LIVERPOOL FC Kick-off 3:00pm Season 2011/12

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1 ... OFFICIAL MEMBERS PRE-MATCHDAY STATS GUIDE... LIVERPOOL FC Kick-off 3:00pm Season 2011/ Kick-off 7:45pm v Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United... Main sponsor Official kit sponsor...

2 v Liverpool FC Blackburn Rovers 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 HENDERSON14 Sebastian COATES16 Dirk KUYT18 Stewart DOWNING19 Jay SPEARING20 Lucas LEIVA21 Danny WILSON22 Jamie CARRAGHER23 Pepe REINA25 Charlie ADAM26 Alexander DONI32 Martin KELLY34 Martin SKRTEL37 Jon FLANAGAN38 Craig BELLAMY39 Jack ROBINSON49 1 Paul ROBINSON 2 Míchel SALGADO 3 Martin OLSSON 4 Christopher SAMBA 5 Gaël GIVET 6 Ryan NELSON 8 David DUNN 10 Mauro FORMICA 11 Vince GRELLA 12 Morten GAMST PEDERSEN 13 Mark BUNN 14 Radosav PETROVIĆ 15 Steven N ZONZI 16 Scott DANN 19 Jordan SLEW 20 Rubén ROCHINA 22 Nick BLACKMAN 23 Junior HOILETT 24 Yakubu 25 David GOODWILLIE 28 Jake KEAN 29 Simon VUKČEVIĆ 30 Jason ROBERTS 31 Grant HANLEY

3 LIVERPOOL FC v BLACKBURN ROVERS DID YOU KNOW? 1. At Anfield: Liverpool 38 wins, Blackburn 9 wins, 16 Draws. Overall: Liverpool 53 wins, Blackburn 35 wins, 38 Draws. 2. Last season Liverpool won this fixture 2-1 with all three goals coming early in the second half. Sotirios Kyrgiakos, with his last goal for the club, gave the Reds the lead within two minutes, Jamie Carragher scored an unfortunate own goal before Fernando Torres shot home the winner. 3. The last meeting, back in January, saw Blackburn win 3-1 at Ewood Park. Martin Olsson and Benjani (two) netted for the hosts. Steven Gerrard pulled one back on 8 minutes but fi ve minutes later he missed from the penalty spot. It was to be Roy Hodgson s last game in charge of Liverpool. 4. In the Premier League Liverpool have won 16 of the 34 meetings with Rovers winning seven. 5. At Anfi eld Liverpool have won 11 and drawn fi ve of the 17 Premiership clashes. 6. Liverpool have won the last four in a row against Blackburn at Anfield the first time since when they won for the 6th time in succession. 7. The Reds have lost only twice in the last 25 league meetings home and away 1996 and last season. 8. Billy Liddell, in 1958, is the last player to score a hat-trick for Liverpool against Blackburn doing so at Ewood. 9. Dick Forshaw in 1923 is the only Liverpool player to perform the feat at Anfield in this fixture. 10. Liverpool have kept 8 clean sheets in the last 14 league meetings with Blackburn at home, though Blackburn have scored in four of the last five visits. 11. Liverpool s biggest home win over Blackburn has been achieved on four occasions - in October 1896, October 1933, April 2004 and April 2009 winning Steven Gerrard began his Liverpool career with a substitute appearance against Blackburn in November Steven Gerrard and El-Hadji-Diouf during the Barclays Premier KLeague match 24th October THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE SIDES 5TH JANUARY 2011 BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 LIVERPOOL 1 24TH OCTOBER 2010 LIVERPOOL 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 28TH FEBRUARY 2010 LIVERPOOL 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 5TH DECEMBER 2009 BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 LIVERPOOL 0 LIDDLEPOOL banner displayed in the Kop during the Barclays Premier League match 24th October TH APRIL 2009 LIVERPOOL 4 BLACKBURN ROVERS 0

