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Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough - December 08, 2001 / Premier League 2001/2002

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Premier League 2001/2002 - Round 16

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 08, 2001

43 674

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough

Michael Owen

27'

Patrik Berger

45'

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18' - Substitution Mark Crossleyis substituted by Marlon Beresford

27' - Goal Michael Owen27

45' - Goal Patrik Berger45

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46' - Substitution Allan Johnstonis substituted by Mark Wilson photo Ricard Hamilton

46' - Substitution Szilard Nemethis substituted by Ricard Hamilton

77' - Substitution Michael Owenis substituted by Emile Heskey77

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough

Liverpool Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Dudek

Jerzy Dudek

Poland

B.date23/03/1973

Age28 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age28 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

13 Murphy

Danny Murphy

England

B.date18/03/1977

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Berger45

Patrik Berger

Czech Republic

B.date10/11/1973

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age36 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Litmanen

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age30 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Owen2777

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age21 years

H1m73

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Jerzy Dudek		28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Sami Hyypiä		28	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Stéphane Henchoz		27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Jamie Carragher		23	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	John Arne Riise		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Dietmar Hamann		28	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Danny Murphy		24	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Patrik Berger	45	28	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Gary McAllister		36	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jari Litmanen		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Michael Owen	2777	21	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

104

Middlesbrough

Crossley18

Mark Crossley

Wales

B.date16/06/1969

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Cooper

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age34 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age34 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnston46

Allan Johnston

Scotland

B.date14/12/1973

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age33 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Nemeth46

Szilard Nemeth

Slovakia

B.date08/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Boksic

Alen Boksic

Croatia

B.date21/01/1970

Age31 years

H1m87

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Crossley	18	32	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Cooper		34	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		34	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Johnston	46	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		33	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Szilard Nemeth	46	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alen Boksic		31	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Emile Heskey	77	23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marlon Beresford	18	32	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Wilson	46	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricard Hamilton	46	27	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Patrik Berger

Emile Heskey

OUT

Gary McAllister

Steven Gerrard

OUT

Jari Litmanen

Vladimir Smicer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Ince

Carlos Marinelli

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Phil Thompson

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Thompson vs Middlesbrough

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 08, 2001

Thompson vs McClaren

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 08, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

McClaren vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 08, 2001

McClaren vs Thompson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 08, 2001

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

18 victories	9 draws	12 losses	Liverpool39 matches	General total	Middlesbrough20 matches	7 victories	5 draws	8 losses
4 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 13, 2007					Latest figure on April 14, 2007

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Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 4 matches without scoring any goal vs Middlesbrough (since 21/08/1999). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/10/1976 (2 matches)

It's the first time Patrik Berger scores a goal in his professional career with since the 29/10/2000 (with Liverpool vs Middlesbrough )

It's the first time Patrik Berger scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLiverpool 1-2 Grimsby Town09/10/2001

DLiverpool 1-1 Leeds United13/10/2001

VLiverpool 2-0 Borussia Dortmund30/10/2001

VLiverpool 3-1 Manchester United04/11/2001

LLiverpool 1-3 FC Barcelona20/11/2001

VLiverpool 1-0 Sunderland25/11/2001

Overall

VLiverpool 3-1 Manchester United04/11/2001

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool17/11/2001

LLiverpool 1-3 FC Barcelona20/11/2001

VLiverpool 1-0 Sunderland25/11/2001

VDerby County 0-1 Liverpool01/12/2001

DAS Roma 0-0 Liverpool05/12/2001

Current form

Away

DChelsea 2-2 Middlesbrough23/09/2001

LBlackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough10/10/2001

DCharlton 0-0 Middlesbrough13/10/2001

LTottenham 2-1 Middlesbrough27/10/2001

DAston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough17/11/2001

VBlackburn 0-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2001

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Sunderland22/10/2001

LTottenham 2-1 Middlesbrough27/10/2001

VMiddlesbrough 5-1 Derby County03/11/2001

DAston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough17/11/2001

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Ipswich Town25/11/2001

VBlackburn 0-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	20	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	15
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
9	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.77	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.13
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

21	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Michael Owen	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Alen Boksic
Michael Owen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Alen Boksic
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alen Boksic
Michael Owen	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 9 matches	Alen Boksic

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

34 v

15 d

14 l

136 gf

64 ga

Away

61 matches

19 v

18 d

24 l

84 gf

103 ga

Total

124 matches

53 v

33 d

38 l

220 gf

167 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

24 v

18 d

19 l

103 gf

84 ga

Away

63 matches

14 v

15 d

34 l

64 gf

136 ga

Total

124 matches

38 v

33 d

53 l

167 gf

220 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	September 16, 1931
Home	7 - 2	September 16, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 31, 1929
Away	2 - 0	March 06, 1976

Latest head to head

January 20, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Liverpool

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 26, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Liverpool

January 22, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Liverpool

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 21, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Liverpool

February 06, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Liverpool

3 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Robbie Fowler	6 goals	1996 - 1998
David Johnson	5 goals	1978 - 1981
Terry McDermott	5 goals	1975 - 1980
Ian Rush	4 goals	1981 - 1993
Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Sam English	3 goals	1933 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Fabrizio Ravanelli	3 goals	1996 - 1996
David Shearer	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Brian Deane	2 goals	1998 - 1999
Paul Merson	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Bosko Jankovic	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Marco Branca	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Ray Kennedy	17 matches	1974 - 1981
Phil Neal	17 matches	1975 - 1982
Ray Clemence	16 matches	1974 - 1981
Phil Thompson	14 matches	1975 - 1982
Terry McDermott	13 matches	1975 - 1981
Robbie Fowler	12 matches	1995 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

John Craggs	15 matches	1974 - 1982
Jim Platt	14 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
Anthony McAndrew	13 matches	1976 - 1982
Robbie Mustoe	11 matches	1992 - 2001
Steve Vickers	11 matches	1995 - 2001