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Wrexham 1-3 Liverpool - January 17, 1978 / League Cup 1977/1978

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League Cup 1977/1978 - Quarter-finals

Racecourse Ground - Wrexham - Wales

January 17, 1978

Wrexham

1 - 3

Liverpool

14'

Kenny Dalglish

58'

Kenny Dalglish

87'

Kenny Dalglish

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14' - Goal Kenny Dalglish

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58' - Goal Kenny Dalglish

87' - Goal Kenny Dalglish

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wrexham

1 - 3

Liverpool

Wrexham Liverpool

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age22 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age35 years

positionRight Midfielder

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dalglish871458

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Johnson

David Johnson

England

B.date23/10/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		29	467	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		23	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		30	611	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		26	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		26	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case		23	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		35	806	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	871458	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Johnson		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

251

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

Jimmy Case

Graeme Souness

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arfon Griffiths

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

75 %

Griffiths vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 1978

Griffiths vs Paisley

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

210

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Wrexham

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 1978

Paisley vs Griffiths

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 17, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Wrexham after 4 matches without conceding any goal at home in League Cup (since 18/08/1976). It's a record streak. The first of history

Liverpool keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in League Cup running (since 10/09/1975). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/12/1972 (2 matches)

Liverpool keeps its 16 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 19/11/1977). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/02/1973-25/04/1973 time period (16 matches).

Read the next 31 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWrexham 1-1 Goole11/12/1976

VWrexham 1-0 Sunderland12/01/1977

VWrexham 1-0 Bristol City25/10/1977

VWrexham 2-0 Burton Albion26/11/1977

VWrexham 2-0 Swindon Town29/11/1977

VWrexham 3-0 Bristol City09/01/1978

Overall

VWrexham 1-0 Bristol City25/10/1977

VWrexham 2-0 Burton Albion26/11/1977

VWrexham 2-0 Swindon Town29/11/1977

VPreston North End 0-2 Wrexham17/12/1977

DBristol City 4-4 Wrexham07/01/1978

VWrexham 3-0 Bristol City09/01/1978

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool10/12/1977

VCoventry 0-2 Liverpool20/12/1977

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool26/12/1977

VNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool31/12/1977

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

Overall

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool26/12/1977

VLiverpool 1-0 Wolverhampton27/12/1977

VNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool31/12/1977

VLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough02/01/1978

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	13	7
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	36	19
Invincibility streak	5	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	8	15
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	David Fairclough
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kenny Dalglish
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Phil Neal
-	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	David Fairclough

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 09, 1963
Away	3 - 0	January 09, 1963

Latest head to head

January 24, 1970 - FA Cup 1969/1970

Liverpool

3 - 1

Wrexham

January 09, 1963 - FA Cup 1962/1963

Wrexham

0 - 3

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Ray Smith

1 goal

1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/01/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wrexham

	Bobby Graham	2 goals	1970 - 1970
	Ian St-John	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/01/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Steve Ingle	1 match	1970 - 1970
Eddie May	1 match	1970 - 1970
Ian Moir	1 match	1970 - 1970
Ray Smith	1 match	1970 - 1970
Arfon Griffiths	1 match	1970 - 1970
David Gaskell	1 match	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/01/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wrexham

Ian St-John	1 match	1970 - 1970
Ian Ross	1 match	1970 - 1970
Ray Clemence	1 match	1970 - 1970
Peter Wall	1 match	1970 - 1970
Ron Yeats	1 match	1970 - 1970
Ian Callaghan	1 match	1970 - 1970