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Liverpool 0-1 Man United - March 31, 1985 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 37

Anfield - Liverpool - England

March 31, 1985

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

90'

Frank Stapleton

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43' - Substitution Alan Kennedyis substituted by Paul Walsh43

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90' - Goal Frank Stapleton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

Liverpool Man United

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age29 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Wark

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Kennedy43

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age34 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

MacDonald

Kevin MacDonald

Scotland

B.date22/11/1960

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		27	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		29	392	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson		27	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		23	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy	43	30	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		34	618	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin MacDonald		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		23	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		23	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		34	440	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

252

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hogg

Graeme Hogg

Scotland

B.date17/06/1964

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age28 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Olsen

Jesper Olsen

Denmark

B.date20/03/1961

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age19 years

H1m84

positionForward

Stapleton90

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		26	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Hogg		20	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman		31	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		27	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan		28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		28	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Olsen		24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside		19	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	90	28	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Walsh	43	22	27	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

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

Joe Fagan

115

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Fagan vs Man United

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1985

Fagan vs Atkinson

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

210

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Atkinson vs Liverpool

5 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1985

Atkinson vs Fagan

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1985

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Comments

Key figures

Man United keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 02/02/1985).

Phil Neal played his game number 20 vs Manchester United in Premier League

Mark Lawrenson played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-0 Arsenal12/02/1985

VLiverpool 7-0 York City20/02/1985

VLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City23/02/1985

VLiverpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest02/03/1985

LLiverpool 0-1 Tottenham16/03/1985

VLiverpool 4-1 Austria Vienna20/03/1985

Overall

VLiverpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest02/03/1985

DAustria Vienna 1-1 Liverpool06/03/1985

VBarnsley 0-4 Liverpool10/03/1985

LLiverpool 0-1 Tottenham16/03/1985

VLiverpool 4-1 Austria Vienna20/03/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool23/03/1985

Current form

Away

DNewcastle United 1-1 Manchester United09/02/1985

VBlackburn 0-2 Manchester United15/02/1985

VArsenal 0-1 Manchester United23/02/1985

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United12/03/1985

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United15/03/1985

LFehervar 1-0 Manchester United20/03/1985

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Fehervar06/03/1985

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham09/03/1985

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United12/03/1985

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United15/03/1985

LFehervar 1-0 Manchester United20/03/1985

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa23/03/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	13	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	31
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
14	Victories (Competition total)	16
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
9	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
7	Losses (Competition total)	7
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	59
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.53
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

John Wark	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Gordon Strachan
John Wark	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Mark Hughes
Phil Neal	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	Gordon Strachan
Ian Rush	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Gordon Strachan
John Wark	4 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	Mark Hughes

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

29 v

13 d

13 l

99 gf

61 ga

Away

59 matches

12 v

20 d

27 l

58 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

118 matches

42 v

34 d

42 l

160 gf

168 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

27 v

20 d

12 l

102 gf

58 ga

Away

55 matches

13 v

13 d

29 l

61 gf

99 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

118 matches

42 v

34 d

42 l

168 gf

160 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Home	7 - 1	October 12, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Away	4 - 1	December 13, 1969

Latest head to head

September 22, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

January 02, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Liverpool

1 - 1

Man United

September 24, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

August 20, 1983 - Charity Shield 1983

Man United

2 - 0

Liverpool

March 26, 1983 - League Cup 1982/1983

Liverpool

2 - 1

Man United

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
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1973 - 1977
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1963 - 1968

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 Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals	1977 - 1980
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1983 - 1983

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	25 matches	1975 - 1984
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981
Tommy Smith	22 matches	1965 - 1978
Chris Lawler	20 matches	1964 - 1973

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

Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Steve Coppell	21 matches	1975 - 1983
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1977
Arthur Albiston	20 matches	1977 - 1984
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982
George Best	20 matches	1964 - 1973