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Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City - February 26, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 27

Anfield - Liverpool - England

February 26, 2006

44 121

1 - 0

Manchester City

Harry Kewell

40'

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31' - Substitution Xabi Alonsois substituted by Dietmar Hamann31

40' - Goal Harry Kewell40

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46' - Substitution Antoine Sibierskiis substituted by Bradley Wright-Phillips

52' - Red card Joey Barton

67' - Substitution Trevor Sinclairis substituted by Stephen Ireland

75' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Luis García75

79' - Substitution Albert Rierais substituted by Lee Croft

85' - Substitution Harry Kewellis substituted by Djimi Traoré85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City

Liverpool Manchester City

Team line-ups

Liverpool

25 Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Agger

Daniel Agger

Denmark

B.date12/12/1984

Age21 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

4 Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age32 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

6 Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

2 Kromkamp

Jan Kromkamp

Netherlands

B.date17/08/1980

Age25 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

3 Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

14 Alonso31

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

7 Kewell4085

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

15 Crouch75

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age25 years

H2m101

positionStriker

19 Morientes

Fernando Morientes

Spain

B.date05/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Pepe Reina		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Daniel Agger		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sami Hyypiä		32	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	John Arne Riise		25	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jan Kromkamp		25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan		29	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Xabi Alonso	31	24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard		25	324	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Harry Kewell	4085	27	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Peter Crouch	75	25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Fernando Morientes		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

124

Manchester City

1 James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

41 Jordan

Stephen Jordan

England

B.date06/03/1982

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age28 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

22 Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

18 Mills

Danny Mills

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

10 Sibierski46

Antoine Sibierski

France

B.date05/08/1974

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

14 Musampa

Kiki Musampa

Netherlands

B.date20/07/1977

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

24 Barton52

Joey Barton

England

B.date02/09/1982

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

19 Riera79

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

28 Sinclair67

Trevor Sinclair

England

B.date02/03/1973

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

20 Samaras

Georgios Samaras

Greece

B.date21/02/1985

Age21 years

H1m92

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David James		35	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	D	Stephen Jordan		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sylvain Distin		28	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Richard Dunne		26	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Danny Mills		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Antoine Sibierski	46	31	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Kiki Musampa		28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Joey Barton	52	23	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Albert Riera	79	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Trevor Sinclair	67	32	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Georgios Samaras		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	D	Djimi Traoré	85	25	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Dietmar Hamann	31	32	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luis García	75	27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
38	M	Stephen Ireland	67	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Bradley Wright-Phillips	46	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	M	Lee Croft	79	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Crouch

Robbie Fowler

OUT

Daniel Agger

Jamie Carragher

OUT

Jan Kromkamp

Mohamed Sissoko

OUT

Steven Gerrard

Luis García

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Danny Mills

Micah Richards

OUT

Trevor Sinclair

Darius Vassell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

107

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Benítez vs Manchester City

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 2006

Benítez vs Pearce

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Stuart Pearce

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Pearce vs Liverpool

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2006

Pearce vs Benítez

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2006

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

18 victories	9 draws	12 losses	Liverpool39 matches	General total	Manchester City18 matches	2 victories	6 draws	10 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Manchester City4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on May 13, 2007					Latest figure on August 23, 2006

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Key figures

Sylvain Distin played his game number 10 vs Liverpool in his professional career

Manchester City keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 21/01/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/05/2005-26/12/2005 time period (11 matches).

Steven Gerrard played his game number 10 vs Manchester City in Premier League

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Chelsea	69 pts	27 rd
2	Manchester United	54 pts	26 rd
3	Liverpool	54 pts	27 rd
4	Tottenham	46 pts	27 rd
5	Blackburn	43 pts	27 rd

General ranking

-1	8	West Ham	41 pts	26 rd
-1	9	Wigan	40 pts	27 rd
	10	Manchester City	37 pts	27 rd
	11	Newcastle United	36 pts	27 rd
	12	Everton	36 pts	27 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-0 Newcastle United26/12/2005

VLiverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion31/12/2005

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham14/01/2006

DLiverpool 1-1 Birmingham City01/02/2006

VLiverpool 1-0 Arsenal14/02/2006

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester United18/02/2006

Overall

LChelsea 2-0 Liverpool05/02/2006

LCharlton 2-0 Liverpool08/02/2006

VWigan 0-1 Liverpool11/02/2006

VLiverpool 1-0 Arsenal14/02/2006

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester United18/02/2006

LBenfica 1-0 Liverpool21/02/2006

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester City10/12/2005

LWigan 4-3 Manchester City26/12/2005

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Manchester City31/12/2005

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester City21/01/2006

LEverton 1-0 Manchester City04/02/2006

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City19/02/2006

Overall

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester City21/01/2006

VManchester City 1-0 Wigan28/01/2006

VManchester City 3-0 Newcastle United01/02/2006

LEverton 1-0 Manchester City04/02/2006

VManchester City 3-2 Charlton12/02/2006

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City19/02/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	13	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	10
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	14
5	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	83
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
15	Victories (Competition total)	11
10	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.38
1.46	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.15
0.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	45
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	27
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Steven Gerrard	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Andy Cole
Peter Crouch	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Andy Cole
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Joey Barton
Fernando Morientes	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Andy Cole
Fernando Morientes	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Andy Cole
Luis García	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Joey Barton

