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Man United 2-1 Liverpool - April 17, 1985 / FA Cup 1984/1985

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FA Cup 1984/1985 - Semi-finals

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 17, 1985

2 - 1

Liverpool

Bryan Robson

Mark Hughes

Paul McGrath (o.g)

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0' - Goal Bryan Robson photo Mark Hughes

0' - Goal Mark Hughes0

0' - Own goal Paul McGrath

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77' - Substitution Kenny Dalglishis substituted by Gary Gillespie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hogg

Graeme Hogg

Scotland

B.date17/06/1964

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

McGrath0

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age28 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Robson0

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Olsen

Jesper Olsen

Denmark

B.date20/03/1961

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hughes0

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age19 years

H1m84

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	26	330	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Hogg	20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	31	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	27	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan	28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	28	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Olsen	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	28	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside	19	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

144

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age29 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Wark

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age34 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Beglin

Jim Beglin

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/07/1963

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

MacDonald

Kevin MacDonald

Scotland

B.date22/11/1960

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Dalglish77

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Walsh

Paul Walsh

England

B.date01/10/1962

Age22 years

H1m74

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		27	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		29	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson		27	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark		27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		34	623	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Beglin		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin MacDonald		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		23	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	77	34	445	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Walsh		22	29	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

208

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Gillespie	77	24	21	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

Paul Walsh

Ian Rush

OUT

Steve Nicol

Sammy Lee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

215

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Atkinson vs Liverpool

6 victories

6 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 17, 1985

Atkinson vs Fagan

4 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 17, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Fagan

120

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Fagan vs Man United

0 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 17, 1985

Fagan vs Atkinson

0 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 17, 1985

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Paul McGrath scores an own goal %comp with Manchester United

Liverpool keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored in FA Cup running (since 04/01/1985). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/01/1977-07/01/1978 time period (8 matches).

Man United keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored at home in FA Cup running (since 03/01/1981). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/01/1976-31/03/1979 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 1-0 Fehervar06/03/1985

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham09/03/1985

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa23/03/1985

VManchester United 2-1 Leicester03/04/1985

VManchester United 5-0 Stoke City06/04/1985

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool13/04/1985

Overall

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa23/03/1985

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United31/03/1985

VManchester United 2-1 Leicester03/04/1985

VManchester United 5-0 Stoke City06/04/1985

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester United09/04/1985

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool13/04/1985

Current form

Away

DAustria Vienna 1-1 Liverpool06/03/1985

VBarnsley 0-4 Liverpool10/03/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool23/03/1985

VSunderland 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1985

VLeicester 0-1 Liverpool06/04/1985

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool13/04/1985

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool23/03/1985

LLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United31/03/1985

VSunderland 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1985

VLeicester 0-1 Liverpool06/04/1985

VLiverpool 4-0 Panathinaikos10/04/1985

DManchester United 2-2 Liverpool13/04/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	9	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	9	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	4
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	8	4
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	6
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Norman Whiteside	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Ian Rush
Norman Whiteside	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Ian Rush
Frank Stapleton	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	Ronnie Whelan

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

27 v

21 d

12 l

104 gf

60 ga

Away

56 matches

14 v

13 d

29 l

62 gf

99 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

120 matches

43 v

35 d

42 l

171 gf

162 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

29 v

13 d

14 l

99 gf

62 ga

Away

60 matches

12 v

21 d

27 l

60 gf

104 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

120 matches

42 v

35 d

43 l

162 gf

171 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Home	5 - 0	September 11, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1978

Latest head to head

April 13, 1985 - FA Cup 1984/1985

Man United

2 - 2

Liverpool

March 31, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

September 22, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

January 02, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Liverpool

1 - 1

Man United

September 24, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Frank Stapleton	3 goals	1983 - 1985
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals	1977 - 1980

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 Man United

Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1963 - 1968
Jimmy Case	3 goals	1977 - 1978

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	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Arthur Albiston	22 matches	1977 - 1985
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1977
Steve Coppell	21 matches	1975 - 1983
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982
George Best	20 matches	1964 - 1973

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

Ian Callaghan	30 matches	1962 - 1977
Phil Neal	27 matches	1975 - 1985
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981
Tommy Smith	22 matches	1965 - 1978
Kenny Dalglish	22 matches	1977 - 1985