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Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa - May 08, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 24

Anfield - Liverpool - England

May 08, 1979

Liverpool

3 - 0

Aston Villa

Alan Kennedy

Kenny Dalglish

38'

Terry McDermott

57'

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1' - Goal Alan Kennedy1

38' - Goal Kenny Dalglish38

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46' - Substitution Alexander Cropleyis substituted by Ivor Linton

57' - Goal Terry McDermott57

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 0

Aston Villa

Liverpool Aston Villa

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

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

A. Kennedy1

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott57

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnson

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

Dalglish38

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		30	542	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		23	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	297	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy	1	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		24	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		27	248	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott	57	27	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson		27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	38	28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

188

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gibson

Colin Gibson

England

B.date06/04/1960

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age20 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gregory

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age24 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Cropley46

Alexander Cropley

Scotland

B.date16/01/1951

Age28 years

positionForward

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		31	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans		22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Gibson		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman		25	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans		20	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught		24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		27	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexander Cropley	46	28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan		21	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ivor Linton	46	19	10	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

288

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Paisley vs Aston Villa

4 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 08, 1979

Paisley vs Saunders

4 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 08, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

259

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Liverpool

3 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on May 08, 1979

Saunders vs Paisley

3 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 08, 1979

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 32 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 22/04/1978). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/04/1977 (27 matches)

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Robert Paisley has done less than 0.73 goals conceded per game .

No Aston Villa manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 27% of losses .

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town24/03/1979

LLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United04/04/1979

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

Overall

LAston Villa 3-1 Liverpool16/04/1979

VLiverpool 1-0 Bristol City21/04/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Liverpool24/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool28/04/1979

VBolton Wanderers 1-4 Liverpool01/05/1979

VLiverpool 2-0 Southampton05/05/1979

Current form

Away

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Aston Villa10/03/1979

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Aston Villa04/04/1979

DCoventry 1-1 Aston Villa07/04/1979

LLeeds United 1-0 Aston Villa14/04/1979

VNorwich City 1-2 Aston Villa21/04/1979

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa05/05/1979

Overall

VAston Villa 3-1 Liverpool16/04/1979

VNorwich City 1-2 Aston Villa21/04/1979

VAston Villa 5-1 Arsenal25/04/1979

VAston Villa 2-1 Chelsea28/04/1979

DAston Villa 2-2 Ipswich Town02/05/1979

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa05/05/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	5
Drawless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	4	2
Invincibility streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	39
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
27	Victories (Competition total)	14
18	Victories (Home / Away)	6
8	Draws (Competition total)	16
2	Draws (Home / Away)	7
4	Losses (Competition total)	9
0	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

78	Goals scored (Competition total)	56
48	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.44
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
0.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.95

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
25	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
16	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (7 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 times)

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kenny Dalglish	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	John Deehan
Kenny Dalglish	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Gary Shelton
Terry McDermott	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	John Gidman
Terry McDermott	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Andy Gray
Phil Neal	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 9 matches	John Deehan

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

35 v

9 d

11 l

130 gf

62 ga

Away

55 matches

15 v

10 d

30 l

68 gf

126 ga

Total

110 matches

50 v

19 d

41 l

198 gf

188 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

30 v

10 d

15 l

126 gf

68 ga

Away

55 matches

11 v

9 d

35 l

62 gf

130 ga

Total

110 matches

41 v

19 d

50 l

188 gf

198 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 10, 1953
Home	6 - 1	October 10, 1953

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 16, 1932
Away	6 - 3	November 28, 1914

Latest head to head

April 16, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Aston Villa

3 - 1

Liverpool

April 01, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

0 - 3

Liverpool

November 05, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 15, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

5 - 1

Liverpool

October 30, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1966
Ian St-John	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Ian Callaghan	5 goals	1963 - 1976
Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1933 - 1935
Bobby Graham	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Peter Thompson	3 goals	1963 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Tony Hateley	5 goals	1963 - 1966
Andy Gray	4 goals	1976 - 1977
John Deehan	3 goals	1976 - 1979
Allan Evans	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Phillip Woosnam	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Ron Wylie	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Ian Callaghan	15 matches	1963 - 1977
Ron Yeats	11 matches	1963 - 1967
Tommy Lawrence	11 matches	1963 - 1967
Willie Stevenson	11 matches	1963 - 1967
Ian St-John	11 matches	1963 - 1967
Gerry Byrne	10 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1963 - 1975
John Sleeuwenhoek	10 matches	1963 - 1967
Alan Deakin	8 matches	1963 - 1967
Mick Wright	8 matches	1963 - 1967
John Gidman	7 matches	1975 - 1979
Colin Withers	6 matches	1965 - 1967