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Manchester City 0-4 Liverpool - October 27, 1979 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 13

Maine Road - Manchester - England

October 27, 1979

Manchester City

0 - 4

Liverpool

12'

David Johnson

31'

Kenny Dalglish

67'

Kenny Dalglish

86'

Ray Kennedy

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12' - Goal David Johnson

31' - Goal Kenny Dalglish

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67' - Goal Kenny Dalglish

86' - Goal Ray Kennedy

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

0 - 4

Liverpool

Manchester City Liverpool

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Futcher

Paul Futcher

England

B.date25/09/1956

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ranson

Ray Ranson

England

B.date12/06/1960

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Reid

Nicky Reid

England

B.date30/10/1960

Age18 years

H1m79

positionDefender

Caton

Tommy Caton

England

B.date06/10/1962

Age17 years

positionCentral defender

Power

Paul Power

England

B.date30/10/1953

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Viljoen

Colin Viljoen

England

B.date20/06/1948

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Deyna

Kazimierz Deyna

Poland

B.date23/10/1947

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Bennett

Dave Bennett

England

B.date11/06/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

MacKenzie

Steve MacKenzie

England

B.date23/11/1961

Age17 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Robinson

Michael Robinson

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/07/1958

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan	30	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Futcher	23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Ranson	19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Reid	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Caton	17	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Power	25	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Viljoen	31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kazimierz Deyna	32	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Bennett	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve MacKenzie	17	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Robinson	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age24 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

A. Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ray Kennedy86

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

Johnson12

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age28 years

positionForward

Dalglish3167

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age31 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		31	561	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		24	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	317	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	86	28	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		25	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	12	28	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	3167	28	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		31	460	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

232

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Steve Heighway

Terry McDermott

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Allison vs Liverpool

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Allison vs Paisley

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

308

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Paisley vs Manchester City

8 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Paisley vs Allison

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Manchester City after 6 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League (since 22/09/1979). It was the best streak for the club since 26/12/1977-25/02/1978 (9 matches).

Kenny Dalglish scored 6 goals vs Manchester City in Premier League with Liverpool

The last time Manchester City has conceded at least 4 goals vs Liverpool at home, It was on the 08/12/1900 (vs )

Read the next 27 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday04/09/1979

LManchester City 0-1 Southampton08/09/1979

VManchester City 3-0 Coventry22/09/1979

DManchester City 1-1 Sunderland26/09/1979

VManchester City 1-0 Middlesbrough10/10/1979

VManchester City 1-0 Nottingham Forest13/10/1979

Overall

VLeeds United 1-2 Manchester City29/09/1979

LSunderland 1-0 Manchester City02/10/1979

DArsenal 0-0 Manchester City06/10/1979

VManchester City 1-0 Middlesbrough10/10/1979

VManchester City 1-0 Nottingham Forest13/10/1979

DNorwich City 2-2 Manchester City20/10/1979

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 3-2 Liverpool01/09/1979

DLeeds United 1-1 Liverpool15/09/1979

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool29/09/1979

LDinamo Tbilissi 3-0 Liverpool03/10/1979

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Liverpool09/10/1979

VIpswich Town 1-2 Liverpool13/10/1979

Overall

LNottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool29/09/1979

LDinamo Tbilissi 3-0 Liverpool03/10/1979

VLiverpool 4-0 Bristol City06/10/1979

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Liverpool09/10/1979

VIpswich Town 1-2 Liverpool13/10/1979

DLiverpool 2-2 Everton20/10/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	6	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	11
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
5	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.08	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.73
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.91
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

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

Key players

Michael Robinson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	David Johnson
Michael Robinson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	David Johnson
Dave Bennett	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	David Johnson

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

22 v

14 d

19 l

90 gf

74 ga

Away

54 matches

12 v

11 d

31 l

73 gf

111 ga

Total

109 matches

34 v

25 d

50 l

163 gf

185 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

31 v

11 d

12 l

111 gf

73 ga

Away

55 matches

19 v

14 d

22 l

74 gf

90 ga

Total

109 matches

50 v

25 d

34 l

185 gf

163 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 11, 1935
Home	6 - 0	September 11, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 01, 1978
Away	4 - 1	August 26, 1978

Latest head to head

November 18, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

August 26, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Manchester City

1 - 4

Liverpool

May 01, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

4 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

October 29, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Manchester City

3 - 1

Liverpool

April 09, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Neil Young	4 goals	1962 - 1969
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1974
Colin Bell	3 goals	1966 - 1974
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Tommy Booth	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Joe Royle	2 goals	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bobby Graham	7 goals	1968 - 1972
Roger Hunt	7 goals	1962 - 1969
Brian Hall	5 goals	1972 - 1974
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1978 - 1978
Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1972 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Michael Doyle	21 matches	1967 - 1977
Colin Bell	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Joe Corrigan	20 matches	1969 - 1978
Tommy Booth	19 matches	1969 - 1978
Mike Summerbee	19 matches	1966 - 1974
Willie Donachie	18 matches	1971 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Ian Callaghan	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Emelyn Hughes	25 matches	1967 - 1978
Tommy Smith	20 matches	1966 - 1977
Ray Clemence	19 matches	1971 - 1978
Steve Heighway	18 matches	1971 - 1978
Chris Lawler	16 matches	1966 - 1973