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Man United 2-1 Liverpool - March 21, 2010 / Premier League 2009/2010

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Premier League 2009/2010 - Round 31

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 21, 2010

75 216

2 - 1

Liverpool

(right foot) Wayne Rooney

12'

(header) Ji-sung Park

60'

Fernando Torres (header)

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5' - Goal Fernando Torres

12' - Goal Wayne Rooney12

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60' - Goal Ji-sung Park60

73' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by Alberto Aquilani

76' - Substitution Maxi Rodríguezis substituted by Ryan Babel

79' - Substitution Naniis substituted by Ryan Giggs79

83' - Substitution Lucas Leivais substituted by Yossi Benayoun

87' - Substitution Ji-sung Parkis substituted by Paul Scholes87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Rooney12

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age24 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Nani79

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Valencia

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Park6087

Ji-sung Park

South Korea

B.date25/02/1981

Age29 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Fletcher

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age28 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age28 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age31 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age35 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age39 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		39	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand		31	325	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nemanja Vidic		28	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		35	591	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrice Evra		28	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Carrick		28	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ji-sung Park	6087	29	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Fletcher		26	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Antonio Valencia		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nani	79	23	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Rooney	12	24	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

226

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Torres5

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age26 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Kuyt73

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age29 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Rodríguez76

Maxi Rodríguez

Argentina

B.date02/01/1981

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age25 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Leiva83

Lucas Leiva

Brazil

B.date09/01/1987

Age23 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Insúa

Emiliano Insúa

Argentina

B.date07/01/1989

Age21 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age32 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Agger

Daniel Agger

Denmark

B.date12/12/1984

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		27	248	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		32	619	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Agger		25	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen Johnson		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emiliano Insúa		21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva	83	23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		29	521	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maxi Rodríguez	76	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	73	29	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	5	26	112	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

194

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Scholes	87	35	635	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Ryan Giggs	79	36	829	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Alberto Aquilani	73	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	83	29	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	76	23	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ji-sung Park

Dimitar Berbatov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Maxi Rodríguez

Ryan Babel

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1326

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

25 victories

13 draws

19 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 2010

Ferguson vs Benítez

8 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

339

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Benítez vs Man United

4 victories

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 2010

Benítez vs Ferguson

4 victories

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 2010

Referee

Howard Webb

28 victories	5 draws	11 losses	Man United44 matches	General total	Liverpool38 matches	16 victories	6 draws	16 losses
3 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Man United5 matches	Season total	Liverpool4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on January 01, 2014					Latest figure on February 16, 2014

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Key figures

It's the first time Wayne Rooney scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 15/01/2005 (with vs )

Man United keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Premier League running (since 15/12/2009). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/04/2009-21/11/2009 time period (12 matches).

Pepe Reina played his game number 10 vs Manchester United in Premier League

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 4-0 Hull City23/01/2010

VManchester United 3-1 Manchester City27/01/2010

VManchester United 5-0 Portsmouth06/02/2010

VManchester United 3-0 West Ham23/02/2010

VManchester United 4-0 AC Milan10/03/2010

VManchester United 3-0 Fulham14/03/2010

Overall

LEverton 3-1 Manchester United20/02/2010

VManchester United 3-0 West Ham23/02/2010

VAston Villa 1-2 Manchester United28/02/2010

VWolverhampton 0-1 Manchester United06/03/2010

VManchester United 4-0 AC Milan10/03/2010

VManchester United 3-0 Fulham14/03/2010

Current form

Away

DWolverhampton 0-0 Liverpool26/01/2010

LArsenal 1-0 Liverpool10/02/2010

DManchester City 0-0 Liverpool21/02/2010

VUnirea Urziceni 1-3 Liverpool25/02/2010

LWigan 1-0 Liverpool08/03/2010

LLille 1-0 Liverpool11/03/2010

Overall

VUnirea Urziceni 1-3 Liverpool25/02/2010

VLiverpool 2-1 Blackburn28/02/2010

LWigan 1-0 Liverpool08/03/2010

LLille 1-0 Liverpool11/03/2010

VLiverpool 4-1 Portsmouth15/03/2010

VLiverpool 3-0 Lille18/03/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	5
Unbeaten streak	7	5
Drawless streak	14	7
Scoring streak	7	15
Invincibility streak	4	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	17
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
21	Victories (Competition total)	15
13	Victories (Home / Away)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

70	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
42	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.53	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
4	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Wayne Rooney	25 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Fernando Torres
Wayne Rooney	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Fernando Torres
Wayne Rooney	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Steven Gerrard
Wayne Rooney	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Steven Gerrard
Ryan Giggs	8 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Steven Gerrard
Ryan Giggs	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Albert Riera
Wayne Rooney	19 goals, 3 assists during the last 20 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Fernando Torres

Historical head to head

Home

87 matches

41 v

29 d

17 l

144 gf

83 ga

Away

83 matches

24 v

19 d

40 l

93 gf

138 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

178 matches

68 v

50 d

60 l

245 gf

229 ga

Historical head to head

Home

83 matches

40 v

19 d

24 l

138 gf

93 ga

Away

87 matches

17 v

29 d

41 l

83 gf

144 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

178 matches

60 v

50 d

68 l

229 gf

245 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	4 - 1	March 14, 2009

Latest head to head

October 25, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Liverpool

2 - 0

Man United

March 14, 2009 - Premier League 2008/2009

Man United

1 - 4

Liverpool

September 13, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Liverpool

2 - 1

Man United

March 23, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

3 - 0

Liverpool

December 16, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

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
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1987
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971

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
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.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ryan Giggs	38 matches	1991 - 2009
Paul Scholes	27 matches	1995 - 2009
Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Gary Neville	25 matches	1995 - 2007
Denis Irwin	24 matches	1990 - 2001
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972

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
Jamie Carragher	27 matches	1997 - 2009