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Liverpool 4-1 Crystal Palace - January 29, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 27

Anfield - Liverpool - England

January 29, 1972

Liverpool

4 - 1

Crystal Palace

Chris Lawler

38'

Chris Lawler

66'

Ian Callaghan

72'

Kevin Keegan

82'

Peter Wall

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0' - Goal Peter Wall

38' - Goal Chris Lawler38

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66' - Goal Chris Lawler66

72' - Goal Ian Callaghan72

82' - Goal Kevin Keegan82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 1

Crystal Palace

Liverpool Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Lindsay

Alec Lindsay

England

B.date27/02/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Ross

Ian Ross

Scotland

B.date26/11/1947

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler3866

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Callaghan72

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age29 years

positionRight Midfielder

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Keegan82

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age20 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Toshack

John Toshack

Wales

B.date22/03/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		23	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alec Lindsay		23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		26	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		24	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Ross		24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler	3866	28	423	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan	72	29	473	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		24	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan	82	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Toshack		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

186

Crystal Palace

Jackson

John Jackson

England

B.date05/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age24 years

positionDefender

McCormick

John McCormick

Scotland

B.date18/07/1936

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Wall0

Peter Wall

England

B.date13/09/1944

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Kellard

Bobby Kellard

England

B.date01/03/1943

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Craven

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Wallace

Willie Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/06/1940

Age31 years

positionStriker

Queen

Gerald Queen

Scotland

B.date15/01/1945

Age27 years

positionForward

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age30 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Jackson	29	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne	24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McCormick	35	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth	27	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor	25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Wall	27	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Kellard	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Wallace	31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Queen	27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	30	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Larry Lloyd

Phil Thompson

OUT

Steve Heighway

Alun Evans

OUT

John Toshack

Brian Hall

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gerald Queen

John Hughes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

641

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Crystal Palace

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

Shankly vs Head

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bert Head

278

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Head vs Liverpool

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

Head vs Shankly

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 15/01/1972).

Liverpool keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Crystal Palace running (since 08/01/1938). It's a record streak. The first of history

Liverpool keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Crystal Palace in Premier League running (since 16/01/1971). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-0 Huddersfield Town23/10/1971

VLiverpool 3-2 Arsenal06/11/1971

VLiverpool 1-0 West Ham27/11/1971

VLiverpool 3-2 Derby County11/12/1971

DLiverpool 0-0 Tottenham18/12/1971

LLiverpool 0-2 Leeds United01/01/1972

Overall

DLiverpool 0-0 Tottenham18/12/1971

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool27/12/1971

LLiverpool 0-2 Leeds United01/01/1972

LLeicester 1-0 Liverpool08/01/1972

VOxford United 0-3 Liverpool15/01/1972

DWolverhampton 0-0 Liverpool22/01/1972

Current form

Away

LDerby County 3-0 Crystal Palace06/11/1971

LArsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace27/11/1971

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Crystal Palace11/12/1971

LSouthampton 1-0 Crystal Palace27/12/1971

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Crystal Palace08/01/1972

LEverton 3-2 Crystal Palace18/01/1972

Overall

LSouthampton 1-0 Crystal Palace27/12/1971

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Tottenham01/01/1972

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Crystal Palace08/01/1972

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Everton15/01/1972

LEverton 3-2 Crystal Palace18/01/1972

LCrystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City22/01/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
11	Victories (Competition total)	6
8	Victories (Home / Away)	3
7	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	14
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.54
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.62

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
3-2 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 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

Emelyn Hughes	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Robert Tambling
John Toshack	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Robert Tambling
Tommy Smith	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tommy Smith	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jack Whitham	5 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Robert Tambling

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

11 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

7 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

4 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 03, 1970
Home	3 - 0	April 03, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	January 16, 1971
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

August 24, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Liverpool

January 16, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Liverpool

August 25, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Liverpool

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

April 03, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Liverpool

3 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

August 27, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Crystal Palace

1 - 3

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Bobby Graham	3 goals	1970 - 1970
John Toshack	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Emelyn Hughes	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Peter Thompson	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Roger Hunt	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Chris Lawler	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

	Gerald Queen	2 goals	1970 - 1971
	John Sewell	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Ian Callaghan	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Chris Lawler	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Tommy Smith	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Emelyn Hughes	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Larry Lloyd	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Peter Thompson	4 matches	1969 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

John Jackson	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Anthony Taylor	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Steve Kember	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Mel Blyth	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Phil Hoadley	4 matches	1970 - 1971
Gerald Queen	4 matches	1970 - 1971