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Sunderland 2-1 Liverpool - December 15, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 18

Stadium of Light - Sunderland - England

December 15, 2002

37 118

Sunderland

2 - 1

Liverpool

Gavin McCann

36'

Michael Proctor

85'

68'

Milan Baros

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36' - Goal Gavin McCann36

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46' - Substitution Dietmar Hamannis substituted by John Arne Riise

63' - Substitution Igor Biscanis substituted by El-Hadji Diouf

68' - Goal Milan Baros

72' - Substitution Vladimir Smiceris substituted by Salif Diao

80' - Substitution Michael Grayis substituted by Michael Proctor80

85' - Goal Michael Proctor85

89' - Substitution Tore André Flois substituted by Marcus Stewart89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

2 - 1

Liverpool

Sunderland Liverpool

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Macho

Jürgen Macho

Austria

B.date24/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Björklund

Joachim Björklund

Sweden

B.date15/03/1971

Age31 years

positionRight central defender

Babb

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/02/1977

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Wright

Stephen Wright

England

B.date08/02/1980

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Thirlwell

Paul Thirlwell

England

B.date13/02/1979

Age23 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gray80

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age28 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

McCann36

Gavin McCann

England

B.date10/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Flo89

Tore André Flo

Norway

B.date15/06/1973

Age29 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Phillips

Kevin Phillips

England

B.date25/07/1973

Age29 years

H1m71

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jürgen Macho		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joachim Björklund		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Babb		32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Kilbane		25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Wright		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Thirlwell		23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray	80	28	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin McCann	36	24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	89	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Phillips		29	143	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

Liverpool

Kirkland

Chris Kirkland

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age21 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Biscan63

Igor Biscan

Croatia

B.date04/05/1978

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

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

Traoré

Djimi Traoré

Mali

B.date01/03/1980

Age22 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

Hamann46

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age29 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Smicer72

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

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Baros68

Milan Baros

Czech Republic

B.date28/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Kirkland		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Biscan	63	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		24	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Djimi Traoré		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dietmar Hamann	46	29	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimir Smicer	72	29	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Murphy		25	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		22	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen		23	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Milan Baros	68	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

124

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Marcus Stewart	89	30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Michael Proctor	8580	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Salif Diao	72	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise	46	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	El-Hadji Diouf	63	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gavin McCann

Michael Proctor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Milan Baros

El-Hadji Diouf

OUT

Dietmar Hamann

Salif Diao

OUT

Igor Biscan

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Wilkinson

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Wilkinson vs Liverpool

7 victories

9 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on December 15, 2002

Wilkinson vs Houllier

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

208

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Houllier vs Sunderland

2 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2002

Houllier vs Wilkinson

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2002

Referee

Mark Halsey

8 victories	7 draws	11 losses	Sunderland26 matches	General total	Liverpool38 matches	20 victories	8 draws	10 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Sunderland3 matches	Season total	Liverpool3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 02, 2013					Latest figure on May 12, 2013

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Key figures

End of streak for Sunderland after 5 consecutive matches without a win (since 17/11/2002).

End of streak for Sunderland after 5 matches without scoring any goal (since 17/11/2002). It was the best streak for the club since 27/11/1976-03/01/1977 (7 matches).

It's the first time Gavin McCann scores a goal in Premier League since the 17/03/2001 (with Sunderland vs Chelsea )

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSunderland 0-3 Fulham14/09/2002

VSunderland 1-0 Aston Villa28/09/2002

LSunderland 0-1 West Ham19/10/2002

VSunderland 2-0 Tottenham10/11/2002

LSunderland 0-1 Birmingham City23/11/2002

LSunderland 0-3 Manchester City09/12/2002

Overall

VSunderland 2-0 Tottenham10/11/2002

DLiverpool 0-0 Sunderland17/11/2002

LSunderland 0-1 Birmingham City23/11/2002

LChelsea 3-0 Sunderland30/11/2002

LSheffield United 2-0 Sunderland03/12/2002

LSunderland 0-3 Manchester City09/12/2002

Current form

Away

VSpartak Moscow 1-3 Liverpool22/10/2002

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool09/11/2002

DFC Basel 3-3 Liverpool12/11/2002

LFulham 3-2 Liverpool23/11/2002

VVitesse Arnhem 0-1 Liverpool28/11/2002

LCharlton 2-0 Liverpool07/12/2002

Overall

LFulham 3-2 Liverpool23/11/2002

VVitesse Arnhem 0-1 Liverpool28/11/2002

LLiverpool 1-2 Manchester United01/12/2002

DLiverpool 1-1 Ipswich Town04/12/2002

LCharlton 2-0 Liverpool07/12/2002

VLiverpool 1-0 Vitesse Arnhem12/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	4
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	6	4
Goalless streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
3	Victories (Competition total)	9
2	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
9	Losses (Competition total)	4
5	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
0.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	18
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tore André Flo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Michael Owen
Tore André Flo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Michael Owen
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Michael Owen
Tore André Flo	2 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 10 matches	Michael Owen

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

30 v

13 d

28 l

119 gf

111 ga

Away

71 matches

19 v

18 d

34 l

91 gf

127 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

143 matches

49 v

31 d

63 l

210 gf

240 ga

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

34 v

18 d

19 l

127 gf

91 ga

Away

71 matches

28 v

13 d

30 l

111 gf

119 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

143 matches

63 v

31 d

49 l

240 gf

210 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 07, 1912
Home	7 - 0	December 07, 1912

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 12, 1966
Away	3 - 0	April 03, 1985

Latest head to head

November 17, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Liverpool

0 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 13, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Sunderland

0 - 1

Liverpool

November 25, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Liverpool

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

February 10, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Sunderland

1 - 1

Liverpool

September 23, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Liverpool

1 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Neil Martin	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Colin Suggett	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Kevin Phillips	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Stan Cummins	2 goals	1980 - 1981
George Herd	2 goals	1966 - 1967
John O'Hare	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Roger Hunt	6 goals	1966 - 1968
Ian Rush	6 goals	1982 - 1992
Chris Lawler	4 goals	1966 - 1970
Michael Owen	3 goals	1999 - 2002
Ron Yeats	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Patrik Berger	2 goals	1999 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Jimmy Montgomery	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Len Ashurst	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Gordon Chisholm	10 matches	1980 - 1985
Paul Bracewell	9 matches	1983 - 1997
Michael Gray	9 matches	1995 - 2002
Martin Harvey	9 matches	1964 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Ian Callaghan	15 matches	1964 - 1977
Chris Lawler	13 matches	1964 - 1973
Phil Neal	12 matches	1976 - 1985
Ron Yeats	12 matches	1964 - 1970
Ian Rush	12 matches	1981 - 1995
Peter Thompson	12 matches	1964 - 1970