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Man United 0-0 Liverpool - February 16, 1977 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 9

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

February 16, 1977

57 487

0 - 0

Liverpool

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 0

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age27 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age21 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age30 years

positionStriker

Hill

Gordon Hill

England

B.date01/04/1954

Age22 years

positionLeft Winger

Pearson

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney	34	439	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	27	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston	27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff	23	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl	20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	22	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	27	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Hill	22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson	27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

131

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Jones

Joey Jones

Wales

B.date04/03/1955

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age22 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age34 years

positionRight Midfielder

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age29 years

positionLeft Winger

Keegan

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age26 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Toshack

John Toshack

Wales

B.date22/03/1949

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence	28	406	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson	23	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes	29	553	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal	25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joey Jones	21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan	34	762	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway	29	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan	26	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Toshack	27	235	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

286

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David Fairclough		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

206

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Docherty vs Liverpool

2 victories

3 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on February 16, 1977

Docherty vs Paisley

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 16, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

149

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Paisley vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 16, 1977

Paisley vs Docherty

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 16, 1977

Referee

Patrick Partridge

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	General total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 16, 1977					Latest figure on February 16, 1977

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 27/12/1976). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/09/1975-06/03/1976 time period (17 matches).

Steve Heighway played his game number 10 vs in Premier League with

Man United keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 27/12/1976). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/02/1975-17/04/1976 time period (31 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Aston Villa01/01/1977

VManchester United 1-0 Walsall08/01/1977

VManchester United 2-0 Coventry15/01/1977

VManchester United 2-1 Bristol City19/01/1977

VManchester United 1-0 Queens Park Rangers29/01/1977

VManchester United 3-1 Derby County05/02/1977

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Coventry15/01/1977

VManchester United 2-1 Bristol City19/01/1977

VBirmingham City 2-3 Manchester United22/01/1977

VManchester United 1-0 Queens Park Rangers29/01/1977

VManchester United 3-1 Derby County05/02/1977

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester United12/02/1977

Current form

Away

LIpswich Town 1-0 Liverpool04/12/1976

LAston Villa 5-1 Liverpool15/12/1976

LWest Ham 2-0 Liverpool18/12/1976

DManchester City 1-1 Liverpool29/12/1976

VCrystal Palace 2-3 Liverpool11/01/1977

LNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool22/01/1977

Overall

DLiverpool 0-0 Crystal Palace08/01/1977

VCrystal Palace 2-3 Liverpool11/01/1977

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion15/01/1977

LNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool22/01/1977

VLiverpool 3-0 Carlisle United29/01/1977

VLiverpool 4-1 Birmingham City05/02/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	7
Unbeaten streak	7	7
Drawless streak	9	13
Scoring streak	7	11
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
11	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	45
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.73
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.92
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.96
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

0	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

Stuart Pearson	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	John Toshack
Stuart Pearson	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Ray Kennedy
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Phil Neal
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Phil Neal
Lou Macari	5 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	John Toshack

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

24 v

15 d

10 l

93 gf

49 ga

Away

46 matches

10 v

11 d

25 l

55 gf

89 ga

Total

95 matches

34 v

26 d

35 l

148 gf

138 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

25 v

11 d

10 l

89 gf

55 ga

Away

49 matches

10 v

15 d

24 l

49 gf

93 ga

Total

95 matches

35 v

26 d

34 l

138 gf

148 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Home	5 - 0	September 11, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	3 - 0	April 03, 1972

Latest head to head

February 18, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Man United

0 - 0

Liverpool

November 08, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Liverpool

3 - 1

Man United

December 22, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Liverpool

2 - 0

Man United

September 29, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Man United

0 - 0

Liverpool

November 11, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Man United

2 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Willie Morgan	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Steve Coppell	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1963 - 1968
Alf Arrowsmith	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Emelyn Hughes	2 goals	1969 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
George Best	20 matches	1964 - 1973
Tony Dunne	20 matches	1963 - 1972
Alex Stepney	16 matches	1966 - 1976
Pat Crerand	16 matches	1963 - 1971
Denis Law	15 matches	1962 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ian Callaghan	26 matches	1962 - 1976
Chris Lawler	20 matches	1964 - 1973
Tommy Smith	18 matches	1965 - 1976
Ron Yeats	18 matches	1962 - 1971
Tommy Lawrence	17 matches	1962 - 1969
Roger Hunt	17 matches	1962 - 1969