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Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal - May 06, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 32

Anfield - Liverpool - England

May 06, 1998

44 417

Liverpool

4 - 0

Arsenal

Paul Ince

28'

Paul Ince

30'

Michael Owen

40'

Öyvind Leonhardsen

87'

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28' - Goal Paul Ince28

30' - Goal Paul Ince30

40' - Goal Michael Owen40

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54' - Substitution Jason McAteeris substituted by Michael Thomas54

65' - Substitution Ray Parlouris substituted by Patrick Vieira photo Nicolas Anelka

65' - Substitution Ian Wrightis substituted by Nicolas Anelka

70' - Substitution Christopher Wrehis substituted by Alberto Méndez

87' - Goal Öyvind Leonhardsen87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 0

Arsenal

Liverpool Arsenal

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Riedle

Karlheinz Riedle

Germany

B.date16/09/1965

Age32 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Owen40

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age18 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Leonhardsen87

Öyvind Leonhardsen

Norway

B.date17/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Ince2830

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

McManaman

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Harkness

Steven Harkness

England

B.date27/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft central defender

Babb

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McAteer54

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason McAteer	54	26	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Harkness		26	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Carragher		20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Babb		27	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		28	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince	2830	30	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McManaman		26	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Öyvind Leonhardsen	87	27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen	40	18	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karlheinz Riedle		32	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Wright65

Ian Wright

England

B.date03/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Wreh70

Christopher Wreh

Liberia

B.date14/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m72

positionStriker

Boa Morte

Luis Boa Morte

Portugal

B.date04/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hughes

Stephen Hughes

England

B.date18/09/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Platt

David Platt

England

B.date10/06/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Parlour65

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age35 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Grimandi

Gilles Grimandi

France

B.date11/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age34 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Manninger

Alex Manninger

Austria

B.date04/06/1977

Age20 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Manninger		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		35	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gilles Grimandi		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		34	463	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hughes		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour	65	25	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Platt		31	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Christopher Wreh	70	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wright	65	34	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

142

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Michael Thomas	54	30	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Patrick Vieira	65	21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alberto Méndez	70	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	65	19	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve McManaman

Björn Tore Kvarme

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Wright

Nicolas Anelka

OUT

Luis Boa Morte

Emmanuel Petit

OUT

Stephen Hughes

Patrick Vieira

OUT

Steve Bould

Martin Keown

OUT

Alex Manninger

David Seaman

OUT

Matthew Upson

Tony Adams

OUT

Gilles Grimandi

Marc Overmars

OUT

David Platt

Nigel Winterburn

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Evans

225

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Evans vs Arsenal

9 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 06, 1998

Evans vs Wenger

4 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 06, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Wenger vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1998

Wenger vs Evans

0 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1998

Referee

Alan Wilkie

10 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Liverpool13 matches	General total	Arsenal13 matches	6 victories	2 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 03, 2000					Latest figure on October 23, 1999

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 16 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 21/02/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 16/08/1993-03/11/1993 (19 matches).

It's the first time Paul Ince scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with

Liverpool keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 23/02/1998).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 0-0 Blackburn31/01/1998

LLiverpool 2-3 Southampton07/02/1998

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton23/02/1998

VLiverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1998

VLiverpool 2-1 Crystal Palace13/04/1998

VLiverpool 5-0 West Ham02/05/1998

Overall

VBarnsley 2-3 Liverpool28/03/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Liverpool10/04/1998

VLiverpool 2-1 Crystal Palace13/04/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Liverpool19/04/1998

LChelsea 4-1 Liverpool25/04/1998

VLiverpool 5-0 West Ham02/05/1998

Current form

Away

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Arsenal11/03/1998

VManchester United 0-1 Arsenal14/03/1998

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal17/03/1998

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Arsenal31/03/1998

VBlackburn 1-4 Arsenal13/04/1998

VBarnsley 0-2 Arsenal25/04/1998

Overall

VArsenal 3-1 Newcastle United11/04/1998

VBlackburn 1-4 Arsenal13/04/1998

VArsenal 5-0 Wimbledon FC18/04/1998

VBarnsley 0-2 Arsenal25/04/1998

VArsenal 1-0 Derby County29/04/1998

VArsenal 4-0 Everton03/05/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	5	10
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	9
Unbeaten streak	8	16
Drawless streak	3	9
Scoring streak	6	13
Invincibility streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
17	Victories (Competition total)	23
12	Victories (Home / Away)	8
11	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	7
8	Losses (Competition total)	4
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

64	Goals scored (Competition total)	68
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.89
2.11	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.47
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.78
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	19
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (4 times)

Bookings

50	Yellow cards (Competition total)	67
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	40
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Michael Owen	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Dennis Bergkamp
Michael Owen	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Dennis Bergkamp
Robbie Fowler	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ian Wright
Robbie Fowler	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Patrick Vieira
Jason McAteer	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Marc Overmars

Historical head to head

Home

84 matches

48 v

16 d

20 l

156 gf

86 ga

Away

84 matches

21 v

26 d

37 l

73 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

7 ga

Total

172 matches

70 v

42 d

60 l

234 gf

211 ga

Historical head to head

Home

84 matches

37 v

26 d

21 l

118 gf

73 ga

Away

84 matches

20 v

16 d

48 l

86 gf

156 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Total

172 matches

60 v

42 d

70 l

211 gf

234 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Home	5 - 0	April 18, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 15, 1952

Latest head to head

November 30, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Arsenal

0 - 1

Liverpool

March 24, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

1 - 2

Liverpool

November 27, 1996 - League Cup 1996/1997

Liverpool

4 - 2

Arsenal

August 19, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

2 - 0

Arsenal

May 01, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robbie Fowler	9 goals	1994 - 1996
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	1978 - 1983
Ian Rush	7 goals	1982 - 1995
Phil Neal	6 goals	1975 - 1985
John Barnes	5 goals	1988 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Ian Wright	7 goals	1992 - 1997
John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Alan Sunderland	6 goals	1979 - 1982
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Paul Merson	5 goals	1988 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ian Callaghan	32 matches	1962 - 1978
Alan Hansen	32 matches	1977 - 1990
Phil Neal	31 matches	1975 - 1985
Ray Clemence	31 matches	1970 - 1981
Ian Rush	30 matches	1981 - 1996
Kenny Dalglish	28 matches	1977 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

David O'Leary	44 matches	1975 - 1993
Tony Adams	28 matches	1985 - 1997
George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Nigel Winterburn	27 matches	1988 - 1997
Pat Rice	27 matches	1970 - 1980
Lee Dixon	25 matches	1988 - 1997