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Liverpool 2-0 WBA - April 01, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 36

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 01, 1972

2 - 0

WBA

(penalty) Tommy Smith

31'

Chris Lawler

58'

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31' - Goal Tommy Smith31

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46' - Substitution Steve Heighwayis substituted by Phil Boersma46

46' - Substitution Len Cantellois substituted by Allan Glover

58' - Goal Chris Lawler58

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

WBA

Liverpool WBA

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Smith31

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Lindsay

Alec Lindsay

England

B.date27/02/1948

Age24 years

positionDefender

Lawler58

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Hall

Brian Hall

Scotland

B.date22/11/1946

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age29 years

positionRight Midfielder

Heighway46

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Keegan

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age21 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Toshack

John Toshack

Wales

B.date22/03/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		23	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		23	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith	31	26	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		24	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alec Lindsay		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler	58	28	434	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Hall		25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		29	484	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway	46	24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Toshack		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

197

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Nisbet

Gordon Nisbet

England

B.date18/09/1951

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Cantello46

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Gould

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age25 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne		31	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett		23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson		24	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Nisbet		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	46	20	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford		21	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		26	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile		25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Phil Boersma	46	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Allan Glover	46	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

652

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs WBA

6 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 01, 1972

Shankly vs Howe

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 01, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

27 %

Howe vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 01, 1972

Howe vs Shankly

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 01, 1972

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Premier League running (since 01/01/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 30/12/1967-27/04/1968 time period (8 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 22/01/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/11/1964-24/02/1965 time period (14 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Premier League running (since 29/01/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/03/1970-31/10/1970 time period (9 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 0-0 Leeds United05/02/1972

VLiverpool 2-0 Sheffield United19/02/1972

VLiverpool 3-0 Manchester City26/02/1972

VLiverpool 4-0 Everton04/03/1972

VLiverpool 5-0 Newcastle United18/03/1972

VLiverpool 2-1 Stoke City28/03/1972

Overall

VLiverpool 3-0 Manchester City26/02/1972

VLiverpool 4-0 Everton04/03/1972

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool11/03/1972

VLiverpool 5-0 Newcastle United18/03/1972

VSouthampton 0-1 Liverpool25/03/1972

VLiverpool 2-1 Stoke City28/03/1972

Current form

Away

LArsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion18/12/1971

VIpswich Town 2-3 West Bromwich Albion01/01/1972

LEverton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion22/01/1972

VLeicester 0-1 West Bromwich Albion12/02/1972

LManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion01/03/1972

VCoventry 0-2 West Bromwich Albion17/03/1972

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Southampton19/02/1972

LManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion01/03/1972

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Nottingham Forest04/03/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Crystal Palace11/03/1972

VCoventry 0-2 West Bromwich Albion17/03/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Huddersfield Town25/03/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	3
Unbeaten streak	7	8
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	5	13
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	34
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
19	Victories (Competition total)	10
14	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	16
1	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	33
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	45
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.49	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.97
2.28	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.94
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.32
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.41

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-2 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (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

Kevin Keegan	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Tony Brown
Kevin Keegan	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Tony Brown
Tommy Smith	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tommy Smith	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Keegan	4 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Bobby Gould

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

19 v

16 d

9 l

71 gf

45 ga

Away

48 matches

13 v

14 d

21 l

49 gf

79 ga

Total

92 matches

32 v

30 d

30 l

120 gf

124 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

21 v

14 d

13 l

79 gf

49 ga

Away

44 matches

9 v

16 d

19 l

45 gf

71 ga

Total

92 matches

30 v

30 d

32 l

124 gf

120 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 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

WBA

1 - 0

Liverpool

April 02, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Liverpool

1 - 1

WBA

August 29, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

WBA

1 - 1

Liverpool

January 17, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Liverpool

1 - 1

WBA

September 27, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

WBA

2 - 2

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against WBA

Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1969
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Gordon Hodgson	3 goals	1934 - 1935
Gordon Milne	2 goals	1963 - 1966
Alun Evans	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Lance Carr	2 goals	1935 - 1935

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	7 goals	1965 - 1971
Clive Clark	7 goals	1964 - 1968
Jeff Astle	7 goals	1964 - 1970
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Derek Kevan	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Ronnie Fenton	1 goal	1963 - 1963

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	22 matches	1962 - 1971
Tommy Lawrence	20 matches	1962 - 1970
Chris Lawler	20 matches	1963 - 1971
Roger Hunt	19 matches	1962 - 1969
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
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	18 matches	1963 - 1971
Bobby Hope	17 matches	1962 - 1971
John Kaye	17 matches	1964 - 1971
Doug Fraser	16 matches	1963 - 1970
Clive Clark	16 matches	1962 - 1968
Jeff Astle	14 matches	1964 - 1971