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Liverpool 0-2 Benfica - March 08, 2006 / Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

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Ligue des Champions 2005/2006 - 1/8 de finale

Anfield - Liverpool - England

March 08, 2006

0 - 2

Benfica

Portugal

36'

Simão

89'

Fabrizio Miccoli

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36' - Goal Simão

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59' - Substitution Geovanniis substituted by Georgios Karagounis

63' - Substitution Harry Kewellis substituted by Djibril Cissé63

68' - Substitution Fernando Morientesis substituted by Robbie Fowler68

69' - Substitution Stephen Warnockis substituted by Dietmar Hamann69

69' - Substitution Laurent Robertis substituted by Ricardo Rocha

76' - Substitution Nuno Gomesis substituted by Fabrizio Miccoli

89' - Goal Fabrizio Miccoli

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

0 - 2

Benfica

Liverpool Benfica

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Crouch

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age25 years

H2m101

positionStriker

Morientes68

Fernando Morientes

Spain

B.date05/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kewell63

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Luis García

Spain

B.date24/06/1978

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Traoré

Djimi Traoré

Mali

B.date01/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

Warnock69

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		28	404	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock	69	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Djimi Traoré		26	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		29	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		25	326	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell	63	27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis García		27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Morientes	68	29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

131

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Gomes76

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age29 years

H1m81

positionStriker

20Simão36

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

34Robert69

Laurent Robert

France

B.date21/05/1975

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Geovanni59

Geovanni

Brazil

B.date11/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m71

positionForward

14Fernandes

Manuel Fernandes

Portugal

B.date05/02/1986

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

16Beto

Beto

Brazil

B.date20/11/1976

Age29 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

5Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age30 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

3Anderson

Cleber Anderson

Brazil

B.date27/04/1980

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

13Alcides

Alcides

Brazil

B.date13/03/1985

Age20 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

31Moretto

Marcelo Moretto

Brazil

B.date10/05/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Marcelo Moretto		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Alcides		20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Cleber Anderson		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Manuel Fernandes		20	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Beto		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Laurent Robert	69	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Simão	36	26	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	76	29	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Geovanni	59	26	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Dietmar Hamann	69	32	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Djibril Cissé	63	24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler	68	30	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	D	Ricardo Rocha	69	27	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Georgios Karagounis	59	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Fabrizio Miccoli	8976	26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fernando Morientes

Djibril Cissé

OUT

Xabi Alonso

Dietmar Hamann

OUT

Stephen Warnock

Jan Kromkamp

OUT

Steve Finnan

Robbie Fowler

OUT

Luis García

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Simão

Georgios Karagounis

OUT

Beto

Armando Petit

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

109

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Benítez vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 08, 2006

Benítez vs Koeman

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 08, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Koeman

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Koeman vs Liverpool

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2006

Koeman vs Benítez

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2006

Referee

Massimo De Santis

1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool3 matches	General total	Benfica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Benfica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 08, 2006					Latest figure on March 08, 2006

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Key figures

The last time Liverpool has conceded at least 2 goals at home in Ligue des Champions, It was on the 20/11/2001 (vs )

The last time Benfica has ended with the score 2-0 in Ligue des Champions, It was on the 18/10/1989 (vs )

Liverpool keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win in Ligue des Champions running (since 23/11/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/11/2001-13/03/2002 time period (5 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester City26/02/2006

DLiverpool 0-0 Charlton04/03/2006

Overall

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

VLiverpool 1-0 Manchester City26/02/2006

DLiverpool 0-0 Charlton04/03/2006

Current form

Away

VVitória Setúbal 0-1 Benfica21/12/2005

VTourizense 0-2 Benfica11/01/2006

VGil Vicente 1-3 Benfica20/01/2006

LLeiria 3-1 Benfica04/02/2006

LVitória Guimarães 2-0 Benfica18/02/2006

VEstrela da Amadora 1-2 Benfica04/03/2006

Overall

DBenfica 0-0 Nacional Madeira08/02/2006

VBenfica 4-0 Penafiel12/02/2006

LVitória Guimarães 2-0 Benfica18/02/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Liverpool21/02/2006

VBenfica 1-0 FC Porto26/02/2006

VEstrela da Amadora 1-2 Benfica04/03/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	15	2
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	4	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	7	5
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	18
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	7
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
8	Victories (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.86
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.71
0.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steven Gerrard	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Fabrizio Miccoli
Steven Gerrard	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Simão
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Nelson
Djibril Cissé	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Luisão

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

7 matches

5 v

0 d

2 l

14 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

8 ga

Total

7 matches

2 v

0 d

5 l

6 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	March 21, 1984
Home	4 - 1	March 15, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	February 21, 2006
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 21, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Benfica

1 - 0

Liverpool

November 07, 1984 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1984/1985

Benfica

1 - 0

Liverpool

October 24, 1984 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1984/1985

Liverpool

3 - 1

Benfica

March 21, 1984 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1983/1984

Benfica

1 - 4

Liverpool

March 07, 1984 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1983/1984

Liverpool

1 - 0

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Ian Rush	5 goals	1984 - 1984
Ronnie Whelan	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Craig Johnston	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Jimmy Case	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Kenny Dalglish	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Ian Callaghan	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Nené	3 goals	1978 - 1984
Diamantino	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Michael Manniche	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Luisão	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Kenny Dalglish	6 matches	1978 - 1984
Phil Neal	6 matches	1978 - 1984
Alan Hansen	5 matches	1978 - 1984
Ian Rush	4 matches	1984 - 1984
Craig Johnston	4 matches	1984 - 1984
Mark Lawrenson	4 matches	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Bento	6 matches	1978 - 1984
Antonio Bastos Lopes	5 matches	1978 - 1984
Nené	5 matches	1978 - 1984
Minervino Pietra	5 matches	1978 - 1984
António Oliveira	4 matches	1984 - 1984
José Luis	4 matches	1978 - 1984