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Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea - October 08, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 10

Anfield - Liverpool - England

October 08, 1977

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

Kenny Dalglish

David Fairclough

79'

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2' - Goal Kenny Dalglish2

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79' - Goal David Fairclough79

84' - Substitution Gary Stanleyis substituted by John Sparrow

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age22 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Jones

Joey Jones

Wales

B.date04/03/1955

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age35 years

positionRight Midfielder

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Fairclough79

David Fairclough

England

B.date05/01/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Dalglish2

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		29	443	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		30	587	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		26	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joey Jones		22	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		35	785	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		26	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Fairclough	79	20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	2	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

223

Chelsea

Phillips

John Phillips

Wales

B.date07/07/1951

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Droy

Michael Droy

England

B.date07/05/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

G. Wilkins

Graham Wilkins

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Wicks

Steve Wicks

England

B.date03/10/1956

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age32 years

positionDefender

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Stanley84

Gary Stanley

England

B.date04/03/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Britton

Ian Britton

Scotland

B.date19/05/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Langley

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age19 years

positionForward

Garner

Bill Garner

England

B.date14/12/1947

Age29 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Phillips		26	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Droy		26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Wilkins		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Wicks		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		32	602	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Stanley	84	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Britton		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bill Garner		29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Sparrow	84	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emelyn Hughes

Phil Thompson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bill Garner

Ray Lewington

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

186

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Chelsea

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1977

Paisley vs Shellito

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Ken Shellito

Success rate in this team:

18 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

18 %

Shellito vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 08, 1977

Shellito vs Paisley

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 08, 1977

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 03/09/1977).

Chelsea keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 24/09/1977).

It's the first time David Fairclough scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 0-0 West Ham14/05/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 Newcastle United23/08/1977

VLiverpool 3-0 West Bromwich Albion27/08/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea30/08/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 Coventry10/09/1977

VLiverpool 1-0 Derby County24/09/1977

Overall

VBirmingham City 0-1 Liverpool03/09/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 Coventry10/09/1977

DIpswich Town 1-1 Liverpool17/09/1977

VLiverpool 1-0 Derby County24/09/1977

LManchester United 2-0 Liverpool01/10/1977

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool04/10/1977

Current form

Away

DWolverhampton 1-1 Chelsea07/05/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Chelsea20/08/1977

LLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea30/08/1977

LIpswich Town 1-0 Chelsea03/09/1977

VManchester United 0-1 Chelsea17/09/1977

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Chelsea24/09/1977

Overall

LIpswich Town 1-0 Chelsea03/09/1977

DChelsea 1-1 Derby County10/09/1977

VManchester United 0-1 Chelsea17/09/1977

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Chelsea24/09/1977

LChelsea 1-2 Leeds United01/10/1977

DChelsea 0-0 Leicester05/10/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	44	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	7	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
5	Victories (Competition total)	2
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.78
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.11
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Kenny Dalglish	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Tommy Langley
Kenny Dalglish	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kenny Swain
Kenny Dalglish	5 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Ray Wilkins

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

29 v

10 d

6 l

97 gf

49 ga

Away

40 matches

12 v

6 d

22 l

43 gf

73 ga

Total

85 matches

41 v

16 d

28 l

140 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

22 v

6 d

12 l

73 gf

43 ga

Away

45 matches

6 v

10 d

29 l

49 gf

97 ga

Total

85 matches

28 v

16 d

41 l

122 gf

140 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	December 25, 1907

Latest head to head

August 30, 1977 - League Cup 1977/1978

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

March 01, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Liverpool

2 - 2

Chelsea

August 31, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

0 - 3

Liverpool

December 29, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Chelsea

0 - 1

Liverpool

September 08, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Liverpool

1 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Ian St-John	4 goals	1963 - 1969
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1965 - 1969
Vic Wright	3 goals	1934 - 1935
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Peter Osgood	3 goals	1966 - 1970
Bert Murray	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Tommy Baldwin	2 goals	1968 - 1972
Steve Finnieston	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Ian Callaghan	25 matches	1963 - 1977
Tommy Smith	24 matches	1965 - 1977
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Tommy Lawrence	15 matches	1963 - 1969
Ron Yeats	15 matches	1963 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	25 matches	1963 - 1975
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1963 - 1973
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1972
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1965 - 1973