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Blackburn 1-0 Liverpool - December 26, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007

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Premier League 2006/2007 - Round 20

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

December 26, 2006

29 342

Blackburn

1 - 0

Liverpool

Assist by Morten Gamst PedersenBenni McCarthy

49'

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49' - Goal Benni McCarthy49

56' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Dirk Kuyt

64' - Substitution Mark Gonzálezis substituted by Fábio Aurelio

66' - Yellow card Daniel Agger

72' - Yellow card Xabi Alonso

76' - Yellow card Shabani Nonda76

76' - Substitution Craig Bellamyis substituted by Luis García

78' - Substitution Shabani Nondais substituted by Matt Derbyshire78

84' - Yellow card Brett Emerton84

86' - Yellow card Morten Gamst Pedersen86

87' - Substitution David Bentleyis substituted by Aaron Mokoena87

95' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by Stéphane Henchoz95

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 0

Liverpool

Blackburn Liverpool

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ooijer

André Ooijer

Netherlands

B.date11/07/1974

Age32 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Todd

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Tugay90+5

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age36 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Bentley87

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Emerton84

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Pedersen86

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Nonda7876

Shabani Nonda

DR Congo

B.date06/03/1977

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

McCarthy49

Benni McCarthy

South Africa

B.date12/11/1977

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		35	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Ooijer		32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		28	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Todd		32	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	90+5	36	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley	87	22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton	84	27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage		32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	86	25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shabani Nonda	7876	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	49	29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Agger66

Daniel Agger

Denmark

B.date12/12/1984

Age22 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age33 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Alonso72

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

González64

Mark González

Chile

B.date10/07/1984

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Crouch56

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age25 years

H2m101

positionStriker

Bellamy76

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Agger	66	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		33	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		28	444	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise		26	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		30	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso	72	25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		26	363	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark González	64	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch	56	25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy	76	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

180

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Aaron Mokoena	87	26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz	90+5	32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Derbyshire	78	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Fábio Aurelio	64	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis García	76	28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	56	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Benni McCarthy

Michael Gray

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Crouch

Luis García

OUT

Mark González

Dirk Kuyt

OUT

Sami Hyypiä

Jermaine Pennant

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

113

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Hughes vs Liverpool

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Hughes vs Benítez

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

153

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Benítez vs Blackburn

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Benítez vs Hughes

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2006

Referee

Rob Styles

14 victories	7 draws	2 losses	Blackburn23 matches	General total	Liverpool24 matches	14 victories	6 draws	4 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Blackburn4 matches	Season total	Liverpool4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 17, 2009					Latest figure on February 28, 2009

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Blackburn after 12 consecutive matches without a win vs Liverpool (since 17/11/2001). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/12/1992 (10 matches)

No Blackburn manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Mark Hughes has done less than 1.09 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Andy Todd played his game number 150 in Premier League

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

+2	13	Manchester City	23 pts	20 rd
-1	14	Wigan	22 pts	20 rd
+2	15	Blackburn	22 pts	19 rd
-2	16	Middlesbrough	21 pts	20 rd
-1	17	Sheffield United	20 pts	20 rd

General ranking

+1	4	Bolton Wanderers	36 pts	20 rd
+1	5	Portsmouth	35 pts	20 rd
-3	6	Liverpool	34 pts	20 rd
	7	Tottenham	31 pts	20 rd
	8	Everton	28 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 3-0 FC Basel02/11/2006

LBlackburn 0-1 Manchester United11/11/2006

DBlackburn 1-1 Tottenham19/11/2006

VBlackburn 2-0 Fulham02/12/2006

LBlackburn 1-3 Newcastle United09/12/2006

VBlackburn 1-0 Nancy13/12/2006

Overall

VBlackburn 2-0 Fulham02/12/2006

LCharlton 1-0 Blackburn05/12/2006

LBlackburn 1-3 Newcastle United09/12/2006

VBlackburn 1-0 Nancy13/12/2006

VReading 1-2 Blackburn16/12/2006

LArsenal 6-2 Blackburn23/12/2006

Current form

Away

VBirmingham City 0-1 Liverpool08/11/2006

LArsenal 3-0 Liverpool12/11/2006

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Liverpool18/11/2006

VWigan 0-4 Liverpool02/12/2006

LGalatasaray 3-2 Liverpool05/12/2006

VCharlton 0-3 Liverpool16/12/2006

Overall

DLiverpool 0-0 Portsmouth29/11/2006

VWigan 0-4 Liverpool02/12/2006

LGalatasaray 3-2 Liverpool05/12/2006

VLiverpool 4-0 Fulham09/12/2006

VCharlton 0-3 Liverpool16/12/2006

VLiverpool 2-0 Watford23/12/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

