories (Home / Away)	8
12	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	65
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.76
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
1.03	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.97
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	16
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (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

Peter Davenport	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	26 goals	Ian Rush
Peter Davenport	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	12 goals	Ian Rush
Peter Davenport	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Jan Mölby
Peter Davenport	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jan Mölby
Gordon Strachan	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Kenny Dalglish

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

28 v

22 d

12 l

107 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

125 matches

45 v

37 d

43 l

177 gf

167 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

30 v

14 d

15 l

102 gf

65 ga

Away

62 matches

12 v

22 d

28 l

62 gf

107 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

125 matches

43 v

37 d

45 l

167 gf

177 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

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

April 17, 1985 - FA Cup 1984/1985

Man United

2 - 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
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1983 - 1985

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
Craig Johnston	3 goals	1982 - 1985
Jimmy Case	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1973 - 1977

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	25 matches	1977 - 1986
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	23 matches	1977 - 1986