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Leeds United 0-3 Liverpool - May 17, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 33

Elland Road - Leeds - England

May 17, 1979

0 - 3

Liverpool

21'

David Johnson

42'

Jimmy Case

57'

David Johnson

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21' - Goal David Johnson

42' - Goal Jimmy Case

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57' - Goal David Johnson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

0 - 3

Liverpool

Leeds United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Harvey

David Harvey

Scotland

B.date07/02/1948

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hart

Paul Hart

England

B.date04/05/1953

Age26 years

positionDefender

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age34 years

positionDefender

Cherry

Trevor Cherry

England

B.date23/02/1948

Age31 years

positionDefender

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Flynn

Brian Flynn

Wales

B.date21/10/1955

Age23 years

H1m61

positionMidfield

Hird

Kevin Hird

England

B.date11/02/1955

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Graham

Arthur Graham

Scotland

B.date26/10/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Harris

Carl Harris

Wales

B.date03/11/1956

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hawley

John Hawley

England

B.date08/05/1954

Age25 years

positionForward

Eddie Gray

Scotland

B.date17/01/1948

Age31 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	David Harvey	31	315	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hart	26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley	34	600	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Cherry	31	296	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray	24	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Flynn	23	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Hird	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arthur Graham	26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Harris	22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hawley	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eddie Gray	31	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

194

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

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case42

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnson2157

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		30	544	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		27	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	42	24	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		27	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson	2157	27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		28	116	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

190

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Gray

Tony Currie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Adamson

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Adamson vs Liverpool

3 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 1979

Adamson vs Paisley

2 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

290

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Paisley vs Leeds United

8 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on May 17, 1979

Paisley vs Adamson

2 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 1979

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Key figures

Ray Kennedy played his game number 250 in his professional career with Liverpool

Liverpool keeps its 8 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).

It's the first time Jimmy Case scores a goal vs Leeds United in his professional career with Liverpool since the 15/10/1977 (with Liverpool vs Leeds United )

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeeds United 1-1 Ipswich Town07/04/1979

VLeeds United 1-0 Aston Villa14/04/1979

VLeeds United 1-0 Everton21/04/1979

VLeeds United 5-1 Bolton Wanderers25/04/1979

VLeeds United 4-3 Queens Park Rangers04/05/1979

LLeeds United 1-2 Nottingham Forest15/05/1979

Overall

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Leeds United16/04/1979

VLeeds United 1-0 Everton21/04/1979

VLeeds United 5-1 Bolton Wanderers25/04/1979

DBristol City 0-0 Leeds United28/04/1979

VLeeds United 4-3 Queens Park Rangers04/05/1979

LLeeds United 1-2 Nottingham Forest15/05/1979

Current form

Away

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

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Liverpool11/05/1979

Overall

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

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Liverpool11/05/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	15	2
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
18	Victories (Competition total)	29
11	Victories (Home / Away)	10
14	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
9	Losses (Competition total)	4
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

70	Goals scored (Competition total)	82
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	31
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2.05	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.55
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.39
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

25	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	27
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	10
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
25	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John Hawley	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	21 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Ray Hankin	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Frank Gray	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Terry McDermott
Frank Gray	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Trevor Cherry	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	David Johnson

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

14 v

10 d

11 l

51 gf

39 ga

Away

36 matches

5 v

10 d

21 l

26 gf

60 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

73 matches

19 v

21 d

33 l

79 gf

102 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

21 v

10 d

5 l

60 gf

26 ga

Away

35 matches

11 v

10 d

14 l

39 gf

51 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

73 matches

33 v

21 d

19 l

102 gf

79 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 18, 1933
Home	5 - 0	March 18, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 19, 1966
Away	3 - 0	August 26, 1975

Latest head to head

November 04, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Liverpool

1 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

March 11, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

October 15, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Leeds United

1 - 2

Liverpool

April 02, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

3 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

October 23, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leeds United

1 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Mick Jones	6 goals	1968 - 1973
Billy Bremner	3 goals	1964 - 1971
Peter Lorimer	3 goals	1965 - 1972
Allan Clarke	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Johnny Giles	3 goals	1964 - 1969
Jimmy Greenhoff	1 goal	1967 - 1967

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

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Kevin Keegan	6 goals	1972 - 1976
Gordon Hodgson	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Alf Hanson	4 goals	1933 - 1935
John Toshack	4 goals	1970 - 1976
Roger Hunt	3 goals	1964 - 1967
Steve Heighway	3 goals	1974 - 1977

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

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Norman Hunter	30 matches	1964 - 1976
Paul Madeley	28 matches	1965 - 1978
Billy Bremner	28 matches	1964 - 1975
Paul Reaney	28 matches	1964 - 1976
Peter Lorimer	27 matches	1965 - 1977
Johnny Giles	21 matches	1964 - 1974

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

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Ian Callaghan	32 matches	1964 - 1977
Tommy Smith	30 matches	1964 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	29 matches	1967 - 1978
Chris Lawler	25 matches	1965 - 1974
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1978
Steve Heighway	22 matches	1970 - 1978