Man Utd vs Liverpool: FA Cup history and complete head-to-head record
- Man Utd and Liverpool have squared off in some classic FA Cup ties
- Red Devils hold a dominant record over Merseysiders in England's historic knockout tournament
- Two sides played out a brilliant quarter-final in 2024
As English football's two most successful sides, Manchester United and Liverpool have had more than their fair share of battles over the years.
Taking it in turns to dominate English football, the Red Devils and the Reds have won 39 league titles between them, whether it was Liverpool's success under Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish or Manchester United's rise to prominence with Sir Alex Ferguson.
But while their hammer-and-tongs league history has carried over into the 2020s, with Liverpool taking the initiative under Jurgen Klopp, cup meetings between the side have been fewer and farther between.
Man Utd vs Liverpool: FA Cup history
In modern history, the two clubs have battled it out twice in the FA Cup in the 2020s. Man Utd were victorious in a pair of thrillers at Old Trafford, winning the first 3-2 in 2021 and the second 4-3 in 2024.
Before then, their last meeting in a domestic cup competition came back in 2013, when a strike from Javier Hernandez sent David Moyes' team through to the fourth round of the League Cup.
Before then, their last meeting in the FA Cup was a further 20 months back when they clashed at Anfield in the fourth round.
Daniel Agger and Dirk Kuyt, who loved a goal against the Red Devils, sent Man Utd packing on their way to the final against Chelsea, which would be Kenny Dalglish's final match in charge.
Delve any further into the FA Cup history between the two clubs, however, and things start to look a little hairy for the Reds. That Kuyt-inspired win was one of just four FA Cup wins they hold over Man Utd in their entire history. The Mancunians have 11.
One of the most famous FA Cup meeting between the teams came in the final in 1977. Paisley's Liverpool were the favourites, having already won the league, but were caught out by Tommy Docherty's United, who ended any hopes the Anfield giants had of finishing the season with a treble.
That started a long run of FA Cup hoodoo for Liverpool, who wouldn't beat United again in the competition until 2006.
United also won the only other FA Cup final featuring the pair, when Eric Cantona's strike won the game in 1996.
Man Utd vs Liverpool: Complete FA Cup head-to-head record
Date | Fixture |
|---|---|
12/02/1898 | Newton Heath 0-0 Liverpool |
16/02/1898 | Liverpool 2-1 Newton Heath |
07/02/1903 | Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool |
08/01/1921 | Liverpool 1-1 Man Utd |
12/01/1921 | Man Utd 1-2 Liverpool |
24/01/1948 | Man Utd 3-0 Liverpool |
30/01/1960 | Liverpool 1-3 Man Utd |
21/05/1977 | Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd |
31/03/1979 | Liverpool 2-2 Man Utd |
04/04/1979 | Liverpool 0-1 Man Utd |
13/04/1985 | Man Utd 2-2 Liverpool |
17/04/1985 | Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool |
11/05/1996 | Man Utd 1-0 Liverpool |
24/01/1999 | Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool |
18/02/2006 | Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd |
09/01/2011 | Man Utd 1-0 Liverpool |
28/02/2012 | Liverpool 2-1 Man Utd |
24/01/2021 | Man Utd 3-2 Liverpool |
17/03/2024 | Man Utd 4-3 Liverpool |
- FA Cup matches: 19
- Man Utd: 11 wins
- Liverpool: 4 wins
- Draws: 4
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