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Watford 0-2 Liverpool - March 31, 1984 / Division 1 1983/1984

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Division 1 1983/1984 - Round 35

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

March 31, 1984

Watford

0 - 2

Liverpool

58'

John Wark

80'

Ian Rush

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46' - Substitution Paul Atkinsonis substituted by Ian Richardson46

58' - Goal John Wark

80' - Goal Ian Rush

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

0 - 2

Liverpool

Watford Liverpool

Team line-ups

Watford

Steele

Eric Steele

England

B.date15/05/1954

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sinnott

Lee Sinnott

England

B.date12/07/1965

Age18 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Jackett

Kenny Jackett

Wales

B.date05/01/1962

Age22 years

positionDefender

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age27 years

positionDefender

Bardsley

David Bardsley

England

B.date11/09/1964

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Les Taylor

England

B.date04/12/1956

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Callaghan

Nigel Callaghan

England

B.date12/09/1962

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Atkinson46

Paul Atkinson

England

B.date14/08/1961

Age22 years

positionForward

Johnston

Mo Johnston

Scotland

B.date30/04/1963

Age20 years

H1m75

positionForward

Reilly

George Reilly

Scotland

B.date14/09/1957

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eric Steele		29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Sinnott		18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Jackett		22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Bardsley		19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Taylor		27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Callaghan		21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		20	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Atkinson	46	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mo Johnston		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Reilly		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age26 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age28 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Wark58

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age30 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lee

Sammy Lee

England

B.date07/02/1959

Age25 years

H1m58

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Rush80

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		26	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		28	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson		26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark	58	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		33	558	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		29	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		30	349	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Lee		25	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		22	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush	80	22	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		33	389	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

252

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Ian Richardson	46	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eric Steele

Steve Sherwood

OUT

Paul Atkinson

Jimmy Gilligan

OUT

George Reilly

Steve Terry

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Wark

Craig Johnston

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

265

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Taylor vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

Taylor vs Fagan

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Fagan

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Fagan vs Watford

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

Fagan vs Taylor

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

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Comments

Key figures

Watford keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Liverpool running (since 01/02/1967). It's a record streak. The first of history

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Joe Fagan has done less than 0.67 goals conceded per game .

It's the first time John Wark scores a goal vs in Premier League since the 07/05/1983 (with vs )

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 2-0 Stoke City21/01/1984

VWatford 3-1 West Bromwich Albion04/02/1984

VWatford 3-1 Brighton & Hove18/02/1984

DWatford 4-4 Everton25/02/1984

VWatford 1-0 Queens Park Rangers17/03/1984

VWatford 2-1 Sunderland20/03/1984

Overall

DWatford 4-4 Everton25/02/1984

LLeicester 4-1 Watford03/03/1984

VBirmingham City 1-3 Watford10/03/1984

VWatford 1-0 Queens Park Rangers17/03/1984

VWatford 2-1 Sunderland20/03/1984

DIpswich Town 0-0 Watford24/03/1984

Current form

Away

DSunderland 0-0 Liverpool04/02/1984

VWalsall 0-2 Liverpool14/02/1984

DLuton Town 0-0 Liverpool18/02/1984

DEverton 1-1 Liverpool03/03/1984

LSouthampton 2-0 Liverpool16/03/1984

VBenfica 1-4 Liverpool21/03/1984

Overall

VLiverpool 1-0 Benfica07/03/1984

VLiverpool 3-1 Tottenham10/03/1984

LSouthampton 2-0 Liverpool16/03/1984

VBenfica 1-4 Liverpool21/03/1984

DLiverpool 0-0 Everton25/03/1984

VLiverpool 1-0 Everton28/03/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	13	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
14	Victories (Competition total)	18
8	Victories (Home / Away)	7
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
13	Losses (Competition total)	5
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

60	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
59	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
27	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
2.06	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
1.79	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.94

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-3 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Mo Johnston	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	22 goals	Ian Rush
Mo Johnston	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Ian Rush
Nigel Callaghan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Nigel Callaghan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mo Johnston	15 goals during the last 18 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Ian Rush

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

9 ga

Total

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

12 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	May 14, 1983
Home	2 - 1	May 14, 1983

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 01, 1984
Away	2 - 1	September 03, 1969

Latest head to head

February 01, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Liverpool

3 - 0

Watford

May 14, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Watford

2 - 1

Liverpool

December 11, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Liverpool

3 - 1

Watford

February 21, 1970 - FA Cup 1969/1970

Watford

1 - 0

Liverpool

September 03, 1969 - League Cup 1969/1970

Watford

1 - 2

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Luther Blissett	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Barry Endean	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Ross Jenkins	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Martin Patching	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Ian St-John	2 goals	1967 - 1969
Ian Rush	2 goals	1982 - 1984
Phil Neal	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Roger Hunt	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Craig Johnston	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Chris Lawler	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Steve Sims	3 matches	1982 - 1984
Nigel Callaghan	3 matches	1982 - 1984
Steve Sherwood	3 matches	1982 - 1984
Wilf Rostron	3 matches	1982 - 1984
Kenny Jackett	3 matches	1982 - 1984
John Barnes	3 matches	1982 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/01/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Ian St-John	4 matches	1967 - 1970
Tommy Lawrence	4 matches	1967 - 1970
Geoff Strong	4 matches	1967 - 1970
Ron Yeats	4 matches	1967 - 1970
Ian Callaghan	4 matches	1967 - 1970
Chris Lawler	4 matches	1967 - 1970