Matchday 18 ~ Liverpool vs Portsmouth - Page 2

Freddy Adu · 12-22-2007, 12:29 AM

PORTSMOUTH
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 4th
Lowest could fall: 8th

Freddy Adu · 12-22-2007, 12:29 AM

1. The 0-1 home defeat to Tottenham last Saturday, ended an 11-match unbeaten run in the Premier League.

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2. Failed to score in every other of their last seven league matches.

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3. Not beaten a "Big Four" club in five attempts, since the 2-1 home triumph over Liverpool on 28 April.

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4. The next defeat will be their 50th in the Premier League under Harry Redknapp, and their 500th in top-flight football.

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5. One draw short of 900 in league football.

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6. On the joint longest run, with Birmingham, of 15 games since a Premier League score draw; the most recent being 1-1, home to Manchester United on 15 August.

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7. Picked up eight more points on the road than at home; the widest such disparity in the Premier League.

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8. The only club to have won every Premier League game in which they've scored first this season; seven of seven.

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9. Gained 19 points away from home, one more than Liverpool, and hoping to add the scalp of the Reds to those of Blackburn, Fulham, Wigan, Newcastle, Birmingham and Aston Villa, gained in the last six on the road.

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10. A home clash with Arsenal follows on Boxing Day, then another against Middlesbrough three days later, before visiting Reading on New Year's Day.

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KEY PLAYER NOTES

Freddy Adu · 12-22-2007, 12:31 AM

Fernando TORRES is Liverpool's top scorer with 12 goals.

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TORRES and Steven GERRARD are the clubs' joint top Premier League marksmen with six goals each.

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GERRARD has scored 10 goals in 12 appearances for Liverpool (all competitions).

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Goalkeeper Jose REINA is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Liverpool's Premier League matches this season.

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REINA leads the race for the Barclays Golden Glove, keeping nine clean sheets.

Freddy Adu · 12-22-2007, 12:32 AM

Suspended:-

Peter CROUCH (three matches)

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PORTSMOUTH

Freddy Adu · 12-22-2007, 12:32 AM

BENJANI MWARUWARI is Portsmouth's top scorer with eight Premier League goals. However, he has not scored in seven weeks since netting the second in the 1-4 away win over Newcastle on 3 November.

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Sylvain DISTIN is the only outfield player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Portsmouth's Premier League games this season.

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David JAMES has kept goal for every minute of every one of Pompey's league matches this term.

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JAMES will be making his 149th consecutive Premier League appearance (Manchester City and Portsmouth).

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JAMES will be facing a former club. The 37 year old England keeper made 277 appearances for Liverpool (214 in the Premier League) between July 1992 and June 1999, when transferred to Aston Villa for 1.8m.

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Djimi TRAORE will also be facing former club mates. The Mali international defender made 141 appearances (88 in the Premier League) and scored one goal for the Merseysiders between February 1999 and his 2m move to Charlton in August 2006.

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Sol CAMPBELL will be making his 50th appearance in a Portsmouth shirt.

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Hermann HREIDARSSON will be making his 350th career league appearance (Crystal Palace, Brentford, Wimbledon, Ipswich, Charlton and Portsmouth).

Freddy Adu · 12-22-2007, 12:33 AM

HEAD TO HEAD

Freddy Adu · 12-22-2007, 12:33 AM

Liverpool have an unbeaten home Premier League record against Portsmouth of two wins and two draws, with clean sheets in three of the four games.

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Two of the last three meetings between Liverpool and Portsmouth were goalless.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#32 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	1. The 0-1 home defeat to Tottenham last Saturday, ended an 11-match unbeaten run in the Premier League.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#33 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	2. Failed to score in every other of their last seven league matches.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#34 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	3. Not beaten a "Big Four" club in five attempts, since the 2-1 home triumph over Liverpool on 28 April.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#35 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	4. The next defeat will be their 50th in the Premier League under Harry Redknapp, and their 500th in top-flight football.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#36 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	5. One draw short of 900 in league football.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#37 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	6. On the joint longest run, with Birmingham, of 15 games since a Premier League score draw; the most recent being 1-1, home to Manchester United on 15 August.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#38 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	7. Picked up eight more points on the road than at home; the widest such disparity in the Premier League.

12-22-2007, 12:29 AM	#39 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	8. The only club to have won every Premier League game in which they've scored first this season; seven of seven.

12-22-2007, 12:30 AM	#40 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	9. Gained 19 points away from home, one more than Liverpool, and hoping to add the scalp of the Reds to those of Blackburn, Fulham, Wigan, Newcastle, Birmingham and Aston Villa, gained in the last six on the road.

12-22-2007, 12:30 AM	#41 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	10. A home clash with Arsenal follows on Boxing Day, then another against Middlesbrough three days later, before visiting Reading on New Year's Day.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#42 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	KEY PLAYER NOTES

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#43 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Fernando TORRES is Liverpool's top scorer with 12 goals.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#44 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	TORRES and Steven GERRARD are the clubs' joint top Premier League marksmen with six goals each.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#45 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	GERRARD has scored 10 goals in 12 appearances for Liverpool (all competitions).

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#46 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Goalkeeper Jose REINA is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Liverpool's Premier League matches this season.

12-22-2007, 12:31 AM	#47 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	REINA leads the race for the Barclays Golden Glove, keeping nine clean sheets.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#48 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Suspended:- Peter CROUCH (three matches)

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#49 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	PORTSMOUTH

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#50 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	BENJANI MWARUWARI is Portsmouth's top scorer with eight Premier League goals. However, he has not scored in seven weeks since netting the second in the 1-4 away win over Newcastle on 3 November.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#51 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Sylvain DISTIN is the only outfield player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Portsmouth's Premier League games this season.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#52 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	David JAMES has kept goal for every minute of every one of Pompey's league matches this term.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#53 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	JAMES will be making his 149th consecutive Premier League appearance (Manchester City and Portsmouth).

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#54 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	JAMES will be facing a former club. The 37 year old England keeper made 277 appearances for Liverpool (214 in the Premier League) between July 1992 and June 1999, when transferred to Aston Villa for 1.8m.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#55 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Djimi TRAORE will also be facing former club mates. The Mali international defender made 141 appearances (88 in the Premier League) and scored one goal for the Merseysiders between February 1999 and his 2m move to Charlton in August 2006.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#56 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Sol CAMPBELL will be making his 50th appearance in a Portsmouth shirt.

12-22-2007, 12:32 AM	#57 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Hermann HREIDARSSON will be making his 350th career league appearance (Crystal Palace, Brentford, Wimbledon, Ipswich, Charlton and Portsmouth).

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#58 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	HEAD TO HEAD

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#59 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Liverpool have an unbeaten home Premier League record against Portsmouth of two wins and two draws, with clean sheets in three of the four games.

12-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#60 (permalink)
Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu Offline Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Estados Unidos Posts: 256,709 vCash: 20158194 Rep Points: 916	Two of the last three meetings between Liverpool and Portsmouth were goalless.