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West Ham 0-2 Liverpool - April 15, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 40

Boleyn Ground - London - England

April 15, 1972

West Ham

0 - 2

Liverpool

John Toshack

46'

Steve Heighway

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9' - Goal John Toshack

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46' - Goal Steve Heighway

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

0 - 2

Liverpool

West Ham Liverpool

Team line-ups

West Ham

Ferguson

Bobby Ferguson

Scotland

B.date01/03/1945

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

McDowell

John McDowell

England

B.date07/09/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date26/09/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Bonds

Billy Bonds

England

B.date17/09/1946

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/09/1948

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Redknapp

Harry Redknapp

England

B.date02/03/1947

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Brooking

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Best

Clyde Best

Bermuda

B.date24/02/1951

Age21 years

H1m87

positionForward

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/11/1945

Age26 years

positionStriker

Hurst

Geoff Hurst

England

B.date08/12/1941

Age30 years

H1m81

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bobby Ferguson	27	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McDowell	20	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Taylor	20	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore	31	513	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Bonds	25	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Lampard	23	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Redknapp	25	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking	23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clyde Best	21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Robson	26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Hurst	30	447	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

193

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age27 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

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler

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

Age30 years

positionRight Midfielder

Toshack9

John Toshack

Wales

B.date22/03/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

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

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		23	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		27	396	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		24	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alec Lindsay		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		23	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		28	437	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Hall		25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		30	487	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Toshack	9	23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway	46	24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

200

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bobby Ferguson

Peter Grotier

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Greenwood

557

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Greenwood vs Liverpool

7 victories

5 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Greenwood vs Shankly

7 victories

5 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

655

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs West Ham

13 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

Shankly vs Greenwood

11 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

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Key figures

West Ham keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Liverpool in Premier League running (since 15/11/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 18/01/1964 (5 matches)

Bill Shankly has registered 150 clean sheet in Premier League since the 01/12/1959 as the manager of Liverpool next after this match..

West Ham keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win running (since 04/04/1972).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Ham 3-1 Hereford United14/02/1972

DWest Ham 1-1 Crystal Palace19/02/1972

VWest Ham 3-0 Huddersfield Town04/03/1972

VWest Ham 4-2 Nottingham Forest18/03/1972

DWest Ham 2-2 Leeds United31/03/1972

VWest Ham 2-0 Tottenham01/04/1972

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 West Ham21/03/1972

LChelsea 3-1 West Ham25/03/1972

DWest Ham 2-2 Leeds United31/03/1972

VWest Ham 2-0 Tottenham01/04/1972

DStoke City 0-0 West Ham04/04/1972

LManchester City 3-1 West Ham08/04/1972

Current form

Away

DWolverhampton 0-0 Liverpool22/01/1972

LLeeds United 2-0 Liverpool09/02/1972

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Liverpool12/02/1972

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool11/03/1972

VSouthampton 0-1 Liverpool25/03/1972

VManchester United 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1972

Overall

VLiverpool 5-0 Newcastle United18/03/1972

VSouthampton 0-1 Liverpool25/03/1972

VLiverpool 2-1 Stoke City28/03/1972

VLiverpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion01/04/1972

VManchester United 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1972

VLiverpool 3-1 Coventry08/04/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	9	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	6
Unbeaten streak	4	11
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	38
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
11	Victories (Competition total)	22
9	Victories (Home / Away)	6
12	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	5
16	Losses (Competition total)	8
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.78
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.76
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.72

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	19
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	9
16	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (5 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

Clyde Best	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	John Toshack
Clyde Best	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Toshack
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Tommy Smith
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Tommy Smith
Geoff Hurst	3 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	John Toshack

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

12 v

6 d

5 l

37 gf

25 ga

Away

25 matches

3 v

7 d

15 l

20 gf

40 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

49 matches

15 v

13 d

21 l

57 gf

66 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

15 v

7 d

3 l

40 gf

20 ga

Away

23 matches

5 v

6 d

12 l

25 gf

37 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

49 matches

21 v

13 d

15 l

66 gf

57 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	September 01, 1930
Home	7 - 0	September 01, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	September 06, 1965
Away	5 - 1	September 06, 1965

Latest head to head

November 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Liverpool

1 - 0

West Ham

October 27, 1971 - League Cup 1971/1972

West Ham

2 - 1

Liverpool

February 16, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Liverpool

1 - 0

West Ham

December 12, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

West Ham

1 - 2

Liverpool

March 28, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

West Ham

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Geoff Hurst	8 goals	1963 - 1971
Martin Peters	4 goals	1963 - 1968
John Byrne	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Bryan Robson	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Jimmy Greaves	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Eddie Presland	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Roger Hunt	7 goals	1963 - 1969
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1967
Peter Thompson	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Emelyn Hughes	3 goals	1968 - 1971
Geoff Strong	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Gordon Milne	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Bobby Moore	21 matches	1962 - 1971
Geoff Hurst	21 matches	1962 - 1971
Ronnie Boyce	14 matches	1963 - 1971
Martin Peters	13 matches	1962 - 1969
John Byrne	10 matches	1962 - 1967
Billy Bonds	10 matches	1967 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Ian Callaghan	18 matches	1962 - 1971
Chris Lawler	17 matches	1964 - 1971
Roger Hunt	16 matches	1962 - 1969
Peter Thompson	15 matches	1963 - 1970
Tommy Smith	15 matches	1965 - 1971
Ian St-John	15 matches	1962 - 1969