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Liverpool 2-1 Reading - March 15, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 30

Anfield - Liverpool - England

March 15, 2008

43 524

Liverpool

2 - 1

Reading

(right foot) Javier Mascherano

19'

(header) Fernando Torres

47'

Marek Matejovsky (right foot)

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4' - Goal Marek Matejovsky

19' - Goal Javier Mascherano19

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47' - Goal Fernando Torres47

63' - Substitution Shane Longis substituted by Dave Kitson

72' - Substitution John Osteris substituted by Jimmy Kébé

74' - Substitution Marek Matejovskyis substituted by Kalifa Cissé

80' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by Yossi Benayoun80

83' - Substitution Ryan Babelis substituted by John Arne Riise83

90' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Sami Hyypiä90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 1

Reading

Liverpool Reading

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Skrtel

Martin Skrtel

Slovakia

B.date15/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Mascherano19

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard90

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kuyt80

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Babel83

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Torres47

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	512	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano	19	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		26	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	90	27	429	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	80	27	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	83	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	47	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

141

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Bikey

André Bikey

Cameroon

B.date08/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Rosenior

Liam Rosenior

England

B.date09/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Matejovsky474

Marek Matejovsky

Czech Republic

B.date20/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Oster72

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hunt

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Long63

Shane Long

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Doyle

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		35	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		30	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Bikey		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		27	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Rosenior		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		27	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marek Matejovsky	474	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	72	29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt		26	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shane Long	63	21	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle		24	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Sami Hyypiä	90	34	438	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise	83	27	339	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	80	27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Kalifa Cissé	74	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Dave Kitson	63	28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Xabi Alonso

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Álvaro Arbeloa

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

227

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Reading

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

Benítez vs Coppell

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

222

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Coppell vs Liverpool

6 victories

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

Coppell vs Benítez

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

Referee

Andre Marriner

31 victories	20 draws	10 losses	Liverpool61 matches	General total	Reading10 matches	4 victories	2 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool3 matches	Season total	Reading3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on January 17, 2023					Latest figure on January 07, 2017

Videos

November 13, 2023

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Javier Mascherano scores 1 goal in his professional career with Liverpool

Liverpool keeps its 7 consecutive wins running (since 19/02/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/03/2006-07/05/2006 time period (11 matches).

It's the first time Javier Mascherano scores 1 goal in Premier League

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

-1	2	Arsenal	67 pts	30 rd
	3	Chelsea	64 pts	29 rd
	4	Liverpool	59 pts	30 rd
	5	Everton	56 pts	29 rd
+1	6	Portsmouth	50 pts	30 rd

General ranking

12	Middlesbrough	31 pts	30 rd
13	Wigan	28 pts	29 rd
14	Reading	28 pts	30 rd
15	Newcastle United	28 pts	29 rd
16	Sunderland	27 pts	30 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-0 Sunderland02/02/2008

LLiverpool 1-2 Barnsley16/02/2008

VLiverpool 2-0 Inter Milan19/02/2008

VLiverpool 3-2 Middlesbrough23/02/2008

VLiverpool 4-0 West Ham05/03/2008

VLiverpool 3-0 Newcastle United08/03/2008

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Inter Milan19/02/2008

VLiverpool 3-2 Middlesbrough23/02/2008

VBolton Wanderers 1-3 Liverpool02/03/2008

VLiverpool 4-0 West Ham05/03/2008

VLiverpool 3-0 Newcastle United08/03/2008

VInter Milan 0-1 Liverpool11/03/2008

Current form

Away

LTottenham 6-4 Reading29/12/2007

DTottenham 2-2 Reading05/01/2008

LAston Villa 3-1 Reading12/01/2008

LChelsea 1-0 Reading30/01/2008

LEverton 1-0 Reading09/02/2008

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Reading01/03/2008

Overall

LChelsea 1-0 Reading30/01/2008

LReading 0-2 Bolton Wanderers02/02/2008

LEverton 1-0 Reading09/02/2008

LReading 1-2 Aston Villa24/02/2008

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Reading01/03/2008

VReading 2-0 Manchester City08/03/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	6
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Drawless streak	7	7
Scoring streak	11	7
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	14
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	17
10	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	171
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	13

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
15	Victories (Competition total)	8
8	Victories (Home / Away)	1
11	Draws (Competition total)	4
6	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	17
1	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
36	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	34
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.17
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.9
0.73	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.43

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	42
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
0	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Fernando Torres	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Dave Kitson
Fernando Torres	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dave Kitson
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Stephen Hunt
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Stephen Hunt
Fernando Torres	15 goals during the last 18 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Dave Kitson

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

6 ga

Total

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

13 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

7 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

9 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	September 25, 2007
Home	2 - 0	November 04, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	December 08, 2007
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

December 08, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Reading

3 - 1

Liverpool

September 25, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Reading

2 - 4

Liverpool

April 07, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Reading

1 - 2

Liverpool

November 04, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

2 - 0

Reading

October 25, 2006 - League Cup 2006/2007

Liverpool

4 - 3

Reading

Best historical scorers against Reading

Dirk Kuyt	3 goals	2006 - 2007
Fernando Torres	3 goals	2007 - 2007
Yossi Benayoun	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Gabriel Paletta	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Robbie Fowler	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Álvaro Arbeloa	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Leroy Lita	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Brynjar Gunnarsson	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Stephen Hunt	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Kevin Doyle	1 goal	2007 - 2007
John Halls	1 goal	2007 - 2007
André Bikey	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Mohamed Sissoko	5 matches	2006 - 2007
John Arne Riise	5 matches	2006 - 2007
Peter Crouch	5 matches	2006 - 2007
Pepe Reina	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Steven Gerrard	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Jamie Carragher	4 matches	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Stephen Hunt	5 matches	2006 - 2007
André Bikey	5 matches	2006 - 2007
Nicky Shorey	4 matches	2006 - 2007
James Harper	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Ívar Ingimarsson	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Brynjar Gunnarsson	4 matches	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ray Houghton

202 matches

13 matches

1987 - 1998

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/10/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ray Houghton

202 matches

13 matches

1987 - 1998

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/10/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 15, 2008

Arsenal

1 1

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Derby County

0 1

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

2 0

Aston Villa

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

0 1

Chelsea

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

2 1

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

March 16, 2008

Line-ups available

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

1 0

Bolton Wanderers

Line-ups available

March 17, 2008

Birmingham City

1 1

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	67	29	21	4	4	59	15	+44
-12	Arsenal	67	30	19	10	1	58	22	+36
3	Chelsea	64	29	19	7	3	49	18	+31
4	Liverpool	59	30	16	11	3	55	21	+34
5	Everton	56	29	17	5	7	47	24	+23
+16	Portsmouth	50	30	14	8	8	44	31	+13
-17	Aston Villa	49	30	13	10	7	52	39	+13
8	Blackburn	46	30	12	10	8	39	37	+2
9	Manchester City	45	29	12	9	8	34	33	+1
10	West Ham	43	30	12	7	11	33	36	-3
11	Tottenham	35	28	9	8	11	53	45	+8
12	Middlesbrough	31	30	7	10	13	27	44	-17
13	Wigan	28	29	7	7	15	26	42	-16
14	Reading	28	30	8	4	18	35	57	-22
15	Newcastle United	28	29	7	7	15	30	56	-26
16	Sunderland	27	30	7	6	17	26	48	-22
17	Birmingham City	26	29	6	8	15	33	45	-12
18	Bolton Wanderers	25	28	6	7	15	28	42	-14
19	Fulham	20	29	3	11	15	26	49	-23
20	Derby County	10	30	1	7	22	14	64	-50

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Liverpool 2-1 Reading - March 15, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

2 - 1

Reading

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Reading

Benítez vs Coppell

Manager

Coppell vs Liverpool

Coppell vs Benítez

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Reading

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Reading

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking