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Liverpool 4-1 Manchester City - December 26, 1974 / Division 1 1974/1975

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Division 1 1974/1975 - Round 24

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 26, 1974

Liverpool

4 - 1

Manchester City

Brian Hall

22'

John Toshack

25'

Steve Heighway

41'

Brian Hall

72'

88'

Colin Bell

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22' - Goal Brian Hall22

25' - Goal John Toshack25

41' - Goal Steve Heighway41

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72' - Goal Brian Hall72

88' - Goal Colin Bell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 1

Manchester City

Liverpool Manchester City

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Lindsay

Alec Lindsay

England

B.date27/02/1948

Age26 years

positionDefender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hall2272

Brian Hall

Scotland

B.date22/11/1946

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Cormack

Peter Cormack

Scotland

B.date17/07/1946

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age32 years

positionRight Midfielder

Toshack25

John Toshack

Wales

B.date22/03/1949

Age25 years

positionForward

Keegan

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age23 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Heighway41

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		26	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		27	438	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		20	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alec Lindsay		26	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Hall	2272	28	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Cormack		28	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		32	648	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Toshack	25	25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan		23	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway	41	27	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

236

Manchester City

Corrigan

Joe Corrigan

England

B.date18/11/1948

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Clarke

Jeff Clarke

England

B.date18/01/1954

Age20 years

positionDefender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age23 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Horswill

Micky Horswill

England

B.date06/03/1953

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age28 years

positionRight Midfielder

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Bell88

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age28 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Marsh

Rodney Marsh

England

B.date11/10/1944

Age30 years

positionForward

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Tueart

Dennis Tueart

England

B.date27/11/1949

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age32 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Corrigan		26	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Clarke		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie		23	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micky Horswill		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle		28	357	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell	88	28	360	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rodney Marsh		30	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Tueart		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee		32	344	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

145

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alec Lindsay

Tommy Smith

OUT

Brian Hall

Terry McDermott

OUT

Steve Heighway

Phil Boersma

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joe Royle

Barney Daniels

OUT

Mike Summerbee

Colin Barrett

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Paisley vs Manchester City

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1974

Paisley vs Book

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1974

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Book

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Book vs Liverpool

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1974

Book vs Paisley

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1974

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time John Toshack scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Liverpool keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 14/12/1974).

It's the first time Steve Heighway scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

+3	1	Liverpool	29 pts	23 rd
+4	2	Middlesbrough	29 pts	24 rd
-2	3	Ipswich Town	28 pts	24 rd
-2	4	Everton	28 pts	23 rd
	5	West Ham	28 pts	24 rd

General ranking

-2	4	Everton	28 pts	23 rd
	5	West Ham	28 pts	24 rd
-3	6	Manchester City	28 pts	24 rd
	7	Stoke City	27 pts	24 rd
	8	Burnley	26 pts	24 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 1-0 Leeds United26/10/1974

LLiverpool 1-3 Arsenal09/11/1974

LLiverpool 0-1 Middlesbrough12/11/1974

DLiverpool 1-1 West Ham23/11/1974

DLiverpool 2-2 Derby County07/12/1974

VLiverpool 2-0 Luton Town14/12/1974

Overall

DEverton 0-0 Liverpool16/11/1974

DLiverpool 1-1 West Ham23/11/1974

DCoventry 1-1 Liverpool30/11/1974

DLiverpool 2-2 Derby County07/12/1974

VLiverpool 2-0 Luton Town14/12/1974

LBirmingham City 3-1 Liverpool21/12/1974

Current form

Away

LBurnley 2-1 Manchester City12/10/1974

DIpswich Town 1-1 Manchester City26/10/1974

LEverton 2-0 Manchester City02/11/1974

LBirmingham City 4-0 Manchester City16/11/1974

LNewcastle United 2-1 Manchester City30/11/1974

DWest Ham 0-0 Manchester City14/12/1974

Overall

LBirmingham City 4-0 Manchester City16/11/1974

VManchester City 4-1 Leicester23/11/1974

LNewcastle United 2-1 Manchester City30/11/1974

VManchester City 3-2 Sheffield United07/12/1974

DWest Ham 0-0 Manchester City14/12/1974

DManchester City 0-0 Wolverhampton21/12/1974

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	10	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	3
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	20