4 LIVERPOOL FC v BLACKBURN ROVERS KENNY DALGLISH HAS MANAGED BOTH LIVERPOOL AND BLACKBURN TO CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS. 13. Craig Bellamy joined Liverpool in the summer of 2006 for 6.5 million. He scored 17 goals for Blackburn in 32 appearances in all competitions in his one and only season with the Lancashire club ( ). 14. Jonjo Shelvey made his league debut for Liverpool as a substitute in last season s 2-1 win at Anfield. 15. Charlie Adam, Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing all scored against Blackburn last season for Blackpool, Newcastle and Aston Villa respectively. 16. Liverpool s Boxing Day fixture (at Blackpool) last season was postponed due to a frozen pitch. 17. Kenny Dalglish managed Blackburn to Premier League title success in Players to have played for both clubs in the Premier League Markus Babbel, Craig Bellamy, Stig Inge Bjornebye, El Hadji Diouf, Robbie Fowler, Brad Friedel, Steve Harkness, Stephane Henchoz, Jason McAteer, Dominic Matteo, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, David Thompson and Stephen Warnock.

5 LIVERPOOL FC v BLACKBURN ROVERS 18. Liverpool s leading scorers against Blackburn in the Premier League :- Michael Owen 7, Fernando Torres 5, Steven Gerrard The Reds have lost just twice on Boxing Day in the last 24 years. The last time they were beaten at Anfield was in 1986 when Manchester United won 1-0. Their last defeat was at the hands of Blackburn in 2006 at Ewood. 20. Blackburn s biggest league win at Anfield came in September 1905 when they won Blackburn s last victory on this ground came in September 1993 when Mike Newell scored in a 1-0 win. It is their only league success at Anfield since They have lost 10 and drawn five of the last 15 meetings here since that victory. 23. Rovers have scored just four times in their last eight visits to Anfield. 24. Not since May 2002 have they scored more than once in front of the Kop and on that day they lost The last Blackburn player to score a hat-trick against the Reds was Danny Shea was in September Only three players have been sent off in Premier League meetings between the teams all Rovers players. Henning Berg (1995) and Zurab Khizanishvili (2005) at Anfield and Lucas Neill at Ewood in The last Liverpool player dismissed against Blackburn was Steve McMahon in a F.A. Cup tie in 1991 The Barclays Premier League Table as of 20/12/2011

6 v Liverpool FC Newcastle United 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 HENDERSON14 Sebastian COATES16 Dirk KUYT18 Stewart DOWNING19 Jay SPEARING20 Lucas LEIVA21 Danny WILSON22 Jamie CARRAGHER23 Pepe REINA25 Charlie ADAM26 Alexander DONI32 Martin KELLY34 Martin SKRTEL37 Jon FLANAGAN38 Craig BELLAMY39 Jack ROBINSON49 1 Steve HARPER 2 Fabricio COLOCCINI 4 Yohan CABAYE 5 Danny SIMPSON 6 Mike WILLIAMSON 8 Danny GUTHRIE 10 Hatem BEN ARFA 11 Pater LOVENKRANDS 13 Mehdi ABEID 14 James PERCH 16 Ryan TAYLOR 17 Alan SMITH 18 Jonas GUTIERREZ 19 Demba BA 20 Leon BEST 22 Sylvain MARVEAUX 23 Shola AMEOBI 24 Cheick TIOTE 24 Gabriel OBERTAN 26 Tim KRUL 27 Steven TAYLOR 28 Sammy AMEOBI 35 Rob Elliot 40 Tams KADAR

