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Liverpool 3-2 Middlesbrough - February 23, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 27

Anfield - Liverpool - England

February 23, 2008

43 612

Liverpool

3 - 2

Middlesbrough

(right foot) Fernando Torres

28'

(right foot) Fernando Torres

29'

(right foot) Fernando Torres

61'

Sanli Tuncay (header)

83'

Stewart Downing (left foot)

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9' - Goal Sanli Tuncay

28' - Goal Fernando Torres28

29' - Goal Fernando Torres29

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59' - Substitution Gary O'Neilis substituted by Mido

61' - Goal Fernando Torres61

62' - Substitution Ryan Babelis substituted by Yossi Benayoun62

69' - Substitution Sanli Tuncayis substituted by Afonso Alves

73' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by John Arne Riise73

83' - Goal Stewart Downing

86' - Red card Jérémie Aliadière

90' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by Peter Crouch90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 2

Middlesbrough

Liverpool Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age34 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Leiva

Lucas Leiva

Brazil

B.date09/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kuyt73

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Babel62

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Torres29612890

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		34	434	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		31	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		27	424	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	73	27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	62	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	29612890	23	31	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

137

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age35 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Wheater

David Wheater

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Young

Luke Young

England

B.date19/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Grounds

Jonathan Grounds

England

B.date02/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Rochemback

Fábio Rochemback

Brazil

B.date10/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

O'Neil59

Gary O'Neil

England

B.date18/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Arca

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Tuncay969

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Downing83

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Aliadière86

Jérémie Aliadière

France

B.date30/03/1983

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		35	434	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wheater		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz		25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Young		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonathan Grounds		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fábio Rochemback		26	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary O'Neil	59	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Arca		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sanli Tuncay	969	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing	83	23	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jérémie Aliadière	86	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	John Arne Riise	73	27	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	62	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch	90	27	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Afonso Alves	69	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mido	59	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Álvaro Arbeloa

Jamie Carragher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sanli Tuncay

Mido

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

222

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Benítez vs Middlesbrough

4 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Benítez vs Southgate

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Southgate vs Liverpool

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Southgate vs Benítez

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2008

Referee

Lee Mason

13 victories	7 draws	10 losses	Liverpool30 matches	General total	Middlesbrough19 matches	5 victories	7 draws	7 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 17, 2019					Latest figure on October 31, 2020

Videos

October 17, 2023

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 30/01/2008).

It's the first time Stewart Downing scores 1 goal vs Middlesbrough in his professional career

The last time Fernando Torres scored at least 3 goals during the same game in his professional career , it was on the 25/09/2007 (avec Liverpool vs Reading )

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

	2	Manchester United	61 pts	27 rd
	3	Chelsea	55 pts	26 rd
+1	4	Liverpool	47 pts	26 rd
-1	5	Everton	47 pts	26 rd
	6	Aston Villa	44 pts	26 rd

General ranking

-1	10	Blackburn	39 pts	26 rd
	11	Tottenham	32 pts	26 rd
	12	Middlesbrough	29 pts	27 rd
	13	Newcastle United	28 pts	27 rd
+2	14	Wigan	26 pts	27 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 5-0 Luton Town15/01/2008

DLiverpool 2-2 Aston Villa21/01/2008

VLiverpool 5-2 Havant & Waterlooville26/01/2008

VLiverpool 3-0 Sunderland02/02/2008

LLiverpool 1-2 Barnsley16/02/2008

VLiverpool 2-0 Inter Milan19/02/2008

Overall

VLiverpool 5-2 Havant & Waterlooville26/01/2008

LWest Ham 1-0 Liverpool30/01/2008

VLiverpool 3-0 Sunderland02/02/2008

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool10/02/2008

LLiverpool 1-2 Barnsley16/02/2008

VLiverpool 2-0 Inter Milan19/02/2008

Current form

Away

VPortsmouth 0-1 Middlesbrough29/12/2007

VBristol City 1-2 Middlesbrough05/01/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough19/01/2008

VMansfield Town 0-2 Middlesbrough26/01/2008

DNewcastle United 1-1 Middlesbrough03/02/2008

DSheffield United 0-0 Middlesbrough17/02/2008

Overall

DBlackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough19/01/2008

VMansfield Town 0-2 Middlesbrough26/01/2008

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Wigan29/01/2008

DNewcastle United 1-1 Middlesbrough03/02/2008

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Fulham09/02/2008

DSheffield United 0-0 Middlesbrough17/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	8	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	6	8
Winless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	12
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	11
11	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	116
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
11	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
11	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
2.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.69
0.68	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.46
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.54

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	53
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	32
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fernando Torres	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Stewart Downing
Fernando Torres	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Sanli Tuncay
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Stewart Downing
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Fernando Torres	8 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Jérémie Aliadière

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

39 v

17 d

14 l

148 gf

66 ga

Away

68 matches

20 v

22 d

26 l

87 gf

108 ga

Total

138 matches

59 v

39 d

40 l

235 gf

174 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

26 v

22 d

20 l

108 gf

87 ga

Away

70 matches

14 v

17 d

39 l

66 gf

148 ga

Total

138 matches

40 v

39 d

59 l

174 gf

235 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 12, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 18, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 18, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Liverpool

December 10, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 13, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Robbie Fowler	6 goals	1996 - 1998
Terry McDermott	5 goals	1975 - 1980
David Johnson	5 goals	1978 - 1981
Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Ian Rush	4 goals	1981 - 1993
Ray Kennedy	3 goals	1979 - 1981

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
Gareth Southgate	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Brian Deane	2 goals	1998 - 1999
Paul Merson	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Chris Riggott	1 goal	2004 - 2004

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

Jamie Carragher	20 matches	1997 - 2008
Phil Neal	17 matches	1975 - 1982
Ray Kennedy	17 matches	1974 - 1981
Steven Gerrard	16 matches	1999 - 2008
Ray Clemence	16 matches	1974 - 1981
Phil Thompson	14 matches	1975 - 1982

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

Mark Schwarzer	19 matches	1998 - 2008
John Craggs	15 matches	1974 - 1982
Jim Platt	14 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
Robbie Mustoe	13 matches	1992 - 2002
Anthony McAndrew	13 matches	1976 - 1982

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

They played in both sides

Graeme Souness

360 matches

131 matches

1974 - 1984

Craig Johnston

272 matches

67 matches

1978 - 1988

Michael Thomas

163 matches

9 matches

1991 - 1998

Phil Boersma

122 matches

48 matches

1969 - 1977

Paul Ince

81 matches

106 matches

1997 - 2002

Nick Barmby

58 matches

49 matches

1995 - 2002

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Graeme Souness

360 matches

131 matches

1974 - 1984

David Hodgson

46 matches

127 matches

1978 - 1984

Paul Ince

81 matches

106 matches

1997 - 2002

Boudewijn Zenden

47 matches

88 matches

2003 - 2007

Craig Johnston

272 matches

67 matches

1978 - 1988

Nick Barmby

58 matches

49 matches

1995 - 2002

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 23, 2008

Birmingham City

2 2

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

0 1

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Newcastle United

1 5

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

1 0

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

2 0

Derby County

Video availableLine-ups available

February 24, 2008

Blackburn

4 1

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

1 2

Aston Villa

Video availableLine-ups available

February 25, 2008

Manchester City

0 2

Everton

Line-ups available

March 19, 2008

Tottenham

4 4

Chelsea

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	64	27	19	7	1	56	20	+36
2	Manchester United	61	27	19	4	4	55	15	+40
3	Chelsea	55	26	16	7	3	38	17	+21
+14	Liverpool	47	26	12	11	3	43	19	+24
-15	Everton	47	26	14	5	7	41	23	+18
6	Aston Villa	44	26	12	8	6	48	34	+14
+17	Portsmouth	44	27	12	8	7	37	26	+11
-18	Manchester City	44	26	12	8	6	34	29	+5
+19	West Ham	40	26	11	7	8	31	23	+8
-110	Blackburn	39	26	10	9	7	32	33	-1
11	Tottenham	32	26	8	8	10	48	41	+7
12	Middlesbrough	29	27	7	8	12	25	41	-16
13	Newcastle United	28	27	7	7	13	30	52	-22
+214	Wigan	26	27	7	5	15	26	42	-16
-115	Sunderland	26	27	7	5	15	26	46	-20
-116	Bolton Wanderers	25	26	6	7	13	26	35	-9
17	Birmingham City	23	27	5	8	14	27	40	-13
18	Reading	22	26	6	4	16	30	53	-23
19	Fulham	19	27	3	10	14	25	45	-20
20	Derby County	9	27	1	6	20	13	57	-44

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Liverpool 3-2 Middlesbrough - February 23, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

3 - 2

Middlesbrough

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 Middlesbrough

Benítez vs Southgate

Manager

Southgate vs Liverpool

Southgate 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 Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

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