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Reading 3-1 Liverpool - December 08, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 16

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

December 08, 2007

24 022

Reading

3 - 1

Liverpool

(penalty) Stephen Hunt

16'

(header) Kevin Doyle

59'

(left foot) James Harper

67'

28'

Steven Gerrard

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16' - Goal Stephen Hunt16

28' - Goal Steven Gerrard

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59' - Goal Kevin Doyle59

61' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by Harry Kewell

67' - Goal James Harper67

71' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Ryan Babel

81' - Substitution Ibrahima Sonkois substituted by André Bikey81

82' - Substitution Jamie Carragheris substituted by Sami Hyypiä

88' - Substitution Bobby Conveyis substituted by Leroy Lita88

90' - Substitution Graeme Murtyis substituted by Kalifa Cissé90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

3 - 1

Liverpool

Reading Liverpool

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Sonko81

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Gunnarsson

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Murty90

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Harper67

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Convey88

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hunt16

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kitson

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Doyle59

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		35	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko	81	26	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		30	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson		32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty	90	33	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		26	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper	67	27	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey	88	24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt	16	26	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson		27	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	59	24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

159

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Carragher82

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Hobbs

Jack Hobbs

England

B.date18/08/1988

Age19 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sissoko

Mohamed Sissoko

Mali

B.date22/01/1985

Age22 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard2871

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Torres61

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Voronin

Andriy Voronin

Ukraine

B.date21/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Forward

Crouch

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age26 years

H2m101

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher	82	29	490	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Hobbs		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise		27	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Sissoko		22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	2871	27	408	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	61	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andriy Voronin		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

150

			Age	Match num	Note
D	André Bikey	81	22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kalifa Cissé	90	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita	88	22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Sami Hyypiä	82	34	420	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell	61	29	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	71	20	20	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

Jack Hobbs

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Javier Mascherano

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Mohamed Sissoko

Harry Kewell

OUT

Andriy Voronin

Yossi Benayoun

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

206

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Liverpool

6 victories

2 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 2007

Coppell vs Benítez

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

204

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Reading

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 08, 2007

Benítez vs Coppell

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 08, 2007

Referee

Andre Marriner

4 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Reading10 matches	General total	Liverpool61 matches	31 victories	20 draws	10 losses
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Reading3 matches	Season total	Liverpool3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 07, 2017					Latest figure on January 17, 2023

Videos

July 02, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Reading keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Liverpool running (since 07/04/2007). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Reading after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 03/11/2007).

Liverpool keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 06/11/2007).

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

+1	10	Newcastle United	22 pts	16 rd
-1	11	West Ham	19 pts	14 rd
+1	12	Reading	17 pts	16 rd
-1	13	Birmingham City	14 pts	16 rd
	14	Fulham	13 pts	16 rd

General ranking

	2	Manchester United	36 pts	16 rd
	3	Chelsea	34 pts	16 rd
	4	Liverpool	30 pts	15 rd
+1	5	Portsmouth	30 pts	16 rd
-1	6	Manchester City	30 pts	15 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 2-1 Wigan22/09/2007

LReading 2-4 Liverpool25/09/2007

VReading 1-0 Derby County07/10/2007

VReading 2-1 Newcastle United27/10/2007

LReading 1-3 Arsenal12/11/2007

DReading 1-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2007

Overall

LBlackburn 4-2 Reading20/10/2007

VReading 2-1 Newcastle United27/10/2007

LFulham 3-1 Reading03/11/2007

LReading 1-3 Arsenal12/11/2007

LManchester City 2-1 Reading24/11/2007

DReading 1-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2007

Current form

Away

VReading 2-4 Liverpool25/09/2007

VWigan 0-1 Liverpool29/09/2007

VEverton 1-2 Liverpool20/10/2007

LBesiktas 2-1 Liverpool24/10/2007

DBlackburn 0-0 Liverpool03/11/2007

VNewcastle United 0-3 Liverpool24/11/2007

Overall

DBlackburn 0-0 Liverpool03/11/2007

VLiverpool 8-0 Besiktas06/11/2007

VLiverpool 2-0 Fulham10/11/2007

VNewcastle United 0-3 Liverpool24/11/2007

VLiverpool 4-1 FC Porto28/11/2007

VLiverpool 4-0 Bolton Wanderers02/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	6	11
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	5
Unbeaten streak	2	8
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	1	5
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	General ranking (Competition total)	4
10	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
153	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	14
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
4	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	5
2	Draws (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
9	Losses (Competition total)	0
3	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.86
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.43
2.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.43
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.29

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

21	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dave Kitson	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Fernando Torres
Dave Kitson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Dirk Kuyt
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Steven Gerrard
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Dirk Kuyt
Dave Kitson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Steven Gerrard

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

6 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

12 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	September 25, 2007
Away	4 - 2	September 25, 2007

Latest head to head

September 25, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Reading

2 - 4

Liverpool

April 07, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Reading

1 - 2

Liverpool

November 04, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

2 - 0

Reading

October 25, 2006 - League Cup 2006/2007

Liverpool

4 - 3

Reading

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Leroy Lita	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Brynjar Gunnarsson	1 goal	2007 - 2007
John Halls	1 goal	2007 - 2007
André Bikey	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Shane Long	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Bobby Convey	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Fernando Torres	3 goals	2007 - 2007
Dirk Kuyt	3 goals	2006 - 2007
Peter Crouch	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Yossi Benayoun	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Gabriel Paletta	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Robbie Fowler	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Stephen Hunt	4 matches	2006 - 2007
André Bikey	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Nicky Shorey	3 matches	2006 - 2007
James Harper	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Ívar Ingimarsson	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Brynjar Gunnarsson	3 matches	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

John Arne Riise	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Peter Crouch	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Mohamed Sissoko	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Steven Gerrard	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Dirk Kuyt	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Steve Finnan	3 matches	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/10/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ray Houghton

13 matches

202 matches

1987 - 1998

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/10/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ray Houghton

13 matches

202 matches

1987 - 1998

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/10/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 08, 2007

Aston Villa

1 3

Portsmouth

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Man United

4 1

Derby County

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Newcastle United

2 1

Birmingham City

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December 09, 2007

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Tottenham

2 1

Manchester City

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	37	15	11	4	0	32	12	+20
2	Manchester United	36	16	11	3	2	29	8	+21
3	Chelsea	34	16	10	4	2	24	9	+15
4	Liverpool	30	15	8	6	1	27	9	+18
+15	Portsmouth	30	16	8	6	2	28	14	+14
-16	Manchester City	30	15	9	3	3	19	15	+4
+27	Everton	27	16	8	3	5	29	16	+13
-18	Aston Villa	27	16	8	3	5	27	19	+8
-19	Blackburn	26	15	7	5	3	20	18	+2
+110	Newcastle United	22	16	6	4	6	23	26	-3
-111	West Ham	19	14	5	4	5	19	12	+7
+112	Reading	17	16	5	2	9	21	33	-12
-113	Birmingham City	14	16	4	2	10	17	26	-9
14	Fulham	13	16	2	7	7	18	27	-9
15	Sunderland	13	16	3	4	9	15	31	-16
16	Tottenham	12	15	2	6	7	26	28	-2
17	Bolton Wanderers	11	15	2	5	8	12	22	-10
18	Middlesbrough	11	15	2	5	8	13	27	-14
19	Wigan	9	15	2	3	10	11	26	-15
20	Derby County	6	16	1	3	12	6	38	-32

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Reading 3-1 Liverpool - December 08, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Reading

3 - 1

Liverpool

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

Coppell vs Liverpool

Coppell vs Benítez

Manager

Benítez vs Reading

Benítez vs Coppell

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 Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Reading

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Reading

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking