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Liverpool 2-1 Man United - September 13, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 4

Anfield - Liverpool - England

September 13, 2008

44 192

Liverpool

2 - 1

Man United

(o.g) Wes Brown

26'

(right foot) Ryan Babel

77'

Carlos Tévez (right foot)

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3' - Goal Carlos Tévez

26' - Own goal Wes Brown26

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46' - Substitution Michael Carrickis substituted by Ryan Giggs

66' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by Owen Hargreaves

68' - Substitution Yossi Benayounis substituted by Steven Gerrard68

72' - Substitution Albert Rierais substituted by Ryan Babel72

77' - Goal Ryan Babel77

78' - Substitution Andersonis substituted by Nani

87' - Substitution Javier Mascheranois substituted by Sami Hyypiä87

90' - Red card Nemanja Vidic

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 1

Man United

Liverpool Man United

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Keane

Robbie Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Kuyt

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Riera72

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Benayoun68

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Mascherano87

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Skrtel

Martin Skrtel

Slovakia

B.date15/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		26	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	529	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano	87	24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		26	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	68	28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera	72	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dirk Kuyt		28	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Keane		28	6	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

111

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Tévez3

Carlos Tévez

Argentina

B.date05/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age22 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Berbatov

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Scholes66

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age33 years

H1m71

positionLeft central midfielder

Carrick46

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Anderson78

Anderson

Brazil

B.date13/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vidic90

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

Brown26

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age37 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		37	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand		29	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nemanja Vidic	90	26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wes Brown	26	28	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrice Evra		27	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Carrick	46	27	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	66	33	575	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anderson	78	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Tévez	3	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Rooney		22	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

173

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Sami Hyypiä	87	34	447	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	68	28	444	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	7772	21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ryan Giggs	46	34	762	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Owen Hargreaves	66	27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nani	78	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fábio Aurelio

Andrea Dossena

OUT

Yossi Benayoun

Fernando Torres

OUT

Albert Riera

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wes Brown

Gary Neville

OUT

Dimitar Berbatov

Nani

OUT

Michael Carrick

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

245

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Man United

2 victories

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Benítez vs Ferguson

2 victories

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1218

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

24 victories

13 draws

17 losses

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Ferguson vs Benítez

7 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 13, 2008

Referee

Howard Webb

16 victories	6 draws	16 losses	Liverpool38 matches	General total	Man United44 matches	28 victories	5 draws	11 losses
2 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Man United6 matches	4 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 16, 2014					Latest figure on January 01, 2014

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Key figures

Wes Brown played his game number 200 in Premier League

Only back at the time of Kenny Dalglish head of Liverpool (01/06/1985-22/02/1991), you can see a manager go over Rafa Benítez with 55% of wins in Premier League (61%).

The last time Wes Brown scored an own goal in his professional career , it was on the 15/09/2001 (with Manchester United vs Newcastle United )

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal08/04/2008

VLiverpool 3-1 Blackburn13/04/2008

DLiverpool 1-1 Chelsea22/04/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester City04/05/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough23/08/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Standard Liège27/08/2008

Overall

VTottenham 0-2 Liverpool11/05/2008

DStandard Liège 0-0 Liverpool13/08/2008

VSunderland 0-1 Liverpool16/08/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough23/08/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Standard Liège27/08/2008

DAston Villa 0-0 Liverpool31/08/2008

Current form

Away

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United06/04/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Manchester United19/04/2008

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Manchester United23/04/2008

LChelsea 2-1 Manchester United26/04/2008

VWigan 0-2 Manchester United11/05/2008

VPortsmouth 0-1 Manchester United25/08/2008

Overall

VWigan 0-2 Manchester United11/05/2008

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea21/05/2008

DManchester United 0-0 Portsmouth10/08/2008

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United17/08/2008

VPortsmouth 0-1 Manchester United25/08/2008

LManchester United 1-2 Zenit St.Petersburg29/08/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	19	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fernando Torres	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Darren Fletcher
Steven Gerrard	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Darren Fletcher
Steven Gerrard	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Darren Fletcher

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

38 v

19 d

24 l

134 gf

92 ga

Away

86 matches

16 v

29 d

41 l

79 gf

143 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

175 matches

57 v

50 d

68 l

221 gf

243 ga

Historical head to head

Home

86 matches

41 v

29 d

16 l

143 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

175 matches

68 v

50 d

57 l

243 gf

221 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Home	7 - 1	October 12, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Away	4 - 1	December 13, 1969

Latest head to head

March 23, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

3 - 0

Liverpool

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

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
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975

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 Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1983 - 1988
Mark Hughes	6 goals	1985 - 1993
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
Andy Cole	4 goals	1997 - 1999

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
Kenny Dalglish	24 matches	1977 - 1986

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	35 matches	1991 - 2008
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	24 matches	1995 - 2008