English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 26, 2008
Liverpool DWWWD 2
–
Birmingham City LWLDL 2
St Andrews Stadium · 29,252 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
57
Possession
43
12
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
5
Accurate Passes
0
5
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
6
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.5
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
3
Effective Clearances
19
3
Clearances
19

Head to Head

LIV leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen KellyD
  3. 24Radhi JaidiD
  4. 6Liam RidgewellD
  5. 14David MurphyD
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  7. 26Fabrice MuambaM
  8. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  9. 23Olivier KapoM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 16James McFaddenF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 15Franck QueudrueD
  3. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  4. 10Cameron JeromeF
  5. 19Mauro ZárateF

LIV

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 3Steve FinnanD
  3. 4Sami HyypiäD
  4. 37Martin SkrtelD
  5. 6John Arne RiiseM
  6. 16Jermaine PennantM
  7. 47Damien PlessisM
  8. 21Lucas LeivaM
  9. 11Yossi BenayounM
  10. 15Peter CrouchF
  11. 10Andriy VoroninF

Substitutes

  1. 30Charles ItandjeG
  2. 23Jamie CarragherD
  3. 48Emiliano InsúaD
  4. 8Steven GerrardM
  5. 18Dirk KuytF

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal!! Mikael Forssell hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 1 - 0
  2. 42' Andriy Voronin is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 45'+1' David Murphy is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 55' Goal!! Sebastian Larsson hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the left channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now leads 2 - 0
  5. 63' Goal!! Peter Crouch hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Liverpool now trails 1 - 2
  6. 64' Liverpool makes a sub: Emiliano Insua enters for John Arne Riise. Reason: Tactical
  7. 68' Mehdi Nafti is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 76' Goal!! Yossi Benayoun hits a very good header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 2
  9. 77' Birmingham makes a sub: Gary McSheffrey enters for Olivier Kapo. Reason: Tactical
  10. 77' Birmingham makes a sub: Franck Queudrue enters for Liam Ridgewell. Reason: Tactical
  11. 87' Birmingham makes a sub: Mauro Matias Zarate enters for Mikael Forssell. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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