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Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough - December 10, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 16

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 10, 2005

43 510

2 - 0

Middlesbrough

Fernando Morientes

72'

Fernando Morientes

77'

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67' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Luis García67

72' - Goal Fernando Morientes72

75' - Substitution James Morrisonis substituted by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

77' - Goal Fernando Morientes77

83' - Substitution Harry Kewellis substituted by Djibril Cissé83

85' - Red card Chris Riggott

86' - Substitution Yakubu Ayegbeniis substituted by Ugo Ehiogu

87' - Substitution Fernando Morientesis substituted by Josemi87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough

Liverpool Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Liverpool

25 Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age32 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

23 Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

6 Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

3 Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

14 Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

22 Sissoko

Mohamed Sissoko

Mali

B.date22/01/1985

Age20 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

7 Kewell83

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

19 Morientes727787

Fernando Morientes

Spain

B.date05/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

15 Crouch67

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age24 years

H2m101

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Pepe Reina		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sami Hyypiä		32	341	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Carragher		27	386	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	John Arne Riise		25	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan		29	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Xabi Alonso		24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Mohamed Sissoko		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard		25	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Harry Kewell	83	27	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Fernando Morientes	727787	29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Peter Crouch	67	24	21	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

147

Middlesbrough

1 Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age33 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

5 Riggott85

Chris Riggott

England

B.date01/09/1980

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

25 Bates

Matthew Bates

England

B.date10/12/1986

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

3 Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

6 Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age35 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

10 Rochemback

Fábio Rochemback

Brazil

B.date10/12/1981

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

17 Doriva

Doriva

Brazil

B.date28/05/1972

Age33 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age30 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

25 Morrison75

James Morrison

Scotland

B.date25/05/1986

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

20 Ayegbeni86

Yakubu Ayegbeni

Nigeria

B.date22/11/1982

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

36 Viduka

Mark Viduka

Australia

B.date09/10/1975

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mark Schwarzer		33	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Chris Riggott	85	25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Matthew Bates		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Franck Queudrue		27	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gareth Southgate		35	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Fábio Rochemback		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Doriva		33	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	George Boateng		30	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	James Morrison	75	19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Yakubu Ayegbeni	86	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Mark Viduka		30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Josemi	87	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luis García	67	27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Djibril Cissé	83	24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
4	D		Ugo Ehiogu	86	33	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	75	33	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fernando Morientes

Luis García

OUT

Xabi Alonso

Dietmar Hamann

OUT

Harry Kewell

Djimi Traoré

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Viduka

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

OUT

Franck Queudrue

Emanuel Pogatetz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Benítez vs Middlesbrough

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

Benítez vs McClaren

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

209

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McClaren vs Liverpool

2 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

McClaren vs Benítez

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

Referee

Steve Bennett

18 victories	8 draws	8 losses	Liverpool34 matches	General total	Middlesbrough27 matches	7 victories	10 draws	10 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on January 30, 2010					Latest figure on April 11, 2009

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Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Premier League running (since 02/10/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/04/2004-19/09/2004 time period (6 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 29/10/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/07/2005-18/09/2005 time period (12 matches).

Only back at the time of Kenny Dalglish head of Liverpool (01/06/1985-22/02/1991), you can see a manager go over Rafa Benítez with 49% of wins in Premier League (61%).

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

	1	Chelsea	43 pts	16 rd
+1	2	Liverpool	31 pts	15 rd
-1	3	Manchester United	30 pts	14 rd
	4	Tottenham	27 pts	15 rd
+1	5	Bolton Wanderers	27 pts	15 rd

General ranking

+1	11	Charlton	22 pts	15 rd
+1	12	Blackburn	21 pts	16 rd
-3	13	Middlesbrough	19 pts	16 rd
+1	14	Aston Villa	17 pts	16 rd
-1	15	Fulham	16 pts	16 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 1-0 Blackburn15/10/2005

VLiverpool 2-0 West Ham29/10/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Anderlecht01/11/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Portsmouth19/11/2005

DLiverpool 0-0 Real Betis23/11/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Wigan03/12/2005

Overall

VLiverpool 3-0 Portsmouth19/11/2005

DLiverpool 0-0 Real Betis23/11/2005

VManchester City 0-1 Liverpool26/11/2005

VSunderland 0-2 Liverpool30/11/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 Wigan03/12/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Liverpool06/12/2005

Current form

Away

VGrasshopper Zürich 0-1 Middlesbrough20/10/2005

LWest Ham 2-1 Middlesbrough23/10/2005

VEverton 0-1 Middlesbrough26/10/2005

LEverton 1-0 Middlesbrough06/11/2005

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 Middlesbrough24/11/2005

LChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough03/12/2005

Overall

LEverton 1-0 Middlesbrough06/11/2005

VMiddlesbrough 3-2 Fulham20/11/2005

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 Middlesbrough24/11/2005

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 West Bromwich Albion27/11/2005

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2005

LChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough03/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	9
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	6	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	10
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	13
7	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	86
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.14
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.4
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

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

Bookings

24	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Djibril Cissé	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Yakubu Ayegbeni
Djibril Cissé	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Yakubu Ayegbeni
Djibril Cissé	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Yakubu Ayegbeni
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Yakubu Ayegbeni
Fernando Morientes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Fernando Morientes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Luis García	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 11 matches	Yakubu Ayegbeni

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

37 v

17 d

14 l

144 gf

66 ga

Away

66 matches

20 v

20 d

26 l

86 gf

107 ga

Total

134 matches

57 v

37 d

40 l

230 gf

173 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

26 v

20 d

20 l

107 gf

86 ga

Away

68 matches

14 v

17 d

37 l

66 gf

144 ga

Total

134 matches

40 v

37 d

57 l

173 gf

230 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

August 13, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Liverpool

April 30, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Liverpool

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 20, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Liverpool

November 10, 2004 - League Cup 2004/2005

Liverpool

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

May 02, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Liverpool

2 - 0

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
Gordon Hodgson	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Ian Rush	4 goals	1981 - 1993
Michael Owen	3 goals	1998 - 2001

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
Paul Merson	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Gareth Southgate	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Brian Deane	2 goals	1998 - 1999
Phil Stamp	1 goal	1999 - 1999

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
Jamie Carragher	16 matches	1997 - 2005
Ray Clemence	16 matches	1974 - 1981
Phil Thompson	14 matches	1975 - 1982
Terry McDermott	13 matches	1975 - 1981

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
Mark Schwarzer	15 matches	1998 - 2005
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
Jim Platt	14 matches	1974 - 1982
Anthony McAndrew	13 matches	1976 - 1982
Robbie Mustoe	13 matches	1992 - 2002

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

17 matches

88 matches

2003 - 2005

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

December 10, 2005

Chelsea

1 0

Wigan

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December 11, 2005

Man United

1 1

Everton

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December 12, 2005

Tottenham

3 1

Portsmouth

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	43	16	14	1	1	35	7	+28
+12	Liverpool	31	15	9	4	2	20	8	+12
-13	Manchester United	30	14	9	3	2	24	13	+11
4	Tottenham	27	15	7	6	2	19	12	+7
+15	Bolton Wanderers	27	15	8	3	4	18	14	+4
-16	Arsenal	26	15	8	2	5	22	13	+9
7	Wigan	25	15	8	1	6	16	14	+2
8	Manchester City	24	16	7	3	6	20	16	+4
9	West Ham	22	15	6	4	5	21	17	+4
+110	Newcastle United	22	16	6	4	6	14	15	-1
+111	Charlton	22	15	7	1	7	21	23	-2
+112	Blackburn	21	16	6	3	7	18	22	-4
-313	Middlesbrough	19	16	5	4	7	20	23	-3
+114	Aston Villa	17	16	4	5	7	16	24	-8
-115	Fulham	16	16	4	4	8	16	21	-5
+116	West Bromwich Albion	16	16	4	4	8	17	24	-7
-117	Everton	16	14	5	1	8	7	16	-9
+118	Birmingham City	12	15	3	3	9	10	19	-9
-119	Portsmouth	10	15	2	4	9	11	23	-12
20	Sunderland	5	17	1	2	14	14	35	-21

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Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough - December 10, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

2 - 0

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 McClaren

Manager

McClaren vs Liverpool

McClaren 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