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Galatasaray 3-2 Liverpool - December 05, 2006 / Champions League 2006/2007

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Champions League 2006/2007 - Group C

Ali Sami Yen Stadium (1945-2011) - Istanbul - Turkey

December 05, 2006

3 - 2

Liverpool

England

(right foot) Necati Ates

23'

(right foot) Okan Buruk

28'

(left foot) Sasa Ilic

77'

21'

Robbie Fowler (left foot)

89'

Robbie Fowler (header)

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21' - Goal Robbie Fowler

23' - Goal Necati Ates23

28' - Goal Okan Buruk28

45' - Substitution Necati Atesis substituted by Sasa Ilic45

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46' - Substitution Asik Emreis substituted by Seyhan Tolga46

66' - Substitution Danny Guthrieis substituted by Luis García

74' - Substitution Craig Bellamyis substituted by Peter Crouch

75' - Substitution Marcelo Adrián Carruscais substituted by Güven Mehmet75

77' - Goal Sasa Ilic77

89' - Goal Robbie Fowler

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Galatasaray

3 - 2

Liverpool

Galatasaray Liverpool

Team line-ups

Galatasaray

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Ümit

Karan Ümit

Turkey

B.date01/10/1976

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Ates2345

Necati Ates

Turkey

B.date03/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m82

positionForward

Buruk28

Okan Buruk

Turkey

B.date19/10/1973

Age33 years

H1m69

positionRight Midfielder

Inamoto

Junichi Inamoto

Japan

B.date18/09/1979

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Ergün

Penbe Ergün

Turkey

B.date17/05/1972

Age34 years

H1m76

positionLeft Midfielder

Carrusca75

Marcelo Adrián Carrusca

Argentina

B.date01/09/1983

Age23 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

Cihan

Haspolatli Cihan

Turkey

B.date04/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Tomas

Stjepan Tomas

Croatia

B.date03/06/1976

Age30 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Emre46

Asik Emre

Turkey

B.date13/12/1973

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Sabri

Sarioglu Sabri

Turkey

B.date26/07/1984

Age22 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Mondragón

Faryd Mondragón

Colombia

B.date21/06/1971

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Faryd Mondragón		35	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Asik Emre	46	32	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stjepan Tomas		30	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Haspolatli Cihan		26	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sarioglu Sabri		22	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Penbe Ergün		34	421	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Junichi Inamoto		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Okan Buruk	28	33	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcelo Adrián Carrusca	75	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Necati Ates	2345	26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karan Ümit		30	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

153

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Fowler2189

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age31 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bellamy74

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Guthrie66

Danny Guthrie

England

B.date18/04/1987

Age19 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Paletta

Gabriel Paletta

Italy

B.date15/02/1986

Age20 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age26 years

H1m88

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

positionRight central defender

Peltier

Lee Peltier

England

B.date11/12/1986

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Dudek

Jerzy Dudek

Poland

B.date23/03/1973

Age33 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jerzy Dudek		33	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Agger		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		28	440	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gabriel Paletta		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise		26	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Peltier		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Guthrie	66	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy	74	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler	2189	31	356	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

131

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Seyhan Tolga	46	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Güven Mehmet	75	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sasa Ilic	7745	28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Luis García	66	28	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Peter Crouch	74	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marcelo Adrián Carrusca

Hasan Sas

OUT

Okan Buruk

Akman Ayhan

OUT

Sarioglu Sabri

Sasa Ilic

OUT

Necati Ates

Arda Turan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jerzy Dudek

Pepe Reina

OUT

Gabriel Paletta

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Lee Peltier

Steve Finnan

OUT

Danny Guthrie

Steven Gerrard

OUT

Robbie Fowler

Luis García

OUT

Jermaine Pennant

Dirk Kuyt

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Eric Gerets

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Gerets vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2006

Gerets vs Benítez

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

149

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Benítez vs Galatasaray

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2006

Benítez vs Gerets

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2006

Referee

Olegario Benquerença

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Galatasaray1 match	General total	Liverpool2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Galatasaray1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 05, 2006					Latest figure on November 26, 2008

Videos

November 26, 2012

Comments

Key figures

Galatasaray keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded in Champions League running (since 27/09/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/09/1999-27/09/2000 time period (11 matches).

It's the first time Okan Buruk scores 1 goal vs Liverpool in his professional career

It's the first time Okan Buruk scores a goal in Champions League since the 26/10/1999 (with Galatasaray vs Hertha Berlin )

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DGalatasaray 1-1 Ankaragücü14/10/2006

LGalatasaray 1-2 PSV Eindhoven18/10/2006

VGalatasaray 2-1 Bursaspor25/10/2006

VGalatasaray 1-0 Gençlerbirligi28/10/2006

VGalatasaray 4-0 Sakaryaspor12/11/2006

VGalatasaray 3-1 Sivasspor25/11/2006

Overall

VKarsiyaka 1-2 Galatasaray08/11/2006

VGalatasaray 4-0 Sakaryaspor12/11/2006

VAntalyaspor 0-1 Galatasaray18/11/2006

LBordeaux 3-1 Galatasaray22/11/2006

VGalatasaray 3-1 Sivasspor25/11/2006

LFenerbahçe 2-1 Galatasaray03/12/2006

Current form

Away

VBordeaux 0-1 Liverpool18/10/2006

LManchester United 2-0 Liverpool22/10/2006

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

Overall

LArsenal 3-0 Liverpool12/11/2006

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Liverpool18/11/2006

VLiverpool 2-0 PSV Eindhoven22/11/2006

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester City25/11/2006

DLiverpool 0-0 Portsmouth29/11/2006

VWigan 0-4 Liverpool02/12/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	8	7
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

41	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.57
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Sasa Ilic	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Peter Crouch
Sasa Ilic	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Peter Crouch
Sasa Ilic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Sasa Ilic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Junichi Inamoto	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 6 matches	Peter Crouch

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	September 27, 2006
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 27, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Liverpool

3 - 2

Galatasaray logo Galatasaray

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 Liverpool

	Karan Ümit	2 goals	2006 - 2006
	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.

Best historical scorers against Galatasaray

Peter Crouch	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Emile Heskey	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Luis García	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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 Liverpool

Faryd Mondragón	3 matches	2002 - 2006
Hasan Sas	3 matches	2002 - 2006
Sébastien Perez	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Penbe Ergün	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Karan Ümit	2 matches	2002 - 2006
Akman Ayhan	2 matches	2002 - 2006

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 Galatasaray

Jamie Carragher	3 matches	2002 - 2006
Abel Xavier	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Sami Hyypiä	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Vladimir Smicer	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Dietmar Hamann	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Michael Owen	2 matches	2002 - 2002