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Liverpool 1-0 WBA - April 14, 1973 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 38

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 14, 1973

Liverpool

1 - 0

WBA

(penalty) Kevin Keegan

14'

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14' - Goal Kevin Keegan14

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 0

WBA

Liverpool WBA

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age24 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Lindsay

Alec Lindsay

England

B.date27/02/1948

Age25 years

positionDefender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Hall

Brian Hall

Scotland

B.date22/11/1946

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Cormack

Peter Cormack

Scotland

B.date17/07/1946

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age31 years

positionRight Midfielder

Keegan14

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age22 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		24	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alec Lindsay		25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		24	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		28	441	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		25	338	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		29	499	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Hall		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Cormack		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		31	549	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan	14	22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		25	156	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

250

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Merrick

Alan Merrick

United States

B.date20/06/1950

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Minton

Roger Minton

England

B.date04/06/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Brown

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Astle

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Shaw

Dave Shaw

England

B.date11/10/1948

Age24 years

positionForward

Johnston

Willie Johnston

Scotland

B.date19/12/1946

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne	32	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Merrick	22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Minton	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson	26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	21	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford	22	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	27	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle	30	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Shaw	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Johnston	26	24	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

140

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Bill Shankly

717

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Shankly vs WBA

8 victories

12 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 14, 1973

Shankly vs Howe

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 14, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Howe vs Liverpool

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 14, 1973

Howe vs Shankly

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 14, 1973

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Don Howe has done less than 0.97 goals scored per game .

Liverpool keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 07/04/1973).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Don Howe has done less than 1.33 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-1 Ipswich Town24/02/1973

VLiverpool 2-0 Dynamo Dresden07/03/1973

VLiverpool 3-2 Southampton10/03/1973

VLiverpool 3-1 Norwich City24/03/1973

DLiverpool 1-1 Tottenham31/03/1973

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham10/04/1973

Overall

VStoke City 0-1 Liverpool17/03/1973

VDynamo Dresden 0-1 Liverpool21/03/1973

VLiverpool 3-1 Norwich City24/03/1973

DLiverpool 1-1 Tottenham31/03/1973

LBirmingham City 2-1 Liverpool07/04/1973

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham10/04/1973

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 2-1 West Bromwich Albion17/02/1973

LLeeds United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion24/02/1973

LManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1973

LIpswich Town 2-0 West Bromwich Albion17/03/1973

LWolverhampton 2-0 West Bromwich Albion20/03/1973

LStoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion31/03/1973

Overall

LWolverhampton 2-0 West Bromwich Albion20/03/1973

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Southampton24/03/1973

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Leeds United28/03/1973

LStoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion31/03/1973

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Leicester07/04/1973

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-1 Everton11/04/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	11
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	7	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	18	0
Drawless streak	7	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	38
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
22	Victories (Competition total)	9
15	Victories (Home / Away)	1
9	Draws (Competition total)	10
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	19
1	Losses (Home / Away)	15

Goals

66	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
42	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
39	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	34
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.92
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.58
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.45
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.79

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (6 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

John Toshack	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Tony Brown
John Toshack	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Tony Brown
Kevin Keegan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Kevin Keegan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Keegan	6 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Dave Shaw

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

21 v

16 d

9 l

75 gf

46 ga

Away

50 matches

13 v

16 d

21 l

51 gf

81 ga

Total

96 matches

34 v

32 d

30 l

126 gf

127 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

21 v

16 d

13 l

81 gf

51 ga

Away

46 matches

9 v

16 d

21 l

46 gf

75 ga

Total

96 matches

30 v

32 d

34 l

127 gf

126 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 28, 1935
Home	5 - 0	September 28, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 01, 1936
Away	3 - 0	April 06, 1965

Latest head to head

December 09, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

WBA

1 - 1

Liverpool

October 10, 1972 - League Cup 1972/1973

Liverpool

2 - 1

WBA

October 03, 1972 - League Cup 1972/1973

WBA

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Liverpool

2 - 0

WBA

December 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

WBA

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against WBA

Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1969
Gordon Hodgson	3 goals	1934 - 1935
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Alun Evans	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Lance Carr	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Sam English	2 goals	1933 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Tony Brown	8 goals	1965 - 1972
Jeff Astle	7 goals	1964 - 1970
Clive Clark	7 goals	1964 - 1968
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Asa Hartford	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Derek Kevan	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Ian Callaghan	26 matches	1962 - 1972
Chris Lawler	24 matches	1963 - 1972
Tommy Lawrence	20 matches	1962 - 1970
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Roger Hunt	19 matches	1962 - 1969
Ian St-John	18 matches	1962 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Tony Brown	22 matches	1963 - 1972
Bobby Hope	17 matches	1962 - 1971
John Kaye	17 matches	1964 - 1971
Clive Clark	16 matches	1962 - 1968
Doug Fraser	16 matches	1963 - 1970
Jeff Astle	14 matches	1964 - 1971