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Liverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town - March 24, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 34

Anfield - Liverpool - England

March 24, 1979

Liverpool

2 - 0

Ipswich Town

Kenny Dalglish

41'

David Johnson

81'

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41' - Goal Kenny Dalglish41

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46' - Substitution Les Tibbottis substituted by Alan Brazil

81' - Goal David Johnson81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Ipswich Town

Liverpool Ipswich Town

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age23 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dalglish41

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Johnson81

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		30	530	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		31	663	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		27	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		24	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		27	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	41	28	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	81	27	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

234

Ipswich Town

Cooper

Paul Cooper

England

B.date21/12/1953

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Osman

Russell Osman

England

B.date14/02/1959

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Wark

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Butcher

Terry Butcher

England

B.date28/12/1958

Age20 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age30 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Thijssen

Frans Thijssen

Netherlands

B.date23/01/1952

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Burley

George Burley

Scotland

B.date03/06/1956

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Tibbott46

Les Tibbott

Wales

B.date25/08/1955

Age23 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Woods

Clive Woods

England

B.date18/12/1947

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Mühren

Arnold Mühren

Netherlands

B.date02/06/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Mariner

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Cooper		25	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Russell Osman		20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark		21	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Butcher		20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		30	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frans Thijssen		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Burley		22	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Tibbott	46	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Woods		31	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Mühren		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

140

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alan Brazil	46	19	16	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

Frans Thijssen

Kevin Beattie

OUT

Paul Mariner

Alan Brazil

OUT

Les Tibbott

Eric Gates

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

276

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Paisley vs Ipswich Town

5 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Paisley vs Robson

5 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

519

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Robson vs Liverpool

5 victories

7 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Robson vs Paisley

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 24, 1979

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time David Johnson scores 1 goal vs Ipswich Town in his professional career with Liverpool

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Robert Paisley has reached 56% of wins .

Phil Thompson played his game number 10 vs Ipswich Town in Premier League

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/02/1979

VLiverpool 1-0 Birmingham City13/02/1979

VLiverpool 6-0 Norwich City21/02/1979

VLiverpool 3-0 Burnley28/02/1979

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton13/03/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

Overall

VLiverpool 3-0 Burnley28/02/1979

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool03/03/1979

DCoventry 0-0 Liverpool06/03/1979

VIpswich Town 0-1 Liverpool10/03/1979

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton13/03/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton20/03/1979

Current form

Away

LTottenham 1-0 Ipswich Town09/12/1978

VLeyton Orient 0-2 Ipswich Town30/01/1979

LBristol City 3-1 Ipswich Town03/02/1979

VEverton 0-1 Ipswich Town24/02/1979

VDerby County 0-1 Ipswich Town28/02/1979

LFC Barcelona 1-0 Ipswich Town21/03/1979

Overall

DIpswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest03/03/1979

VIpswich Town 2-1 FC Barcelona07/03/1979

LIpswich Town 0-1 Liverpool10/03/1979

DIpswich Town 1-1 Coventry13/03/1979

VIpswich Town 2-0 Arsenal17/03/1979

LFC Barcelona 1-0 Ipswich Town21/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	32	15
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	16	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	9	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
20	Victories (Competition total)	12
13	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	12
0	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

61	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.3
2.53	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.08
0.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
0.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
18	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kenny Dalglish	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Paul Mariner
Kenny Dalglish	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Paul Mariner
Terry McDermott	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	John Wark
Terry McDermott	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Johnson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Wark

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

14 v

4 d

0 l

53 gf

19 ga

Away

20 matches

5 v

6 d

9 l

17 gf

22 ga

Total

38 matches

19 v

10 d

9 l

70 gf

41 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

9 v

6 d

5 l

22 gf

17 ga

Away

18 matches

0 v

4 d

14 l

19 gf

53 ga

Total

38 matches

9 v

10 d

19 l

41 gf

70 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 07, 1964
Home	6 - 0	March 07, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 13, 1975
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 10, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Ipswich Town

0 - 1

Liverpool

August 22, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Ipswich Town

0 - 3

Liverpool

April 18, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

2 - 2

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

September 17, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Ipswich Town

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 30, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

2 - 1

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

Best historical scorers against Ipswich Town

Kevin Keegan	8 goals	1973 - 1977
Kenny Dalglish	5 goals	1977 - 1979
Bobby Graham	5 goals	1968 - 1971
Ian St-John	4 goals	1963 - 1969
Roger Hunt	4 goals	1962 - 1964
John Toshack	4 goals	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Trevor Whymark	6 goals	1974 - 1978
David Johnson	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Mick Lambert	3 goals	1971 - 1978
Eric Gates	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Daniel Hegan	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Kevin Beattie	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ipswich Town

Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1968 - 1979
Ian Callaghan	23 matches	1962 - 1977
Ray Clemence	21 matches	1970 - 1979
Steve Heighway	18 matches	1970 - 1978
Tommy Smith	17 matches	1968 - 1978
Kevin Keegan	14 matches	1971 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Mick Mills	21 matches	1968 - 1979
Clive Woods	18 matches	1968 - 1979
Trevor Whymark	17 matches	1970 - 1978
Colin Viljoen	15 matches	1968 - 1975
Allan Hunter	15 matches	1971 - 1977
George Burley	12 matches	1974 - 1979