Pre-match stats Swansea have failed to score in their last five games in all competitions against Liverpool. Swansea have won just one of their last eight Premier League games. Liverpool have failed to score on the final day in the past two seasons. But the Reds have lost on the final day only once in [...]
Pre-match stats This is the 32nd meeting between Liverpool and Chelsea in the past eight seasons, more than any other fixture in any eight year period in English football history. Liverpool have won five of the last seven Premier League meetings between the teams, and the last three in a row. The Reds have scored [...]
Pre-match stats On all three occasions Liverpool had beatenEverton in an FA Cup semi-final before this season, the Reds went on to lose the final. Only three teams have previously won the League Cup and FA Cup in the same season:Arsenal in 92/93, Liverpool in 00/01 and Chelsea in 06/07. Liverpool could become the first team to [...]
Starting XIs and overall shapes In the light of the forthcoming FA Cup Final, not unexpectedly Dalglish made wholesale changes to his starting team. There were nine new faces following the previous league match, with only Shelvey and Henderson keeping their places. But the formation was the same – once again, as so often this [...]
Pre-match stats These two sides mustered 16 shots on target between them in the reverse fixture which ended as a 1-1 draw. Only Wolves (6) have picked up fewer points than Liverpool (12) in 2012. Liverpool have only won three of their last 15 Premier League matches, losing nine in that run. Norwich have won [...]
Pre-match stats Liverpool have won all five previous home games against West Brom in the Premier League without conceding a single goal. Going back further, the Baggies haven’t won any of their last 21 trips to Anfield (since 1967) in the top-flight (D4, L17). Overall, the Baggies have lost 10 of their 11 PL clashes [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
