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Man United 1-0 Liverpool - January 22, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Journée 23

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 22, 2006

67 874

1 - 0

Liverpool

Rio Ferdinand

90'

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46' - Substitution John O'Sheais substituted by Louis Saha46

60' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Fernando Morientes

75' - Substitution Djibril Cisséis substituted by Florent Sinama-Pongolle

89' - Substitution Mohamed Sissokois substituted by Jan Kromkamp

90' - Goal Rio Ferdinand90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

19 Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age35 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

5 Ferdinand90

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

6 Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

22 O'Shea46

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age24 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

2 Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

3 Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

23 Richardson

Kieran Richardson

England

B.date21/10/1984

Age21 years

H1m79

positionLeft Midfielder

11 Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

24 Fletcher

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

8 Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

10 van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
19	G	Edwin Van der Sar		35	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand	90	27	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Wes Brown		26	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea	46	24	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville		30	489	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Kieran Richardson		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs		32	656	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher		21	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Wayne Rooney		20	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ruud van Nistelrooy		29	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

195

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

22 Sissoko89

Mohamed Sissoko

Mali

B.date22/01/1985

Age20 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

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 Kewell

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

9 Cissé75

Djibril Cissé

France

B.date12/08/1981

Age24 years

H1m82

positionStriker

15 Crouch60

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age24 years

H2m101

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Pepe Reina		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sami Hyypiä		32	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Carragher		27	395	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	John Arne Riise		25	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan		29	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Mohamed Sissoko	89	20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Xabi Alonso		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard		25	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Harry Kewell		27	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Djibril Cissé	75	24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Peter Crouch	60	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

157

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
9	F		Louis Saha	46	27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Jan Kromkamp	89	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	75	21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Fernando Morientes	60	29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rio Ferdinand

Mikaël Silvestre

OUT

Wayne Rooney

Louis Saha

OUT

Edwin Van der Sar

Tim Howard

OUT

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

OUT

Gary Neville

Phil Bardsley

OUT

Patrice Evra

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Giuseppe Rossi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Djibril Cissé

Fernando Morientes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1077

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

20 victories

13 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on January 22, 2006

Ferguson vs Benítez

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 22, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Benítez vs Man United

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 22, 2006

Benítez vs Ferguson

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 22, 2006

Referee

Mike Riley

26 victories	9 draws	7 losses	Man United42 matches	General total	Liverpool38 matches	19 victories	7 draws	12 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Man United2 matches	Season total	Liverpool2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 19, 2009					Latest figure on April 11, 2009

Videos

February 23, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Rio Ferdinand played his game number 150 in his professional career with Manchester United

Man United keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal vs Liverpool running (since 15/01/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 30/08/1950-12/04/1952 time period (3 matches).

Ruud van Nistelrooy played his game number 10 vs Liverpool in his professional career

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

1	Chelsea	62 pts	23 rd
2	Manchester United	48 pts	23 rd
3	Liverpool	44 pts	21 rd
4	Tottenham	41 pts	23 rd
5	Arsenal	37 pts	22 rd

General ranking

1	Chelsea	62 pts	23 rd
2	Manchester United	48 pts	23 rd
3	Liverpool	44 pts	21 rd
4	Tottenham	41 pts	23 rd
5	Arsenal	37 pts	22 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-0 Portsmouth03/12/2005

DManchester United 1-1 Everton11/12/2005

VManchester United 4-0 Wigan14/12/2005

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

VManchester United 4-1 Bolton Wanderers31/12/2005

VManchester United 5-0 Burton Albion18/01/2006

Overall

VManchester United 4-1 Bolton Wanderers31/12/2005

DArsenal 0-0 Manchester United03/01/2006

DBurton Albion 0-0 Manchester United08/01/2006

DBlackburn 1-1 Manchester United11/01/2006

LManchester City 3-1 Manchester United14/01/2006

VManchester United 5-0 Burton Albion18/01/2006

Current form

Away

VManchester City 0-1 Liverpool26/11/2005

VSunderland 0-2 Liverpool30/11/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool06/12/2005

