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Bristol City 1-1 Liverpool - April 15, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 39

Ashton Gate - Bristol - England

April 15, 1978

Bristol City

1 - 1

Liverpool

Peter Cormack

73'

41'

Steve Heighway

logo Bristol City BC

41' - Goal Steve Heighway

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73' - Goal Peter Cormack73

88' - Substitution Trevor Taintonis substituted by Kevin Mabbutt88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bristol City

1 - 1

Liverpool

Bristol City Liverpool

Team line-ups

Bristol City

Shaw

John Shaw

England

B.date04/02/1954

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hunter

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

Rodgers

David Rodgers

England

B.date28/02/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Gillies

Donald Gillies

Scotland

B.date20/06/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Merrick

Geoff Merrick

England

B.date29/04/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Tainton88

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age29 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Gow

Gerry Gow

Scotland

B.date29/05/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Cormack73

Peter Cormack

Scotland

B.date17/07/1946

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Mann

Jimmy Mann

England

B.date15/12/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Ritchie

Tom Ritchie

Scotland

B.date02/01/1952

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Shaw		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter		34	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Rodgers		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Donald Gillies		26	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Merrick		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton	88	29	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Gow		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Cormack	73	31	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Mann		25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle		29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Ritchie		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Heighway41

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		29	484	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		30	630	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		33	635	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		24	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		27	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		26	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		23	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway	41	30	415	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

282

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Kevin Mabbutt	88	19	23	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

Trevor Tainton

Clive Whitehead

OUT

Norman Hunter

Paul Stevens

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

515

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs Liverpool

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

Dicks vs Paisley

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

229

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Bristol City

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

Paisley vs Dicks

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 15, 1978

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 11/03/1978).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Dicks has done less than 1.21 goals conceded per game .

End of streak for Liverpool after 14 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League (since 27/12/1977). It was the best streak for the club since 07/09/1963-30/11/1963 (15 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBristol City 3-0 Norwich City04/02/1978

DBristol City 2-2 Manchester City17/02/1978

LBristol City 0-1 Everton11/03/1978

VBristol City 3-0 Chelsea21/03/1978

LBristol City 0-1 Birmingham City25/03/1978

VBristol City 3-1 Newcastle United01/04/1978

Overall

LArsenal 4-1 Bristol City18/03/1978

VBristol City 3-0 Chelsea21/03/1978

LBristol City 0-1 Birmingham City25/03/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Bristol City27/03/1978

VBristol City 3-1 Newcastle United01/04/1978

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Bristol City08/04/1978

Current form

Away

LChelsea 3-1 Liverpool04/03/1978

LDerby County 4-2 Liverpool08/03/1978

VWolverhampton 1-3 Liverpool25/03/1978

LBorussia M'gladbach 2-1 Liverpool29/03/1978

VAston Villa 0-3 Liverpool01/04/1978

VEverton 0-1 Liverpool05/04/1978

Overall

VWolverhampton 1-3 Liverpool25/03/1978

LBorussia M'gladbach 2-1 Liverpool29/03/1978

VAston Villa 0-3 Liverpool01/04/1978

VEverton 0-1 Liverpool05/04/1978

VLiverpool 3-2 Leicester08/04/1978

VLiverpool 3-0 Borussia M'gladbach12/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	7	7
Scoring streak	7	6
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	35
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
11	Victories (Competition total)	20
9	Victories (Home / Away)	8
11	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
16	Losses (Competition total)	9
5	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.49
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.32
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.89
1.28	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.16

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tom Ritchie	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Tom Ritchie	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Kenny Dalglish
Peter Cormack	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Phil Neal
Peter Cormack	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Phil Neal
Tom Ritchie	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Kenny Dalglish

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

7 v

2 d

6 l

16 gf

15 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

1 d

10 l

20 gf

35 ga

Total

29 matches

10 v

3 d

16 l

36 gf

50 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

10 v

1 d

3 l

35 gf

20 ga

Away

15 matches

6 v

2 d

7 l

15 gf

16 ga

Total

29 matches

16 v

3 d

10 l

50 gf

36 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 02, 1907
Home	2 - 0	November 02, 1907

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 16, 1974
Away	3 - 1	September 20, 1958

Latest head to head

November 19, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Liverpool

1 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

May 16, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Bristol City

2 - 1

Liverpool

November 27, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Liverpool

2 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

October 16, 1974 - League Cup 1974/1975

Liverpool

4 - 0

Bristol City logo Bristol City

October 08, 1974 - League Cup 1974/1975

Bristol City

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Chris Garland	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Gerry Gow	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Tom Ritchie	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/03/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bristol City

Ray Kennedy	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Steve Heighway	2 goals	1974 - 1974
David Johnson	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Kevin Keegan	1 goal	1976 - 1976
John Toshack	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Kenny Dalglish	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/03/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Donald Gillies	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Trevor Tainton	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Jimmy Mann	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Tom Ritchie	3 matches	1976 - 1977
John Shaw	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Norman Hunter	3 matches	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/03/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol City

Ian Callaghan	6 matches	1974 - 1977
Emelyn Hughes	6 matches	1974 - 1977
Ray Clemence	6 matches	1974 - 1977
Steve Heighway	5 matches	1974 - 1977
Ray Kennedy	5 matches	1974 - 1977
Tommy Smith	4 matches	1974 - 1977