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Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal - April 21, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 33

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 21, 2009

44 424

Liverpool

4 - 4

Arsenal

(header) Fernando Torres

49'

(header) Yossi Benayoun

56'

(right foot) Fernando Torres

73'

(right foot) Yossi Benayoun

90+3'

36'

Andrey Arshavin (left foot)

67'

Andrey Arshavin (right foot)

70'

Andrey Arshavin (right foot)

90'

Andrey Arshavin (left foot)

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36' - Goal Andrey Arshavin

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49' - Goal Fernando Torres49

56' - Goal Yossi Benayoun56

65' - Substitution Denilsonis substituted by Theo Walcott

67' - Goal Andrey Arshavin

70' - Goal Andrey Arshavin

73' - Goal Fernando Torres73

74' - Substitution Albert Rierais substituted by Ryan Babel74

86' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by Nabil El Zhar86

90' - Goal Andrey Arshavin photo Abou Diaby

90' - Substitution Nicklas Bendtneris substituted by Abou Diaby

93' - Goal Yossi Benayoun93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 4

Arsenal

Liverpool Arsenal

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age31 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Agger

Daniel Agger

Denmark

B.date12/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Riera74

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age27 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kuyt86

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Benayoun5693

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Torres7349

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		26	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		31	572	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Agger		24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		27	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera	74	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	86	28	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	5693	28	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	7349	25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

151

Arsenal

21 Fabianski

Lukasz Fabianski

Poland

B.date18/04/1985

Age24 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

5 Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

18 Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

3 Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Gibbs

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

17 Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

15 Denilson65

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Arshavin90706736

Andrey Arshavin

Russia

B.date29/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

8 Nasri

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

26 Bendtner90

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age21 years

H1m93

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Lukasz Fabianski		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kolo Touré		28	319	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Mikaël Silvestre		31	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		26	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Kieran Gibbs		19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song		21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson	65	21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Cesc Fàbregas		21	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Andrey Arshavin	90706736	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Samir Nasri		21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Nicklas Bendtner	90	21	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Nabil El Zhar	86	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ryan Babel	74	22	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
2	M		Abou Diaby	90	22	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Theo Walcott	65	20	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Agger

Martin Skrtel

OUT

Albert Riera

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicklas Bendtner

Emmanuel Adebayor

OUT

Bacary Sagna

Emmanuel Eboué

OUT

Andrey Arshavin

Theo Walcott

OUT

Alexandre Song

Robin van Persie

OUT

Samir Nasri

Abou Diaby

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

289

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Benítez vs Arsenal

5 victories

6 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2009

Benítez vs Wenger

5 victories

6 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

727

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Liverpool

11 victories

10 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2009

Wenger vs Benítez

5 victories

6 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2009

Referee

David Webb

1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Liverpool3 matches	General total	Arsenal4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 11, 2012					Latest figure on August 25, 2021

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Key figures

The last time Arsenal has conceded at least 4 goals away from home in Premier League, It was on the 31/03/2007 (vs )

It's the first time Yossi Benayoun scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League with

Cesc Fàbregas played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester City22/02/2009

VLiverpool 2-0 Sunderland03/03/2009

VLiverpool 4-0 Real Madrid10/03/2009

VLiverpool 5-0 Aston Villa22/03/2009

LLiverpool 1-3 Chelsea08/04/2009

VLiverpool 4-0 Blackburn11/04/2009

Overall

VManchester United 1-4 Liverpool14/03/2009

VLiverpool 5-0 Aston Villa22/03/2009

VFulham 0-1 Liverpool04/04/2009

LLiverpool 1-3 Chelsea08/04/2009

VLiverpool 4-0 Blackburn11/04/2009

DChelsea 4-4 Liverpool14/04/2009

Current form

Away

DTottenham 0-0 Arsenal08/02/2009

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-3 Arsenal03/03/2009

LAS Roma 1-0 Arsenal11/03/2009

VNewcastle United 1-3 Arsenal21/03/2009

DVillarreal 1-1 Arsenal07/04/2009

VWigan 1-4 Arsenal11/04/2009

Overall

VNewcastle United 1-3 Arsenal21/03/2009

VArsenal 2-0 Manchester City04/04/2009

DVillarreal 1-1 Arsenal07/04/2009

VWigan 1-4 Arsenal11/04/2009

VArsenal 3-0 Villarreal15/04/2009

LArsenal 1-2 Chelsea18/04/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	11	8
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	6
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
20	Victories (Competition total)	17
10	Victories (Home / Away)	8
10	Draws (Competition total)	10
6	Draws (Home / Away)	5
2	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	54
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	30
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.84	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.69
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.88
0.66	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (4 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Steven Gerrard	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Steven Gerrard	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Steven Gerrard	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
Pepe Reina	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Robin van Persie
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	6 assists	Robin van Persie
Fernando Torres	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 5 matches	Andrey Arshavin

Historical head to head

Home

98 matches

55 v

19 d

24 l

186 gf

106 ga

Away

97 matches

22 v

32 d

43 l

83 gf

138 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

9 ga

Total

201 matches

79 v

51 d

71 l

276 gf

253 ga

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

43 v

32 d

22 l

138 gf

83 ga

Away

98 matches

24 v

19 d

55 l

106 gf

186 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

9 gf

7 ga

Total

201 matches

71 v

51 d

79 l

253 gf

276 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Home	5 - 0	April 18, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 15, 1952

Latest head to head

December 21, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 08, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Liverpool

4 - 2

Arsenal

April 05, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 02, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

October 28, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robbie Fowler	12 goals	1994 - 2007
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	1978 - 1983
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Ian Rush	7 goals	1982 - 1995
Phil Neal	6 goals	1975 - 1985
John Barnes	5 goals	1988 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Thierry Henry	9 goals	2000 - 2007
John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Ian Wright	7 goals	1992 - 1997
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Alan Sunderland	6 goals	1979 - 1982
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Alan Hansen	32 matches	1977 - 1990
Ian Callaghan	32 matches	1962 - 1978
Ray Clemence	31 matches	1970 - 1981
Phil Neal	31 matches	1975 - 1985
Ian Rush	30 matches	1981 - 1996
Kenny Dalglish	28 matches	1977 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

David O'Leary	44 matches	1975 - 1993
Lee Dixon	33 matches	1988 - 2002
Tony Adams	31 matches	1985 - 2001
Nigel Winterburn	29 matches	1988 - 1999
George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Pat Rice	27 matches	1970 - 1980