Liverpool completed the 1998–99 Premier League campaign in 7th, taking 54 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 15 wins, 9 draws and 14 defeats, with 68 goals scored and 49 conceded for a goal difference of +19.
Liverpool won 39.5% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 24 of 38. The side averaged 1.79 goals scored and 1.29 conceded per match; the resulting +19 goal difference gives more context to the 7th finish than position alone.
Compared with 1997–98, the recorded league position fell by 4 places, while goal difference moved from +26 to +19.
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.