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Liverpool 2-1 Man United - January 01, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 25

Anfield - Liverpool - England

January 01, 1966

2 - 1

Man United

Tommy Smith

39'

Gordon Milne

88'

Denis Law

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2' - Goal Denis Law

39' - Goal Tommy Smith39

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88' - Goal Gordon Milne88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 1

Man United

Liverpool Man United

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Byrne

Gerry Byrne

England

B.date29/08/1938

Age27 years

positionDefender

Milne88

Gordon Milne

England

B.date29/03/1937

Age28 years

positionDefender

Smith39

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age28 years

positionDefender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Stevenson

Willie Stevenson

Scotland

B.date26/10/1939

Age26 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age23 years

positionRight Midfielder

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age27 years

positionForward

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

Hunt

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		25	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Byrne		27	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Milne	88	28	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith	39	20	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		28	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		22	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson		26	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		23	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		27	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		23	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt		27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

144

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age33 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Cantwell

Noel Cantwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1932

Age33 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age23 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age19 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Connelly

John Connelly

England

B.date18/07/1938

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

Law2

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age25 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Herd

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age31 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		33	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		33	471	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		24	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell		33	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles		23	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		28	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		19	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Connelly		27	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	2	25	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd		31	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

212

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

304

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Man United

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1966

Shankly vs Busby

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

954

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Liverpool

13 victories

8 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1966

Busby vs Shankly

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 1966

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 18/12/1965).

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 matches lost with a difference of 1 goals vs Man United in Premier League (since 31/10/1964). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 01/11/1913

Man United keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 22/09/1965).

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 5-0 Northampton Town13/11/1965

VLiverpool 5-2 Blackburn17/11/1965

VLiverpool 2-1 Burnley27/11/1965

VLiverpool 3-1 Standard Liège01/12/1965

VLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal11/12/1965

LLiverpool 0-1 Leeds United27/12/1965

Overall

VChelsea 0-1 Liverpool04/12/1965

VLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal11/12/1965

VStandard Liège 1-2 Liverpool15/12/1965

DNewcastle United 0-0 Liverpool18/12/1965

LLiverpool 0-1 Leeds United27/12/1965

VLeeds United 0-1 Liverpool28/12/1965

Current form

Away

LArsenal 4-2 Manchester United25/09/1965

LTottenham 5-1 Manchester United16/10/1965

VBlackpool 1-2 Manchester United30/10/1965

VLeicester 0-5 Manchester United13/11/1965

VFFC Viktoria 0-2 Manchester United17/11/1965

VSunderland 2-3 Manchester United11/12/1965

Overall

VManchester United 3-1 FFC Viktoria01/12/1965

DManchester United 0-0 West Ham04/12/1965

VSunderland 2-3 Manchester United11/12/1965

VManchester United 3-0 Everton15/12/1965

VManchester United 5-1 Tottenham18/12/1965

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion27/12/1965

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	11	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	12
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	7	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	22
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
15	Victories (Competition total)	11
9	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

49	Goals scored (Competition total)	45
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
2.04	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.05
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.36
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.33

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-4 (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

Roger Hunt	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	David Herd
Roger Hunt	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	David Herd
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Denis Law
Roger Hunt	19 goals during the last 24 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Denis Law

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

20 v

8 d

8 l

73 gf

44 ga

Away

40 matches

7 v

12 d

21 l

40 gf

86 ga

Total

76 matches

27 v

20 d

29 l

113 gf

130 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

21 v

12 d

7 l

86 gf

40 ga

Away

36 matches

8 v

8 d

20 l

44 gf

73 ga

Total

76 matches

29 v

20 d

27 l

130 gf

113 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Home	7 - 1	October 12, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Away	2 - 0	October 31, 1964

Latest head to head

October 09, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Man United

2 - 0

Liverpool

August 14, 1965 - Charity Shield 1965

Man United

2 - 2

Liverpool

April 24, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Man United

3 - 0

Liverpool

October 31, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Liverpool

0 - 2

Man United

April 04, 1964 - Division 1 1963/1964

Liverpool

3 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ron Yeats	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Alf Arrowsmith	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Ian St-John	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Ian Callaghan	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Ronnie Moran	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Jimmy Melia	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Denis Law	3 goals	1965 - 1965
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1960 - 1960
George Best	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Pat Crerand	1 goal	1964 - 1964
John Connelly	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Willie Stevenson	8 matches	1962 - 1965
Roger Hunt	8 matches	1962 - 1965
Tommy Lawrence	8 matches	1962 - 1965
Ron Yeats	8 matches	1962 - 1965
Ian Callaghan	7 matches	1962 - 1965
Ian St-John	7 matches	1962 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Bobby Charlton	9 matches	1960 - 1965
Bill Foulkes	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Shay Brennan	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Denis Law	8 matches	1962 - 1965
Tony Dunne	7 matches	1963 - 1965
Pat Crerand	7 matches	1963 - 1965