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Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth - December 22, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Journée 18

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 22, 2007

43 071

Liverpool

4 - 1

Portsmouth

(right foot) Yossi Benayoun

13'

(o.g) Sylvain Distin

16'

(right foot) Fernando Torres

67'

(left foot) Fernando Torres

85'

56'

Benjani (left foot)

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13' - Goal Yossi Benayoun13

16' - Own goal Sylvain Distin16

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46' - Substitution Glen Johnsonis substituted by Lauren photo Nwankwo Kanu

46' - Substitution John Utakais substituted by Nwankwo Kanu

56' - Goal Benjani

65' - Substitution Yossi Benayounis substituted by Ryan Babel65

67' - Goal Fernando Torres67

74' - Substitution Sulley Ali Muntariis substituted by Matthew Taylor

76' - Substitution Harry Kewellis substituted by Fábio Aurelio76

85' - Goal Fernando Torres85

86' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by Lucas Leiva86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 1

Portsmouth

Liverpool Portsmouth

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

positionLeft central defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Riise

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

Benayoun1365

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kewell76

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Kuyt

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Torres678586

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		34	423	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		29	494	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise		27	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		27	411	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	1365	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell	76	29	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt		27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	678586	23	21	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

190

Portsmouth

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Distin16

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Johnson46

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Diop

Papa Bouba Diop

Senegal

B.date28/01/1978

Age29 years

H1m93

positionDefensive Midfielder

Muntari74

Sulley Ali Muntari

Ghana

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft central midfielder

Pedro Mendes

Portugal

B.date26/02/1979

Age28 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Kranjcar

Niko Kranjcar

Croatia

B.date13/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Utaka46

John Utaka

Nigeria

B.date08/01/1982

Age25 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Benjani56

Benjani

Zimbabwe

B.date13/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		37	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell		33	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvain Distin	16	30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		33	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen Johnson	46	23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Papa Bouba Diop		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sulley Ali Muntari	74	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pedro Mendes		28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kranjcar		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Utaka	46	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benjani	56	29	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Fábio Aurelio	76	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva	86	20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	65	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Lauren	46	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Taylor	74	26	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu	46	31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pepe Reina

Charles Itandje

OUT

Javier Mascherano

Xabi Alonso

OUT

Fernando Torres

Peter Crouch

OUT

John Arne Riise

Fábio Aurelio

OUT

Sami Hyypiä

Jack Hobbs

OUT

Steven Gerrard

Mohamed Sissoko

OUT

Yossi Benayoun

Andriy Voronin

OUT

Harry Kewell

Ryan Babel

OUT

Dirk Kuyt

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hermann Hreidarsson

Noé Pamarot

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

208

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Portsmouth

5 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Benítez vs Redknapp

4 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

204

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Redknapp vs Liverpool

8 victories

8 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Redknapp vs Benítez

2 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2007

Referee

Mike Riley

19 victories	7 draws	12 losses	Liverpool38 matches	General total	Portsmouth20 matches	4 victories	6 draws	10 losses
2 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Portsmouth4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 11, 2009					Latest figure on May 09, 2009

Videos

July 08, 2023

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Portsmouth after 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 07/10/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 29/02/2004-04/05/2004 (10 matches).

The last time Portsmouth has ended with the score 1-4 in Premier League, It was on the 07/05/1988 (vs )

Sol Campbell played his game number 50 in his professional career with Portsmouth

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

3	Chelsea	34 pts	17 rd
4	Manchester City	34 pts	18 rd
5	Liverpool	33 pts	17 rd
6	Everton	30 pts	17 rd
7	Portsmouth	30 pts	18 rd

General ranking

5	Liverpool	33 pts	17 rd
6	Everton	30 pts	17 rd
7	Portsmouth	30 pts	18 rd
8	Aston Villa	29 pts	18 rd
9	Blackburn	26 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

LLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United16/12/2007

Overall

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

LLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United16/12/2007

LChelsea 2-0 Liverpool19/12/2007

Current form

Away

VBurnley 0-1 Portsmouth25/09/2007

VFulham 0-2 Portsmouth07/10/2007

VWigan 0-2 Portsmouth20/10/2007

VNewcastle United 1-4 Portsmouth03/11/2007

VBirmingham City 0-2 Portsmouth24/11/2007

VAston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth08/12/2007

Overall

VNewcastle United 1-4 Portsmouth03/11/2007

DPortsmouth 0-0 Manchester City11/11/2007

VBirmingham City 0-2 Portsmouth24/11/2007

DPortsmouth 0-0 Everton01/12/2007

VAston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth08/12/2007

LPortsmouth 0-1 Tottenham15/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	9
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	7	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	2
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	7
10	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
10	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	46
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.69	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.65
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.89
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.89