17	General ranking (Competition total)	3
16	General ranking (Home / Away)	11
43	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	6
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
5	Victories (Competition total)	10
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
9	Losses (Competition total)	5
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.79
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (2 times)

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
4	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Benni McCarthy	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Dirk Kuyt
Benni McCarthy	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Craig Bellamy
Shabani Nonda	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robbie Fowler
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robbie Fowler
Kerimoglu Tugay	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Luis García
Kerimoglu Tugay	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Shabani Nonda	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Craig Bellamy

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

26 v

23 d

17 l

112 gf

96 ga

Away

64 matches

10 v

16 d

38 l

62 gf

131 ga

Total

130 matches

36 v

39 d

55 l

174 gf

227 ga

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

38 v

16 d

10 l

131 gf

62 ga

Away

66 matches

17 v

23 d

26 l

96 gf

112 ga

Total

130 matches

55 v

39 d

36 l

227 gf

174 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 06, 1913
Home	6 - 2	September 06, 1913

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 04, 2004
Away	4 - 1	February 05, 1966

Latest head to head

October 14, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

1 - 1

Blackburn

April 16, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Blackburn

0 - 1

Liverpool

October 15, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

1 - 0

Blackburn

March 16, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Liverpool

0 - 0

Blackburn

October 30, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Blackburn

2 - 2

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Chris Sutton	5 goals	1994 - 1996
Andrew McEvoy	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Jason Wilcox	4 goals	1993 - 1996
Mike Harrison	3 goals	1963 - 1966
Matt Jansen	3 goals	2001 - 2003
Alan Shearer	2 goals	1992 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Michael Owen	7 goals	1997 - 2004
Ian Rush	6 goals	1983 - 1994
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Roger Hunt	5 goals	1963 - 1966
Emile Heskey	4 goals	2002 - 2004
Berry Nieuwenhuys	4 goals	1933 - 1936

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Colin Hendry	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Tim Sherwood	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Brad Friedel	11 matches	2001 - 2006
Henning Berg	11 matches	1993 - 2002
Stuart Ripley	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	11 matches	1992 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Steve McManaman	15 matches	1991 - 1999
Jamie Carragher	14 matches	1998 - 2006
John Barnes	13 matches	1987 - 1997
David James	12 matches	1993 - 1998
John Arne Riise	12 matches	2001 - 2006
Jamie Redknapp	11 matches	1992 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brad Friedel

255 matches

31 matches

1998 - 2006

Stéphane Henchoz

88 matches

205 matches

1997 - 2006

David Thompson

84 matches

55 matches

1996 - 2006

Dominic Matteo

39 matches

155 matches

1993 - 2006

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

37 matches

184 matches

1992 - 2002

Craig Bellamy

32 matches

23 matches

2005 - 2006

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Stéphane Henchoz

88 matches

205 matches

1997 - 2006

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

37 matches

184 matches

1992 - 2002

Dominic Matteo

39 matches

155 matches

1993 - 2006

Jason McAteer

29 matches

139 matches

1995 - 2001

Steven Harkness

5 matches

139 matches

1991 - 2000

Markus Babbel

28 matches

73 matches

2000 - 2004

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2006

Watford

1 2

Arsenal

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Chelsea

2 2

Reading

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December 27, 2006

Charlton

2 2

Fulham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	50	20	16	2	2	44	11	+33
2	Chelsea	46	20	14	4	2	35	15	+20
+13	Arsenal	36	20	10	6	4	37	18	+19
+14	Bolton Wanderers	36	20	11	3	6	24	16	+8
+15	Portsmouth	35	20	10	5	5	30	18	+12
-36	Liverpool	34	20	10	4	6	28	16	+12
7	Tottenham	31	20	9	4	7	25	26	-1
8	Everton	28	20	7	7	6	24	20	+4
9	Reading	27	20	8	3	9	22	27	-5
10	Aston Villa	25	20	5	10	5	22	23	-1
11	Newcastle United	25	20	7	4	9	21	23	-2
12	Fulham	24	19	6	6	7	18	28	-10
+213	Manchester City	23	20	6	5	9	16	24	-8
-114	Wigan	22	20	6	4	10	23	29	-6
+215	Blackburn	22	19	6	4	9	19	28	-9
-216	Middlesbrough	21	20	5	6	9	17	24	-7
-117	Sheffield United	20	20	5	5	10	15	26	-11
18	West Ham	18	20	5	3	12	12	26	-14
19	Charlton	12	19	3	3	13	13	33	-20
20	Watford	11	19	1	8	10	12	26	-14

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Blackburn 1-0 Liverpool - December 26, 2006 / Premier League 2006/2007

Blackburn

1 - 0

Liverpool

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

Hughes vs Liverpool

Hughes vs Benítez

Manager

Benítez vs Blackburn

Benítez vs Hughes

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 Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking