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Middlesbrough 0-1 Liverpool - May 11, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Journée 35

Ayresome Park - Middlesbrough - England

May 11, 1979

0 - 1

Liverpool

56'

David Johnson

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56' - Goal David Johnson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Liverpool

Middlesbrough Liverpool

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

McAndrew

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age23 years

positionDefender

Boam

Stuart Boam

England

B.date28/01/1948

Age31 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Ashcroft

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age22 years

positionDefender

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Proctor

Mark Proctor

England

B.date30/01/1961

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Jankovic

Bosko Jankovic

Serbia

B.date22/05/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age32 years

positionForward

Hodgson

David Hodgson

England

B.date06/08/1960

Age18 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt	27	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew	23	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Boam	31	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft	26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs	30	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Proctor	18	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bosko Jankovic	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong	24	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney	32	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hodgson	18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

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. Kennedy

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

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Johnson56

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		30	543	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		24	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		27	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		27	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		28	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	56	27	91	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

189

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart Boam

Terry Cochrane

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Neal vs Liverpool

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 1979

Neal vs Paisley

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

289

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Paisley vs Middlesbrough

7 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 1979

Paisley vs Neal

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 1979

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 21/04/1979). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/12/1978-24/03/1979 time period (18 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Robert Paisley has reached 50% of clean sheets .

The last time Middlesbrough has ended with the score 0-1 at home, It was on the 27/03/1978 (vs )

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City24/03/1979

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United27/03/1979

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham31/03/1979

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Leeds United10/04/1979

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Manchester City17/04/1979

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 West Bromwich Albion28/04/1979

Overall

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Middlesbrough14/04/1979

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Manchester City17/04/1979

LChelsea 2-1 Middlesbrough21/04/1979

LManchester City 1-0 Middlesbrough24/04/1979

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 West Bromwich Albion28/04/1979

VDerby County 0-3 Middlesbrough05/05/1979

Current form

Away

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool31/03/1979

VWolverhampton 0-1 Liverpool10/04/1979

LAston Villa 3-1 Liverpool16/04/1979

DSouthampton 1-1 Liverpool24/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool28/04/1979

VBolton Wanderers 1-4 Liverpool01/05/1979

Overall

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

VLiverpool 3-0 Aston Villa08/05/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	8	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	14	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	40
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
15	Victories (Competition total)	28
10	Victories (Home / Away)	9
10	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	6
16	Losses (Competition total)	4
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	81
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	30
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.39	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.03
1.65	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.58
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.63

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	26
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	9
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Micky Burns	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	21 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Micky Burns	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Kenny Dalglish
David Armstrong	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Terry McDermott
David Armstrong	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mark Proctor	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 19 matches	Kenny Dalglish

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

18 v

16 d

14 l

88 gf

67 ga

Away

51 matches

14 v

12 d

25 l

56 gf

105 ga

Total

99 matches

32 v

28 d

39 l

144 gf

172 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

25 v

12 d

14 l

105 gf

56 ga

Away

48 matches

14 v

16 d

18 l

67 gf

88 ga

Total

99 matches

39 v

28 d

32 l

172 gf

144 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 31, 1929
Home	5 - 0	August 31, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	September 16, 1931
Away	5 - 1	November 11, 1905

Latest head to head

November 25, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

January 02, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 20, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Liverpool

March 19, 1977 - FA Cup 1976/1977

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 12, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Alan Foggon	1 goal	1975 - 1975
David Armstrong	1 goal	1977 - 1977
John Hickton	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Terry Cooper	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Sam English	3 goals	1933 - 1934
Terry McDermott	2 goals	1975 - 1978
Bob Glassey	2 goals	1936 - 1936
Kevin Keegan	2 goals	1974 - 1977
Lance Carr	1 goal	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

David Armstrong	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Stuart Boam	9 matches	1974 - 1978
John Craggs	9 matches	1974 - 1978
David Mills	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Jim Platt	7 matches	1974 - 1978
Graeme Souness	7 matches	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Ray Clemence	11 matches	1974 - 1978
Ray Kennedy	11 matches	1974 - 1978
Steve Heighway	10 matches	1974 - 1978
Ian Callaghan	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Phil Neal	9 matches	1975 - 1978