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
11	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.26
1.91	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.64
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-4 (2 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Steve Heighway	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Rodney Marsh
Steve Heighway	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Colin Bell
Alec Lindsay	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alec Lindsay	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
John Toshack	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	Rodney Marsh

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

26 v

11 d

12 l

99 gf

71 ga

Away

51 matches

17 v

13 d

21 l

65 gf

85 ga

Total

100 matches

43 v

24 d

33 l

164 gf

156 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

21 v

13 d

17 l

85 gf

65 ga

Away

49 matches

12 v

11 d

26 l

71 gf

99 ga

Total

100 matches

33 v

24 d

43 l

156 gf

164 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 16, 1974
Home	4 - 0	April 16, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 11, 1935
Away	5 - 0	March 26, 1937

Latest head to head

September 14, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Manchester City

2 - 0

Liverpool

April 16, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Liverpool

4 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 12, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Manchester City

1 - 1

Liverpool

February 17, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Manchester City

1 - 1

Liverpool

February 07, 1973 - FA Cup 1972/1973

Manchester City

2 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bobby Graham	7 goals	1968 - 1972
Roger Hunt	7 goals	1962 - 1969
Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Ian St-John	3 goals	1962 - 1969
Brian Hall	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Phil Boersma	2 goals	1973 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Neil Young	4 goals	1962 - 1969
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1974
Tommy Booth	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Colin Bell	2 goals	1966 - 1973
Ian Bowyer	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Jimmy Murray	2 goals	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Ian Callaghan	20 matches	1962 - 1974
Tommy Smith	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Emelyn Hughes	17 matches	1967 - 1974
Chris Lawler	16 matches	1966 - 1973
Roger Hunt	11 matches	1962 - 1969
Tommy Lawrence	10 matches	1966 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Colin Bell	18 matches	1966 - 1974
Mike Summerbee	18 matches	1966 - 1974
Tony Book	15 matches	1966 - 1973
Alan Oakes	15 matches	1962 - 1974
Michael Doyle	15 matches	1967 - 1974
Francis Lee	14 matches	1967 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Sir Matt Busby

11 matches

2 matches

1933 - 1936

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/01/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Sir Matt Busby

11 matches

2 matches

1933 - 1936

Total : 1 players

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Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+31	Liverpool	29	23	12	5	6	34	20	+14
+42	Middlesbrough	29	24	11	7	6	36	27	+9
-23	Ipswich Town	28	24	13	2	9	33	19	+14
-24	Everton	28	23	8	12	3	32	24	+8
5	West Ham	28	24	10	8	6	41	31	+10
-36	Manchester City	28	24	11	6	7	30	31	-1
7	Stoke City	27	24	10	7	7	37	32	+5
8	Burnley	26	24	10	6	8	43	39	+4
9	Newcastle United	26	23	10	6	7	33	31	+2
10	Derby County	25	23	9	7	7	36	32	+4
11	Wolverhampton	25	23	8	9	6	30	27	+3
+112	Leeds United	23	24	9	5	10	33	30	+3
+213	Queens Park Rangers	23	24	9	5	10	29	33	-4
-214	Sheffield United	23	23	9	5	9	30	35	-5
-115	Birmingham City	22	24	9	4	11	35	38	-3
16	Coventry	22	24	7	8	9	32	40	-8
+217	Chelsea	21	23	6	9	8	26	38	-12
18	Tottenham	20	24	7	6	11	29	34	-5
-219	Arsenal	19	23	7	5	11	27	29	-2
20	Carlisle United	17	24	7	3	14	24	31	-7
21	Leicester	16	23	5	6	12	22	35	-13
22	Luton Town	13	23	3	7	13	19	35	-16

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Liverpool 4-1 Manchester City - December 26, 1974 / Division 1 1974/1975

Liverpool

4 - 1

Manchester City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Paisley vs Manchester City

Paisley vs Book

Manager

Book vs Liverpool

Book vs Paisley

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking