English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 28, 2008
Liverpool WWDDW 5
–
Newcastle United DDWWL 1
St. James' Park · 52,114 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
8
59.4
Possession
40.6
25
SHOTS
12
13
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
476
Accurate Passes
287
545
Passes
372
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
13
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
19
0.6
Cross %
0.2
75
Long Balls
48
59
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
17
31
Clearances
29

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-1

Lineups

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Shay GivenG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  4. 3José EnriqueLB
  5. 30David EdgarRB
  6. 22Nicky ButtCM-L
  7. 8Danny GuthrieCM-R
  8. 14Charles N'ZogbiaLM
  9. 18Jonás GutiérrezRM
  10. 10Michael OwenF
  11. 11Damien DuffRCF

Substitutes

  1. 20GeremiSUB
  2. 39Andy CarrollSUB
  3. 19XiscoSUB
  4. 38Kazenga Lua LuaSUB
  5. 13Steve HarperSUB
  6. 28Tamas KadarSUB
  7. 23Shola AmeobiSUB

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 5Daniel AggerCD-L
  3. 4Sami HyypiäCD-R
  4. 22Emiliano InsúaLB
  5. 23Jamie CarragherRB
  6. 21Lucas LeivaLM
  7. 20Javier MascheranoRM
  8. 18Dirk KuytF
  9. 8Steven GerrardRCF
  10. 19Ryan BabelAM-L
  11. 15Yossi BenayounAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Albert RieraSUB
  2. 37Martin SkrtelSUB
  3. 7Robbie KeaneSUB
  4. 31Nabil El ZharSUB
  5. 1Diego CavalieriSUB
  6. 24David N'GogSUB
  7. 14Xabi AlonsoSUB

Timeline

  1. 31'
  2. 36'
  3. 45'+1'
  4. 45'
  5. 50'
  6. 57'
  7. 60'
  8. 66'
  9. 71'
  10. 76'
  11. 79'
  12. 79'

Premier League News

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