VEverton 1-3 Liverpool28/12/2005

DBolton Wanderers 2-2 Liverpool02/01/2006

VLuton Town 3-5 Liverpool07/01/2006

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Newcastle United26/12/2005

VEverton 1-3 Liverpool28/12/2005

VLiverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion31/12/2005

DBolton Wanderers 2-2 Liverpool02/01/2006

VLuton Town 3-5 Liverpool07/01/2006

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham14/01/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	13	1
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	7	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	7	6
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	4
10	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
13	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.45
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.55
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.78

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	31
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ruud van Nistelrooy	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Steven Gerrard
Ruud van Nistelrooy	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Steven Gerrard
Ruud van Nistelrooy	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Steven Gerrard
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Steven Gerrard
Cristiano Ronaldo	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Fernando Morientes
Cristiano Ronaldo	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Ruud van Nistelrooy	8 goals, 1 assist during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Harry Kewell

Historical head to head

Home

83 matches

38 v

29 d

16 l

137 gf

79 ga

Away

78 matches

22 v

19 d

37 l

90 gf

133 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

169 matches

63 v

50 d

56 l

235 gf

220 ga

Historical head to head

Home

78 matches

37 v

19 d

22 l

133 gf

90 ga

Away

83 matches

16 v

29 d

38 l

79 gf

137 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

8 ga

Total

169 matches

56 v

50 d

63 l

220 gf

235 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Home	5 - 0	September 11, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1978

Latest head to head

September 18, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

0 - 0

Man United

January 15, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

September 20, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Man United

2 - 1

Liverpool

April 24, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Man United

0 - 1

Liverpool

November 09, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Liverpool

1 - 2

Man United

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
Andy Cole	4 goals	1997 - 1999
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1987

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 Man United

Michael Owen	6 goals	1998 - 2003
John Barnes	6 goals	1989 - 1997
Robbie Fowler	6 goals	1995 - 2001
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1988 - 1990

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	29 matches	1991 - 2005
Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Denis Irwin	24 matches	1990 - 2001
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Gary Bailey	22 matches	1978 - 1985
Mark Hughes	21 matches	1984 - 1995

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.

They played in both sides

Paul Ince

281 matches

81 matches

1989 - 1999

Phil Chisnall

46 matches

9 matches

1961 - 1966

Peter Beardsley

1 match

175 matches

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.

They played in both sides

Peter Beardsley

1 match

175 matches

1982 - 1991

Paul Ince

281 matches

81 matches

1989 - 1999

Phil Chisnall

46 matches

9 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.

Competition info

The other matches

January 21, 2006

Everton

1 0

Arsenal

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January 22, 2006

Chelsea

1 1

Charlton

Line-ups available

January 23, 2006

West Ham

2 1

Fulham

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	62	23	20	2	1	49	12	+37
2	Manchester United	48	23	14	6	3	42	20	+22
3	Liverpool	44	21	13	5	3	29	12	+17
4	Tottenham	41	23	11	8	4	31	19	+12
5	Arsenal	37	22	11	4	7	34	16	+18
6	Wigan	37	23	12	1	10	28	29	-1
7	Bolton Wanderers	36	21	10	6	5	27	20	+7
8	Blackburn	34	22	10	4	8	27	25	+2
9	Manchester City	31	23	9	4	10	30	27	+3
10	West Ham	29	22	8	5	9	29	31	-2
+111	Charlton	29	21	9	2	10	27	31	-4
-112	Everton	29	23	9	2	12	16	31	-15
13	Fulham	26	22	7	5	10	26	30	-4
14	Newcastle United	26	22	7	5	10	20	25	-5
15	Aston Villa	26	23	6	8	9	26	32	-6
16	West Bromwich Albion	22	23	6	4	13	21	32	-11
17	Middlesbrough	22	22	5	7	10	27	40	-13
18	Birmingham City	19	22	5	4	13	20	31	-11
19	Portsmouth	17	23	4	5	14	16	39	-23
20	Sunderland	9	22	2	3	17	17	40	-23

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Man United 1-0 Liverpool - January 22, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

Man United

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

Ferguson vs Liverpool

Ferguson vs Benítez

Manager

Benítez vs Man United

Benítez vs Ferguson

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 Man United

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Man United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking