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Liverpool 2-1 Manchester City - August 10, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 1

Anfield - Liverpool - England

August 10, 1968

2 - 1

Manchester City

Bobby Graham

24'

Peter Thompson

73'

Neil Young

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7' - Goal Neil Young

24' - Goal Bobby Graham24

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63' - Substitution Glyn Pardoeis substituted by Tony Coleman

73' - Goal Peter Thompson73

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 1

Manchester City

Liverpool Manchester City

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Wall

Peter Wall

England

B.date13/09/1944

Age23 years

positionDefender

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age30 years

positionDefender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

Graham24

Bobby Graham

Scotland

B.date22/11/1944

Age23 years

positionForward

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age30 years

positionForward

Hunt

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Thompson73

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		28	297	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Wall		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		30	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		23	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		20	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		24	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		26	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Graham	24	23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		30	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt		30	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson	73	25	263	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

206

Manchester City

Mulhearn

Ken Mulhearn

England

B.date16/10/1945

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Connor

Dave Connor

England

B.date27/10/1945

Age22 years

positionDefender

Pardoe63

Glyn Pardoe

England

B.date01/06/1946

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age21 years

positionRight Midfielder

Heslop

George Heslop

England

B.date01/07/1940

Age28 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age22 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Young7

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age24 years

positionStriker

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Lee

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age24 years

positionStriker

Owen

Bobby Owen

England

B.date17/10/1947

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ken Mulhearn		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Connor		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glyn Pardoe	63	22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes		25	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Heslop		28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell		22	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young	7	24	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee		24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Owen		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tony Coleman	63	23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bobby Graham

Tony Hateley

OUT

Emelyn Hughes

Geoff Strong

OUT

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

439

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Manchester City

3 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 10, 1968

Shankly vs Mercer

5 victories

8 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on August 10, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

154

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs Liverpool

4 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on August 10, 1968

Mercer vs Shankly

6 victories

8 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 10, 1968

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Key figures

It's the first time Peter Thompson scores 1 goal vs Liverpool in his professional career

It's the first time Neil Young scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 22/08/1962 (with vs )

Liverpool keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Manchester City at home running (since 07/11/1953). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/11/1931-05/09/1934 time period (4 matches).

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1968

LLiverpool 1-2 Sheffield United12/04/1968

VLiverpool 2-1 Sunderland13/04/1968

VLiverpool 4-1 Fulham27/04/1968

DLiverpool 1-1 Tottenham29/04/1968

VLiverpool 6-1 Nottingham Forest11/05/1968

Overall

LWest Ham 1-0 Liverpool20/04/1968

VLiverpool 4-1 Fulham27/04/1968

DLiverpool 1-1 Tottenham29/04/1968

VLeeds United 1-2 Liverpool04/05/1968

VLiverpool 6-1 Nottingham Forest11/05/1968

LStoke City 2-1 Liverpool15/05/1968

Current form

Away

VManchester United 1-3 Manchester City27/03/1968

LLeicester 1-0 Manchester City06/04/1968

LChelsea 1-0 Manchester City16/04/1968

DWolverhampton 0-0 Manchester City20/04/1968

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester City04/05/1968

VNewcastle United 3-4 Manchester City11/05/1968

Overall

DWolverhampton 0-0 Manchester City20/04/1968

VManchester City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday25/04/1968

VManchester City 2-0 Everton29/04/1968

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester City04/05/1968

VNewcastle United 3-4 Manchester City11/05/1968

VManchester City 6-1 West Bromwich Albion03/08/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	12	5
Conceding streak	11	12

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

21 v

9 d

12 l

85 gf

68 ga

Away

42 matches

16 v

10 d

16 l

57 gf

72 ga

Total

84 matches

37 v

19 d

28 l

142 gf

140 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

16 v

10 d

16 l

72 gf

57 ga

Away

42 matches

12 v

9 d

21 l

68 gf

85 ga

Total

84 matches

28 v

19 d

37 l

140 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 05, 1949
Home	4 - 0	November 05, 1949

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

December 16, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Liverpool

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

August 19, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Manchester City

0 - 0

Liverpool

August 30, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Liverpool

3 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

August 24, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Manchester City

2 - 1

Liverpool

August 29, 1962 - Division 1 1962/1963

Liverpool

4 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Roger Hunt	6 goals	1962 - 1967
Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Geoff Strong	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Ronnie Moran	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Alan A'Court	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Berry Nieuwenhuys	1 goal	1933 - 1933

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

Jimmy Murray	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Neil Young	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Francis Lee	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Matt Gray	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Colin Bell	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Peter Dobing	1 goal	1962 - 1962

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

Roger Hunt	6 matches	1962 - 1967
Ian St-John	6 matches	1962 - 1967
Ted Savage	6 matches	1933 - 1935
Jimmy McDougall	6 matches	1933 - 1935
Arthur Riley	6 matches	1933 - 1935
Berry Nieuwenhuys	6 matches	1933 - 1935

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

Neil Young	6 matches	1962 - 1967
Alan Oakes	6 matches	1962 - 1967
Glyn Pardoe	5 matches	1962 - 1967
Bobby Kennedy	5 matches	1962 - 1967
George Heslop	4 matches	1966 - 1967
Tony Book	4 matches	1966 - 1967