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Liverpool 2-0 S Wednesday - December 19, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 18

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 19, 1998

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Liverpool

2 - 0

S Wednesday

Patrik Berger

19'

Michael Owen

34'

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19' - Goal Patrik Berger19

34' - Goal Michael Owen34

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58' - Substitution Niclas Alexanderssonis substituted by Lee Briscoe

83' - Substitution Vegard Heggemis substituted by Björn Tore Kvarme83

86' - Substitution Petter Rudiis substituted by Ritchie Humphreys

88' - Substitution Michael Owenis substituted by Karlheinz Riedle88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

S Wednesday

Liverpool S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Babb

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Heggem83

Vegard Heggem

Norway

B.date13/07/1975

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Redknapp

Jamie Redknapp

England

B.date25/06/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Berger19

Patrik Berger

Czech Republic

B.date10/11/1973

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Owen3488

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age19 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Fowler

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		28	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Babb		28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		29	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vegard Heggem	83	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		29	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Redknapp		25	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrik Berger	19	25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen	3488	19	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler		23	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

S Wednesday

Srnicek

Pavel Srnicek

Czech Republic

B.date10/03/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Emerson Thome

Brazil

B.date30/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Hinchcliffe

Andy Hinchcliffe

England

B.date05/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Jonk

Wim Jonk

Netherlands

B.date12/10/1966

Age32 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Alexandersson58

Niclas Alexandersson

Sweden

B.date29/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Rudi86

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Sonner

Danny Sonner

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Carbone

Benito Carbone

Italy

B.date14/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Booth

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pavel Srnicek		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emerson Thome		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		33	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Hinchcliffe		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		28	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wim Jonk		32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niclas Alexandersson	58	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi	86	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Sonner		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benito Carbone		27	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth		25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Björn Tore Kvarme	83	26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Karlheinz Riedle	88	33	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Lee Briscoe	58	23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Ritchie Humphreys	86	21	59	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Houllier vs S Wednesday

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Houllier vs Wilson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Wilson

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Wilson vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Wilson vs Houllier

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Referee

Alan Wilkie

10 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Liverpool13 matches	General total	S Wednesday11 matches	2 victories	5 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	S Wednesday3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 03, 2000					Latest figure on November 21, 1999

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Key figures

David James played his game number 10 vs Sheffield Wednesday in Premier League

S Wednesday keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 07/12/1998).

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 consecutive losses (since 05/12/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 22/03/1987-11/04/1987 (4 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-1 Fulham27/10/1998

LLiverpool 1-2 Derby County07/11/1998

LLiverpool 1-3 Tottenham10/11/1998

LLiverpool 1-3 Leeds United14/11/1998

VLiverpool 2-0 Blackburn29/11/1998

LLiverpool 0-1 Celta Vigo08/12/1998

Overall

VAston Villa 2-4 Liverpool21/11/1998

LCelta Vigo 3-1 Liverpool24/11/1998

VLiverpool 2-0 Blackburn29/11/1998

LTottenham 2-1 Liverpool05/12/1998

LLiverpool 0-1 Celta Vigo08/12/1998

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Liverpool13/12/1998

Current form

Away

DCambridge United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday22/09/1998

LMiddlesbrough 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday03/10/1998

LCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday18/10/1998

LLeeds United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday08/11/1998

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday14/11/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/1998

Overall

LLeeds United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday08/11/1998

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday14/11/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Manchester United21/11/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Nottingham Forest07/12/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Charlton12/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	7	9
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	8	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.59	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

36	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Michael Owen	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Paolo Di Canio
Michael Owen	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Paolo Di Canio
Robbie Fowler	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Robbie Fowler	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Robbie Fowler	4 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Benito Carbone

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

35 v

9 d

13 l

113 gf

66 ga

Away

57 matches

17 v

18 d

22 l

81 gf

98 ga

Total

114 matches

52 v

27 d

35 l

194 gf

164 ga

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

22 v

18 d

17 l

98 gf

81 ga

Away

57 matches

13 v

9 d

35 l

66 gf

113 ga

Total

114 matches

35 v

27 d

52 l

164 gf

194 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 08, 1989
Home	5 - 1	April 08, 1989

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 05, 1895
Away	3 - 0	August 24, 1955

Latest head to head

February 14, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

S Wednesday

3 - 3

Liverpool

September 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Liverpool

2 - 1

S Wednesday

May 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Liverpool

December 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

0 - 1

S Wednesday

January 13, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Ian Rush	8 goals	1984 - 1996
Roger Hunt	6 goals	1962 - 1969
Chris Lawler	4 goals	1967 - 1970
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1988 - 1989
Ian St-John	4 goals	1963 - 1965
John Barnes	3 goals	1988 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

David Hirst	2 goals	1988 - 1989
Dalian Atkinson	2 goals	1989 - 1989
Imre Varadi	2 goals	1984 - 1989
Mark Pearson	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Edwin Holliday	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Mark Proctor	1 goal	1989 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Steve Nicol	19 matches	1984 - 1994
Ian Rush	18 matches	1984 - 1996
Bruce Grobbelaar	17 matches	1984 - 1993
Ian Callaghan	16 matches	1962 - 1970
Roger Hunt	15 matches	1962 - 1969
Ian St-John	15 matches	1962 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Nigel Worthington	16 matches	1985 - 1993
Gerry Young	14 matches	1963 - 1970
Don Megson	14 matches	1962 - 1969
David Hirst	13 matches	1986 - 1997
Kevin Pressman	11 matches	1988 - 1998
Des Walker	10 matches	1993 - 1998