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Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea - January 01, 2005 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 21

Anfield - Liverpool - England

January 01, 2005

43 886

0 - 1

Chelsea

80'

Joe Cole

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27' - Substitution Xabi Alonsois substituted by Antonio Núñez27

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61' - Substitution Eidur Gudjohnsenis substituted by Didier Drogba

76' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Joe Cole

80' - Goal Joe Cole

83' - Substitution Arjen Robbenis substituted by Mateja Kezman

86' - Substitution John Arne Riiseis substituted by Neil Mellor86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

0 - 1

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

1 Dudek

Jerzy Dudek

Poland

B.date23/03/1973

Age31 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

4 Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age31 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

23 Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

6 Riise86

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

21 Traoré

Djimi Traoré

Mali

B.date01/03/1980

Age24 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

3 Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

14 Alonso27

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

16 Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age31 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

10 Luis García

Luis García

Spain

B.date24/06/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

24 Sinama-Pongolle

Florent Sinama-Pongolle

France

B.date20/10/1984

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jerzy Dudek		31	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sami Hyypiä		31	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Carragher		26	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	John Arne Riise	86	24	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Djimi Traoré		24	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan		28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Xabi Alonso	27	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Dietmar Hamann		31	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard		24	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luis García		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	F	Florent Sinama-Pongolle		20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

153

Chelsea

1 Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age22 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

26 Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

13 Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

2 Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age20 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

20 Paulo Ferreira

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

4 Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age31 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Duff76

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age25 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

22 Gudjohnsen61

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

30 Tiago

Tiago

Portugal

B.date02/05/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

8 Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

16 Robben83

Arjen Robben

Netherlands

B.date23/01/1984

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		24	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	William Gallas		27	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Glen Johnson		20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paulo Ferreira		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff	76	25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	61	26	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Tiago		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		26	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Arjen Robben	83	20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	M		Antonio Núñez	27	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F		Neil Mellor	86	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
10	M	Joe Cole	8076	23	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Didier Drogba	61	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mateja Kezman	83	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Djimi Traoré

Stephen Warnock

OUT

Dietmar Hamann

Neil Mellor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Aleksey Smertin

OUT

Tiago

Didier Drogba

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Benítez vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2005

Benítez vs Mourinho

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

69 %

Mourinho vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2005

Mourinho vs Benítez

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2005

Referee

Mike Riley

19 victories	7 draws	12 losses	Liverpool38 matches	General total	Chelsea41 matches	26 victories	11 draws	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Chelsea6 matches	5 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 11, 2009					Latest figure on March 15, 2009

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Key figures

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Rafa Benítez has done less than 1.5 goals scored per game .

Chelsea keeps its 4 consecutive wins running (since 18/12/2004).

Chelsea keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 23/10/2004). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/12/1999-12/04/2000 time period (16 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-2 Crystal Palace13/11/2004

VLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal28/11/2004

VLiverpool 3-1 Olympiacos08/12/2004

DLiverpool 1-1 Portsmouth14/12/2004

VLiverpool 3-1 Newcastle United19/12/2004

VLiverpool 1-0 Southampton28/12/2004

Overall

VLiverpool 3-1 Olympiacos08/12/2004

LEverton 1-0 Liverpool11/12/2004

DLiverpool 1-1 Portsmouth14/12/2004

VLiverpool 3-1 Newcastle United19/12/2004

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool26/12/2004

VLiverpool 1-0 Southampton28/12/2004

Current form

Away

VFulham 1-4 Chelsea13/11/2004

VCharlton 0-4 Chelsea27/11/2004

VFulham 1-2 Chelsea30/11/2004

LFC Porto 2-1 Chelsea07/12/2004

DArsenal 2-2 Chelsea12/12/2004

VPortsmouth 0-2 Chelsea28/12/2004

Overall

VChelsea 4-0 Newcastle United04/12/2004

LFC Porto 2-1 Chelsea07/12/2004

DArsenal 2-2 Chelsea12/12/2004

VChelsea 4-0 Norwich City18/12/2004

VChelsea 1-0 Aston Villa26/12/2004

VPortsmouth 0-2 Chelsea28/12/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	7	4
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	7	4
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	9	8
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
10	Victories (Competition total)	15
8	Victories (Home / Away)	7
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.7	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Milan Baros	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Eidur Gudjohnsen
Milan Baros	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Terry
Milan Baros	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Lampard
Milan Baros	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
John Arne Riise	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Frank Lampard
John Arne Riise	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 1 assist during the last 9 matches	Arjen Robben

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

46 v

13 d

8 l

145 gf

69 ga

Away

66 matches

16 v

13 d

37 l

71 gf

124 ga

Total

133 matches

62 v

26 d

45 l

216 gf

193 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

37 v

13 d

16 l

124 gf

71 ga

Away

67 matches

8 v

13 d

46 l

69 gf

145 ga

Total

133 matches

45 v

26 d

62 l

193 gf

216 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	December 25, 1907

Latest head to head

October 03, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Chelsea

1 - 0

Liverpool

January 07, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Chelsea

0 - 1

Liverpool

August 17, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Liverpool

1 - 2

Chelsea

May 11, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

2 - 1

Liverpool

October 06, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Liverpool

1 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Rush	10 goals	1985 - 1994
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Robbie Fowler	7 goals	1994 - 2000
Steve Nicol	6 goals	1985 - 1990
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Michael Owen	5 goals	1999 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Kerry Dixon	6 goals	1984 - 1991
Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	5 goals	2000 - 2003
Gordon Durie	5 goals	1987 - 1991
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Gianfranco Zola	3 goals	1997 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1963 - 1978
Tommy Smith	25 matches	1965 - 1978
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Emelyn Hughes	19 matches	1967 - 1979
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Ian Rush	19 matches	1982 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	29 matches	1963 - 1979
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	20 matches	1963 - 1978
Dennis Wise	19 matches	1990 - 2001
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Gianfranco Zola	15 matches	1997 - 2003