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Match details
Premier League
St Andrews | Sat 24 Sep 2005 at 12:45 UK local time
Birmingham City
2
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
25
Pepe Reina
4
Sami Hyypia
17
Josemi Rey
23
Jamie Carragher
28
Stephen Warnock
8
Steven Gerrard
(c)
14
Xabi Alonso
16
Didi Hamann
30
Bolo Zenden
15
Peter Crouch
24
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
Substitutes
20
Scott Carson
3
Steve Finnan
6
John Arne Riise
10
Luis Garcia
9
Djibril Cissé
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Luis Garcia
68'
(Steven Gerrard)
Djibril Cissé
85' penalty
Substitutions
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
out for
Luis Garcia
60'
Bolo Zenden
out for
Djibril Cissé
68'
Didi Hamann
out for
John Arne Riise
79'
Opposition Lineup
Maik Taylor
Mario Melchiot
Kenny Cunningham
Matthew Upson
Jamie Clapham
Jermaine Pennant
Damien Johnson
Neil Kilkenny
Julian Gray
Mikael Forssell
Emile Heskey
Opposition goals
Stephen Warnock O/G
72'
Walter Pandiani
75'
Opposition substitutions
Mikael Forssell
out for
Walter Pandiani
73'
Emile Heskey
out for
Olivier Tebily
90'
Notes
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.2
- Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 27.36
- Liverpool league position after match: 13
- Birmingham City league position after match: 14
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Attendance:
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Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
4929
League game number:
4035
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26.07.2005 | 3 - 1 | FBK Kaunas
02.08.2005 | 2 - 0 | FBK Kaunas
10.08.2005 | 3 - 1 | CSKA Sofia
13.08.2005 | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough
20.08.2005 | 1 - 0 | Sunderland
23.08.2005 | 0 - 1 | CSKA Sofia
26.08.2005 | 3 - 1 | CSKA Moscow
10.09.2005 | 0 - 0 | Tottenham Hotspur
13.09.2005 | 2 - 1 | Real Betis
18.09.2005 | 0 - 0 | Manchester United
24.09.2005 | 2 - 2 | Birmingham City
28.09.2005 | 0 - 0 | Chelsea
02.10.2005 | 1 - 4 | Chelsea
15.10.2005 | 1 - 0 | Blackburn Rovers
19.10.2005 | 1 - 0 | Anderlecht
22.10.2005 | 0 - 2 | Fulham
25.10.2005 | 1 - 2 | Crystal Palace
29.10.2005 | 2 - 0 | West Ham United
01.11.2005 | 3 - 0 | Anderlecht
05.11.2005 | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa
19.11.2005 | 3 - 0 | Portsmouth
23.11.2005 | 0 - 0 | Real Betis
26.11.2005 | 1 - 0 | Manchester City
30.11.2005 | 2 - 0 | Sunderland
03.12.2005 | 3 - 0 | Wigan Athletic
06.12.2005 | 0 - 0 | Chelsea
10.12.2005 | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough
15.12.2005 | 3 - 0 | Deportivo Saprissa
18.12.2005 | 0 - 1 | Sao Paolo
26.12.2005 | 2 - 0 | Newcastle United
28.12.2005 | 3 - 1 | Everton
31.12.2005 | 1 - 0 | West Bromwich Albion
02.01.2006 | 2 - 2 | Bolton Wanderers
07.01.2006 | 5 - 3 | Luton Town
14.01.2006 | 1 - 0 | Tottenham Hotspur
22.01.2006 | 0 - 1 | Manchester United
29.01.2006 | 2 - 1 | Portsmouth
01.02.2006 | 1 - 1 | Birmingham City
05.02.2006 | 0 - 2 | Chelsea
08.02.2006 | 0 - 2 | Charlton Athletic
11.02.2006 | 1 - 0 | Wigan Athletic
14.02.2006 | 1 - 0 | Arsenal
18.02.2006 | 1 - 0 | Manchester United
21.02.2006 | 0 - 1 | Benfica
26.02.2006 | 1 - 0 | Manchester City
04.03.2006 | 0 - 0 | Charlton Athletic
08.03.2006 | 0 - 2 | Benfica
12.03.2006 | 1 - 2 | Arsenal
15.03.2006 | 5 - 1 | Fulham
19.03.2006 | 3 - 1 | Newcastle United
21.03.2006 | 7 - 0 | Birmingham City
25.03.2006 | 3 - 1 | Everton
01.04.2006 | 2 - 0 | West Bromwich Albion
09.04.2006 | 1 - 0 | Bolton Wanderers
16.04.2006 | 1 - 0 | Blackburn Rovers
22.04.2006 | 2 - 1 | Chelsea
26.04.2006 | 2 - 1 | West Ham United
29.04.2006 | 3 - 1 | Aston Villa
07.05.2006 | 3 - 1 | Portsmouth
13.05.2006 | 3 - 3 | West Ham United
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Premier League table after the match
Overall
Home
Away
#
P
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Chelsea
7
7
0
0
14
1
4
0
0
9
1
3
0
0
5
0
21
2
Charlton Athletic
6
5
0
1
10
4
1
0
1
1
2
4
0
0
9
2
15
3
Bolton Wanderers
7
4
2
1
8
4
2
1
1
3
1
2
1
0
5
3
14
4
West Ham United
6
3
2
1
10
4
2
1
1
8
3
1
1
0
2
1
11
5
Manchester United
6
3
2
1
7
3
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
4
0
11
6
Manchester City
7
3
2
2
7
6
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
5
4
11
7
Arsenal
6
3
1
2
9
4
3
0
0
8
1
0
1
2
1
3
10
8
Wigan Athletic
6
3
1
2
5
4
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
3
2
10
9
Tottenham Hotspur
6
2
3
1
5
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
0
3
1
9
10
Middlesbrough
6
2
2
2
6
7
1
1
1
2
4
1
1
1
4
3
8
11
Newcastle United
7
2
2
3
5
7
1
2
1
2
3
1
0
2
3
4
8
12
Blackburn Rovers
7
2
2
3
5
9
1
1
1
2
4
1
1
2
3
5
8
13
Liverpool
5
1
4
0
3
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
2
7
14
Birmingham City
7
1
3
3
7
11
0
1
3
3
8
1
2
0
4
3
6
15
Aston Villa
7
1
3
3
6
11
1
2
0
4
3
0
1
3
2
8
6
16
Fulham
6
1
2
3
5
9
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
2
3
7
5
17
Portsmouth
7
1
2
4
5
9
0
2
1
2
4
1
0
3
3
5
5
18
West Bromwich Albion
7
1
2
4
7
13
1
0
3
6
8
0
2
1
1
5
5
19
Everton
6
1
0
5
1
7
0
0
3
0
4
1
0
2
1
3
3
20
Sunderland
6
0
1
5
3
10
0
1
2
3
6
0
0
3
0
4
1
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