Southampton 1 – 2 Liverpool, 1998/99 – Football Research Archive

Southampton 1 – 2 Liverpool

Source OpenFootballUpdated 16 Oct 2026, 11:07 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 16 Aug 1998, 15:00 BST

Southampton

1 – 2Half time 1 – 1

Liverpool

Kickoff

16 Aug 1998, 15:00 BST

Published as 15:00 Europe/London

Ground

The Dell

Southampton's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

15,202

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Paul Alcock

According to Wikipedia

Goals

According to “1998–99 Southampton F.C. season”

37′GoalEgil ØstenstadSouthampton1 – 0
39′GoalKarl-Heinz RiedleLiverpool1 – 1
72′GoalMichael Owen (C)Liverpool1 – 2

According to “1998–99 Liverpool F.C. season”

36′GoalEgil ØstenstadSouthampton1 – 0
38′GoalKarl-Heinz RiedleLiverpool1 – 1
72′GoalMichael Owen (C)Liverpool1 – 2

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. The two clubs' articles list them differently, so both are shown. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“1998–99 Southampton F.C. season”, revision 1368547914, read 16 Oct 2026; “1998–99 Liverpool F.C. season”, revision 1345570779, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia), referee (according to Wikipedia). Not held: team match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), full event data, team sheets, bookings, assistant referees, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 16 Oct 2026, 11:07 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 15 Oct 2026, 07:18 BST
Last correction: None

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