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Liverpool 3-2 Galatasaray - September 27, 2006 / Champions League 2006/2007

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Champions League 2006/2007 - Group C

Anfield - Liverpool - England

September 27, 2006

Liverpool

England

3 - 2

Galatasaray

Turkey

(right foot) Peter Crouch

(header) Luis García

14'

Peter Crouch

52'

59'

Karan Ümit (header)

65'

Karan Ümit (header)

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9' - Goal Peter Crouch9

14' - Goal Luis García14

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46' - Substitution Mehmet Topalis substituted by Hasan Sas photo Karan Ümit

46' - Substitution Haspolatli Cihanis substituted by Karan Ümit

52' - Goal Peter Crouch52

59' - Goal Karan Ümit

65' - Goal Karan Ümit

66' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by Mark González66

78' - Substitution Jermaine Pennantis substituted by Mohamed Sissoko78

86' - Substitution Arda Turanis substituted by Marcelo Adrián Carrusca

90' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Craig Bellamy90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 2

Galatasaray

Liverpool Galatasaray

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Crouch95290

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age25 years

H2m101

positionStriker

Kuyt66

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Luis García14

Luis García

Spain

B.date24/06/1978

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Pennant78

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Agger

Daniel Agger

Denmark

B.date12/12/1984

Age21 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Agger		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		28	426	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		30	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		24	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant	78	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		26	347	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dirk Kuyt	66	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis García	14	28	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch	95290	25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Galatasaray

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Sükür

Hakan Sükür

Turkey

B.date01/09/1971

Age35 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Ilic

Sasa Ilic

Serbia

B.date30/12/1977

Age28 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Turan86

Arda Turan

Turkey

B.date30/01/1987

Age19 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Sabri

Sarioglu Sabri

Turkey

B.date26/07/1984

Age22 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Ayhan

Akman Ayhan

Turkey

B.date23/02/1977

Age29 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Topal46

Mehmet Topal

Turkey

B.date03/03/1986

Age20 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cihan46

Haspolatli Cihan

Turkey

B.date04/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Tomas

Stjepan Tomas

Croatia

B.date03/06/1976

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Song

Rigobert Song

Cameroon

B.date01/07/1976

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Orhan

Ak Orhan

Turkey

B.date29/09/1979

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Mondragón

Faryd Mondragón

Colombia

B.date21/06/1971

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Faryd Mondragón		35	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stjepan Tomas		30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rigobert Song		30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Haspolatli Cihan	46	26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ak Orhan		26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sarioglu Sabri		22	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehmet Topal	46	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Akman Ayhan		29	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arda Turan	86	19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sasa Ilic		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hakan Sükür		35	475	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mohamed Sissoko	78	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark González	66	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy	90	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Hasan Sas	46	30	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcelo Adrián Carrusca	86	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karan Ümit	596546	29	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fábio Aurelio

John Arne Riise

OUT

Peter Crouch

Craig Bellamy

OUT

Jamie Carragher

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Luis García

Mark González

OUT

Jermaine Pennant

Mohamed Sissoko

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sasa Ilic

Hasan Sas

OUT

Haspolatli Cihan

Ferhat Öztorun

OUT

Ak Orhan

Junichi Inamoto

OUT

Mehmet Topal

Karan Ümit

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

133

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Benítez vs Galatasaray

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 2006

Benítez vs Gerets

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Eric Gerets

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Gerets vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 2006

Gerets vs Benítez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 2006

Referee

Luis Medina Cantalejo

1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool3 matches	General total	Galatasaray1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Galatasaray1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 14, 2009					Latest figure on September 27, 2006

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Key figures

Hakan Sükür played his game number 50 in Champions League with Galatasaray

Liverpool keeps its 9 consecutive wins at home running (since 15/03/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 06/03/2002-24/08/2002 time period (9 matches).

It's the first time Karan Ümit scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Liverpool in his professional career

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 1-0 Bolton Wanderers09/04/2006

VLiverpool 3-1 Aston Villa29/04/2006

VLiverpool 2-1 Maccabi Haïfa09/08/2006

VLiverpool 2-1 West Ham26/08/2006

VLiverpool 2-0 Newcastle United20/09/2006

VLiverpool 3-0 Tottenham23/09/2006

Overall

VLiverpool 2-1 West Ham26/08/2006

LEverton 3-0 Liverpool09/09/2006

DPSV Eindhoven 0-0 Liverpool12/09/2006

LChelsea 1-0 Liverpool17/09/2006

VLiverpool 2-0 Newcastle United20/09/2006

VLiverpool 3-0 Tottenham23/09/2006

Current form

Away

VBesiktas 1-2 Galatasaray07/05/2006

DAnkaraspor 1-1 Galatasaray04/08/2006

DManisaspor 2-2 Galatasaray19/08/2006

DMlada Boleslav 1-1 Galatasaray23/08/2006

DDenizlispor 1-1 Galatasaray09/09/2006

LTrabzonspor 3-1 Galatasaray23/09/2006

Overall

DMlada Boleslav 1-1 Galatasaray23/08/2006

DGalatasaray 2-2 Gaziantepspor26/08/2006

DDenizlispor 1-1 Galatasaray09/09/2006

DGalatasaray 0-0 Bordeaux12/09/2006

VGalatasaray 1-0 Besiktas17/09/2006

LTrabzonspor 3-1 Galatasaray23/09/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	2
Unbeaten streak	8	2
Drawless streak	9	3
Scoring streak	8	2
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	5	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	2
Conceding streak	11	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	28
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Peter Crouch	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Arda Turan
Craig Bellamy	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Hasan Sas
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Sasa Ilic
Peter Crouch	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Arda Turan

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Latest head to head

February 26, 2002 - Ligue des Champions 2001/2002

Galatasaray

1 - 1

Liverpool

February 20, 2002 - Ligue des Champions 2001/2002

Liverpool

0 - 0

Galatasaray logo Galatasaray

Best historical scorers against Galatasaray

Emile Heskey

1 goal

2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Radu Horia Niculescu

1 goal

2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Galatasaray

Stéphane Henchoz	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Jamie Carragher	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Danny Murphy	2 matches	2002 - 2002
John Arne Riise	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Emile Heskey	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Abel Xavier	2 matches	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/02/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Hasan Sas	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Andrés Fleurquin	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Berkant Goktan	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Radu Horia Niculescu	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Gustavo Victoria	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Korkmaz Bülent	2 matches	2002 - 2002