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Liverpool 0-1 Man United - December 16, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 17

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 16, 2007

44 459

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

43'

Carlos Tévez (right foot)

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43' - Goal Carlos Tévez

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65' - Substitution Harry Kewellis substituted by Ryan Babel65

73' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by Peter Crouch73

80' - Substitution John Arne Riiseis substituted by Fábio Aurelio80

83' - Substitution Carlos Tévezis substituted by Michael Carrick

90' - Substitution Andersonis substituted by John O'Shea

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

Liverpool Man United

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age34 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Riise80

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kewell65

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Kuyt73

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Benayoun

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Torres

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		34	422	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		29	492	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise	80	27	325	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		27	410	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell	65	29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	73	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

189

Man United

1 Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age37 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

6 Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

15 Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

3 Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

8 Anderson90

Anderson

Brazil

B.date13/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

11 Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age34 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

4 Hargreaves

Owen Hargreaves

England

B.date20/01/1981

Age26 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

32 Tévez4383

Carlos Tévez

Argentina

B.date05/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m70

positionStriker

10 Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age22 years

H1m76

positionStriker

7 Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Edwin Van der Sar		37	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Wes Brown		28	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		29	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nemanja Vidic		26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Anderson	90	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs		34	737	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Owen Hargreaves		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Carlos Tévez	4383	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wayne Rooney		22	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo		22	209	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

175

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Fábio Aurelio	80	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	65	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch	73	26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
22	D		John O'Shea	90	26	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M		Michael Carrick	83	26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carlos Tévez

Louis Saha

OUT

Patrice Evra

John O'Shea

OUT

Anderson

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Edwin Van der Sar

Tomasz Kuszczak

OUT

Wes Brown

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Cristiano Ronaldo

Nani

OUT

Rio Ferdinand

Jonny Evans

OUT

Nemanja Vidic

Chris Eagles

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Michael Carrick

OUT

Owen Hargreaves

Danny Simpson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

206

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Man United

1 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2007

Benítez vs Ferguson

1 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1181

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

23 victories

13 draws

16 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2007

Ferguson vs Benítez

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2007

Referee

Mark Halsey

20 victories	8 draws	10 losses	Liverpool38 matches	General total	Man United36 matches	25 victories	6 draws	5 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Man United2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 12, 2013					Latest figure on February 10, 2013

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 3 consecutive matches without a win away from home (since 03/11/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 28/12/2005-14/01/2006 (5 matches).

Rafa Benítez has registered 50 loss since the 16/06/2004 as the manager of next after this match..

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has reached 58% of wins .

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

3	Chelsea	34 pts	17 rd
4	Manchester City	33 pts	17 rd
5	Liverpool	30 pts	16 rd
6	Everton	30 pts	17 rd
7	Portsmouth	30 pts	17 rd

General ranking

1	Arsenal	40 pts	17 rd
2	Manchester United	39 pts	17 rd
3	Chelsea	34 pts	17 rd
4	Manchester City	33 pts	17 rd
5	Liverpool	30 pts	16 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 1-1 Arsenal28/10/2007

VLiverpool 2-1 Cardiff City31/10/2007

VLiverpool 8-0 Besiktas06/11/2007

VLiverpool 2-0 Fulham10/11/2007

VLiverpool 4-1 FC Porto28/11/2007

VLiverpool 4-0 Bolton Wanderers02/12/2007

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Fulham10/11/2007

VNewcastle United 0-3 Liverpool24/11/2007

VLiverpool 4-1 FC Porto28/11/2007

VLiverpool 4-0 Bolton Wanderers02/12/2007

LReading 3-1 Liverpool08/12/2007

VMarseille 0-4 Liverpool11/12/2007

Current form

Away

VBirmingham City 0-1 Manchester United29/09/2007

VAston Villa 1-4 Manchester United20/10/2007

VDynamo Kyiv 2-4 Manchester United23/10/2007

DArsenal 2-2 Manchester United03/11/2007

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Manchester United24/11/2007

DAS Roma 1-1 Manchester United12/12/2007

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Blackburn11/11/2007

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Manchester United24/11/2007

VManchester United 2-1 Sporting CP27/11/2007

VManchester United 2-0 Fulham03/12/2007

VManchester United 4-1 Derby County08/12/2007

DAS Roma 1-1 Manchester United12/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Drawless streak	5	7
Scoring streak	7	7
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	5	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	2
10	General ranking (Home / Away)	9
8	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	2
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	16
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
8	Victories (Competition total)	11
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.81
2.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.29
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.86

