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Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea - April 30, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 41

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 30, 1966

2 - 1

Chelsea

Roger Hunt

47'

Roger Hunt

68'

62'

Bert Murray

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47' - Goal Roger Hunt47

62' - Goal Bert Murray

68' - Goal Roger Hunt68

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 1

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

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

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Milne

Gordon Milne

England

B.date29/03/1937

Age29 years

positionDefender

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

Age24 years

positionRight Midfielder

Hunt6847

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

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

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		25	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Byrne		27	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Milne		29	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		28	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		22	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson		26	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		24	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt	6847	27	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		27	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		23	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

164

Chelsea

Dunn

John Dunn

England

B.date21/06/1944

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hinton

Marvin Hinton

England

B.date02/02/1940

Age26 years

positionDefender

4 Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Kirkup

Joe Kirkup

England

B.date17/12/1939

Age26 years

positionDefender

6 Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age21 years

positionDefender

Boyle

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Murray62

Bert Murray

England

B.date22/09/1942

Age23 years

positionRight Midfielder

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age24 years

positionStriker

Robson

Tommy Robson

England

B.date31/07/1944

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

9 Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age19 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age20 years

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	John Dunn		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Marvin Hinton		26	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	John Hollins		19	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Joe Kirkup		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ron Harris		21	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	John Boyle		19	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Bert Murray	62	23	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Robert Tambling		24	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Tommy Robson		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Peter Osgood		19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Peter Houseman		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

21.7 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

Roger Hunt

Alf Arrowsmith

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tommy Robson

Terry Venables

OUT

John Dunn

Peter Bonetti

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

325

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Chelsea

7 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1966

Shankly vs Docherty

7 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

234

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Docherty vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1966

Docherty vs Shankly

2 victories

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1966

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 22/01/1966). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/09/1965-01/01/1966 time period (12 matches).

Chelsea keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 29/03/1966). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/10/1965-16/02/1966 time period (21 matches).

Chelsea keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 21/03/1966). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 30/10/1965-15/03/1966 time period (13 matches).

Read the next 3 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-1 Blackpool19/02/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Budapest Honvéd08/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham12/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City16/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Celtic Glasgow19/04/1966

Overall

DNorthampton Town 0-0 Liverpool09/04/1966

DSunderland 2-2 Liverpool11/04/1966

LCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Liverpool14/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City16/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Celtic Glasgow19/04/1966

LBurnley 2-0 Liverpool23/04/1966

Current form

Away

VHull City 1-3 Chelsea31/03/1966

LLeeds United 2-0 Chelsea04/04/1966

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Chelsea12/04/1966

LSunderland 2-0 Chelsea16/04/1966

LFC Barcelona 2-0 Chelsea22/04/1966

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Chelsea23/04/1966

Overall

VChelsea 1-0 Nottingham Forest11/04/1966

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Chelsea12/04/1966

LSunderland 2-0 Chelsea16/04/1966

LFC Barcelona 2-0 Chelsea22/04/1966

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Chelsea23/04/1966

LChelsea 2-3 West Bromwich Albion25/04/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	11	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	5	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	4
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	6	10
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	7	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	37
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
25	Victories (Competition total)	20
16	Victories (Home / Away)	11
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	11
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

76	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
50	Goals scored (Home / Away)	33
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	48
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.62
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.74
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.3
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.53

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	14
19	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	24
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	14
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (5 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	27 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	George Graham
Roger Hunt	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	George Graham
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Terry Venables
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Terry Venables
Roger Hunt	2 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 5 matches	Robert Tambling

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

20 v

8 d

6 l

75 gf

41 ga

Away

31 matches

7 v

5 d

19 l

31 gf

64 ga

Total

65 matches

27 v

13 d

25 l

106 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

19 v

5 d

7 l

64 gf

31 ga

Away

34 matches

6 v

8 d

20 l

41 gf

75 ga

Total

65 matches

25 v

13 d

27 l

105 gf

106 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	December 25, 1907

Latest head to head

January 22, 1966 - FA Cup 1965/1966

Liverpool

1 - 2

Chelsea

December 04, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Chelsea

0 - 1

Liverpool

April 19, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

April 16, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Chelsea

4 - 0

Liverpool

March 27, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Roger Hunt	4 goals	1963 - 1966
Vic Wright	3 goals	1934 - 1935
Ian St-John	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Fred Howe	2 goals	1935 - 1935
Gordon Hodgson	1 goal	1933 - 1933

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Bert Murray	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Robert Tambling	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Barry Bridges	1 goal	1964 - 1964
James Mulholland	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Marvin Hinton	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Tommy Lawrence	7 matches	1963 - 1966
Peter Thompson	7 matches	1963 - 1966
Roger Hunt	7 matches	1963 - 1966
Gerry Byrne	6 matches	1963 - 1966
Ron Yeats	6 matches	1963 - 1966
Ian Callaghan	6 matches	1963 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Terry Venables	7 matches	1963 - 1966
Ron Harris	7 matches	1963 - 1966
Peter Bonetti	6 matches	1963 - 1966
Eddie McCreadie	6 matches	1963 - 1966
Marvin Hinton	6 matches	1964 - 1966
Robert Tambling	6 matches	1963 - 1966