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Sheffield United 2-1 Liverpool - January 08, 2003 / League Cup 2002/2003

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League Cup 2002/2003 - Semi-finals

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

January 08, 2003

30 095

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Liverpool

Michael Tonge

76'

Michael Tonge

82'

35'

Neil Mellor

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35' - Goal Neil Mellor

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50' - Substitution Carl Asabais substituted by Nick Montgomery50

57' - Substitution Vladimir Smiceris substituted by Emile Heskey

70' - Substitution Neil Melloris substituted by Michael Owen

76' - Goal Michael Tonge76

82' - Goal Michael Tonge82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

2 - 1

Liverpool

Sheffield United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Murphy

Shaun Murphy

Australia

B.date05/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

England

B.date17/08/1982

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Quinn

Wayne Quinn

England

B.date19/11/1976

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Tonge8276

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Brown

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

McCall

Stuart McCall

Scotland

B.date10/06/1964

Age38 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Asaba50

Carl Asaba

England

B.date28/01/1973

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Allison

Wayne Allison

England

B.date16/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Murphy		32	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Jagielka		20	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Quinn		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge	8276	19	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown		25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart McCall		38	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Asaba	50	29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Allison		34	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu		29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Kirkland

Chris Kirkland

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age21 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Diao

Salif Diao

Senegal

B.date10/02/1977

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age29 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Traoré

Djimi Traoré

Mali

B.date01/03/1980

Age22 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

Smicer57

Vladimir Smicer

Czech Republic

B.date24/05/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Murphy

Danny Murphy

England

B.date18/03/1977

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Mellor3570

Neil Mellor

England

B.date04/11/1982

Age20 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Diouf

El-Hadji Diouf

Senegal

B.date15/01/1981

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Kirkland		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		24	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		28	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Salif Diao		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		29	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Djimi Traoré		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimir Smicer	57	29	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Murphy		25	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		22	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Mellor	3570	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	El-Hadji Diouf		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Nick Montgomery	50	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Emile Heskey	57	24	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Michael Owen	70	23	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wayne Quinn

Robert Kozluk

OUT

Carl Asaba

Steve Kabba

OUT

Wayne Allison

Paul Peschisolido

OUT

Michael Brown

Nick Montgomery

OUT

Peter Ndlovu

Jon-Paul McGovern

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

162

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Warnock vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 08, 2003

Warnock vs Houllier

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 08, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

215

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Houllier vs Sheffield United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 08, 2003

Houllier vs Warnock

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 08, 2003

Referee

Michael Dean

8 victories	4 draws	7 losses	Sheffield United19 matches	General total	Liverpool13 matches	9 victories	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sheffield United1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 28, 2020					Latest figure on March 12, 2022

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Key figures

Sheffield United keeps its 6 consecutive wins in League Cup running (since 10/09/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/09/1999 (3 matches)

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 consecutive matches without a loss in League Cup (since 06/11/2002). It was the best streak for the club since 15/10/1997-27/01/1998 (4 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in League Cup running (since 08/01/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/10/1992 (9 matches)

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2002

VSheffield United 2-0 Sunderland03/12/2002

VSheffield United 3-1 Crystal Palace17/12/2002

VSheffield United 1-0 Preston North End21/12/2002

DSheffield United 0-0 Coventry28/12/2002

VSheffield United 4-0 Cheltenham04/01/2003

Overall

VReading 0-2 Sheffield United14/12/2002

VSheffield United 3-1 Crystal Palace17/12/2002

VSheffield United 1-0 Preston North End21/12/2002

VWalsall 0-1 Sheffield United26/12/2002

DSheffield United 0-0 Coventry28/12/2002

VSheffield United 4-0 Cheltenham04/01/2003

Current form

Away

LCharlton 2-0 Liverpool07/12/2002

LSunderland 2-1 Liverpool15/12/2002

VAston Villa 3-4 Liverpool18/12/2002

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool29/12/2002

LNewcastle United 1-0 Liverpool01/01/2003

VManchester City 0-1 Liverpool05/01/2003

Overall

VAston Villa 3-4 Liverpool18/12/2002

DLiverpool 0-0 Everton22/12/2002

DLiverpool 1-1 Blackburn26/12/2002

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool29/12/2002

LNewcastle United 1-0 Liverpool01/01/2003

VManchester City 0-1 Liverpool05/01/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	11	12
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	3	4

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Michael Brown	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	El-Hadji Diouf
Michael Brown	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Danny Murphy
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	El-Hadji Diouf
Paul Peschisolido	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Danny Murphy

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

29 v

16 d

17 l

94 gf

62 ga

Away

61 matches

9 v

12 d

40 l

61 gf

134 ga

Total

123 matches

38 v

28 d

57 l

155 gf

196 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

40 v

12 d

9 l

134 gf

61 ga

Away

62 matches

17 v

16 d

29 l

62 gf

94 ga

Total

123 matches

57 v

28 d

38 l

196 gf

155 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	August 29, 1932
Home	6 - 2	August 29, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 23, 1972
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1972

Latest head to head

April 02, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Liverpool

1 - 2

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

December 26, 1993 - Premier League 1993/1994

Sheffield United

0 - 0

Liverpool

November 11, 1992 - League Cup 1992/1993

Liverpool

3 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 28, 1992 - League Cup 1992/1993

Sheffield United

0 - 0

Liverpool

September 12, 1992 - Premier League 1992/1993

Sheffield United

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Brian Deane	5 goals	1990 - 1992
Tony Currie	3 goals	1968 - 1971
Alan Woodward	2 goals	1965 - 1974
Jostein Flo	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Alan Birchenall	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Derek Pace	2 goals	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Roger Hunt	7 goals	1964 - 1968
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1971 - 1973
Ian Rush	3 goals	1990 - 1994
John Toshack	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Steve McManaman	2 goals	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Len Badger	18 matches	1964 - 1975
Alan Woodward	16 matches	1964 - 1976
Alan Hodgkinson	13 matches	1962 - 1968
Tony Currie	12 matches	1968 - 1976
Edmond Colquhoun	10 matches	1971 - 1976
Reg Matthewson	8 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Ian Callaghan	22 matches	1962 - 1976
Chris Lawler	15 matches	1964 - 1974
Emelyn Hughes	15 matches	1967 - 1978
Tommy Smith	14 matches	1965 - 1976
Roger Hunt	13 matches	1962 - 1968
Ian St-John	12 matches	1962 - 1968