Betting aid

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

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Fernando Torres	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Cristiano Ronaldo
Fernando Torres	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Wayne Rooney
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Louis Saha
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Patrice Evra
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Patrice Evra
Steven Gerrard	5 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 9 matches	Cristiano Ronaldo

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

38 v

19 d

23 l

134 gf

91 ga

Away

85 matches

16 v

29 d

40 l

79 gf

140 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

173 matches

57 v

50 d

66 l

221 gf

239 ga

Historical head to head

Home

85 matches

40 v

29 d

16 l

140 gf

79 ga

Away

80 matches

23 v

19 d

38 l

91 gf

134 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

173 matches

66 v

50 d

57 l

239 gf

221 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Home	7 - 1	October 12, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Away	4 - 1	December 13, 1969

Latest head to head

March 03, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

October 22, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Man United

2 - 0

Liverpool

February 18, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Liverpool

1 - 0

Man United

January 22, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

September 18, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

0 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Robbie Fowler	6 goals	1995 - 2001
Michael Owen	6 goals	1998 - 2003
John Barnes	6 goals	1989 - 1997
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1988 - 1990
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1983 - 1988
Mark Hughes	6 goals	1985 - 1993
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1987
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ian Rush	32 matches	1981 - 1996
Ian Callaghan	30 matches	1962 - 1977
Phil Neal	28 matches	1975 - 1985
Bruce Grobbelaar	28 matches	1981 - 1994
Alan Hansen	28 matches	1977 - 1990
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ryan Giggs	33 matches	1991 - 2007
Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Gary Neville	25 matches	1995 - 2007
Denis Irwin	24 matches	1990 - 2001
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Paul Scholes	23 matches	1995 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Peter Beardsley

175 matches

1 match

1982 - 1991

Paul Ince

81 matches

281 matches

1989 - 1999

Phil Chisnall

9 matches

46 matches

1961 - 1966

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Paul Ince

81 matches

281 matches

1989 - 1999

Phil Chisnall

9 matches

46 matches

1961 - 1966

Peter Beardsley

175 matches

1 match

1982 - 1991

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 15, 2007

Birmingham City

1 1

Reading

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Derby County

0 1

Middlesbrough

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Fulham

0 1

Newcastle United

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Manchester City

4 2

Bolton Wanderers

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Portsmouth

0 1

Tottenham

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Sunderland

1 1

Aston Villa

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West Ham

0 2

Everton

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Wigan

5 3

Blackburn

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December 16, 2007

Arsenal

1 0

Chelsea

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	40	17	12	4	1	34	14	+20
2	Manchester United	39	17	12	3	2	30	8	+22
3	Chelsea	34	17	10	4	3	24	10	+14
4	Manchester City	33	17	10	3	4	24	19	+5
5	Liverpool	30	16	8	6	2	27	10	+17
6	Everton	30	17	9	3	5	31	16	+15
7	Portsmouth	30	17	8	6	3	28	15	+13
8	Aston Villa	28	17	8	4	5	28	20	+8
9	Blackburn	26	17	7	5	5	23	24	-1
10	Newcastle United	25	17	7	4	6	24	26	-2
11	West Ham	22	16	6	4	6	20	14	+6
12	Tottenham	18	17	4	6	7	29	29	0
13	Reading	18	17	5	3	9	22	34	-12
14	Middlesbrough	17	17	4	5	8	16	28	-12
15	Birmingham City	15	17	4	3	10	18	27	-9
16	Bolton Wanderers	14	17	3	5	9	18	27	-9
17	Sunderland	14	17	3	5	9	16	32	-16
18	Fulham	13	17	2	7	8	18	28	-10
19	Wigan	12	17	3	3	11	17	33	-16
20	Derby County	6	17	1	3	13	6	39	-33

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Liverpool 0-1 Man United - December 16, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man 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 Man United

Benítez vs Ferguson

Manager

Ferguson vs Liverpool

Ferguson 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 Man United

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Man 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