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
Man Utd won a classic in 2024
Man Utd won a classic in 2024 / Stu Forster/GettyImages
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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

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Man Utd won a classic against Liverpool in 2024 / Michael Regan/GettyImages

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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