Report

Liverpool 1 - 0 Arsenal

Game date: Tuesday 25 April 1978 at 19:30 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 38,318
Half-time score 1 - 0
Manager Bob Paisley Opposition manager Terry Neill
   

Starting lineup

1 Ray Clemence Ray Clemence
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal
3 Tommy Smith Tommy Smith
4 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson
5 Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy
6 Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Jimmy Case Jimmy Case
9 David Fairclough David Fairclough
10 Terry McDermott Terry McDermott
11 Graeme Souness Graeme Souness

Subs

12 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen

Goals

David Fairclough 24'

Opposition lineup

Pat Jennings, John Devine, Sammy Nelson, David Price, David O'Leary, Willie Young, Liam Brady, Graham Rix, Malcolm MacDonald, Frank Stapleton, Alan Hudson

Opposition substitutions

Liam Brady out for John Matthews

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.85
- Average age of the Arsenal starting lineup: 24.57
- Liverpool league position after match: 3
- Arsenal league position after match: 5
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Nottingham Forest 39 25 11 3 67 22 15 5 0 37 8 10 6 3 30 14 61
2 Everton 41 21 11 9 70 45 13 4 3 41 22 8 7 6 29 23 53
3 Liverpool 39 22 8 9 59 34 14 3 2 33 11 8 5 7 26 23 52
4 Manchester City 39 20 10 9 73 46 14 3 3 45 20 6 7 6 28 26 50
5 Arsenal 40 20 10 10 59 34 13 5 2 37 12 7 5 8 22 22 50
6 West Bromwich Albion 40 18 12 10 59 50 13 4 3 33 16 5 8 7 26 34 48
7 Coventry City 41 18 11 12 74 61 13 5 3 48 23 5 6 9 26 38 47
8 Leeds United 40 18 9 13 62 50 12 4 5 39 21 6 5 8 23 29 45
9 Aston Villa 39 16 10 13 47 37 9 4 6 24 16 7 6 7 23 21 42
10 Manchester United 41 16 10 15 66 61 9 6 6 32 23 7 4 9 34 38 42
11 Birmingham City 41 16 8 17 55 60 8 5 8 32 30 8 3 9 23 30 40
12 Middlesbrough 41 12 15 14 42 53 8 8 5 25 19 4 7 9 17 34 39
13 Derby County 40 13 12 15 50 58 9 7 4 34 24 4 5 11 16 34 38
14 Norwich City 40 11 16 13 49 63 10 7 3 27 19 1 9 10 22 44 38
15 Ipswich Town 40 11 13 16 45 53 10 5 5 31 22 1 8 11 14 31 35
16 Bristol City 41 11 12 18 48 52 9 5 6 36 25 2 7 12 12 27 34
17 West Ham United 41 12 8 21 52 67 8 6 6 31 26 4 2 15 21 41 32
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 9 14 17 46 61 8 7 5 27 26 1 7 12 19 35 32
19 Chelsea 38 9 13 16 41 62 6 10 3 25 19 3 3 13 16 43 31
20 Wolves 39 9 12 18 44 61 5 8 6 25 25 4 4 12 19 36 30
21 Newcastle United 40 6 9 25 40 73 4 5 11 24 35 2 4 14 16 38 21
22 Leicester City 40 4 12 24 23 68 3 7 9 13 30 1 5 15 10 38 20

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