Betting aid

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

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	32
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fernando Torres	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Benjani
Fernando Torres	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Benjani
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Matthew Taylor
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Steven Gerrard	5 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Sulley Ali Muntari

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

14 v

11 d

4 l

63 gf

36 ga

Away

30 matches

9 v

5 d

16 l

38 gf

52 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

61 matches

23 v

18 d

20 l

102 gf

89 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

16 v

5 d

9 l

52 gf

38 ga

Away

29 matches

4 v

11 d

14 l

36 gf

63 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

61 matches

20 v

18 d

23 l

89 gf

102 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 2	October 01, 1927
Home	8 - 2	October 01, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 12, 1953
Away	3 - 0	January 31, 1948

Latest head to head

September 15, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Portsmouth

0 - 0

Liverpool

April 28, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Portsmouth

2 - 1

Liverpool

November 29, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

0 - 0

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

May 07, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Portsmouth

1 - 3

Liverpool

January 29, 2006 - FA Cup 2005/2006

Portsmouth

1 - 2

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

Michael Owen	3 goals	2004 - 2004
John Barnes	2 goals	1988 - 1988
Fernando Morientes	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Djibril Cissé	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Vic Wright	2 goals	1935 - 1936
David Johnson	2 goals	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Niko Kranjcar	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Patrik Berger	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Richard Hughes	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Lomana Trésor LuaLua	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Sean Davis	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Ognjen Koroman	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

Sami Hyypiä	11 matches	2003 - 2007
Steven Gerrard	11 matches	2003 - 2007
Jamie Carragher	10 matches	2004 - 2007
Steve Finnan	10 matches	2003 - 2007
Jerzy Dudek	7 matches	2003 - 2007
Xabi Alonso	7 matches	2004 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Matthew Taylor	10 matches	2004 - 2007
Dejan Stefanovic	9 matches	2003 - 2007
Linvoy Primus	9 matches	2004 - 2007
Richard Hughes	8 matches	2004 - 2007
Gary O'Neil	7 matches	2004 - 2007
Arjan de Zeeuw	6 matches	2003 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

David James

277 matches

59 matches

1992 - 2007

Patrik Berger

196 matches

60 matches

1996 - 2005

Djimi Traoré

141 matches

14 matches

1999 - 2007

Peter Crouch

117 matches

39 matches

2001 - 2007

Paul Walsh

112 matches

8 matches

1984 - 1996

Sander Westerveld

103 matches

7 matches

1999 - 2006

Total : 11 players

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They played in both sides

Patrik Berger

196 matches

60 matches

1996 - 2005

David James

277 matches

59 matches

1992 - 2007

Peter Crouch

117 matches

39 matches

2001 - 2007

John Durnin

3 matches

19 matches

1986 - 1999

Grégory Vignal

20 matches

17 matches

2001 - 2006

David Thompson

55 matches

15 matches

1996 - 2007

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 22, 2007

Arsenal

2 1

Tottenham

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Aston Villa

1 1

Manchester City

Video availableLine-ups available

Bolton Wanderers

3 0

Birmingham City

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

1 1

Wigan

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

1 2

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

2 1

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

December 23, 2007

Line-ups available

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Newcastle United

2 2

Derby County

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	43	18	13	4	1	36	15	+21
2	Manchester United	39	17	12	3	2	30	8	+22
3	Chelsea	34	17	10	4	3	24	10	+14
4	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
5	Liverpool	33	17	9	6	2	31	11	+20
6	Everton	30	17	9	3	5	31	16	+15
7	Portsmouth	30	18	8	6	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	29	18	8	5	5	29	21	+8
9	Blackburn	26	17	7	5	5	23	24	-1
+110	West Ham	25	17	7	4	6	22	15	+7
-111	Newcastle United	25	17	7	4	6	24	26	-2
+112	Reading	21	18	6	3	9	24	35	-11
-113	Tottenham	18	18	4	6	8	30	31	-1
+214	Bolton Wanderers	17	18	4	5	9	21	27	-6
-115	Middlesbrough	17	18	4	5	9	17	30	-13
-116	Birmingham City	15	18	4	3	11	18	30	-12
+117	Fulham	14	18	2	8	8	19	29	-10
-118	Sunderland	14	18	3	5	10	17	34	-17
19	Wigan	13	18	3	4	11	18	34	-16
20	Derby County	6	17	1	3	13	6	39	-33

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Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth - December 22, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

4 - 1

Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth

Benítez vs Redknapp

Manager

Redknapp vs Liverpool

Redknapp 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 Portsmouth

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

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