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Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool - September 20, 1988 / Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy 1988

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Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy 1988 - Semi-finals

Highbury - London - England

September 20, 1988

29 135

Arsenal

2 - 1

Liverpool

Perry Groves

33'

Brian Marwood

82'

80'

Steve Staunton

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33' - Goal Perry Groves33

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46' - Substitution John Durninis substituted by Kenny Dalglish

60' - Substitution David Rocastleis substituted by Martin Hayes60

80' - Goal Steve Staunton

82' - Goal Brian Marwood82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Liverpool

Arsenal Liverpool

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Adams

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Rocastle60

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age25 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Marwood82

Brian Marwood

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age28 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Groves33

Perry Groves

England

B.date19/04/1965

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		27	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		30	583	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		21	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle	60	21	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Marwood	82	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		21	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Perry Groves	33	23	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

Liverpool

Hooper

Mike Hooper

England

B.date10/02/1964

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton80

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age19 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Durnin46

John Durnin

England

B.date18/08/1965

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

MacDonald

Kevin MacDonald

Scotland

B.date22/11/1960

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age27 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Hooper		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	80	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		28	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		26	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Durnin	46	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		26	328	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin MacDonald		27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		26	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Martin Hayes	60	22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Charlie Boyd		19
	F		Kenny Dalglish	46	37	513	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Richardson

Paul Davis

OUT

Perry Groves

Paul Merson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mike Hooper

Bruce Grobbelaar

OUT

John Durnin

Nigel Spackman

OUT

Steve Staunton

John Aldridge

OUT

Kevin MacDonald

Jan Mölby

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

113

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Graham vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 1988

Graham vs Dalglish

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

177

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Arsenal

5 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 1988

Dalglish vs Graham

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 1988

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Comments

Key figures

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before George Graham has reached 55% of wins .

It's the first time Brian Marwood scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

It's the first time in history that a game ends with 2-1 in Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Newcastle United19/03/1988

VArsenal 2-0 Norwich City04/04/1988

LArsenal 0-1 Watford15/04/1988

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry02/05/1988

LArsenal 2-3 Aston Villa03/09/1988

DArsenal 2-2 Southampton17/09/1988

Overall

VEverton 1-2 Arsenal07/05/1988

VWimbledon FC 1-5 Arsenal27/08/1988

VQueens Park Rangers 0-2 Arsenal31/08/1988

LArsenal 2-3 Aston Villa03/09/1988

VTottenham 2-3 Arsenal10/09/1988

DArsenal 2-2 Southampton17/09/1988

Current form

Away

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Liverpool02/04/1988

DNorwich City 0-0 Liverpool20/04/1988

DChelsea 1-1 Liverpool30/04/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-5 Liverpool07/05/1988

VCharlton 0-3 Liverpool27/08/1988

DAston Villa 1-1 Liverpool10/09/1988

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Wimbledon FC20/08/1988

VCharlton 0-3 Liverpool27/08/1988

VLiverpool 4-1 Nottingham Forest29/08/1988

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester United03/09/1988

DAston Villa 1-1 Liverpool10/09/1988

DLiverpool 1-1 Tottenham17/09/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	3	9
Conceding streak	4	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	5	6
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	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
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

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

Tony Adams	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Ray Houghton
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jan Mölby
Tony Adams	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Ray Houghton

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

32 v

22 d

17 l

104 gf

65 ga

Away

70 matches

17 v

14 d

39 l

75 gf

135 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Total

145 matches

52 v

36 d

57 l

186 gf

205 ga

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

39 v

14 d

17 l

135 gf

75 ga

Away

71 matches

17 v

22 d

32 l

65 gf

104 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

7 ga

Total

145 matches

57 v

36 d

52 l

205 gf

186 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Home	8 - 1	September 01, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Away	5 - 0	October 28, 1893

Latest head to head

January 16, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Liverpool

2 - 0

Arsenal

August 15, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

1 - 2

Liverpool

April 05, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

Arsenal

2 - 1

Liverpool

March 10, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

0 - 1

Liverpool

August 30, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

2 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Alan Sunderland	6 goals	1979 - 1982
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936
Brian Talbot	5 goals	1980 - 1984
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1935

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 Arsenal

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	1978 - 1983
Phil Neal	6 goals	1975 - 1985
Ian Rush	6 goals	1982 - 1987
Terry McDermott	5 goals	1979 - 1981
Ian St-John	3 goals	1964 - 1965

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	33 matches	1975 - 1987
George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Pat Rice	27 matches	1970 - 1980
Graham Rix	25 matches	1977 - 1986
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Storey	21 matches	1965 - 1975

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
Ray Clemence	31 matches	1970 - 1981
Phil Neal	31 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	28 matches	1977 - 1988
Kenny Dalglish	27 matches	1977 - 1987
Emelyn Hughes	26 matches	1967 - 1978