Liverpool completed the 1997–98 Premier League campaign in 3rd, taking 65 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 18 wins, 11 draws and 9 defeats, with 68 goals scored and 42 conceded for a goal difference of +26.
Liverpool won 47.4% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 29 of 38. The side averaged 1.79 goals scored and 1.11 conceded per match; the resulting +26 goal difference gives more context to the 3rd finish than position alone.
Compared with 1996–97, the recorded league position improved by 1 place, while goal difference moved from +25 to +26.
Place in Liverpool’s wider history
The season sits in Liverpool’s first Premier League decade, a period of managerial and squad change that eventually produced the cup successes of 2000–01.
Cup and scoring picture
The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Michael Owen led the season scoring record with 23 ♦ goals in all competitions.
How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.