official members` pre-matchday stats guide

................................. OFFICIAL ME MBE RS’ PRE - MAT C H D AY S TATS G U ID E ...................................
LIVERPOOL FC
v Tottenham Hotspur
06.02.2012 • Kick-off 8:00pm
Season 2011/12
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Liverpool FC
Glen JOHNSON 2
José ENRIQUE 3
Daniel AGGER 5
Fabio AURELIO 6
Luis SUÁREZ 7
Steven GERRARD 8
Andy CARROLL 9
Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11
Jordan HENDERSON 14
Sebastian COATES 16
Dirk KUYT 18
Stewart DOWNING 19
Jay SPEARING 20
Lucas LEIVA21
Danny WILSON 22
Jamie CARRAGHER 23
Pepe REINA25
Charlie ADAM 26
Alexander DONI 32
Martin KELLY 34
Martin SKRTEL 37
Jon FLANAGAN 38
Craig BELLAMY 39
Jack ROBINSON 49
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Heurelho GOMES
Gareth BALE
Younès KABOUL
Tom HUDDLESTONE
Aaron LENNON
Scott PARKER
Roman PAVLYUCHENKO
Emmanuel ADEBAYOR
Rafael VAN DER VAART
William GALLAS
Luka MODRIĆ
Giovani DOS SANTOS
Jermain DEFOE
Sébastien BASSONG
Michael DAWSON
Niko KRANJČAR
Vedran ĆORLUKA
Carlo CUDICINI
Brad FRIEDEL
Danny ROSE
Ledley KING
Jake LIVERMORE
SANDRO
Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO
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DID YOU KNOW?
1.
At Anfield: Liverpool 43 wins, 19 draws, Tottenham 6
wins. Overall: Liverpool 63 wins, 34 draws,
Tottenham 40 wins.
2.
Earlier this season Liverpool lost 4-0 at White Hart Lane.
Luka Modric, Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor
(2) scored the goals.
3.
Only Roger Hunt (9) scored more league goals for
Liverpool against Spurs than Kenny Dalglish
who netted 8.
4.
Since the inception of the Premier League Liverpool
have won 17 and lost 12 of the 39 meetings home
and away.
5.
Dirk Kuyt has scored 4 Premier League goals for the
Reds against Tottenham. Only Robbie Fowler (6) and
Steve McManaman (5) have scored more.
6.
Last season at White Hart Lane playing for Blackpool,
Charlie Adam had a penalty saved by Heurelho Gomes
and then scored one in a 1-1 draw. His spot-kicks were
awarded 70 seconds apart.
Dirk Kuyt has scored 4 Premier League goals for the
Reds against Tottenham.
7.
Glen Johnson made his Liverpool debut in this fixture on
the opening day of the 2009-10 season.
13.
8.
Liverpool have lost 1 of the last 17 league games at
home to Spurs – winning 11 and drawing 5.
Liverpool have lost only 1 of the last 110 league games
at Anfield when they have scored the first goal. That
came against Arsenal in December 2009 last season
when the Reds lost 2-1.
9.
The Reds last hat-trick against Spurs was scored by
Phil Boersma at Anfield in 1974. It is the last of 4 scored
against the Londoners in the league.
14.
Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez have yet
to start the same game for Liverpool and have been on
the pitch together for just 69 minutes for the Reds.
10.
109 goals have been scored in the 39 Premier League
meetings between the teams. Only the Reds fixture with
Newcastle (112) has produced more.
15.
Craig Bellamy has netted 7 goals in his last 7 starts in
all competitions.
11.
Sebastian Coates made his Liverpool debut at White
Hart Lane last September replacing the injured Daniel
Agger after 27 minutes.
12.
The Reds are unbeaten in 14 home matches in all
competitions since losing to Tottenham back in May.
THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS
BETWEEN THE SIDES
18TH SEPTEMBER 2011
TOTENHAM 4
LIVERPOOL 0
15TH MAY 2011
TOTTENHAM 2
LIVERPOOL 0
28TH NOVEMBER 2010
TOTTENHAM 2
LIVERPOOL 1
21ST JANUARY 2010
LIVERPOOL 2
TOTTENHAM 0
16TH AUGUST 2009
Glen Johnson made his Liverpool debut in this fixture on
the opening day of the 2009-10 season.
TOTTENHAM 2
LIVERPOOL 1
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Last season Tottenham gained their first league double
over Liverpool since 1986-87 when they won both games
1-0.
17.
Spurs are looking to beat Liverpool for the fourth
successive time in the league. It would equal their
previous best set in March 1912.
18.
It is 100 years since Tottenham recorded successive
league doubles over the Reds. A win today would
achieve the feat.
19.
The last time Spurs finished third in the top-flight was in
1989-90 when they finished behind Liverpool and Aston
Villa.
20.
Emmanuel Adebayor scored on his Tottenham debut at
Wolves in September. He had also found the net on his
league debut for both Arsenal and Manchester City.
21.
During Harry Redknapp’s managerial career he has won
14 and lost 12 of his 34 games against the Reds in all
competitions with his 4 clubs. He has won 6 and lost 2 of
his 8 meetings as Spurs boss.
22.
Tottenham are aiming to record their fifth double over
Liverpool and their second in the Premier League.
23.
The Londoners have kept 2 clean sheets in the last 15
league visits and 3 in the last 24 on this ground in the
top-flight.
24.
Prior to last season, Spurs’ last league win at Anfield was
in August 1993 when Teddy Sheringham scored twice in
a 2-1 victory. Since then they have picked up 8 points out
of a possible 51.
25.
Tottenham’s heaviest defeat at Anfield came in
September 1978 when they lost 7-0. It is still the club’s
biggest ever League defeat.
26.
Tottenham’s last hat-trick against the Reds was scored
by Jimmy Greaves who scored 4 at White Hart Lane in
April 1963 in a 7-2 win.
Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez have yet to
start the same game for Liverpool
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Spurs have won only 4 times in 65 league meetings at
Anfield. They came in 1985, 1986, 1993 and 2011.
28.
They are looking to keep a second successive clean
sheet at Anfield for the first time since 1971-72 season.
29.
Only 2 players have been sent off in Liverpool v Tottenham
Premier League meetings – Mauricio Taricco (1995) and
Paul Stalteri (2006) were both dismissed for the visitors
at Anfield.
30.
Spurs’ have lost 3 times on their league travels this
season – 3-0 at Manchester United, 2-1 at Stoke and 3-2
at Manchester City.
31.
They have lost 2 of the last 10 league games away from
home but have scored in all 10.
32.
Tottenham have scored in each of the last 22 league
games – their best run since netting 26 in a row between
November 1986 – April 1987.
33.
They have failed to score only once in the Premiership
this season – that coming in the 3-0 defeat at Old
Trafford back in August.
34.
In all competitions they have hit the net in each of the last
18 matches in league and cup.
35.
Spurs are 1 draw short of recording 200 draws in the
Premier League.
36.
3 of Tottenham’s last 4 league defeats have come
against North-West clubs – Manchester United and
Manchester City (twice).
37.
Spurs’ defeat at Manchester City last month is their only
loss in the last 12 games in all competitions.
38.
Benoit-Assou Ekotto and Brad Friedel are the only
players to appear in all of Spurs’ league games this
season. This will be the 290th consecutive Premier
League appearance for Friedel.
The Barclays Premier League Table as of 02/02/2012