7 LIVERPOOL FC v NEWCASTLE UNITED DID YOU KNOW? 1. At Anfield: Liverpool 50 wins, Newcastle 11 wins, Draws The game at Anfield in May of last season saw Liverpool win 3-0. It was their 50th home win in what was the 150th league fixture between the clubs. The goals were scored by Maxi, Dirk Kuyt and Luis Suarez. 3. Maxi s goal came in his 50th appearance for the Reds. 4. In the fi rst meeting of the campaign at St James Park, Liverpool lost 3-1 in what was Alan Pardew s fi rst game in charge. Dirk Kuyt equalised Kevin Nolan s opener, before Joey Barton and Andy Carroll sealed the points for the Magpies in the last ten minutes. 5. Liverpool have won the last six home games against Newcastle scoring 16 goals and conceding just one. 6. The Reds have in fact scored 42 goals in the last 16 visits of the Magpies. 7. Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 16 Anfield league clashes with United, winning In the last 10 meetings home and away Liverpool have won eight and lost two. 9. The Reds have scored in all 10 of those games. 10. There has not been a goalless draw in the last 52 meetings between the teams since February 1974 on Tyneside. 11. The Reds have found the net in 29 of the last 30 meetings at Anfield - and in all of the last The last three fixtures at Anfield have all produced the same result Liverpool 3 Newcastle Dirk Kuyt s first Liverpool goal came against Newcastle at Anfield in September 2006 the Reds winning 2-0, while Lucas first Reds league goal was also against the Magpies in a 3-0 win in May Maxi s goal came in his 50th appearance for the Reds. THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS BETWEEN THE SIDES 1ST MAY 2011 LIVERPOOL 3 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 11TH DECEMBER 2010 NEWCASTLE UNITED 3 LIVERPOOL 1 3RD MAY 2009 LIVERPOOL 3 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 28TH DECEMBER 2008 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 LIVERPOOL 5 Dirk Kuyt and Steven Taylor in the Barclays Premier League match 11th December TH MARCH 2008 LIVERPOOL 3 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0

8 LIVERPOOL FC v NEWCASTLE UNITED 14. Glen Johnson scored the first goal of his professional career against Newcastle in November 2003 in a 5-0 Chelsea home win. 15. Liverpool have won 20 and lost eight of the 34 Premier League meetings against Newcastle. 16. In the 34 Premier League fixtures between the teams 108 goals have been scored at an average of 3.18 goals per game. 17. The Reds have scored 70 goals against Newcastle in the Premier League more than they have achieved against any other team. 18. Liverpool s biggest Anfield league win over Newcastle came in August the Reds winning 6-0. Their heaviest defeat by Newcastle on this ground was by a 5-1 margin in December Players to have played for both clubs in the Premier League John Barnes, Craig Bellamy, Andy Carroll, Jose Enrique, Danny Guthrie, Dietmar Hamann, Mike Hooper, Michael Owen and Ian Rush. Dirk Kuyt celebrating against Newcastle United in the Barclays Premier League match 11th December 2010

9 LIVERPOOL FC v NEWCASTLE UNITED 19. The last Liverpool player to score a hat-trick in this fixture was Michael Owen in a 3-0 Anfield win in May Owen had previously achieved the feat for the Reds at St James. 20. There have been seven hat-tricks scored in total by Liverpool players against the Newcastle. 21. Andy Carroll scored 31 goals in 80 league games for the Magpies and 33 in 91 appearances in all competitions. 22. Jose Enrique joined Newcastle from Villarreal in 2007 and played 129 games for the Magpies scoring one goal (against Nottingham Forest in March 2010). 23. Craig Bellamy played for Newcastle from scoring 42 goals in 128 appearances. 24. Dirk Kuyt has scored five goals for Liverpool against Newcastle in eight appearances. 25. Stewart Downing s only goal against Newcastle in his career came in August 2004 while he was at Middlesbrough. 26. The last Liverpool player to be sent off against Newcastle was Salif Diao who was dismissed in a 1-0 defeat on Tyneside on New Years Day Liverpool s leading scorers against Newcastle are:- Michael Owen 13, Robbie Fowler 6, Steven Gerrard 6, Dirk Kuyt 5, Danny Murphy Newcastle have not scored in their last five visits to Anfield. The last man to score for them in front of the Kop was Patrick Kluivert in a 3-1 defeat in December Newcastle have won only twice in the last 39 league visits to Anfield in back to back visits of and Danny Guthrie played seven times for Liverpool with his last appearance coming against his current club at St James Park in November The last Newcastle player to score a hat-trick against Liverpool was Andy Cole in November The Magpies only Premier League win at Anfield came on 16th April 1994 courtesy of a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Rob Lee and Andy Cole. 33. There has only been one goalless draw in a league meeting at Anfield February Current Magpies boss Alan Pardew was in charge of West Ham when they lost the 2006 F.A. Cup Final to Liverpool. The Barclays Premier League Table as of 20/12/2011