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Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland - August 20, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 2

Anfield - Liverpool - England

August 20, 2005

44 913

Liverpool

1 - 0

Sunderland

Xabi Alonso

24'

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24' - Goal Xabi Alonso24

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55' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Luis García55

63' - Substitution Boudewijn Zendenis substituted by John Arne Riise63

66' - Substitution Liam Lawrenceis substituted by Stephen Elliott photo Chris Brown

66' - Substitution Andy Grayis substituted by Chris Brown

74' - Red card Andy Welsh

75' - Substitution Djibril Cisséis substituted by Milan Baros75

81' - Substitution Carl Robinsonis substituted by Martin Woods

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 0

Sunderland

Liverpool Sunderland

Team line-ups

Liverpool

25 Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

23 Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

4 Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age31 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

35 Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

3 Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

22 Sissoko

Mohamed Sissoko

Mali

B.date22/01/1985

Age20 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

14 Alonso24

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gerrard55

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Zenden63

Boudewijn Zenden

Netherlands

B.date15/08/1976

Age29 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Cissé75

Djibril Cissé

France

B.date12/08/1981

Age24 years

H1m82

positionStriker

19 Morientes

Fernando Morientes

Spain

B.date05/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Pepe Reina		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Carragher		27	366	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sami Hyypiä		31	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Stephen Warnock		23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan		29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Mohamed Sissoko		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Xabi Alonso	24	23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard	55	25	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Boudewijn Zenden	63	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Djibril Cissé	75	24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Fernando Morientes		29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Sunderland

1 Davis

Kelvin Davis

England

B.date29/09/1976

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

12 Nosworthy

Nyron Nosworthy

Jamaica

B.date11/10/1980

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

15 Stubbs

Alan Stubbs

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age33 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

5 Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

4 Robinson81

Carl Robinson

Wales

B.date13/10/1976

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

11 Welsh74

Andy Welsh

Scotland

B.date24/11/1983

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

8 Whitehead

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

14 Miller

Tommy Miller

England

B.date08/01/1979

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

33 Arca

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

7 Lawrence66

Liam Lawrence

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/12/1981

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18 Gray66

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date15/11/1977

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kelvin Davis		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Nyron Nosworthy		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Alan Stubbs		33	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gary Breen		31	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Carl Robinson	81	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Andy Welsh	74	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dean Whitehead		23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Tommy Miller		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	M	Julio Arca		24	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Liam Lawrence	66	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Andy Gray	66	27	2	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	John Arne Riise	63	24	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luis García	55	27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Milan Baros	75	23	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	M	Martin Woods	81	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Chris Brown	66	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Stephen Elliott	66	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Djibril Cissé

Luis García

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nyron Nosworthy

Steven Caldwell

OUT

Alan Stubbs

Jon Stead

OUT

Liam Lawrence

Stephen Wright

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Benítez vs Sunderland

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2005

Benítez vs McCarthy

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

117

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

McCarthy vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2005

McCarthy vs Benítez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2005

Referee

Barry Knight

6 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Liverpool9 matches	General total	Sunderland4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Sunderland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 20, 2005					Latest figure on August 20, 2005

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Key figures

Sunderland keeps its 17 consecutive losses in Premier League running (since 18/01/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/01/1977 (9 matches)

It's the first time Xabi Alonso scores a goal in Premier League since the 28/11/2004 (with Liverpool vs Arsenal )

Liverpool keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal at home running (since 12/07/2005).

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

+5	5	Manchester City	4 pts	2 rd
+7	6	West Bromwich Albion	4 pts	2 rd
+7	7	Liverpool	4 pts	2 rd
-5	8	Arsenal	3 pts	1 rd
-3	9	Chelsea	3 pts	1 rd

General ranking

-5	16	Middlesbrough	1 pt	2 rd
-2	17	Wigan	0 pt	2 rd
+2	18	Everton	0 pt	1 rd
	19	Portsmouth	0 pt	2 rd
-4	20	Sunderland	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 2-2 Tottenham16/04/2005

DLiverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough30/04/2005

VLiverpool 1-0 Chelsea03/05/2005

VLiverpool 2-1 Aston Villa15/05/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 The New Saints12/07/2005

VLiverpool 2-0 Kaunas03/08/2005

Overall

VLiverpool 3-0 The New Saints12/07/2005

VThe New Saints 0-3 Liverpool20/07/2005

VKaunas 1-3 Liverpool26/07/2005

VLiverpool 2-0 Kaunas03/08/2005

VCSKA Sofia 1-3 Liverpool10/08/2005

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Liverpool13/08/2005

Current form

Away

VBurnley 0-2 Sunderland04/03/2005

VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 Sunderland12/03/2005

VQueens Park Rangers 1-3 Sunderland02/04/2005

VWigan 0-1 Sunderland05/04/2005

DIpswich Town 2-2 Sunderland17/04/2005

VWest Ham 1-2 Sunderland29/04/2005

Overall

LSunderland 1-2 Reading09/04/2005

DIpswich Town 2-2 Sunderland17/04/2005

VSunderland 2-1 Leicester23/04/2005

VWest Ham 1-2 Sunderland29/04/2005

VSunderland 1-0 Stoke City08/05/2005

LSunderland 1-3 Charlton13/08/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	8
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	9	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	8	17
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	16
10	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1014
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	19

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Andy Gray
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Andy Gray

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

34 v

18 d

19 l

127 gf

91 ga

Away

72 matches

28 v

13 d

31 l

112 gf

121 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

144 matches

63 v

31 d

50 l

241 gf

212 ga

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

31 v

13 d

28 l

121 gf

112 ga

Away

71 matches

19 v

18 d

34 l

91 gf

127 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

144 matches

50 v

31 d

63 l

212 gf

241 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 12, 1966
Home	4 - 0	February 12, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 07, 1912
Away	6 - 0	April 19, 1930

Latest head to head

December 15, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Sunderland

2 - 1

Liverpool

November 17, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Liverpool

0 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 13, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Sunderland

0 - 1

Liverpool

November 25, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Liverpool

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

February 10, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Sunderland

1 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Roger Hunt	6 goals	1966 - 1968
Ian Rush	6 goals	1982 - 1992
Chris Lawler	4 goals	1966 - 1970
Michael Owen	3 goals	1999 - 2002
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Terry McDermott	2 goals	1980 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Neil Martin	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Colin Suggett	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Stan Cummins	2 goals	1980 - 1981
George Herd	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Kevin Phillips	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Gary Rowell	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Ian Callaghan	15 matches	1964 - 1977
Chris Lawler	13 matches	1964 - 1973
Ron Yeats	12 matches	1964 - 1970
Ian Rush	12 matches	1981 - 1995
Peter Thompson	12 matches	1964 - 1970
Phil Neal	12 matches	1976 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Michael Gray	10 matches	1995 - 2002
Jimmy Montgomery	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Len Ashurst	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Gordon Chisholm	10 matches	1980 - 1985
Martin Harvey	9 matches	1964 - 1970
Paul Bracewell	9 matches	1983 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Phil Babb

170 matches

60 matches

1994 - 2004

Barry Venison

158 matches

138 matches

1981 - 1992

Jason McAteer

139 matches

61 matches

1995 - 2004

Don Hutchison

60 matches

38 matches

1992 - 2001

David Hodgson

46 matches

26 matches

1982 - 1985

Paul Stewart

42 matches

27 matches

1992 - 1997

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Barry Venison

158 matches

138 matches

1981 - 1992

Stephen Wright

26 matches

100 matches

1996 - 2005

Jason McAteer

139 matches

61 matches

1995 - 2004

Phil Babb

170 matches

60 matches

1994 - 2004

Don Hutchison

60 matches

38 matches

1992 - 2001

Paul Stewart

42 matches

27 matches

1992 - 1997

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

August 20, 2005

Man United

1 0

Aston Villa

Line-ups available

Charlton

1 0

Wigan

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August 21, 2005

Bolton Wanderers

0 1

Everton

Video availableLine-ups available

Chelsea

1 0

Arsenal

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+41	Tottenham	6	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
2	Charlton	6	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
+13	Manchester United	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
-34	West Ham	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
+55	Manchester City	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
+76	West Bromwich Albion	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
+77	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
-58	Arsenal	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
-39	Chelsea	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
+710	Blackburn	3	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
-311	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
-512	Aston Villa	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
-413	Fulham	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
-214	Birmingham City	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
+315	Newcastle United	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2
-516	Middlesbrough	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2
-217	Wigan	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2
+218	Everton	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
19	Portsmouth	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3
-420	Sunderland	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3

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Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland - August 20, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

1 - 0

Sunderland

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

Benítez vs Sunderland

Benítez vs McCarthy

Manager

McCarthy vs Liverpool

McCarthy vs Benítez

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 Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking