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Liverpool 1-0 WBA - December 31, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 20

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 31, 2005

44 192

Liverpool

1 - 0

WBA

Assist by Harry KewellPeter Crouch

51'

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51' - Goal Peter Crouch51

65' - Substitution Richard Chaplowis substituted by Jonathan Greening

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

76' - Substitution Ronnie Wallworkis substituted by Diomansy Kamara

80' - Substitution Kevin Campbellis substituted by Nathan Ellington

81' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Mohamed Sissoko81

89' - Substitution Djibril Cisséis substituted by Djimi Traoré89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 0

WBA

Liverpool WBA

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

6 Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

3 Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

14 Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gerrard

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

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Cissé89

Djibril Cissé

France

B.date12/08/1981

Age24 years

H1m82

positionStriker

15 Crouch5181

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age24 years

H2m101

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Pepe Reina		23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sami Hyypiä		32	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Carragher		27	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	John Arne Riise		25	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan		29	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Xabi Alonso		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard		25	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Harry Kewell	67	27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luis García		27	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Djibril Cissé	89	24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Peter Crouch	5181	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

158

WBA

29 Kuszczak

Tomasz Kuszczak

Poland

B.date20/03/1982

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

24 Wallwork76

Ronnie Wallwork

England

B.date10/09/1977

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

14 Albrechtsen

Martin Albrechtsen

Denmark

B.date31/03/1980

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

16 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

6 Clement

Neil Clement

England

B.date03/10/1978

Age27 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

19 Davies

Curtis Davies

Sierra Leone

B.date15/03/1985

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

3 Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

12 Chaplow65

Richard Chaplow

England

B.date02/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

17 Carter

Darren Carter

England

B.date18/12/1983

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

21 Campbell80

Kevin Campbell

England

B.date04/02/1970

Age35 years

H1m86

positionStriker

9 Horsfield

Geoff Horsfield

England

B.date01/11/1973

Age32 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Tomasz Kuszczak		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ronnie Wallwork	76	28	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Martin Albrechtsen		25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Steve Watson		31	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Neil Clement		27	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Curtis Davies		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Paul Robinson		27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Richard Chaplow	65	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Darren Carter		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Kevin Campbell	80	35	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Geoff Horsfield		32	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	D	Djimi Traoré	89	25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Mohamed Sissoko	81	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	67	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	M	Jonathan Greening	65	26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Diomansy Kamara	76	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Nathan Ellington	80	24	18	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

Luis García

Mohamed Sissoko

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Campbell

Diomansy Kamara

OUT

Richard Chaplow

Jonathan Greening

OUT

Geoff Horsfield

Nwankwo Kanu

OUT

Paul Robinson

Nathan Ellington

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Benítez vs WBA

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Benítez vs Robson

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Robson vs Liverpool

4 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Robson vs Benítez

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Referee

Alan Wiley

26 victories	6 draws	12 losses	Liverpool44 matches	General total	WBA4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
4 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Liverpool5 matches	Season total	WBA2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 02, 2010					Latest figure on May 07, 2006

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 9 matches without conceding any goal at home running (since 15/10/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/03/1985 (8 matches)

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Rafa Benítez has done less than 1.44 goals scored per game .

It's the first time Peter Crouch scores 1 goal vs West Bromwich Albion in his professional career with Liverpool

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Chelsea	55 pts	20 rd
2	Manchester United	44 pts	20 rd
3	Liverpool	40 pts	18 rd
4	Tottenham	37 pts	20 rd
5	Wigan	34 pts	20 rd

General ranking

-1	15	Fulham	20 pts	20 rd
+1	16	Everton	20 pts	20 rd
-1	17	West Bromwich Albion	19 pts	20 rd
	18	Portsmouth	17 pts	20 rd
	19	Birmingham City	13 pts	19 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VLiverpool 2-0 Newcastle United26/12/2005

Overall

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

VLiverpool 2-0 Newcastle United26/12/2005

VEverton 1-3 Liverpool28/12/2005

Current form

Away

VFulham 2-3 West Bromwich Albion25/10/2005

LWest Ham 1-0 West Bromwich Albion05/11/2005

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 West Bromwich Albion27/11/2005

LManchester United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion30/11/2005

LPortsmouth 1-0 West Bromwich Albion17/12/2005

LManchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion26/12/2005

Overall

LManchester United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion30/11/2005

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Fulham03/12/2005

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester City10/12/2005

LPortsmouth 1-0 West Bromwich Albion17/12/2005

LManchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion26/12/2005

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Tottenham28/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	8	2
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	8	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	10	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	16
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	20
8	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	181
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
11	Victories (Competition total)	5
7	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
0.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
0.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.78

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steven Gerrard	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Geoff Horsfield
Fernando Morientes	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Nwankwo Kanu
Djibril Cissé	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Geoff Horsfield
Fernando Morientes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Fernando Morientes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Peter Crouch	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Nwankwo Kanu

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

32 v

19 d

9 l

105 gf

51 ga

Away

64 matches

23 v

18 d

23 l

80 gf

88 ga

Total

124 matches

55 v

37 d

32 l

185 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

23 v

18 d

23 l

88 gf

80 ga

Away

60 matches

9 v

19 d

32 l

51 gf

105 ga

Total

124 matches

32 v

37 d

55 l

139 gf

185 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 26, 2003
Home	5 - 0	September 28, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 01, 1936
Away	3 - 0	April 06, 1965

Latest head to head

December 26, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

WBA

0 - 5

Liverpool

September 11, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Liverpool

3 - 0

WBA

April 26, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

WBA

0 - 6

Liverpool

September 21, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Liverpool

2 - 0

WBA

October 15, 1997 - League Cup 1997/1998

WBA

0 - 2

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against WBA

Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1969
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	1977 - 1986
David Johnson	5 goals	1978 - 1979
Michael Owen	4 goals	2003 - 2003
David Fairclough	4 goals	1977 - 1980
John Wark	3 goals	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Tony Brown	8 goals	1965 - 1972
Jeff Astle	7 goals	1964 - 1970
Clive Clark	7 goals	1964 - 1968
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Cyrille Regis	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Bobby Hope	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Ian Callaghan	33 matches	1962 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	26 matches	1967 - 1979
Chris Lawler	25 matches	1963 - 1973
Phil Neal	20 matches	1976 - 1985
Tommy Lawrence	20 matches	1962 - 1970
Ray Clemence	20 matches	1970 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Tony Brown	29 matches	1963 - 1979
Ally Robertson	22 matches	1970 - 1985
John Wile	20 matches	1971 - 1983
Bobby Hope	17 matches	1962 - 1971
John Kaye	17 matches	1964 - 1971
Doug Fraser	16 matches	1963 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Chris Kirkland

45 matches

10 matches

2001 - 2005

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Chris Kirkland

45 matches

10 matches

2001 - 2005

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	55	20	18	1	1	43	9	+34
2	Manchester United	44	20	13	5	2	40	17	+23
3	Liverpool	40	18	12	4	2	26	9	+17
4	Tottenham	37	20	10	7	3	29	18	+11
5	Wigan	34	20	11	1	8	25	24	+1
6	Arsenal	33	19	10	3	6	27	15	+12
7	Bolton Wanderers	31	18	9	4	5	23	18	+5
8	Manchester City	28	20	8	4	8	27	22	+5
+29	Blackburn	27	19	8	3	8	24	24	0
-110	West Ham	26	20	7	5	8	26	27	-1
-111	Newcastle United	25	19	7	4	8	18	21	-3
12	Charlton	25	18	8	1	9	23	27	-4
13	Aston Villa	22	20	5	7	8	23	29	-6
+114	Middlesbrough	21	19	5	6	8	23	28	-5
-115	Fulham	20	20	5	5	10	23	29	-6
+116	Everton	20	20	6	2	12	11	30	-19
-117	West Bromwich Albion	19	20	5	4	11	19	29	-10
18	Portsmouth	17	20	4	5	11	15	31	-16
19	Birmingham City	13	19	3	4	12	13	29	-16
20	Sunderland	6	19	1	3	15	14	36	-22

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Liverpool 1-0 WBA - December 31, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

1 - 0

WBA

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 WBA

Benítez vs Robson

Manager

Robson vs Liverpool

Robson 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 WBA

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs WBA

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