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Liverpool 2-3 Birmingham City - January 21, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 26

Anfield - Liverpool - England

January 21, 1978

2 - 3

Birmingham City

Phil Thompson

74'

Ray Kennedy

87'

55'

Gary Emmanuel

57'

Keith Bertschin

67'

Trevor Francis (penalty)

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55' - Goal Gary Emmanuel

57' - Goal Keith Bertschin

59' - Substitution Ian Callaghanis substituted by Jimmy Case59

67' - Goal Trevor Francis

74' - Goal Phil Thompson74

87' - Goal Ray Kennedy87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 3

Birmingham City

Liverpool Birmingham City

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

Thompson74

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

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

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Callaghan59

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age35 years

positionRight Midfielder

Kennedy87

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Johnson

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		29	468	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson	74	24	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		30	612	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		26	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan	59	35	807	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	87	26	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		26	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

243

Birmingham City

Montgomery

Jimmy Montgomery

England

B.date09/10/1943

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age28 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Howard

Pat Howard

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Emmanuel55

Gary Emmanuel

Wales

B.date01/02/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Towers

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Francis67

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bertschin57

Keith Bertschin

England

B.date25/08/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Montgomery		34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey		28	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher		23	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Howard		30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood		22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Emmanuel	55	23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	67	23	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon		18	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt		30	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Bertschin	57	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jimmy Case	59	23	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Graeme Souness

Jimmy Case

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Calderwood

Malcolm Page

OUT

Gary Emmanuel

John Connolly

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

211

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Birmingham City

5 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

Paisley vs Ramsey

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alf Ramsey

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Ramsey vs Liverpool

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

Ramsey vs Paisley

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

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Key figures

Birmingham City keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 15/10/1977). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/03/1977-24/09/1977 time period (10 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 13 matches with at least one goal scored vs Birmingham City running (since 24/02/1965). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 22/04/1964 (11 matches)

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 3-2 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 02/11/1963 (vs )

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 2-2 Coventry29/11/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 West Ham03/12/1977

VLiverpool 6-0 Hambourg06/12/1977

VLiverpool 1-0 Queens Park Rangers17/12/1977

VLiverpool 1-0 Wolverhampton27/12/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough02/01/1978

Overall

VLiverpool 1-0 Wolverhampton27/12/1977

VNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool31/12/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough02/01/1978

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

VWrexham 1-3 Liverpool17/01/1978

Current form

Away

DArsenal 1-1 Birmingham City29/10/1977

LEverton 2-1 Birmingham City12/11/1977

LNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City26/11/1977

LManchester City 3-0 Birmingham City10/12/1977

LWest Ham 1-0 Birmingham City26/12/1977

VManchester United 1-2 Birmingham City02/01/1978

Overall

LWest Ham 1-0 Birmingham City26/12/1977

VBirmingham City 3-0 Bristol City27/12/1977

LBirmingham City 4-5 Chelsea31/12/1977

VManchester United 1-2 Birmingham City02/01/1978

VBirmingham City 4-0 Wigan07/01/1978

LBirmingham City 2-3 Leeds United14/01/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	2
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Drawless streak	5	6
Scoring streak	9	16
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	5	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	6
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
14	Victories (Competition total)	8
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	13
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.83
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.64
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kenny Dalglish	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Trevor Francis
Kenny Dalglish	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Trevor Francis
Phil Neal	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Trevor Francis
Phil Neal	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Johnson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Trevor Francis

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

27 v

6 d

6 l

95 gf

50 ga

Away

38 matches

11 v

8 d

19 l

36 gf

67 ga

Total

77 matches

38 v

14 d

25 l

131 gf

117 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

19 v

8 d

11 l

67 gf

36 ga

Away

39 matches

6 v

6 d

27 l

50 gf

95 ga

Total

77 matches

25 v

14 d

38 l

117 gf

131 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	May 08, 1963
Home	5 - 1	May 08, 1963

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	December 11, 1954
Away	2 - 0	January 10, 1931

Latest head to head

September 03, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Liverpool

February 05, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

4 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 28, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Liverpool

March 13, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Liverpool

October 11, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Liverpool

3 - 1

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Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Gordon Hodgson	9 goals	1933 - 1935
John Toshack	7 goals	1972 - 1977
Roger Hunt	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Ian Callaghan	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Sam English	3 goals	1933 - 1935
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1974 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Bob Hatton	4 goals	1973 - 1975
Bob Latchford	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Gordon Taylor	2 goals	1972 - 1974
Bobby Hope	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Trevor Francis	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Ian Callaghan	17 matches	1962 - 1977
Emelyn Hughes	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Ray Clemence	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Kevin Keegan	10 matches	1972 - 1977
Tommy Smith	9 matches	1963 - 1977
Steve Heighway	9 matches	1972 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Garry Pendrey	10 matches	1972 - 1977
Ray Martin	8 matches	1964 - 1976
Trevor Francis	8 matches	1973 - 1977
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Malcolm Page	7 matches	1965 - 1977
Dave Latchford	7 matches	1973 - 1977