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Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool - March 02, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 28

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

March 02, 1997

39 339

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Liverpool

Ian Taylor

83'

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46' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by David Hughes46

54' - Substitution Stan Collymoreis substituted by Patrik Berger

83' - Goal Ian Taylor83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Liverpool

Aston Villa Liverpool

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton46

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Nelson

Fernando Nelson

Portugal

B.date05/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Taylor83

Ian Taylor

England

B.date04/06/1968

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Draper

Mark Draper

England

B.date11/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Milosevic

Savo Milosevic

Serbia

B.date02/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich		25	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	46	28	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		24	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Nelson		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Taylor	83	28	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Draper		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		33	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke		25	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Savo Milosevic		23	76	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

121

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Wright

Mark Wright

England

B.date01/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Matteo

Dominic Matteo

Scotland

B.date28/04/1974

Age22 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

McAteer

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Kvarme

Björn Tore Kvarme

Norway

B.date17/06/1972

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McManaman

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Redknapp

Jamie Redknapp

England

B.date25/06/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Collymore54

Stan Collymore

England

B.date22/01/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionForward

Fowler

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		26	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Wright		33	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dominic Matteo		22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason McAteer		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Björn Tore Kvarme		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		27	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		33	396	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McManaman		25	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Redknapp		23	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Collymore	54	26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler		21	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

158

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Hughes	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Patrik Berger	54	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Brian Little

116

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Little vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 02, 1997

Little vs Evans

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 02, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Evans

164

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Evans vs Aston Villa

5 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 02, 1997

Evans vs Little

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 02, 1997

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 5 matches without conceding any goal in Premier League (since 11/01/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 19/12/1987-06/02/1988 (7 matches).

Steve McManaman played his game number 10 vs Aston Villa in his professional career

It's the first time Ian Taylor scores 1 goal vs Liverpool in Premier League

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAston Villa 0-2 Chelsea26/12/1996

DAston Villa 2-2 Newcastle United11/01/1997

VAston Villa 3-0 Notts County22/01/1997

LAston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday29/01/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland01/02/1997

VAston Villa 2-1 Coventry19/02/1997

Overall

VAston Villa 3-0 Notts County22/01/1997

LDerby County 3-1 Aston Villa25/01/1997

LAston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday29/01/1997

VAston Villa 1-0 Sunderland01/02/1997

VAston Villa 2-1 Coventry19/02/1997

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa22/02/1997

Current form

Away

DNewcastle United 1-1 Liverpool23/12/1996

VSouthampton 0-1 Liverpool29/12/1996

LChelsea 1-0 Liverpool01/01/1997

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool08/01/1997

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool26/01/1997

VDerby County 0-1 Liverpool01/02/1997

Overall

DLiverpool 0-0 West Ham11/01/1997

VLiverpool 3-0 Aston Villa18/01/1997

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool26/01/1997

VDerby County 0-1 Liverpool01/02/1997

VLiverpool 4-0 Leeds United19/02/1997

DLiverpool 0-0 Blackburn22/02/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
12	Victories (Competition total)	15
8	Victories (Home / Away)	7
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	4
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	46
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.26	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.7
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.96	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.74
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.83

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	32
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dwight Yorke	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Robbie Fowler
Dwight Yorke	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Michael Thomas
Dwight Yorke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Dwight Yorke	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dwight Yorke	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Stan Collymore

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

35 v

16 d

21 l

147 gf

94 ga

Away

75 matches

12 v

14 d

49 l

78 gf

171 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

148 matches

47 v

30 d

71 l

225 gf

268 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

49 v

14 d

12 l

171 gf

78 ga

Away

72 matches

21 v

16 d

35 l

94 gf

147 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

148 matches

71 v

30 d

47 l

268 gf

225 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 16, 1932
Home	6 - 1	January 16, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 10, 1953
Away	3 - 0	January 30, 1982

Latest head to head

January 18, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 31, 1996 - FA Cup 1995/1996

Liverpool

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 03, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Liverpool

3 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 31, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Liverpool

May 06, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Aston Villa

2 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Tony Hateley	5 goals	1963 - 1966
Dwight Yorke	4 goals	1994 - 1995
Andy Gray	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Dean Saunders	3 goals	1992 - 1993
John Deehan	3 goals	1976 - 1979
Allan Evans	3 goals	1979 - 1986

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

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Ian Rush	10 goals	1982 - 1985
Robbie Fowler	10 goals	1993 - 1997
Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1966
Kenny Dalglish	7 goals	1978 - 1983
Ian St-John	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Ian Callaghan	5 goals	1963 - 1976

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

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Nigel Spink	19 matches	1983 - 1993
Gordon Cowans	19 matches	1977 - 1991
Allan Evans	16 matches	1979 - 1989
Dennis Mortimer	15 matches	1976 - 1984
Paul McGrath	14 matches	1989 - 1996
Charlie Aitken	12 matches	1963 - 1975

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

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Ian Rush	23 matches	1982 - 1996
Bruce Grobbelaar	23 matches	1981 - 1993
Phil Neal	22 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	21 matches	1977 - 1989
Steve Nicol	19 matches	1984 - 1994
Kenny Dalglish	16 matches	1977 - 1986