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Liverpool 3-1 WBA - August 25, 1979 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 3

Anfield - Liverpool - England

August 25, 1979

3 - 1

WBA

David Johnson

11'

Terry McDermott

52'

David Johnson

58'

Peter Barnes

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0' - Goal Peter Barnes

11' - Goal David Johnson11

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46' - Substitution David Millsis substituted by Kevin Summerfield

52' - Goal Terry McDermott52

58' - Goal David Johnson58

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 1

WBA

Liverpool WBA

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Irwin

Colin Irwin

England

B.date09/02/1957

Age22 years

positionDefender

A. Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age25 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott52

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnson1158

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		31	547	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Irwin		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		28	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		25	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott	52	27	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	1158	27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		28	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

187

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age20 years

positionDefender

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Owen

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Barnes0

Peter Barnes

England

B.date10/06/1957

Age22 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age33 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Mills46

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		26	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham		20	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown		28	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		22	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile		32	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Barnes		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		33	472	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills	46	27	20	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

134

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Kevin Summerfield	46	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Irwin

Alan Hansen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

293

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Paisley vs WBA

5 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1979

Paisley vs Atkinson

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Atkinson vs Liverpool

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 25, 1979

Atkinson vs Paisley

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 25, 1979

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Key figures

WBA keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win running (since 14/05/1979).

The last time Liverpool has ended with the score 3-1 at home, It was on the 25/02/1978 (vs )

End of streak for Liverpool after 8 matches without conceding any goal at home in Premier League (since 20/03/1979). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 22/10/1977

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-0 Arsenal07/04/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United14/04/1979

VLiverpool 1-0 Bristol City21/04/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Southampton05/05/1979

VLiverpool 3-0 Aston Villa08/05/1979

DLiverpool 0-0 Bolton Wanderers21/08/1979

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Southampton05/05/1979

VLiverpool 3-0 Aston Villa08/05/1979

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Liverpool11/05/1979

VLeeds United 0-3 Liverpool17/05/1979

VLiverpool 3-1 Arsenal11/08/1979

DLiverpool 0-0 Bolton Wanderers21/08/1979

Current form

Away

DBirmingham City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion24/04/1979

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 West Bromwich Albion28/04/1979

VEverton 0-2 West Bromwich Albion01/05/1979

VAston Villa 0-1 West Bromwich Albion11/05/1979

LTottenham 1-0 West Bromwich Albion14/05/1979

LManchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion22/08/1979

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Southampton08/05/1979

VAston Villa 0-1 West Bromwich Albion11/05/1979

LTottenham 1-0 West Bromwich Albion14/05/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Nottingham Forest18/05/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Derby County18/08/1979

LManchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion22/08/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	10
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	6	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	1
Goalless streak	2	4
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

24 v

18 d

9 l

83 gf

49 ga

Away

54 matches

15 v

17 d

22 l

54 gf

83 ga

Total

105 matches

39 v

35 d

31 l

137 gf

132 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

22 v

17 d

15 l

83 gf

54 ga

Away

51 matches

9 v

18 d

24 l

49 gf

83 ga

Total

105 matches

31 v

35 d

39 l

132 gf

137 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 28, 1935
Home	5 - 0	September 28, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 01, 1936
Away	3 - 0	April 06, 1965

Latest head to head

February 03, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Liverpool

2 - 1

WBA

September 23, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

WBA

1 - 1

Liverpool

January 14, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

WBA

0 - 1

Liverpool

August 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

3 - 0

WBA

January 15, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

1 - 1

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1969
Gordon Hodgson	3 goals	1934 - 1935
Kenny Dalglish	3 goals	1977 - 1979
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Kevin Keegan	2 goals	1972 - 1973
Alun Evans	2 goals	1970 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Tony Brown	8 goals	1965 - 1972
Jeff Astle	7 goals	1964 - 1970
Clive Clark	7 goals	1964 - 1968
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Keith Smith	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Laurie Cunningham	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Ian Callaghan	33 matches	1962 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	26 matches	1967 - 1979
Chris Lawler	25 matches	1963 - 1973
Tommy Lawrence	20 matches	1962 - 1970
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Roger Hunt	19 matches	1962 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Tony Brown	28 matches	1963 - 1979
Bobby Hope	17 matches	1962 - 1971
John Kaye	17 matches	1964 - 1971
Doug Fraser	16 matches	1963 - 1970
Clive Clark	16 matches	1962 - 1968
Jeff Astle	15 matches	1964 - 1973