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Blackburn 2-2 Liverpool - August 28, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 3

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

August 28, 2002

29 207

2 - 2

Liverpool

David Dunn

16'

Corrado Grabbi

83'

31'

Danny Murphy

77'

John Arne Riise

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16' - Goal David Dunn16

31' - Goal Danny Murphy

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64' - Substitution El-Hadji Dioufis substituted by Vladimir Smicer photo Emile Heskey

64' - Substitution Michael Owenis substituted by Emile Heskey

77' - Goal John Arne Riise

82' - Substitution Craig Shortis substituted by Corrado Grabbi82

83' - Goal Corrado Grabbi83

87' - Substitution John Arne Riiseis substituted by Salif Diao

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

2 - 2

Liverpool

Blackburn Liverpool

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Short82

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age34 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Johansson

Nils-Eric Johansson

Sweden

B.date13/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Dunn16

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Short	82	34	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Taylor		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		29	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nils-Eric Johansson		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	16	22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay		32	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff		23	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke		30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Dudek

Jerzy Dudek

Poland

B.date23/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Riise7787

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Traoré

Djimi Traoré

Mali

B.date01/03/1980

Age22 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

Abel Xavier

Portugal

B.date30/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age29 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Murphy31

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

Diouf64

El-Hadji Diouf

Senegal

B.date15/01/1981

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

Owen64

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jerzy Dudek		29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		28	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		28	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise	7787	21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Djimi Traoré		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abel Xavier		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dietmar Hamann		29	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Murphy	31	25	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		22	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	El-Hadji Diouf	64	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen	64	22	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Corrado Grabbi	8382	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Salif Diao	87	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimir Smicer	64	29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey	64	24	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Arne Riise

Emile Heskey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

119

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Souness vs Liverpool

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 28, 2002

Souness vs Houllier

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 28, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

183

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Houllier vs Blackburn

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 28, 2002

Houllier vs Souness

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 28, 2002

Referee

Steve Bennett

9 victories	5 draws	5 losses	Blackburn19 matches	General total	Liverpool34 matches	18 victories	8 draws	8 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Blackburn2 matches	Season total	Liverpool3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on May 09, 2010					Latest figure on January 30, 2010

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 05/03/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/04/2001-28/11/2001 time period (12 matches).

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 matches without conceding any goal in Premier League (since 11/05/2002).

Michael Owen played his game number 250 in his professional career

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 2-1 Ipswich Town13/03/2002

VBlackburn 2-0 Southampton01/04/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Chelsea10/04/2002

DBlackburn 2-2 Newcastle United23/04/2002

VBlackburn 3-0 Fulham11/05/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Sunderland17/08/2002

Overall

DBlackburn 2-2 Newcastle United23/04/2002

VEverton 1-2 Blackburn28/04/2002

LLiverpool 4-3 Blackburn08/05/2002

VBlackburn 3-0 Fulham11/05/2002

DBlackburn 0-0 Sunderland17/08/2002

VBirmingham City 0-1 Blackburn24/08/2002

Current form

Away

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Liverpool13/03/2002

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Liverpool16/03/2002

LBayer Leverkusen 4-2 Liverpool09/04/2002

VSunderland 0-1 Liverpool13/04/2002

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool27/04/2002

VAston Villa 0-1 Liverpool18/08/2002

Overall

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool27/04/2002

VLiverpool 4-3 Blackburn08/05/2002

VLiverpool 5-0 Ipswich Town11/05/2002

LArsenal 1-0 Liverpool11/08/2002

VAston Villa 0-1 Liverpool18/08/2002

VLiverpool 3-0 Southampton24/08/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	14
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Dwight Yorke	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	El-Hadji Diouf
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	John Arne Riise
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Danny Murphy
Dwight Yorke	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	El-Hadji Diouf

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

26 v

21 d

14 l

104 gf

84 ga

Away

59 matches

10 v

13 d

36 l

60 gf

124 ga

Total

120 matches

36 v

34 d

50 l

164 gf

208 ga

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

36 v

13 d

10 l

124 gf

60 ga

Away

61 matches

14 v

21 d

26 l

84 gf

104 ga

Total

120 matches

50 v

34 d

36 l

208 gf

164 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 28, 1933
Away	4 - 1	February 05, 1966

Latest head to head

May 08, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Liverpool

4 - 3

Blackburn

November 17, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Blackburn

1 - 1

Liverpool

January 10, 2000 - FA Cup 1999/2000

Liverpool

0 - 1

Blackburn

April 24, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Blackburn

1 - 3

Liverpool

November 29, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Liverpool

2 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Chris Sutton	5 goals	1994 - 1996
Jason Wilcox	4 goals	1993 - 1996
Andrew McEvoy	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Mike Harrison	3 goals	1963 - 1966
Matt Jansen	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Tim Sherwood	2 goals	1994 - 1996

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

Ian Rush	6 goals	1983 - 1994
Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Roger Hunt	5 goals	1963 - 1966
Berry Nieuwenhuys	4 goals	1933 - 1936
Stan Collymore	3 goals	1995 - 1996
Vic Wright	3 goals	1934 - 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
Stuart Ripley	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Henning Berg	11 matches	1993 - 2002
Tim Sherwood	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	11 matches	1992 - 1999
Jeff Kenna	9 matches	1995 - 2000

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
John Barnes	13 matches	1987 - 1997
David James	12 matches	1993 - 1998
Jamie Redknapp	11 matches	1992 - 1999
Robbie Fowler	10 matches	1994 - 2001
Ian Rush	9 matches	1983 - 1994