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Marseille 1-2 Liverpool - September 16, 2008 / Champions League 2008/2009

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Champions League 2008/2009 - Group D

Stade Vélodrome - Marseilles - France

September 16, 2008

Marseille

France

1 - 2

Liverpool

England

Assist by Benoît Cheyrou (right foot) Lorik Cana

23'

26'

Steven Gerrard (right foot) Assist by Dirk Kuyt

32'

Steven Gerrard (penalty)

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23' - Goal Lorik Cana23

26' - Goal Steven Gerrard

32' - Goal Steven Gerrard

41' - Substitution Modeste Mbamiis substituted by Mathieu Valbuena41

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57' - Substitution Hatem Ben Arfais substituted by Karim Ziani57

65' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by Albert Riera

69' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Yossi Benayoun

75' - Substitution Bakari Konéis substituted by Mamadou Samassa75

86' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by Robbie Keane

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Marseille

1 - 2

Liverpool

Marseille Liverpool

Team line-ups

Marseille

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Niang

Mamadou Niang

Senegal

B.date13/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Ben Arfa57

Hatem Ben Arfa

France

B.date07/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Koné75

Bakari Koné

Ivory Coast

B.date17/09/1981

Age26 years

H1m63

positionStriker

Cheyrou

Benoît Cheyrou

France

B.date03/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Mbami41

Modeste Mbami

Cameroon

B.date09/10/1982

Age25 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cana23

Lorik Cana

Albania

B.date27/07/1983

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Taiwo

Taye Taiwo

Nigeria

B.date16/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Hilton

Vitorino Hilton

Brazil

B.date13/09/1977

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Zubar

Ronald Zubar

Guadeloupe

B.date20/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Bonnart

Laurent Bonnart

France

B.date25/12/1979

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Mandanda

Steve Mandanda

France

B.date28/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Mandanda		23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronald Zubar		22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vitorino Hilton		31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lorik Cana	23	25	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurent Bonnart		28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Taye Taiwo		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Modeste Mbami	41	25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benoît Cheyrou		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hatem Ben Arfa	57	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bakari Koné	75	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mamadou Niang		28	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Babel

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Torres65

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Kuyt86

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Leiva

Lucas Leiva

Brazil

B.date09/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard263269

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Dossena

Andrea Dossena

Italy

B.date11/09/1981

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Skrtel

Martin Skrtel

Slovakia

B.date15/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		26	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	530	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrea Dossena		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva		21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	263269	28	445	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dirk Kuyt	86	28	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	65	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel		21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Karim Ziani	57	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Valbuena	41	23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mamadou Samassa	75	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Yossi Benayoun	69	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera	65	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Keane	86	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hatem Ben Arfa

Karim Ziani

OUT

Lorik Cana

Charles Kaboré

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrea Dossena

Fábio Aurelio

OUT

Lucas Leiva

Xabi Alonso

OUT

Fernando Torres

Robbie Keane

OUT

Steven Gerrard

Albert Riera

OUT

Ryan Babel

Yossi Benayoun

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Eric Gerets

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Gerets vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Gerets vs Benítez

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

246

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Marseille

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Benítez vs Gerets

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Referee

Konrad Plautz

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Marseille2 matches	General total	Liverpool6 matches	3 victories	1 draw	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Marseille1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 16, 2008					Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Videos

May 10, 2010

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Marseille after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 13/08/2008).

Liverpool keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 04/05/2008).

The last time Steven Gerrard scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career , it was on the 15/01/2008 (avec vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMarseille 1-3 Lille20/04/2008

LMarseille 1-2 Bordeaux04/05/2008

VMarseille 4-3 Strasbourg17/05/2008

VMarseille 4-0 Auxerre17/08/2008

VMarseille 2-1 Brann Bergen27/08/2008

VMarseille 2-1 Sochaux30/08/2008

Overall

VBrann Bergen 0-1 Marseille13/08/2008

VMarseille 4-0 Auxerre17/08/2008

VLe Havre 0-1 Marseille23/08/2008

VMarseille 2-1 Brann Bergen27/08/2008

VMarseille 2-1 Sochaux30/08/2008

DBordeaux 1-1 Marseille13/09/2008

Current form

Away

DBirmingham City 2-2 Liverpool26/04/2008

LChelsea 3-2 Liverpool30/04/2008

VTottenham 0-2 Liverpool11/05/2008

DStandard Liège 0-0 Liverpool13/08/2008

VSunderland 0-1 Liverpool16/08/2008

DAston Villa 0-0 Liverpool31/08/2008

Overall

DStandard Liège 0-0 Liverpool13/08/2008

VSunderland 0-1 Liverpool16/08/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough23/08/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Standard Liège27/08/2008

DAston Villa 0-0 Liverpool31/08/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Manchester United13/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	20	0
Scoring streak	7	8
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	3
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mamadou Niang	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Dirk Kuyt
Mamadou Niang	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Hatem Ben Arfa	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Mamadou Niang	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Dirk Kuyt

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

5 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	October 03, 2007
Home	2 - 1	March 25, 2004

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 11, 2007
Away	4 - 0	December 11, 2007

Latest head to head

December 11, 2007 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Marseille

0 - 4

Liverpool

October 03, 2007 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Liverpool

0 - 1

Marseille

March 25, 2004 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 2003/2004

Marseille

2 - 1

Liverpool

March 11, 2004 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 2003/2004

Liverpool

1 - 1

Marseille

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Didier Drogba	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Abdoulaye Meïté	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Mathieu Valbuena	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Marseille

Milan Baros	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Fernando Torres	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Ryan Babel	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Emile Heskey	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Steven Gerrard	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Dirk Kuyt	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Didier Drogba	2 matches	2004 - 2004
Boudewijn Zenden	2 matches	2007 - 2007
Habib Beye	2 matches	2004 - 2004
Lorik Cana	2 matches	2007 - 2007
Mathieu Valbuena	2 matches	2007 - 2007
Abdoulaye Meïté	2 matches	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/03/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Marseille

Jamie Carragher	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Steven Gerrard	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Sami Hyypiä	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Harry Kewell	3 matches	2004 - 2007
John Arne Riise	3 matches	2004 - 2007
Milan Baros	2 matches	2004 - 2004