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Manchester City 0-4 Liverpool - March 13, 1988 / FA Cup 1987/1988

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FA Cup 1987/1988 - Quarter-finals

Maine Road - Manchester - England

March 13, 1988

44 047

Manchester City

0 - 4

Liverpool

32'

Ray Houghton

53'

Peter Beardsley (penalty)

77'

Craig Johnston

85'

John Barnes

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32' - Goal Ray Houghton

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53' - Goal Peter Beardsley

77' - Goal Craig Johnston

85' - Goal John Barnes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

0 - 4

Liverpool

Manchester City Liverpool

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age32 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age27 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barnes85

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Johnston77

Craig Johnston

England

B.date25/06/1960

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Houghton32

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Spackman

Nigel Spackman

England

B.date02/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Beardsley53

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age27 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		30	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		32	557	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		27	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		26	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		26	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	85	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Johnston	77	27	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton	32	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Spackman		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley	53	27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

163

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

Gary Gillespie

Alex Watson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mel Machin

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Machin vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 13, 1988

Machin vs Dalglish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 13, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

156

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Dalglish vs Manchester City

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 13, 1988

Dalglish vs Machin

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 13, 1988

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Key figures

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kenny Dalglish has reached 63% of wins .

Manchester City keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 03/02/1988). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/09/1987-21/10/1987 time period (10 matches).

End of streak for Manchester City after 7 consecutive matches without a loss vs Liverpool at home (since 18/01/1913). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/04/1909 (3 matches)

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester City 0-2 Aston Villa23/01/1988

VManchester City 2-1 Blackpool03/02/1988

VManchester City 2-0 Bournemouth13/02/1988

VManchester City 3-1 Plymouth20/02/1988

VManchester City 2-0 Hull City02/03/1988

VManchester City 2-0 Ipswich Town05/03/1988

Overall

VManchester City 2-0 Bournemouth13/02/1988

VManchester City 3-1 Plymouth20/02/1988

LLeicester 1-0 Manchester City27/02/1988

VManchester City 2-0 Hull City02/03/1988

VManchester City 2-0 Ipswich Town05/03/1988

VSheffield United 1-2 Manchester City08/03/1988

Current form

Away

VCharlton 0-2 Liverpool23/01/1988

VAston Villa 0-2 Liverpool31/01/1988

VWatford 1-4 Liverpool13/02/1988

VEverton 0-1 Liverpool21/02/1988

VPortsmouth 0-2 Liverpool27/02/1988

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Liverpool05/03/1988

Overall

VAston Villa 0-2 Liverpool31/01/1988

DLiverpool 0-0 West Ham06/02/1988

VWatford 1-4 Liverpool13/02/1988

VEverton 0-1 Liverpool21/02/1988

VPortsmouth 0-2 Liverpool27/02/1988

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Liverpool05/03/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	3
Unbeaten streak	5	3
Drawless streak	6	8
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	7	4
Unbeaten streak	18	22
Drawless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	18	4
Invincibility streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Peter Beardsley
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ray Houghton
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Ray Houghton

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

23 v

14 d

25 l

91 gf

92 ga

Away

61 matches

13 v

13 d

35 l

79 gf

123 ga

Total

123 matches

36 v

27 d

60 l

170 gf

215 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

35 v

13 d

13 l

123 gf

79 ga

Away

62 matches

25 v

14 d

23 l

92 gf

91 ga

Total

123 matches

60 v

27 d

36 l

215 gf

170 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 11, 1935
Home	6 - 0	September 11, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 10, 1982
Away	5 - 0	April 10, 1982

Latest head to head

January 17, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Manchester City

0 - 1

Liverpool

August 25, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

0 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 31, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Liverpool

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 26, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Manchester City

1 - 0

Liverpool

April 04, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Manchester City

0 - 4

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Neil Young	4 goals	1962 - 1969
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1974
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Colin Bell	3 goals	1966 - 1974
Jimmy Murray	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Joe Royle	2 goals	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Kenny Dalglish	11 goals	1978 - 1982
Bobby Graham	7 goals	1968 - 1972
Roger Hunt	7 goals	1962 - 1969
Graeme Souness	5 goals	1978 - 1983
Brian Hall	5 goals	1972 - 1974
David Fairclough	5 goals	1976 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Joe Corrigan	28 matches	1969 - 1982
Tommy Booth	22 matches	1969 - 1981
Michael Doyle	21 matches	1967 - 1977
Colin Bell	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Mike Summerbee	19 matches	1966 - 1974
Willie Donachie	18 matches	1971 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Ian Callaghan	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Ray Clemence	25 matches	1971 - 1981
Emelyn Hughes	25 matches	1967 - 1978
Phil Thompson	21 matches	1973 - 1982
Tommy Smith	20 matches	1966 - 1977
Phil Neal	19 matches	1974 - 1983