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Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea - February 01, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Journée 24

Anfield - Liverpool - England

February 01, 2009

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

(header) Fernando Torres

89'

(right foot) Fernando Torres

90'

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60' - Red card Frank Lampard

69' - Substitution Florent Maloudais substituted by Deco

70' - Substitution Nicolas Anelkais substituted by Didier Drogba

74' - Substitution Albert Rierais substituted by Yossi Benayoun74

83' - Substitution Javier Mascheranois substituted by Ryan Babel83

85' - Substitution Salomon Kalouis substituted by Miroslav Stoch

89' - Goal Fernando Torres89

90' - Goal Fernando Torres90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age31 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Skrtel

Martin Skrtel

Slovakia

B.date15/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Mascherano83

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Riera74

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kuyt

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Torres8990

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		26	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		31	558	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		26	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano	83	24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		27	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		28	470	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera	74	26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt		28	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	8990	24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

173

Chelsea

Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Alex

Brazil

B.date17/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Bosingwa

José Bosingwa

Portugal

B.date24/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Obi Mikel

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lampard60

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age30 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

Ballack

Michael Ballack

Germany

B.date26/09/1976

Age32 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

Anelka70

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Malouda69

Florent Malouda

France

B.date13/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft Winger

Kalou85

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech		26	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		28	383	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Bosingwa		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		28	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Obi Mikel		21	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard	60	30	403	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Ballack		32	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	70	29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Florent Malouda	69	28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salomon Kalou	85	23	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

150

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Yossi Benayoun	74	28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ryan Babel	83	22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Deco	69	31	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Miroslav Stoch	85	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	70	30	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Albert Riera

Yossi Benayoun

OUT

Xabi Alonso

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Dirk Kuyt

Ryan Babel

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

275

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Chelsea

7 victories

6 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 01, 2009

Benítez vs Scolari

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 01, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Scolari vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 01, 2009

Scolari vs Benítez

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 01, 2009

Referee

Mike Riley

19 victories	7 draws	12 losses	Liverpool38 matches	General total	Chelsea41 matches	26 victories	11 draws	4 losses
4 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Chelsea4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on April 11, 2009					Latest figure on March 15, 2009

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Key figures

Petr Cech played his game number 20 vs Liverpool in his professional career

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 19/01/2009).

Ashley Cole played his game number 10 vs Liverpool in his professional career with Chelsea

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 1-0 Marseille26/11/2008

DLiverpool 0-0 West Ham01/12/2008

DLiverpool 2-2 Hull City13/12/2008

VLiverpool 3-0 Bolton Wanderers26/12/2008

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton19/01/2009

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton25/01/2009

Overall

VNewcastle United 1-5 Liverpool28/12/2008

VPreston North End 0-2 Liverpool03/01/2009

DStoke City 0-0 Liverpool10/01/2009

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton19/01/2009

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton25/01/2009

DWigan 1-1 Liverpool28/01/2009

Current form

Away

DBordeaux 1-1 Chelsea26/11/2008

VBolton Wanderers 0-2 Chelsea06/12/2008

DEverton 0-0 Chelsea22/12/2008

DFulham 2-2 Chelsea28/12/2008

LManchester United 3-0 Chelsea11/01/2009

VSouthend 1-4 Chelsea14/01/2009

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 Southend03/01/2009

LManchester United 3-0 Chelsea11/01/2009

VSouthend 1-4 Chelsea14/01/2009

VChelsea 2-1 Stoke City17/01/2009

VChelsea 3-1 Ipswich Town24/01/2009

VChelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough28/01/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	27	15
Winless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
13	Victories (Competition total)	14
6	Victories (Home / Away)	8
9	Draws (Competition total)	6
5	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.61	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.91
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.09
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.57
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.55

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Steven Gerrard	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Steven Gerrard	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Xabi Alonso	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Lampard
Steven Gerrard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Daniel Agger	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Yossi Benayoun	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Salomon Kalou

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

49 v

16 d

10 l

152 gf

76 ga

Away

75 matches

17 v

16 d

42 l

74 gf

133 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Total

153 matches

68 v

32 d

53 l

232 gf

214 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

42 v

16 d

17 l

133 gf

74 ga

Away

75 matches

10 v

16 d

49 l

76 gf

152 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

6 ga

Total

153 matches

53 v

32 d

68 l

214 gf

232 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	October 02, 2005

Latest head to head

October 26, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Chelsea

0 - 1

Liverpool

April 30, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Chelsea

3 - 2

Liverpool

April 22, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 1

Chelsea

February 10, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

0 - 0

Liverpool

December 19, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Chelsea

2 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Rush	10 goals	1985 - 1994
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Robbie Fowler	7 goals	1994 - 2000
Steve Nicol	6 goals	1985 - 1990
Michael Owen	5 goals	1999 - 2003
Kenny Dalglish	5 goals	1977 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Kerry Dixon	6 goals	1984 - 1991
Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	5 goals	2000 - 2003
Gordon Durie	5 goals	1987 - 1991
Didier Drogba	5 goals	2005 - 2008
Frank Lampard	4 goals	2005 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Jamie Carragher	34 matches	1997 - 2008
Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1963 - 1978
Steven Gerrard	26 matches	2000 - 2008
Tommy Smith	25 matches	1965 - 1978
Sami Hyypiä	23 matches	1999 - 2008
John Arne Riise	23 matches	2001 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	29 matches	1963 - 1979
Frank Lampard	27 matches	2001 - 2008
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
John Terry	23 matches	2000 - 2008
Peter Bonetti	20 matches	1963 - 1978
Dennis Wise	19 matches	1990 - 2001