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Liverpool 0-0 Man United - December 23, 1989 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 8

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 23, 1989

37 426

Liverpool

0 - 0

Man United

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46' - Substitution Alan Hansenis substituted by Steve Nicol46

46' - Substitution Danny Wallaceis substituted by Lee Sharpe

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

0 - 0

Man United

Liverpool Man United

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen46

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age34 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Hysen

Glenn Hysen

Sweden

B.date30/10/1959

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Mölby

Jan Mölby

Denmark

B.date04/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age28 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		32	458	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen	46	34	596	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Hysen		30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison		25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Mölby		26	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		28	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		28	395	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		28	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley		28	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

239

Man United

Leighton

Jim Leighton

Scotland

B.date24/07/1958

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Bruce

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Phelan

Mike Phelan

England

B.date24/09/1962

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Martin

Lee Martin

England

B.date05/02/1968

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wallace46

Danny Wallace

England

B.date21/01/1964

Age25 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Leighton		31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce		28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Phelan		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Martin		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		25	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson		32	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Wallace	46	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		26	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		26	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Nicol	46	28	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Lee Sharpe	46	18	49	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

Clayton Blackmore

Russell Beardsmore

OUT

Lee Martin

Lee Sharpe

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

246

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Man United

2 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1989

Dalglish vs Ferguson

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

151

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

3 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1989

Ferguson vs Dalglish

3 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 1989

Referee

Joseph Worrall

3 victories	1 draw	3 losses	Liverpool7 matches	General total	Man United10 matches	7 victories	2 draws	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Man United1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 14, 1995					Latest figure on February 25, 1995

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Key figures

Ray Houghton played his game number 100 in his professional career with

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kenny Dalglish has reached 1.98 goals scored per game .

End of streak for Liverpool after 8 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 04/11/1989). It was the best streak for the club since 26/01/1986-08/03/1986 (11 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 0-0 Norwich City16/09/1989

VLiverpool 5-2 Wigan19/09/1989

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham29/10/1989

LLiverpool 0-1 Coventry04/11/1989

VLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal26/11/1989

DLiverpool 1-1 Aston Villa09/12/1989

Overall

VMillwall 1-2 Liverpool19/11/1989

VLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal26/11/1989

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Liverpool29/11/1989

VManchester City 1-4 Liverpool02/12/1989

DLiverpool 1-1 Aston Villa09/12/1989

VChelsea 2-5 Liverpool16/12/1989

Current form

Away

VPortsmouth 2-3 Manchester United20/09/1989

LManchester City 5-1 Manchester United23/09/1989

VCoventry 1-4 Manchester United21/10/1989

LCharlton 2-0 Manchester United04/11/1989

VLuton Town 1-3 Manchester United18/11/1989

LArsenal 1-0 Manchester United03/12/1989

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Nottingham Forest12/11/1989

VLuton Town 1-3 Manchester United18/11/1989

DManchester United 0-0 Chelsea25/11/1989

LArsenal 1-0 Manchester United03/12/1989

LManchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace09/12/1989

LManchester United 0-1 Tottenham16/12/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	3	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	8	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	12	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	17
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
10	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
2.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
2.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.38
1.11	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

John Barnes	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Mark Hughes
John Barnes	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Mark Hughes
John Barnes	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
John Aldridge	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Rush	5 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 5 matches	Mark Hughes

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

31 v

15 d

15 l

106 gf

68 ga

Away

65 matches

12 v

23 d

30 l

64 gf

112 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

130 matches

44 v

39 d

47 l

173 gf

185 ga

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

30 v

23 d

12 l

112 gf

64 ga

Away

61 matches

15 v

15 d

31 l

68 gf

106 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

130 matches

47 v

39 d

44 l

185 gf

173 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Home	7 - 1	October 12, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Away	4 - 1	December 13, 1969

Latest head to head

January 01, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Man United

3 - 1

Liverpool

September 03, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Liverpool

1 - 0

Man United

April 04, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Liverpool

3 - 3

Man United

November 15, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 20, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

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
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1973 - 1977
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1963 - 1968

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 Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1983 - 1988
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1987
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965

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	28 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	26 matches	1977 - 1988
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981
Kenny Dalglish	24 matches	1977 - 1986

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

Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Gary Bailey	22 matches	1978 - 1985
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1977
Steve Coppell	21 matches	1975 - 1983
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982