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Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United - December 26, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 18

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 26, 2005

44 197

2 - 0

Newcastle United

Steven Gerrard

14'

Peter Crouch

43'

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14' - Goal Steven Gerrard14

28' - Substitution Steven Tayloris substituted by Titus Bramble

43' - Goal Peter Crouch43

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46' - Substitution Charles N'Zogbiais substituted by Nolberto Solano

66' - Yellow card Peter Crouch66

66' - Red card Lee Bowyer

67' - Substitution Harry Kewellis substituted by Florent Sinama-Pongolle67

73' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Djibril Cissé73

78' - Substitution Steve Finnanis substituted by Josemi78

86' - Substitution Albert Luqueis substituted by Shola Ameobi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Newcastle United

Liverpool Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Liverpool

25 Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age32 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

23 Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

3 Finnan78

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

6 Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

14 Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gerrard14

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

7 Kewell67

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

10 Luis García

Luis García

Spain

B.date24/06/1978

Age27 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

15 Crouch437366

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age24 years

H2m101

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		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sami Hyypiä		32	344	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Carragher		27	389	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan	78	29	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	John Arne Riise		25	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Xabi Alonso		24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard	14	25	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Harry Kewell	67	27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luis García		27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Peter Crouch	437366	24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Fernando Morientes		29	38	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

154

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

27 Taylor28

Steven Taylor

England

B.date23/01/1986

Age19 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

6 Boumsong

Jean-Alain Boumsong

France

B.date14/12/1979

Age26 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

26 Ramage

Peter Ramage

England

B.date22/11/1983

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

33 Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro

Nigeria

B.date29/08/1978

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

15 Faye

Amdy Faye

Senegal

B.date12/03/1977

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

14 N'Zogbia46

Charles N'Zogbia

France

B.date28/05/1986

Age19 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

11 Bowyer66

Lee Bowyer

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

20 Luque86

Albert Luque

Spain

B.date11/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age26 years

H1m73

positionStriker

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age35 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		29	356	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Steven Taylor	28	19	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jean-Alain Boumsong		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Peter Ramage		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Celestine Babayaro		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Amdy Faye		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Charles N'Zogbia	46	19	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Lee Bowyer	66	28	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Albert Luque	86	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Owen		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		35	387	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Josemi	78	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	67	21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Djibril Cissé	73	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	D	Titus Bramble	28	24	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nolberto Solano	46	31	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Shola Ameobi	86	24	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Arne Riise

Stephen Warnock

OUT

Peter Crouch

Mohamed Sissoko

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Charles N'Zogbia

Scott Parker

OUT

Celestine Babayaro

Nolberto Solano

OUT

Steven Taylor

Titus Bramble

OUT

Lee Bowyer

Shola Ameobi

OUT

Albert Luque

Robbie Elliott

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Benítez vs Newcastle United

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Benítez vs Souness

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Souness vs Liverpool

1 victory

3 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Souness vs Benítez

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Referee

Mark Halsey

20 victories	8 draws	10 losses	Liverpool38 matches	General total	Newcastle United34 matches	13 victories	8 draws	13 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Newcastle United4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on May 12, 2013					Latest figure on March 17, 2013

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Key figures

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Rafa Benítez has done less than 1.42 goals scored per game .

End of streak for Newcastle United after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 03/12/2005).

Newcastle United keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 15/10/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/04/2005-18/09/2005 time period (11 matches).

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

1	Chelsea	49 pts	18 rd
2	Manchester United	40 pts	18 rd
3	Liverpool	34 pts	16 rd
4	Tottenham	34 pts	18 rd
5	Bolton Wanderers	31 pts	17 rd

General ranking

-1	8	Manchester City	27 pts	18 rd
	9	West Ham	26 pts	18 rd
	10	Newcastle United	25 pts	18 rd
+1	11	Blackburn	24 pts	18 rd
-1	12	Charlton	22 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-0 West Ham29/10/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Anderlecht01/11/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Portsmouth19/11/2005

DLiverpool 0-0 Real Betis23/11/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Wigan03/12/2005

VLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough10/12/2005

Overall

VSunderland 0-2 Liverpool30/11/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Wigan03/12/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool06/12/2005

VLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough10/12/2005

VDeportivo Saprissa 0-3 Liverpool15/12/2005

LSão Paulo 1-0 Liverpool18/12/2005

Current form

Away

VGrimsby Town 0-1 Newcastle United26/10/2005

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Newcastle United30/10/2005

LChelsea 3-0 Newcastle United19/11/2005

LEverton 1-0 Newcastle United27/11/2005

LWigan 1-0 Newcastle United30/11/2005

VWest Ham 2-4 Newcastle United17/12/2005

Overall

LChelsea 3-0 Newcastle United19/11/2005

LEverton 1-0 Newcastle United27/11/2005

LWigan 1-0 Newcastle United30/11/2005

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa03/12/2005

VNewcastle United 1-0 Arsenal10/12/2005

VWest Ham 2-4 Newcastle United17/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	7	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	10
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	10
7	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	82
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
9	Victories (Competition total)	7
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.11
0.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.22

Betting aid

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

Bookings

25	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Djibril Cissé	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Michael Owen
Fernando Morientes	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Michael Owen
Djibril Cissé	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alan Shearer
Fernando Morientes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Shola Ameobi
Fernando Morientes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Fernando Morientes	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Michael Owen

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

47 v

14 d

12 l

165 gf

78 ga

Away

73 matches

20 v

23 d

30 l

81 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

147 matches

68 v

37 d

42 l

249 gf

186 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

30 v

23 d

20 l

108 gf

81 ga

Away

73 matches

12 v

14 d

47 l

78 gf

165 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

147 matches

42 v

37 d

68 l

186 gf

249 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	August 26, 1967
Home	6 - 0	August 26, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	January 01, 1934
Away	5 - 1	December 14, 1907

Latest head to head

March 05, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Liverpool

December 19, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Liverpool

3 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 15, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Liverpool

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

January 24, 2004 - FA Cup 2003/2004

Liverpool

2 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 06, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Michael Owen	14 goals	1998 - 2004
Ian Rush	9 goals	1984 - 1995
Roger Hunt	7 goals	1965 - 1969
Robbie Fowler	7 goals	1995 - 1998
Kevin Keegan	7 goals	1971 - 1976
Steve Nicol	5 goals	1984 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1971 - 1975
John Tudor	5 goals	1971 - 1975
Alan Shearer	5 goals	1996 - 2003
Andy Cole	4 goals	1993 - 1994
Laurent Robert	3 goals	2003 - 2005
Steve Watson	3 goals	1995 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1965 - 1977
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1977
Tommy Smith	23 matches	1965 - 1977
Ray Clemence	17 matches	1970 - 1977
Chris Lawler	17 matches	1965 - 1973
Robbie Fowler	16 matches	1993 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Frank Clark	19 matches	1965 - 1974
Bobby Moncur	16 matches	1965 - 1974
Rob Lee	16 matches	1993 - 2001
Alan Shearer	15 matches	1996 - 2005
Willie McFaul	15 matches	1968 - 1975
Peter Beardsley	15 matches	1984 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ian Rush

659 matches

14 matches

1980 - 1998

John Barnes

407 matches

40 matches

1987 - 1998

Alan Kennedy

362 matches

160 matches

1973 - 1985

Terry McDermott

328 matches

57 matches

1973 - 1982

Kevin Keegan

323 matches

5 matches

1971 - 1982

Michael Owen

297 matches

8 matches

1997 - 2005

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/08/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Peter Beardsley

175 matches

276 matches

1984 - 1997

Alan Kennedy

362 matches

160 matches

1973 - 1985

Barry Venison

158 matches

79 matches

1986 - 1995

Terry McDermott

328 matches

57 matches

1973 - 1982

John Barnes

407 matches

40 matches

1987 - 1998

Dietmar Hamann

268 matches

31 matches

1998 - 2005

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/08/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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0 1

Arsenal

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	49	18	16	1	1	40	9	+31
2	Manchester United	40	18	12	4	2	34	14	+20
3	Liverpool	34	16	10	4	2	22	8	+14
4	Tottenham	34	18	9	7	2	27	16	+11
5	Bolton Wanderers	31	17	9	4	4	22	14	+8
6	Wigan	31	18	10	1	7	23	21	+2
+17	Arsenal	29	17	9	2	6	23	15	+8
-18	Manchester City	27	18	8	3	7	27	21	+6
9	West Ham	26	18	7	5	6	26	23	+3
10	Newcastle United	25	18	7	4	7	18	19	-1
+111	Blackburn	24	18	7	3	8	21	24	-3
-112	Charlton	22	17	7	1	9	21	27	-6
13	Middlesbrough	20	18	5	5	8	23	28	-5
+114	Aston Villa	20	18	5	5	8	20	26	-6
-115	Fulham	19	18	5	4	9	20	25	-5
16	Everton	17	18	5	2	11	9	27	-18
17	West Bromwich Albion	16	18	4	4	10	17	28	-11
18	Portsmouth	14	18	3	5	10	14	27	-13
19	Birmingham City	12	17	3	3	11	11	25	-14
20	Sunderland	6	18	1	3	14	14	35	-21

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Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United - December 26, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

2 - 0

Newcastle United

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 Newcastle United

Benítez vs Souness

Manager

Souness vs Liverpool

Souness 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 Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

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