Pre-match stats This was to be the fifth FA Cup semi-final between the two Merseyside giants. Everton won the first (in 1906), but Liverpool have progressed through the last three. No other fixture in FA Cup history has seen more than three semi-finals. On all three occasions Liverpool have beaten Everton in an FA Cup semi-final, [...]
I’ve been asked a lot of questions in the past few weeks, some of which have been easier to answer than others. What follows is my detailed attempt to make sense of several confusing issues, ranging from the job security of Dalglish and Comolli; to the names being bandied about as potential replacements should a [...]
Pre-match stats Aston Villa have won just two of their last 20 Premier League games against Liverpool (W2 D6 L12). Stewart Downing’s last Premier League goal came in the Liverpool v Aston Villa match at Villa Park last May, while playing for the Midlanders. Steven Gerrard has scored more goals against Aston Villa (9) than versus [...]
Starting XIs and Overall Shapes As expected, Blackburn kept the 4-4-1-1 from their previous game against West Bromwich Albion. There were, however, some personnel changes. Marcus Olsson moved to the left wing, pushing Hoilett into the hole behind Yakubu. On the right, Formica replaced Pedersen and in the middle Dunn was forced to drop deep [...]
I’ve been saying for many months that I don’t quite know what to make of this Liverpool side. And it only gets more confusing with the passing of time. I always felt that I knew where I was with Rafa Benítez’s Liverpool, even if the ride could still get bumpy. And I certainly knew where [...]
Some pre-match stats Liverpool have drawn 99 Premier League games away from home and scored 498 goals on the road. Only Wolves (5) have picked up fewer points than Liverpool (8) in the Premier league in 2012. Papiss Demba Cisse has scored five goals in his six Premier League appearances for Newcastle. Dirk Kuyt has scored [...]
After my last piece (access here), this is a slightly simplified – but not simplistic – breakdown of what’s working, and what’s going wrong. As in-depth as that previous piece was, I got the predictable angry emails saying that I’d purposely missed this and overlooked that. I’ll start with an old chestnut that some see [...]
With Liverpool’s season proving to be an archetypal rollercoaster ride – ups, downs, adrenaline and nausea – I will now try and make sense of some of the key issues. First off, it goes without saying that Liverpool should be beating Wigan at home – but you will always get a few freak results. It [...]
Pre match stats Liverpool have won none of the last four league meetings with Wigan, with the last three in a row ending as draws. Wigan have won just one of their last 14 Premier League matches (W1 D7 L6). The Latics have only scored eight goals in 13 Premier League meetings with Liverpool. Only [...]
By Dan Kennett. All data in this article is courtesy of Infostrada Statistics, part of the Infostrada Sports Group. Infostrada specialises in collecting and managing sports data for every sport imaginable. The Infostrada databases contain historical results from any major sporting competition. These results are updated continuously and live, as the sporting events are happening [...]