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

44 v

16 d

14 l

157 gf

94 ga

Away

76 matches

31 v

19 d

26 l

117 gf

104 ga

Total

150 matches

75 v

35 d

40 l

274 gf

198 ga

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

26 v

19 d

31 l

104 gf

117 ga

Away

74 matches

14 v

16 d

44 l

94 gf

157 ga

Total

150 matches

40 v

35 d

75 l

198 gf

274 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 28, 1995
Home	6 - 0	October 28, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 11, 1935
Away	5 - 0	March 26, 1937

Latest head to head

November 26, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Manchester City

0 - 1

Liverpool

April 09, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Manchester City

1 - 0

Liverpool

August 21, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Liverpool

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

February 11, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Liverpool

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 28, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Manchester City

2 - 2

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Ian Rush	15 goals	1982 - 1996
Kenny Dalglish	11 goals	1978 - 1982
Bobby Graham	7 goals	1968 - 1972
Roger Hunt	7 goals	1962 - 1969
Michael Owen	5 goals	2000 - 2004
Graeme Souness	5 goals	1978 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

David White	5 goals	1991 - 1993
Nicolas Anelka	4 goals	2003 - 2004
Neil Young	4 goals	1962 - 1969
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1974
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Colin Bell	3 goals	1966 - 1974

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Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Ray Clemence	25 matches	1971 - 1981
Emelyn Hughes	25 matches	1967 - 1978
Ian Callaghan	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Phil Thompson	21 matches	1973 - 1982
Ian Rush	20 matches	1981 - 1996
Tommy Smith	20 matches	1966 - 1977

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Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Joe Corrigan	28 matches	1969 - 1982
Tommy Booth	22 matches	1969 - 1981
Michael Doyle	21 matches	1967 - 1977
Colin Bell	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Mike Summerbee	19 matches	1966 - 1974
Willie Donachie	18 matches	1971 - 1978

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They played in both sides

Steve McManaman

364 matches

44 matches

1990 - 2005

Robbie Fowler

335 matches

92 matches

1993 - 2006

David James

277 matches

86 matches

1992 - 2006

Steve McMahon

276 matches

91 matches

1985 - 1994

Paul Walsh

112 matches

63 matches

1984 - 1995

Michael Robinson

50 matches

35 matches

1979 - 1984

Total : 12 players

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They played in both sides

Nicolas Anelka

22 matches

103 matches

2001 - 2005

Robbie Fowler

335 matches

92 matches

1993 - 2006

Steve McMahon

276 matches

91 matches

1985 - 1994

David James

277 matches

86 matches

1992 - 2006

Paul Walsh

112 matches

63 matches

1984 - 1995

Steve McManaman

364 matches

44 matches

1990 - 2005

Total : 12 players

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Competition info

The other matches

February 19, 2006

Tottenham

2 2

Wigan

Line-ups available

February 25, 2006

Line-ups available

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February 26, 2006

Line-ups available

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March 29, 2006

Man United

1 0

West Ham

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	69	27	22	3	2	54	16	+38
2	Manchester United	54	26	16	6	4	52	27	+25
3	Liverpool	54	27	16	6	5	33	17	+16
4	Tottenham	46	27	12	10	5	37	24	+13
5	Blackburn	43	27	13	4	10	34	31	+3
+36	Bolton Wanderers	42	25	11	9	5	32	24	+8
-17	Arsenal	41	27	12	5	10	39	22	+17
-18	West Ham	41	26	12	5	9	39	34	+5
-19	Wigan	40	27	12	4	11	32	34	-2
10	Manchester City	37	27	11	4	12	36	31	+5
11	Newcastle United	36	27	10	6	11	26	29	-3
12	Everton	36	27	11	3	13	19	34	-15
13	Charlton	35	27	10	5	12	32	37	-5
14	Fulham	32	27	9	5	13	37	39	-2
15	Aston Villa	31	27	7	10	10	32	35	-3
16	Middlesbrough	31	26	8	7	11	35	44	-9
17	West Bromwich Albion	26	27	7	5	15	24	40	-16
18	Birmingham City	23	26	6	5	15	22	37	-15
19	Portsmouth	18	27	4	6	17	18	47	-29
20	Sunderland	10	27	2	4	21	18	49	-31

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Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City - February 26, 2006 / Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Manchester City

Benítez vs Pearce

Manager

Pearce vs Liverpool

Pearce vs Benítez

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking