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Liverpool 1-2 Sheffield United - April 12, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 36

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 12, 1968

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Roger Hunt

32'

35'

Tony Currie

59'

Gilbert Reece

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32' - Goal Roger Hunt32

35' - Goal Tony Currie

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59' - Goal Gilbert Reece

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Liverpool Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Strong

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age30 years

positionLeft central defender

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age30 years

positionDefender

Ross

Ian Ross

Scotland

B.date26/11/1947

Age20 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

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Hateley

Tony Hateley

England

B.date13/06/1941

Age26 years

positionForward

Graham

Bobby Graham

Scotland

B.date22/11/1944

Age23 years

positionForward

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age29 years

positionForward

Hunt32

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age29 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		27	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong		30	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		30	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Ross		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		24	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		25	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Hateley		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Graham		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		29	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt	32	29	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

168

Sheffield United

Hodgkinson

Alan Hodgkinson

England

B.date16/08/1936

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Shaw

Bernard Shaw

England

B.date14/03/1945

Age23 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Barlow

Frank Barlow

England

B.date15/10/1946

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Munks

David Munks

England

B.date29/04/1947

Age20 years

positionDefender

Mallender

Ken Mallender

England

B.date10/12/1943

Age24 years

positionDefender

Badger

Len Badger

England

B.date08/06/1945

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Carlin

Willie Carlin

England

B.date06/10/1940

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Addison

Colin Addison

England

B.date18/05/1940

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Currie35

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Reece59

Gilbert Reece

Wales

B.date02/07/1942

Age25 years

positionForward

Woodward

Alan Woodward

England

B.date07/09/1946

Age21 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Hodgkinson		31	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernard Shaw		23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Barlow		21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Munks		20	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Mallender		24	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Badger		22	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carlin		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Addison		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	35	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gilbert Reece	59	25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Woodward		21	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 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

Bobby Graham

Ian Callaghan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gilbert Reece

Barry Wagstaff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

429

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Sheffield United

8 victories

7 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 1968

Shankly vs Harris

7 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

John Harris

434

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Harris vs Liverpool

5 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 1968

Harris vs Shankly

5 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 1968

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Sheffield United at home in Premier League running (since 24/10/1953). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/03/1932 (6 matches)

Ron Yeats played his game number 10 vs Sheffield United in Premier League with Liverpool

Roger Hunt scored 6 goals vs Sheffield United in Premier League with Liverpool

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

-1	2	Leeds United	47 pts	35 rd
	3	Manchester City	47 pts	35 rd
	4	Liverpool	45 pts	34 rd
+1	5	Tottenham	42 pts	35 rd
-1	6	Everton	40 pts	33 rd

General ranking

-1	16	Leicester	30 pts	35 rd
-1	17	Sunderland	29 pts	35 rd
+3	18	Sheffield United	29 pts	35 rd
-1	19	Wolverhampton	28 pts	35 rd
-1	20	Coventry	28 pts	35 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-1 Bournemouth31/01/1968

VLiverpool 5-2 Walsall19/02/1968

VLiverpool 3-1 Leicester24/02/1968

VLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham12/03/1968

VLiverpool 3-2 Burnley16/03/1968

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1968

Overall

VLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham12/03/1968

VLiverpool 3-2 Burnley16/03/1968

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Liverpool23/03/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Liverpool30/03/1968

VManchester United 1-2 Liverpool06/04/1968

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1968

Current form

Away

LLeicester 3-1 Sheffield United02/03/1968

VWest Ham 1-2 Sheffield United09/03/1968

VFulham 0-1 Sheffield United13/03/1968

VWolverhampton 1-3 Sheffield United23/03/1968

LLeeds United 1-0 Sheffield United30/03/1968

LLeeds United 3-0 Sheffield United06/04/1968

Overall

VWest Ham 1-2 Sheffield United09/03/1968

VFulham 0-1 Sheffield United13/03/1968

LSheffield United 1-2 Sunderland16/03/1968

VWolverhampton 1-3 Sheffield United23/03/1968

LLeeds United 1-0 Sheffield United30/03/1968

LLeeds United 3-0 Sheffield United06/04/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	7	11
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	7	2
Conceding streak	6	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	8	9
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	21
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	34
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
18	Victories (Competition total)	9
14	Victories (Home / Away)	2
9	Draws (Competition total)	9
1	Draws (Home / Away)	6
6	Losses (Competition total)	16
1	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
1.61	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.18
2.31	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.74
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.06

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Roger Hunt	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Gilbert Reece
Roger Hunt	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Gilbert Reece
Willie Stevenson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Bernard Shaw
Willie Stevenson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Bernard Shaw
Roger Hunt	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 6 matches	Gilbert Reece

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

31 v

11 d

7 l

110 gf

55 ga

Away

50 matches

15 v

11 d

24 l

54 gf

85 ga

Total

99 matches

46 v

22 d

31 l

164 gf

140 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

24 v

11 d

15 l

85 gf

54 ga

Away

49 matches

7 v

11 d

31 l

55 gf

110 ga

Total

99 matches

31 v

22 d

46 l

140 gf

164 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 01, 1964
Home	6 - 1	February 01, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	August 29, 1932
Away	4 - 0	February 05, 1898

Latest head to head

April 28, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Sheffield United

0 - 1

Liverpool

December 03, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Liverpool

1 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

September 01, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Sheffield United

0 - 0

Liverpool

August 25, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Liverpool

0 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

March 13, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Sheffield United

3 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Roger Hunt	5 goals	1964 - 1967
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Gordon Hodgson	2 goals	1933 - 1933
Syd Roberts	1 goal	1934 - 1934
Bobby Graham	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Peter Thompson	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Derek Pace	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Alan Birchenall	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Barry Hartle	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Tony Wagstaff	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Brian Richardson	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Alan Woodward	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Ian Callaghan	10 matches	1962 - 1967
Roger Hunt	10 matches	1962 - 1967
Ian St-John	9 matches	1962 - 1967
Willie Stevenson	9 matches	1963 - 1967
Tommy Lawrence	9 matches	1963 - 1967
Ron Yeats	9 matches	1962 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Alan Hodgkinson	10 matches	1962 - 1967
Reg Matthewson	8 matches	1963 - 1967
Joe Shaw	7 matches	1962 - 1965
Alan Birchenall	6 matches	1964 - 1967
Len Badger	6 matches	1964 - 1967
Keith Kettleborough	6 matches	1962 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 09, 1968

Wolverhampton

2 1

Sunderland

Line-ups available

April 10, 1968

Southampton

2 0

Arsenal

Line-ups available

April 12, 1968

Line-ups available

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April 16, 1968

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	49	36	21	7	8	73	45	+28
-12	Leeds United	47	35	19	9	7	60	28	+32
3	Manchester City	47	35	21	5	9	73	38	+35
4	Liverpool	45	34	18	9	7	54	31	+23
+15	Tottenham	42	35	17	8	10	60	47	+13
-16	Everton	40	33	18	4	11	54	34	+20
7	Newcastle United	39	36	12	15	9	49	50	-1
8	West Bromwich Albion	38	35	14	10	11	61	52	+9
9	Chelsea	36	34	12	12	10	52	61	-9
10	Nottingham Forest	34	36	13	8	15	45	51	-6
11	Arsenal	32	34	11	10	13	45	43	+2
12	Sheffield Wednesday	31	35	11	9	15	47	55	-8
13	Burnley	31	34	11	9	14	53	63	-10
14	Southampton	31	36	12	7	17	57	74	-17
+215	West Ham	30	34	12	6	16	66	59	+7
-116	Leicester	30	35	10	10	15	53	61	-8
-117	Sunderland	29	35	10	9	16	43	56	-13
+318	Sheffield United	29	35	10	9	16	42	60	-18
-119	Wolverhampton	28	35	11	6	18	58	70	-12
-120	Coventry	28	35	8	12	15	44	62	-18
-121	Stoke City	27	33	11	5	17	40	56	-16
22	Fulham	21	34	8	5	21	45	78	-33

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Liverpool 1-2 Sheffield United - April 12, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

Liverpool

1 - 2

Sheffield United

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Shankly vs Sheffield United

Shankly vs Harris

Manager

Harris vs Liverpool

Harris vs Shankly

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking