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Man United 3-0 Liverpool - March 23, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Journée 31

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 23, 2008

76 000

Man United

3 - 0

Liverpool

(header) Wes Brown

34'

(header) Cristiano Ronaldo

79'

(right foot) Nani

81'

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34' - Goal Wes Brown34

44' - Red card Javier Mascherano

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66' - Substitution Ryan Babelis substituted by Yossi Benayoun

73' - Substitution Andersonis substituted by Nani photo Carlos Tévez

73' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Carlos Tévez73

79' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo79

81' - Goal Nani81

82' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by John Arne Riise

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 0

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

1 Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age37 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

15 Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

6 Brown34

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3 Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

16 Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Giggs73

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age34 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

8 Anderson73

Anderson

Brazil

B.date13/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

18 Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age33 years

H1m71

positionLeft central midfielder

7 Ronaldo79

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

10 Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age22 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Edwin Van der Sar		37	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		29	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nemanja Vidic		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Wes Brown	34	28	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs	73	34	748	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Anderson	73	19	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes		33	560	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo	79	23	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wayne Rooney		22	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

245

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

Mascherano44

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

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kuyt

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Torres82

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Babel66

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	513	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano	44	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		26	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		27	430	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt		27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	82	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	66	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

142

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
32	F		Carlos Tévez	73	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F		Nani	8173	21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Arne Riise	82	27	340	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Yossi Benayoun	66	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wayne Rooney

Louis Saha

OUT

Patrice Evra

John O'Shea

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Paul Scholes

Owen Hargreaves

OUT

Edwin Van der Sar

Tomasz Kuszczak

OUT

Rio Ferdinand

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Wes Brown

Carlos Tévez

OUT

Michael Carrick

Nani

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1201

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

24 victories

13 draws

16 losses

Latest figure on March 23, 2008

Ferguson vs Benítez

7 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

228

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Man United

1 victory

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on March 23, 2008

Benítez vs Ferguson

1 victory

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on March 23, 2008

Referee

Steve Bennett

27 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Man United38 matches	General total	Liverpool34 matches	18 victories	8 draws	8 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Man United4 matches	Season total	Liverpool5 matches	3 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 02, 2010					Latest figure on January 30, 2010

Videos

May 05, 2010

Comments

24/03/2008 at 15:27

by arnaken

Fantastic match by MU. They made a great step to the title, and the Reds are now kinda out of the run...

Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 26/12/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 13/01/2002-16/03/2002 (9 matches).

Man United keeps its 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Liverpool running (since 05/04/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/02/1921 (10 matches)

End of streak for Liverpool after 8 matches with at least one goal scored (since 16/02/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 12/03/2006-26/08/2006 (18 matches).

Read the next 35 key stats

General ranking

	1	Manchester United	73 pts	31 rd
+1	2	Chelsea	68 pts	31 rd
-1	3	Arsenal	67 pts	31 rd
	4	Liverpool	59 pts	31 rd
	5	Everton	57 pts	31 rd

General ranking

+1	2	Chelsea	68 pts	31 rd
-1	3	Arsenal	67 pts	31 rd
	4	Liverpool	59 pts	31 rd
	5	Everton	57 pts	31 rd
	6	Portsmouth	50 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Portsmouth30/01/2008

LManchester United 1-2 Manchester City10/02/2008

VManchester United 4-0 Arsenal16/02/2008

VManchester United 1-0 Lyon04/03/2008

LManchester United 0-1 Portsmouth08/03/2008

VManchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers19/03/2008

Overall

VNewcastle United 1-5 Manchester United23/02/2008

VFulham 0-3 Manchester United01/03/2008

VManchester United 1-0 Lyon04/03/2008

LManchester United 0-1 Portsmouth08/03/2008

VDerby County 0-1 Manchester United15/03/2008

VManchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers19/03/2008

Current form

Away

DLuton Town 1-1 Liverpool06/01/2008

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Liverpool12/01/2008

LWest Ham 1-0 Liverpool30/01/2008

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool10/02/2008

VBolton Wanderers 1-3 Liverpool02/03/2008

VInter Milan 0-1 Liverpool11/03/2008

Overall

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

VLiverpool 2-1 Reading15/03/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	22	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	7
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	2	8
Scoring streak	2	8
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	4
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
22	Victories (Competition total)	16
13	Victories (Home / Away)	7
4	Draws (Competition total)	11
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
4	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

61	Goals scored (Competition total)	55
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
2.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.83
2.27	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.7
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.64

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
18	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Cristiano Ronaldo	24 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	20 goals	Fernando Torres
Cristiano Ronaldo	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Steven Gerrard
Louis Saha	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Steven Gerrard
Cristiano Ronaldo	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Dirk Kuyt
Wayne Rooney	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Wayne Rooney	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Cristiano Ronaldo	24 goals, 2 assists during the last 23 matches	The fittest player	16 goals during the last 19 matches	Fernando Torres

Historical head to head

Home

85 matches

40 v

29 d

16 l

140 gf

79 ga

Away

81 matches

24 v

19 d

38 l

92 gf

134 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

174 matches

67 v

50 d

57 l

240 gf

221 ga

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

38 v

19 d

24 l

134 gf

92 ga

Away

85 matches

16 v

29 d

40 l

79 gf

140 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

174 matches

57 v

50 d

67 l

221 gf

240 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Home	5 - 0	September 11, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1978

Latest head to head

December 16, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

March 03, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

October 22, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Man United

2 - 0

Liverpool

February 18, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Liverpool

1 - 0

Man United

January 22, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Mark Hughes	6 goals	1985 - 1993
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1983 - 1988
Ryan Giggs	4 goals	1994 - 2003
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Robbie Fowler	6 goals	1995 - 2001
Michael Owen	6 goals	1998 - 2003
John Barnes	6 goals	1989 - 1997
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1988 - 1990
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ryan Giggs	34 matches	1991 - 2007
Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Gary Neville	25 matches	1995 - 2007
Denis Irwin	24 matches	1990 - 2001
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Paul Scholes	23 matches	1995 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ian Rush	32 matches	1981 - 1996
Ian Callaghan	30 matches	1962 - 1977
Phil Neal	28 matches	1975 - 1985
Bruce Grobbelaar	28 matches	1981 - 1994
Alan Hansen	28 matches	1977 - 1990
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Paul Ince

281 matches

81 matches

1989 - 1999

Phil Chisnall

46 matches

9 matches

1961 - 1966

Peter Beardsley

1 match

175 matches

1982 - 1991

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Peter Beardsley

1 match

175 matches

1982 - 1991

Paul Ince

281 matches

81 matches

1989 - 1999

Phil Chisnall

46 matches

9 matches

1961 - 1966

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 22, 2008

Aston Villa

0 1

Sunderland

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March 23, 2008

Chelsea

2 1

Arsenal

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	73	31	23	4	4	64	15	+49
+12	Chelsea	68	31	20	8	3	55	23	+32
-13	Arsenal	67	31	19	10	2	59	24	+35
4	Liverpool	59	31	16	11	4	55	24	+31
5	Everton	57	31	17	6	8	48	26	+22
6	Portsmouth	50	31	14	8	9	44	33	+11
7	Aston Villa	49	31	13	10	8	52	40	+12
8	Blackburn	49	31	13	10	8	42	38	+4
9	Manchester City	49	31	13	10	8	36	34	+2
10	West Ham	44	31	12	8	11	34	37	-3
11	Tottenham	39	31	10	9	12	60	51	+9
12	Middlesbrough	34	31	8	10	13	28	44	-16
13	Newcastle United	32	31	8	8	15	33	57	-24
14	Wigan	31	31	8	7	16	28	45	-17
15	Reading	31	31	9	4	18	37	58	-21
16	Sunderland	30	31	8	6	17	27	48	-21
17	Birmingham City	27	31	6	9	16	35	48	-13
18	Bolton Wanderers	26	31	6	8	17	28	45	-17
19	Fulham	23	31	4	11	16	27	51	-24
20	Derby County	10	31	1	7	23	14	65	-51

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Man United 3-0 Liverpool - March 23, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

3 - 0

Liverpool

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

Ferguson vs Liverpool

Ferguson vs Benítez

Manager

Benítez vs Man United

Benítez vs Ferguson

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 Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Man United

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Man United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking