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Liverpool 0-1 CSKA Sofia - August 23, 2005 / Champions League 2005/2006

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Champions League 2005/2006 - 3rd round

Anfield - Liverpool - England

August 23, 2005

42 175

0 - 1

CSKA Sofia

Bulgaria

14'

Valentin Iliev

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14' - Goal Valentin Iliev

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46' - Substitution Darren Potteris substituted by Luis García46

64' - Substitution Stephen Warnockis substituted by Boudewijn Zenden64

72' - Substitution Yordan Yurukovis substituted by Stoyko Sakaliev

83' - Substitution Djibril Cisséis substituted by Florent Sinama-Pongolle83

84' - Substitution Guillaume Dah Zadiis substituted by Petar Dimitrov

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

0 - 1

CSKA Sofia

Liverpool CSKA Sofia

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Carson

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age19 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age31 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Warnock64

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Josemi

Spain

B.date15/11/1979

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age31 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sissoko

Mohamed Sissoko

Mali

B.date22/01/1985

Age20 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

Potter46

Darren Potter

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/12/1984

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Cissé83

Djibril Cissé

France

B.date12/08/1981

Age24 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Morientes

Fernando Morientes

Spain

B.date05/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Carson		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		31	321	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock	64	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Josemi		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise		24	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dietmar Hamann		31	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Sissoko		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Potter	46	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Djibril Cissé	83	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Morientes		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

CSKA Sofia

Maksic

Dejan Maksic

Serbia

B.date20/09/1975

Age29 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Iliev14

Valentin Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date11/07/1980

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Gueye

Ibrahima Gueye

Senegal

B.date19/02/1978

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Zabavnik

Radoslav Zabavnik

Slovakia

B.date16/09/1980

Age24 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

Tiago Silva

Brazil

B.date04/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Todorov

Yordan Todorov

Bulgaria

B.date27/07/1981

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

Dah Zadi84

Guillaume Dah Zadi

Ivory Coast

B.date01/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Yurukov72

Yordan Yurukov

Bulgaria

B.date02/10/1983

Age21 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Hdiouad

Mourad Hdiouad

Morocco

B.date10/09/1976

Age28 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Gargorov

Emil Gargorov

Bulgaria

B.date15/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

Dimitrov

Velizar Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date13/04/1979

Age26 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dejan Maksic		29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valentin Iliev	14	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Gueye		27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radoslav Zabavnik		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tiago Silva		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yordan Todorov		24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Guillaume Dah Zadi	84	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yordan Yurukov	72	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mourad Hdiouad		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emil Gargorov		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Velizar Dimitrov		26	37	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

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Boudewijn Zenden	64	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis García	46	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	83	20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Stoyko Sakaliev	72	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Petar Dimitrov	84	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dietmar Hamann

Xabi Alonso

OUT

Scott Carson

Pepe Reina

OUT

Darren Potter

Steven Gerrard

OUT

Josemi

Boudewijn Zenden

OUT

John Arne Riise

Jamie Carragher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mourad Hdiouad

Stoyko Sakaliev

OUT

Velizar Dimitrov

Slavko Matic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Benítez vs CSKA Sofia

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2005

Benítez vs Jesic

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Miodrag Jesic

Success rate in this team:

76 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

69 %

Jesic vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2005

Jesic vs Benítez

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 2005

Referee

Wolfgang Stark

4 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Liverpool5 matches	General total	CSKA Sofia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	CSKA Sofia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 28, 2007					Latest figure on August 23, 2005

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Comments

Key figures

CSKA Sofia keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw in Champions League running (since 30/07/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/11/1989-30/09/1992 time period (9 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 16 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Champions League running (since 20/02/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/09/1981 (15 matches)

End of streak for Liverpool after 10 matches with at least one goal scored at home (since 20/03/2005). It was the best streak for the club since 20/09/2003-24/01/2004 (12 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough30/04/2005

VLiverpool 1-0 Chelsea03/05/2005

VLiverpool 2-1 Aston Villa15/05/2005

VLiverpool 3-0 The New Saints12/07/2005

VLiverpool 2-0 Kaunas03/08/2005

VLiverpool 1-0 Sunderland20/08/2005

Overall

VThe New Saints 0-3 Liverpool20/07/2005

VKaunas 1-3 Liverpool26/07/2005

VLiverpool 2-0 Kaunas03/08/2005

VCSKA Sofia 1-3 Liverpool10/08/2005

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Liverpool13/08/2005

VLiverpool 1-0 Sunderland20/08/2005

Current form

Away

VLitex Lovech 0-1 CSKA Sofia07/05/2005

VBelasitsa Petrich 1-4 CSKA Sofia15/05/2005

LLokomotiv Plovdiv 4-3 CSKA Sofia28/05/2005

VKF Tirana 0-2 CSKA Sofia26/07/2005

VBotev Plovdiv 1-4 CSKA Sofia06/08/2005

VBelasitsa Petrich 1-5 CSKA Sofia20/08/2005

Overall

DCSKA Sofia 1-1 Levski Sofia31/07/2005

VCSKA Sofia 2-0 KF Tirana03/08/2005

VBotev Plovdiv 1-4 CSKA Sofia06/08/2005

LCSKA Sofia 1-3 Liverpool10/08/2005

VCSKA Sofia 2-1 Litex Lovech14/08/2005

VBelasitsa Petrich 1-5 CSKA Sofia20/08/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	13	9
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	10	1
Invincibility streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Drawless streak	8	5
Scoring streak	8	17
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	46
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
5	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steven Gerrard	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Velizar Dimitrov
Steven Gerrard	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Emil Gargorov
Steven Gerrard	7 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Velizar Dimitrov

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

10 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

6 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

4 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 04, 1981
Home	5 - 1	March 04, 1981

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	March 17, 1982
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

August 10, 2005 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

CSKA Sofia

1 - 3

Liverpool

March 17, 1982 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1981/1982

CSKA Sofia

2 - 0

Liverpool

March 03, 1982 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1981/1982

Liverpool

1 - 0

CSKA Sofia logo CSKA Sofia

March 18, 1981 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1980/1981

CSKA Sofia

0 - 1

Liverpool

March 04, 1981 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1980/1981

Liverpool

5 - 1

CSKA Sofia logo CSKA Sofia

Best historical scorers against CSKA Sofia

Graeme Souness	3 goals	1981 - 1981
Fernando Morientes	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Ronnie Whelan	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Sammy Lee	1 goal	1981 - 1981
David Johnson	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Terry McDermott	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Stoycho Mladenov	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Velizar Dimitrov	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Tsvetan Ionchev	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs CSKA Sofia

Sammy Lee	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Alan Kennedy	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Kenny Dalglish	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Graeme Souness	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Phil Neal	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Terry McDermott	3 matches	1981 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Spas Dzhevizov	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Georgi Iliev	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Dinko Dimitrov	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Radoslav Zdravkov	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Tsvetan Ionchev	4 matches	1981 - 1982
Nikola Velkov	3 matches	1981 - 1982